Commodities Analysis & Opinion

This was a holiday-shorted week, due to Good Friday, and we are posting this Monday evening due to today being a holiday in much of the world.Gold and silver went up the dollar went down, +$33 and...

Is the Economy at the cusp of the next recession? Or possibly worse?This article takes a look at the macro economic backdrop for the trade of the year. Spoiler alert- its not a pretty picture, but...

As if you need more proof that inflation is finally starting to pick up, lumber prices rose to a 12-year high last week, supported mainly by expectations that steep duties will soon be levied on cheap...

Natural gas futures price seems to be moving well according to technically defined path in a progressive manner. No doubt that the natural gas futures price voyage since March 14th, 2017 remained full...

The rising trend of aluminum processors seeking protection from Chinese imports may be just the beginning if a recent Reuters article is correct.Encouraged by a growing delta between the London Metal...

If you believe in economic data from China (no knowledgeable person does) then you will likely accept as fact this Reuters headline: China first-quarter GDP grows faster than expected 6.9...

As shown in the figure, crude breaks from the rising channel and there is a H&S breakdown in the 4 hour chart. A head and shoulders pattern describes a specific chart formation that predicts a...

Technical analyst Jack Chan charts a reversal in the oil markets and outlines his strategy. OSX is on a major buy signal, which can last for months and years. Speculative sentiment, according to open...

"Thank you, Mr. President." And as for last week's 180° out-of-phase missive entitled "We See Gold Working Lower Near-Term", we need only cue the 1966 Bob Hope classic "Boy, Did I Get A Wrong...

Mr. Hamid Koushki senior financial analyst metals and mineral fields. Last week the price of coking coal pallidus Guard increased. This was caused due to difficulties in transportation networks caused...

I define WTI as a USD currency pair but operates under a different name because WTI and the interest rate curve responsible for WTI’s price and movements shares a perfect 100% correlation to its...

We talked about silver for the medium term in yesterday’s article Silver Price Close To Major Breakout. As discussed, the article was focused on a potential tactical breakout in silver, leading...

WTI Crude Oil Non-Commercial Positions: Large oil speculators and traders sharply boosted their net positions in the WTI crude oil futures markets last week for a second week in a row, according to...

Gold Non-Commercial Positions: Large speculators sharply increased their net positions in the gold futures markets last week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the...