Commodities

Weekend Double Feature…”No Conviction” & “Weather Trends”

Weekend Double Feature…”No Conviction” & “Weather Trends”

/ January 20, 2012 11:09 pm

Part I: MrTopStep’s Danny Riley and OptionsProfits’ Jill Malandrino look at the trends in lower S&P contract volume on expiration and what it means to the overall market. Part II: MrTopStep’s contributor Gary Sandlund of Futures International and OP’s Jill [...]

MrTopStep Talks Benzinga Radio “January Effect”

MrTopStep Talks Benzinga Radio “January Effect”

/ January 4, 2012 6:32 pm
End of the Year Commodity Statistics

End of the Year Commodity Statistics

/ December 24, 2011 8:52 am

Most of you are aware that traders anticipate a Santa Claus equity rally at the end of the year. Some interesting trends exist in many other commodities as well. Below are the statistics for the last week of the year, [...]

MrTopStep Charts “GLD / What’s +200pts Worth To You?”

MrTopStep Charts “GLD / What’s +200pts Worth To You?”

/ December 19, 2011 1:34 pm

11 DAYS AGO: -$20 SOME $200 IN GOLD TODAY:

CME Group Clarifies Maintenance Margin Ratios Exchange to Reduce Initial Margin Ratio to 1.00

CME Group Clarifies Maintenance Margin Ratios Exchange to Reduce Initial Margin Ratio to 1.00

/ November 6, 2011 4:25 pm

CME Group today is clarifying its notice to clearing firms regarding margins. In light of the issues customers transferring out of MF Global are facing, while still maintaining appropriate risk management protections for the market, CME Clearing is setting the “initial” [...]

The CME Margin Notice That Has Everyone In a Tizzy

The CME Margin Notice That Has Everyone In a Tizzy

/ November 5, 2011 7:25 pm

Last night the CME sent out a margin advisory.   They do this all the time, changing margin requirements in different products, but this notice was different: The notice was picked up (and spread, like financial news Herpes) by ZeroHedge, who predicted [...]

The Coffee Cup News

The Coffee Cup News

/ November 3, 2011 6:12 am

The Daily Energy Technical Report: Stanton Analytics 11/03 /11         6:45 A.M. High 93.23 Low 90.87                                     CRUDE: it appears that Mr. Papandreou has played Texas Hold’em before. He has gone all in on the austerity package called for by the [...]

The Coffee Cup News

The Coffee Cup News

/ November 1, 2011 7:31 am

       The Daily Energy Technical Report:Stanton Analytics 11/01 /11         6:45 A.M. High 92.88 Low 90.41                                     CRUDE: There were fewer curve balls thrown in the World Series than confront traders this morning. We will start with the China [...]

The Coffee Cup News

The Coffee Cup News

/ October 21, 2011 7:49 am

 The Daily Energy Technical Report: Stanton Analytics 10/21 /11         6:45 A.M. High 86.84 Low 85.95                                     CRUDE: Europe, it boils down to this. The summit between Sarkozy and Merkel has four elements to wrestle with. Bank Recapitalization, levering the EFSF, [...]