We wanted to share with you one of our most popular blog posts: an updated list of the top FCMs (based on customer funds held in segregation). When doing research in selecting a futures commission merchant, or FCM, (i.e. custodian) to house your managed futures portfolio, it can be difficult…
Global Oil Production More-or-less stayed constant as OPEC+ declines were met with US increases. OPEC and Russian production cuts agreed upon at the December OPEC meeting quickly came into effect while Venezuela and Libya produced well under their quotas. OPEC oil supply fell in January by the largest amount in…
Many of us have already heard the news regarding OptionSellers.com, a wealth management firm located in Tampa, FL, that lost more than $150M in customer assets in a natural gas trade. The trade in question occurred in November 2018, and involved being short call options on natural gas, and in…
Americas Economic Data for US Q4 GDP as forecasted by the Atlanta Fed ticked higher than last month to +2.6%, with strong employment and wage figures coming into play. In December, US employers added the most workers in ten months as wage gains accelerated and labor-force participation jumped. Nonfarm…