The Fed's rally yesterday was very short-lived. Even I'm surprised! But more disconcerting still is that the S&P 500 futures tonight are continuing to fall ever farther, as depicted on this chart of the plunging stock market futures in the evening trading hours today. As of 12:40 am EST, more than 43,000 contracts have been traded during the evening hours here in the United States. Could you pump that raft up a little faster, please? It's getting a little wet in here...
I am a student of economics, financial analyst, and futures trader, specializing in agricultural commodities, and especially grains, but I also trade gold and other metals, soft commodities, treasuries, and stock index futures.
I began trading spot Forex currency crosses in May 2003, and in August 2006, I met a futures trader who has been making a living in futures for more than 20 years, and he became my futures mentor. I've never looked back, and I am now head trader for Global Capital Reserves, my own firm.
I also have both Bachelors and Master of Science degrees in business.
I really enjoy trading futures, and hope to share my successes, a few failures, and methodologies.