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November 20, 2017 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

How I Lost Money Trading Rough Rice Futures And What You Can Learn

A losing trade in rough rice futures

Since starting this blog I’ve been able to document a few of the mistakes that I’ve made over the years trading the financial markets. There was the time that I lost money buying Alibaba shares even though I pretty much picked the bottom.

Filed Under: Commodities, How to, Intraday Tagged With: Ideas, trading systems

August 8, 2017 By Joe Marwood 3 Comments

Should You Invest In Commodities? This Research Says YES

src: Bhardwaj, Geetesh and Gorton, Gary B. and Rouwenhorst, K. Geert, Facts and Fantasies About Commodity Futures Ten Years Later (May 25, 2015).

Sluggish growth and anaemic inflation has seen global commodity prices fall steadily in value since 2008. Because of this, and with stock markets reaching new record highs in 2017, commodity trading has gone out of fashion. Yet in the past, commodities have provided a good source of returns for both investors and active traders. Furthermore, […]

Filed Under: Commodities, Investing Tagged With: commodities, investing

February 8, 2015 By Joe Marwood 1 Comment

How to Make 1 Million In 1 Year Trading Oil

how to make 1 million in 1 year

Filed Under: Commodities, How to, Interest Tagged With: how to, oil

January 30, 2015 By Michael Coren Leave a Comment

Understanding The US Dollar Index (USDX)

US dollar Index USDX

USDX is the US Dollar index that is used as an indicator by traders who wish to deal in gold currencies, futures, commodities and bonds. It’s one of several indicators which help Forex traders to assess the relative strength or weakness of the US dollar against another currency.

Filed Under: Commodities, Forex Tagged With: forex, usd

December 17, 2014 By Joe Marwood 2 Comments

Crude Oil And The Stock Market – What Do Low Oil Prices Mean For Stocks?

oil stock market table

At the time of writing, WTI crude oil futures were trading at around $55 a barrel, the lowest level in five years and almost 50% lower than their June high of $107.85 The drop in oil has been fierce and comes amid an economic slowdown in China and a concerted effort by OPEC to maintain low […]

Filed Under: Commodities, Stocks, Strategies/ Systems Tagged With: oil, stocks

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Joe Marwood is an independent trader and investor specialising in financial market analysis and trading systems. He worked as a professional futures trader for a trading firm in London and has a passion for building mechanical trading strategies. He has been in the market since 2008 and working with Amibroker since 2011.

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