Agriculture

CFTC COT Large Hedge Fund and Money Managers Futures Positions

CFTC Money Mangers Position Defensively in JPY, Gold, CAD

Futures Magazine
July 16, 2019
Commitment of Traders gives a snapshot view of how Leveraged Funds and Managed Money are positioned in US Futures and commodity markets. These are typically hedge funds, CTAs, CPOs and various types of money managers. 
Grain futures market update

Corn and Soybean Futures Fall After Crop Progress Report

Blue Line Futures
July 16, 2019
Grain futures drop after Crop Progress Report.
Trend Following CTA Model Trade Insights

Trend Following Positions, Long CAD/USD, Cocoa Long Stopped Out

Futures Magazine
July 16, 2019
CTA Trend Following model shows Cocoa futures were stopped out and JPY/USD flipping between long and neutral in different models.
Trend Following CTA Model Trade Insights

Trend Following Positions, Model Adds Long Japanese Yen Futures

Futures Magazine
July 15, 2019
CTA Trend Following model shows managers are long grains and stocks. Model now long Japanese Yen futures.
Trade Idea

Trend Following Positions, Fixed Income Position Now Flat

Futures Magazine
July 12, 2019
CTA Trend Following model shows managers are long grains and stocks. Stopped out of Fixed Income.
COT Update

COT Update, Gold Traders Increase Positions, Corn Traders Weigh Late Planting

Andy Waldock
June 24, 2019
Gold market futures large speculators increased their positions to nearly 4:1 on the long side by adding 120k new long positions.
CTA Trend Following Positions

Trend Following CTAs Position For Higher S&P 500 Futures Prices

Futures Magazine
June 24, 2019
CTA model shows managers are long Fixed Income, Equities Indicies, Metals and Grain markets.
Cowen expands cannabis investment banking team

Cowen Further Strengthens Firm’s Leadership in Cannabis Sector

Futures Magazine
June 18, 2019
Dan Schnurman and Townsend Ziebold have joined Cowen’s investment banking team as Managing Directors. 
Andy Waldock Trade Ideas

Traders Monitoring Natural Gas & Cattle Futures

Andy Waldock
June 18, 2019
Natural gas futures and live cattle futures are beginning to form constructive bottoms. We are looking for technical buy setups in futures and highly correlated ETFs.
Corn Markets

Soybean Futures Above $9, Weather Grain Markets

Futures Magazine
June 17, 2019
Soybeans higher on heavy rains that are stalling planting. We traded above the $9 per bushel level which was a resistance level and now will be a support level. Soybean futures are currently trading at $9.10 per bushel.