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It Takes Two to Contango…
Our apologies for the cheesy headline, but we have this wonderful word in the futures industry – Contango – and we just so happened to come across a nice piece on McClellan Financial covering Crude...
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Cool Crude Charts
Crude Oil has been dominating discussion around the managed futures world lately, and let’s face it, there’s good reason for the all the jabber. Last week, we couldn’t help but point out that the so...
View ArticleThe 10 most read Managed Futures posts of 2013
Another year and another reflection back on the year that was. Before we get too excited about 2014 and the endless possibilities, opportunities, and chances, we want to look back on the year that...
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7 Commodities in Contango and Backwardation
One of the more unique aspects of futures contracts compared to other investment styles, is that there are fixed term contracts which expire at specific dates, and many different ‘contract months’ for...
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8 Markets in Contango and Backwardation
Where is crude going? Will the grain markets stay this low for much longer? When will stock indices take their dip? Will the U.S. Dollar rally? It’s a subliminal way of asking for a genie or a crystal...
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Trading Bonds Against the Zero Bound
At Attain, we value alternative investment education almost as much as alternative investment itself. That’s why we started writing our weekly newsletter, and expanded our efforts with this blog. And...
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Contango, Backwardation and Relative Value in Brent and WTI Crude Oil
After hearing a manager last week talk about their trade of shorting the negative roll yield WTI Crude futures (West Texas Intermediate grade Crude Oil – aka Crude Oil as we know it here in the US) and...
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What can Managed Futures expect from ‘The Great Rotation’?
Originally posted on CTA Intelligence When the markets don’t react in the way you think they should, it’s a harsh reminder of the rule that past performance is not necessarily indicative of future...
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Back To Backwardation for Crude?
One quick look at the Crude oil market over the past five years – it’s easy to see the development of a $8-dollar range that’s made it tough for most energy traders (here’s the exception) to find...
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Don’t Call it a Comeback – Part II
It seems anywhere you click, there’s an article articulating when the crude market is going to break and in which direction. Whether its OPEC cuts working or more record supply from the US, nobody...
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