Sugar: On Track To Opportunity

In the real world, the supposed well-oiled "machines" of financial markets respond less like KITT, the obedient car of TV’s “Knight Rider” and more like the demon-possessed trucks of Stephen King’s horror flick “Maximum Overdrive.” Case in point, the mid-April news reports claiming SUGAR's uptrend was being driven by High Crude Oil...

Cocoa: You Don't Want To Miss Next Wave
Are Cocoa prices positioned for a decline?

You may know that one of the Three Rules of Elliott states that, "Wave 2 can never retrace more than 100% of wave 1." By applying this rule in your trading, you always know the exact price point where your "wave 2" is no longer a wave two. Which means that you always know the exact price point where to place your stop-loss...

Coffee: Opportunity Brews

Soybeans: A Sizable Move Ahead?

Something curious has happened on the way to the “Great Commodity Boom” taking the agricultural world by storm -- one of the most significant grains out there has been heading d-o-w-n, down: Soybeans...

Sugar and Orange Juice: Two Markets To Focus On
Markets rarely travel in a straight line.

Sugar prices have been falling this week. "Of course, it's nice that prices are falling since we're looking down," writes Elliott Wave International's Senior Commodity Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy. "However, markets rarely travel in a straight line. So, within wave (1), where exactly are we?"

Commodity Futures: Corn Up, Cattle Down?
Market correlations only work until they don't.

"The manner and extent of the advance from the March low argues that the selloff [in Live Cattle] that began in August 2007 has ended," argues in his April 28 Daily Futures Junctures EWI's Senior Commodity Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy.

Futures: One of 20 Opportunities
"Fundamentals" is not everything.

Rice Scare? Is Supply Really Running Out?

Commodities: Concerns, Expectations, Speculations?
What moves market prices: cold hard reasoning or fears, hunches and rumors?

Free Trader’s Crash Course And… Live Cattle
Commodities trading is not a buy-and-hold kind of game; it’s a "hit and run" one.

In the financial world, commodity markets are some of the most volatile and exciting markets out there. Every second matters. It’s not a buy-and-hold kind of game; it’s a hit and run one. Yet – every day, the mainstream experts choose NOT to be where the action is. Then, there’s option “B,” as in Being there...

Futures: Avoid the Sugar Rush?
Now that sugar has reached a four-week high, will prices keep rising?

Sugar futures rallied to a four-week high today (April 15) – a move that had financial media outlets everywhere scrambling to figure out exactly why everyone’s so "high" on the commodity.

Coffee: Wheel Of Fortune
You need some deductive reasoning to apply Elliott wave analysis in your trading.

Mainstream financial analysis usually does one of two things: Waits around for this or that supply/demand report to provide direction to a seemingly delayed market – OR – cherry picks through the day's events for a “fundamental” reason to explain direction that has already taken place. Either way, it ends up missing out on the action.

Latest On Commodities: Tax Break

EWI's brand-new, April 11 Monthly Futures Junctures gives you the latest on over a dozen major commodity markets. Here's what's inside...

Coffee Falls: The End, Or Start Of A Trend?
What to make of coffee's dramatic price reversal?

In the world of Elliott wave analysis, there are distinctive outside characteristics that reveal whether a market’s prices are going WITH or AGAINST the larger trend.

Soybean Meal: You Don't Want To Miss Next Wave
How do you know WHERE a wave 2 correction may end and give way to wave 3, the most powerful wave?

By applying this rule of Elliott in your trading, you always know the exact price point where your "wave two" is no longer a wave two. Which means that you always know the exact price point where to place your stop-loss – a cornerstone of proper risk management.

Futures: Learn To Recognize Complex Corrections
What IS a complex correction, in Elliott wave terms?

Here’s a quick pop quiz for you. Name the two types of Elliott wave corrective formations in these charts. These are the most basic and common corrective patterns in Elliott wave analysis...

Cocoa Futures: All You Need Is Basics
How much Elliott wave analysis do you need to know to make basic price forecasts?

Soybeans: Staying Ahead
An example of how technical analysis can keep you aware of the trend long before the mainstream.

One of the main contentions we have with mainstream financial analysis is its tendency to show up late for a market’s trend. Take, for example, the April 2 news stories regarding the steep drop in Soybean prices to a four-month low. 

Corn Futures: Don't Force-Fit Your Analysis
If a market doesn't conform to your expectations, should you "stick to your guns" or "cut and run"?

Lean Hogs: What Does Price Gap Mean For Trend?
How does a price gap fit into an Elliott wave pattern?

"Now for a simple lesson in basic chart analysis: Gaps usually occur in wave three, the strongest of the three impulse waves. It does not matter if you are looking at a one-minute chart of the S&P, or a monthly Copper chart. Find a gap, and..."