Advising speculators and hedgers in the futures markets.
Manduca Trading serves individuals and businesses that look to the futures markets as a hedging tool or for speculation.
For passive investors, Manduca Trading will research the vast selection and types of managed or systematic trading programs to find those that will suit the risk tolerance and other important criteria of each investor.
For active speculators, Manduca Trading publishes research that it believes provides a solid framework for a sound trading approach. The backbone of the approach is the tendencies of annual price patterns for futures spreads, filtered by a proprietary set of preferred technical analyses and risk/reward parameters.
Manduca Trading advises those who own a portfolio of financial assets such as equities, fixed income, and currencies on strategies that could help reduce risk or add some degree of certainty toward reaching their goals. These strategies may employ the use of futures, options on futures, or both.
Agricultural futures encompass a wide-ranging selection of things that are grown, be they grown in the ground or from livestock.
Grains, oilseeds, and livestock markets are prone to fundamental changes in supply and demand based on such influences as weather, trade balances, and logistics.
Agricultural futures are more than just those commodities that are eaten, as they also include some of the raw elements for textiles, and lumber.
Metals futures markets span a large selection of both ferrous and non-ferrous metals vital to construction, manufacturing, and as a store of value.
Worldwide futures exchanges list many of the metals that are commonly used to build things, such as steel, copper, and aluminum.
Precious metals are valued both as vital manufacturing components and stores of value. These would include the likes of gold, silver, and platinum.
The energy futures markets represent many of the fossil and manufactured fuels that provide power for the world.
Crude oil, natural gas, and coal are pulled from the earth and are used in large measure to provide the power the world needs daily.
Biofuels have become an important offset for fossil fuels.
Stocks, bonds, and currencies provide the capital or flow of funds needed by business, government, and individuals.
Bond futures and other interest rate sensitive futures contracts provide a means to exercise an opinion on inflation and the health of an economy.
Currency futures provide a way to hedge against the value of cross-border transactions, while also allowing speculators the ability to express an opinion on the relative strength of international economies.
Fundamental and technical analyses are key to a basic understanding of factors that drive long and short term price movement in the futures markets. Perception being reality, psychology also plays a part in influencing price direction.
Manduca Trading will work to help you cut through the noise, providing insights and devising strategies that you may employ to help reach your goals.
An option on a futures contract is the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a particular futures contract at a specific price on or before a certain expiration date. Manduca Trading can provide expert training and advice in how to use options on futures as a method to hedge or speculate.
Spread trading is all about the relative value of two futures contracts. This strategy involves the simultaneous purchase of one futures contract and sale of another.
Manduca Trading will help make sense of intra-commodity & inter-commodity futures spreads, and provide a better understanding of the benefits and risks of employing this trading strategy.
Seasonal Spread Trading Advisory Service
Part of the family of websites published by Manduca Trading, www.MyFuturesAdvisor.com provides what we believe is a comprehensive approach to trading the futures markets that combines spread trading with seasonal tendencies.
Using this method, the service identifies upcoming trading opportunities with recommendations on entry levels and risk and trade management.
For more information, click on the link and you will be directed to the website.
Manduca Trading, LLC
Barrington, IL 60010
Tel: (312) 987 2053
The risk of loss in trading commodity futures contracts can be substantial. You should, therefore, carefully consider whether such trading is suitable for you in light of your circumstances and financial resources. You should be aware of the following:
You may sustain a total loss of the funds that you deposit with your broker to establish or maintain a position in the commodity futures market, and you may incur losses beyond these amounts. If the market moves against your position, you may be called upon by your broker to deposit a substantial amount of additional margin funds, on short notice, in order to maintain your position. If you do not provide the required funds within the time required by your broker, your position may be liquidated at a loss, and you will be liable for any resulting deficit in your account.
The funds you deposit with a futures commission merchant for trading futures positions are not protected by insurance in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the futures commission merchant, or in the event your funds are misappropriated.
