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21 February 2022

Spread trading no longer works

I have read things over the last few weeks that have made the few hairs on my head stand on end. Things that show that a large proportion of traders have no idea what spread trading is David CarliI am a macroeconomic and financial analyst with over 30 years’ experience, including two years as a fund manager. I specialise in currencies and commodities, and I am the author of several successful books on trading, macroeconomics, and financial markets.
12 February 2022

Trading idea from a ratio

Ratios charts can show many interesting aspects. They can reveal, for example, supports and resistances where there is a high probability of reversal. One such situation can be seen now in the David CarliI am a macroeconomic and financial analyst with over 30 years’ experience, including two years as a fund manager. I specialise in currencies and commodities, and I am the author of several successful books on trading, macroeconomics, and financial markets.
7 February 2022

Euro and British Pound, what has emerged from the meetings

Last week, more precisely on Thursday 3 February, the two central bank meetings, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank, took place. At a time like this, with the pandemic that is David CarliI am a macroeconomic and financial analyst with over 30 years’ experience, including two years as a fund manager. I specialise in currencies and commodities, and I am the author of several successful books on trading, macroeconomics, and financial markets.
27 January 2022

FOMC Meeting and Eur-Usd

What happened at the last Federal Reserve meeting and how this will affect Eur-Usd. We already had a foretaste of this on 5 January, when the published minutes of the December 14-15 meeting revealed David CarliI am a macroeconomic and financial analyst with over 30 years’ experience, including two years as a fund manager. I specialise in currencies and commodities, and I am the author of several successful books on trading, macroeconomics, and financial markets.
21 January 2022

The best spreads to trade are…

They are generally ignored by most commodity traders, but in my experience, they are the best spreads to trade. I am referring to multi-leg spreads. For a number of reasons, multi-leg spreads offer better David CarliI am a macroeconomic and financial analyst with over 30 years’ experience, including two years as a fund manager. I specialise in currencies and commodities, and I am the author of several successful books on trading, macroeconomics, and financial markets.
21 January 2022

Analysis of a soybean oil spread

Today I am analysing one of the many spreads in my book on the best seasonal spreads, a spread on soybean oil, more precisely ZLQ22-ZLZ22. Let me start by showing the chart with the David CarliI am a macroeconomic and financial analyst with over 30 years’ experience, including two years as a fund manager. I specialise in currencies and commodities, and I am the author of several successful books on trading, macroeconomics, and financial markets.