Disclaimer- The following is presented for entertainment purposes only. Do not attempt to trade using this data! I recommend that you not trade futures at all. Among other things, you can lose more than your initial investment if you do so.

Today was a strong “up” day for the system, with almost all of the current positions gaining value. The bonds and notes were sharply up today, while the stock indices were mixed, but closed well off of the lows. Gold surged higher, while copper and hogs were up slightly and our unleaded position which we entered today closed with a loss.
I don’t pretend to understand why the market moved the way that it did, but since I trade using an algorithmic trend-following approach I don’t have to understand the “why”.

Disclaimer- The following is presented for entertainment purposes only. Do not attempt to trade using this data! I recommend that you not trade futures at all. Among other things, you can lose more than your initial investment if you do so.

The system continued to give buy signals across the 5, 10 and 30 Year Bonds. Of note today, there was a new “buy”signal in Unleaded Gas, with an initial stop of 1.5701. We’ve lost money on this commodity the last couple of trades but the system indicates that a new trend may be forming. It is important to attempt to take all the trades that your risk management will allow as it is impossible beforehand to know which trades will be profitable and which won’t.