The funds you deposit with a futures commission merchant for trading futures positions are not protected by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation even if the futures commission merchant is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker or dealer.
The funds you deposit with a futures commission merchant are generally not guaranteed or insured by a derivatives clearing organization in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the futures commission merchant, or if the futures commission merchant is otherwise unable to refund your funds. Certain derivatives clearing organizations, however, may have programs that provide limited insurance to customers. You should inquire of your futures commission merchant whether your funds will be insured by a derivatives clearing organization and you should understand the benefits and limitations of such insurance programs.
The funds you deposit with a futures commission merchant are not held by the futures commission merchant in a separate account for your individual benefit. Futures commission merchants commingle the funds received from customers in one or more accounts and you may be exposed to losses incurred by other customers if the futures commission merchant does not have sufficient capital to cover such other customers trading losses.
The funds you deposit with a futures commission merchant may be invested by the futures commission merchant in certain types of financial instruments that have been approved by the Commission for the purpose of such investments. Permitted investments are listed in Commission Regulation 1.25 and include: U.S. government securities; municipal securities; money market mutual funds; and certain corporate notes and bonds. The futures commission merchant may retain the interest and other earnings realized from its investment of customer funds. You should be familiar with the types of financial instruments that a futures commission merchant may invest customer funds in.
Futures commission merchants are permitted to deposit customer funds with affiliated entities, such as affiliated banks, securities brokers or dealers, or foreign brokers. You should inquire as to whether your futures commission merchant deposits funds with affiliates and assess whether such deposits by the futures commission merchant with its affiliates increases the risks to your funds.
You should consult your futures commission merchant concerning the nature of the protections available to safeguard funds or property deposited for your account.
Under certain market conditions, you may find it difficult or impossible to liquidate a position. This can occur, for example, when the market reaches a daily price fluctuation limit ("limit move").
All futures positions involve risk, and a "spread" position may not be less risky than an outright "long" or "short" position.
The high degree of leverage (gearing) that is often obtainable in futures trading because of the small margin requirements can work against you as well as for you. Leverage (gearing) can lead to large losses as well as gains.
In addition to the risks noted in the paragraphs enumerated above, you should be familiar with the futures commission merchant you select to entrust your funds for trading futures positions.
ALL OF THE POINTS NOTED ABOVE APPLY TO ALL FUTURES TRADING WHETHER FOREIGN OR DOMESTIC. IN ADDITION, IF YOU ARE CONTEMPLATING TRADING FOREIGN FUTURES OR OPTIONS CONTRACTS, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL RISKS:
Foreign futures transactions involve executing and clearing trades on a foreign exchange. This is the case even if the foreign exchange is formally "linked" to a domestic exchange, whereby a trade executed on one exchange liquidates or establishes a position on the other exchange. No domestic organization regulates the activities of a foreign exchange, including the execution, delivery, and clearing of transactions on such an exchange, and no domestic regulator has the power to compel enforcement of the rules of the foreign exchange or the laws of the foreign country. Moreover, such laws or regulations will vary depending on the foreign country in which the transaction occurs. For these reasons, customers who trade on foreign exchanges may not be afforded certain of the protections which apply to domestic transactions, including the right to use domestic alternative dispute resolution procedures. In particular, funds received from customers to margin foreign futures transactions may not be provided the same protections as funds received to margin futures transactions on domestic exchanges. Before you trade, you should familiarize yourself with the foreign rules which will apply to your particular transaction.
Finally, you should be aware that the price of any foreign futures or option contract and, therefore, the potential profit and loss resulting therefrom, may be affected by any fluctuation in the foreign exchange rate between the time the order is placed and the foreign futures contract is liquidated or the foreign option contract is liquidated or exercised.
THIS BRIEF STATEMENT CANNOT, OF COURSE, DISCLOSE ALL THE RISKS AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE COMMODITY MARKETS.
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