Futures, Commodities, & Options

The derivatives markets have exploded in popularity, trading volume, and complexity over the years, providing more investing and trading choices than ever before. Whether making a directional bet, volatility play, or hedging risk, derivatives allow you to calibrate every position to maximize profit and minimize risk. Learn powerful analysis methods, diverse trade set-ups, and execution techniques from top professional investors and traders.

Articles on Futures, Commodities, & Options

(Sponsored Content) Two weeks ago, American voters turned out in large numbers to cast their votes for our next president. Vice President Kamala Harris was pitted against former President Donald Trump. And the winner is? Gold and silver, writes Rich Checkan, president and COO of Asset Strategies International.
Gold has enjoyed a stellar run this year, but the past two weeks have seen a sharp pullback in price following a classic reversal pattern in the last week of October, states Ian Murphy of MurphyTrading.com.
Long straddles is an options strategy that is most effective when high volatility is present in the underlying stock. However, the movement in the underlying stock may not always cross the upside breakeven point (UBEP) or the downside breakeven point (DBEP). This creates a situation where investors can use gamma scalping, notes Aravind Siva, options trader.
This past week, most of the resource companies on our list reported quarterly financials. Broadly, results were good though not spectacular, with continued struggles to contain costs. Margins were very strong, and most companies reported good cash flow numbers. Meanwhile, Barrick Gold Corp. (GOLD) remains very undervalued on an asset basis, advises Adrian Day, editor of Global Analyst.
Gold has started the new week on the backfoot, easing lower straight from the Asian open overnight, states Fawad Razaqzada, technical analyst at Trading Candles.
This podcast studies the whipsaws in price movement of a high implied-volatility ETF. What precisely should we focus on, asks Alan Ellman of The Blue Collar Investor?
Gold was smashed last Thursday, dropping more than $50 an ounce at one point during the trading session. Since then, the price has traded mostly sideways. But Thursday’s big sell-off wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. What’s really remarkable is how regularly they have come...and how the rebounds have been just as consistent, observes Brien Lundin, executive editor of Gold Newsletter.
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have distinctly different ideas on how to run the United States. But I can almost guarantee you that no matter which of them prevails on Nov. 5, our national debt will continue rising. That’s why the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) is worth buying, observes Nilus Mattive, editor at Weiss Ratings Daily.
Calculating the cost-to-close our covered call trades when strike prices are in-the-money, is critical to guiding are trade management decisions, states Alan Ellman of The Blue Collar Investor.
Gold prices are on the move higher. I’ll give you two current reasons why that should continue. Plus, a NEW FORCE is about to make itself felt in the gold markets — and send the yellow metal much higher, suggests Sean Brodrick, editor at Weiss Ratings Daily.

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By the end of this century, the world’s population will have increased by half, that’s another 3.6 billion people. How are we going to feed and house them when our biodiversity challenges continue to deteriorate? Forests To Fortune has the answer, and it just so happens that savvy investors will profit handsomely.

In 2019, Tudor Gold's exploration team, under the leadership of the company's president and CEO, made a significant discovery with the Goldstorm Gold-Copper deposit, boasting nearly 28 million gold equivalent ounces. Following this discovery, Tudor Gold has continued to conduct further exploration on this asset, leading to the identification of a promising high-grade zone known as Supercell One, which has now become the company's primary focus. Learn more about Tudor Gold and how we are committed to delivering value for our investors through our ongoing exploration efforts and the development of our exciting new discovery. 

Join Lawrence G. McMillan where he will discuss the current state of his option-oriented indicators, including seasonal patterns and what they say about the stock market. He will also discuss various historical patterns, including the following topics:

-The performance of $SPX

-What the option markets are saying

-And much, much more. 

For traders with a neutral-to-slightly-bullish outlook on a stock, covered calls are a popular strategy. But when a stock's price is too high to buy 100 shares, a more affordable option is the call diagonal spread, also known as the "poor man's covered call." In this session, we’ll simplify this strategy, showing how to select candidates and choose the expiry, delta, and strike prices. We'll also use the thinkorswim platform to analyze risks, break-even points, and success probabilities. 

Election jitters? Discover the one trade that every investor should consider, designed to benefit regardless of who wins—whether it’s the Trump Trade or the Harris Trade.

Executive editor of Gold Newsletter Brien Lundin and editor of Gold Charts R Us Omar Ayales discuss the current "golden era" in precious metals and investment opportunities. Lundin highlights central bank buying, de-dollarization efforts, and potential U.S. investor participation as gold prices rise. He predicts silver outperforming gold and recommends junior mining stocks. Ayales focuses on the shift to an inflationary environment, global fragmentation, and increased gold holdings as a reserve asset. Both experts note the lack of U.S. investor participation as a bullish sign and provide price targets for precious metals. 

 Join Phil Flynn as he discusses why the commodity super cycle may only be in the first phase.   

With our current economic climate and with lessons learned from history, NOW is the perfect time to invest in gold at cost, plus other amazing opportunities.   

With 44 years of gold market experience, American Gold Exchange President Dana Samuelson has pretty much seen it all regarding gold, until now. With gold hitting new, record highs in April Dana will explain what new factors have driven gold to its recent peak, and why higher highs are still likely. The fundamentals driving the god price are entrenched and rock solid and now they are being turbo charged by recent, new external factors. Dana will down on both the old and the new gold price drivers in this mid-year gold market update.  

Join Lawrence G. McMillan where he will discuss the current state of his option-oriented indicators including seasonal patterns and what they are saying about the stock market. He will also discuss various historical patterns, including the following topics:  the performance of $SPX, what the option markets are saying, and much, much more. 

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The growth of financial futures has been one of the most remarkable success stories in the markets. Their age is relatively green at just a little over 50 years old. Originally created to help farmers hedge against price changes between crop planting and harvesting, futures have grown since then to include interest rates, foreign exchange, metals, energy, weather, and even Bitcoin.

Whether trading agricultural commodities, energy futures, metals, stock indexes, or even the softs; futures provide the best bang for your buck. But leverage is a two-sided blade. In this section, MoneyShow.com trading experts provide a deep dive into the current futures market activity and price action to help you find ways to strengthen your portfolio, while mitigating risk and exploiting opportunities in these diverse markets.

Discover unique and critical futures trading strategies to help you generate more consistent profits and better manage your portfolio risk. From in-depth futures market economics to spread trading, you will take away new knowledge to help you better identify trading opportunities. Our contributors will share with you their time-tested commodities investing strategies and futures trading strategies. The insights you will learn will help you in your investing or trading with market intelligence that you cannot find elsewhere.

At the same time, the opportunities now available to individual traders in the option arena are astounding, having exploded in volume and complexity in recent years, offering option traders the ability to trade, hedge, or speculate in just about any stock, ETF, or commodity.

Our goal in these pages is to start you down the path of options trading and help you avoid many of the pitfalls that beginning options traders experience. Some of the top names in trading will familiarize you with options—what they are, how they work, and what opportunities they present. You’ll learn practical knowledge about when it is appropriate to buy/sell puts or calls, covered-call writing strategies, and advice on when to use each of these strategies. More experienced traders will learn profitable options trading strategies to help you make more money and better manage your portfolio risk.