Commodities Analysis & Opinion

The Fed finally ended the zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) this December. Fundamentally, the Fed’s hike is a step in the right direction (but only a small one, since the U.S. interest rates will...

The decline in Crude Oil over the past 18-months has been historic. It's the largest 18-month decline in the commodity ever. Crude remains in our opinion, the most important commodity in the world and...

A large institutional trader decided today was a good time to put on a large and slightly complex options trade in the Energy Select Sector SPDR (N:XLE). This options trade which is called a risk...

Commodities Corner: Last week's CFTC data demonstrated a record short interest in commodities, with money managers piling into short positions, as we head into the back end of January an inevitable...

Wednesday's long squeeze quickly became the Thursday/Friday short squeezeAlthough in the heat of the moment on Wednesday morning, most online and TV chatter suggested the capitulation had yet to come,...

Gold and silver have held up well during the recent selloff in equities. From December 28 through Wednesday, the broad NYSE lost 10.4% while the S&P 500 lost 9.6%. Precious Metals gained strength...

Have we reached peak precious metals? Many analysts think so.Just to be clear, however, the idea of peak gold and peak silver doesn’t refer to a peak prices. The precious metals put in a...

OPEC countries are not decreasing their supply in order to maintain their market share. But the current situation may not be here to stay. Medium-long term buying positions may be taken following a...

Gold failed to stabilize above 1102.00 during the Asian session and prices have declined slightly as seen on the provided daily chart., while RSI is still trading above 50.00 levels. Hence, we prefer...

Crude oil inclined above 161.8% Fibonacci at 29.60, which allow us to suggest more bullish actions over intraday basis. RSI and ADX shows decrease in the bears’ power and thus, some kind of...

I last wrote about cocoa in July, 2015 in a piece called “Even Cocoa Starts to Waver In the Face of the Collapse In Commodities.” I wrote that iPath Bloomberg Cocoa Subindex Total Return...

Main scenario:Gold is trading along an uptrend rebounding from resistance level 1104, where creating a "double top" pattern.The uptrend may be expected to continue in case the market rises above...

There’s a whiff of the Thirties in the air. Global markets had their worst start ever. But the market is confusing coincidence with causation. In a déjà vu moment there are...

Good Morning!This morning’s reports are the EIA Gas Storage at 9:30, EIA Energy Stocks at 10:00 and Dairy Product Sales at 2:00 P.M. In the overnight electronic session, the March corn is...