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I'm currently with Parman Financial. They execute forex trades, and I'm doing well on one of their managed accounts, so no complaints there. However, they can't execute any other commodity trades. Any suggestions on a decent commodity broker out there, or an Idea where to start?

If you used to trade in the pits…do you miss it?
If you have never traded in the pits…do you wish you could have experienced it?

If I told you that I could provide you with a real life environment that simulates the trading pits…would you be interested?

I used to work on the NYMEX trading floor. Frankly, I miss it. So, I have built a programme that simulates market order flow, which reacts to the traders in the game. I have had some test runs in my flat in London, with some success. But I am looking for more testers.

Does this interest anyone?

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eSIGNAL RELEASES FUTURESOURCE WORKSTATION 3.2

Update to Suite of Trading Tools Includes Rolling Spread Symbols, Forward Curves and an RSS Reader; Users Benefit from eSignalÂ’s Reliable Data and Support and Access to the Third Largest Market Data Vendor

HAYWARD, Calif., November 3, 2008 – eSignal, a division of Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) and a leading provider of streaming, real-time financial market data, news, analytics and decision-support tools for professional and individual traders, today announced the release of FutureSource® Workstation 3.2.

The FutureSource Workstation 3.2 platform provides users with access to high-demand services, such as rolling spread symbols, forward curves and an RSS reader. Rolling spread symbols (also known as rolling summer, winter and annual strips) and forward curves are critical tools used to predict the direction of stocks and futures. The RSS reader allows users to select news or feeds to automatically monitor and import. Clients can also create alerts using RSS feeds from news sites such as the United States Department of Agriculture and Federal Reserve News and Datafeed, and categorize the feeds based on headlines, topic, publishing date or author.

Customers using FutureSource Workstation 3.2 will continue to benefit from eSignal’s competitive pricing, customer support, comprehensive training and dedicated account managers. They will also benefit from having access to data from Interactive Data Corporation, the third-largest vendor of market data– with a choice of over 125 exchanges – multiple market capabilities, and dynamic data exchange.

“FutureSource Workstation 3.2 further strengthens what was already an exceptionally powerful platform for aggregating, organizing and analyzing market data,” said Chuck Thompson, president of eSignal. “The enhancements we’ve added – from improved custom data for comprehensive data analysis to custom forward curve charts that provide the ability to uncover trends in the larger market – provide traders with unparalleled analysis and decision support.”

eSignal's new forward curve engine, featured in Workstation 3.2, is a fully customizable forward curve that provides users with transparent, instantly available price predictors assisting them in better identifying market trends and investing opportunities. The forward curve engine allows users to view both current forward curves and historic forward curves. It also utilizes overlays, up to 60-plus technical indicators, and offers users a choice of different plot styles. Forward curves can be based on any futures symbol, including strips, spreads or any custom formula. Users can view the curve data in typical chart format or in a tabular data table, enabling them to export the underlying curve information into Excel for further analysis.

Other new features and functionality within FutureSource Workstation 3.2 include:

•A new external custom data feature that enables users to combine their own data sets within FutureSource Workstation 3.2 to chart and to perform comprehensive technical analysis on the data. This new feature supports data within Excel, CSV or tab delimited files, and supports aggregation of daily, weekly, monthly, tick and intraday data.
•Seasonal charts with the ability to chart representations of market trends for commodities.
•Custom symbol library for the creation and use of custom formulas, expressions and symbols.
•Full compatibility to run within a Citrix environment.
•A new updated framework that delivers improved performance to help users stay ahead of the ever-growing market volume.
•Built in energy functions for charting and quoting summer, winter and annual calendar strips.

Availability:

FutureSource Workstation 3.2 is available now and current users may upgrade at no additional cost. For a complete list of FutureSource Workstation 3.2 features, as well as an overview of the service, visit FutureSource Workstation, the preferred market data platform for the energy, agri-business and futures brokerage industries. For pricing, call 510.723.1765.

Trust me when I say that the commodity of the future will be water! Yes water, will be very sought for, especially if the global warming proves to include a big time warming. Many countries are already in the summer period on the northern hemisphere getting hammered harder than in the past.

Wednesday, 17 September 2008 22:13:04 GMT
Written by David Rodriguez, Quantitative Analyst

The NYMEX WTI Crude Oil contract moved sharply higher to end the dayÂ’s trade, as a dramatic decline in the US dollar combined with a larger-than-expected crude inventories drawdown to send futures up nearly 6 percent through the close.

Commodities - Energy

· Crude Oil Tumbles Further on Global Financial Market Distress
· Brent Crude Prices follow WTI Lower

Oil Traders Continue Selling Crude on US FOMC Decision, Market Distress

Crude Oil (WTI) $96.40 +$5.30 +5.81%
The NYMEX WTI Crude Oil contract moved sharply higher to end the dayÂ’s trade, as a dramatic decline in the US dollar combined with a larger-than-expected crude inventories drawdown to send futures up nearly 6 percent through the close. American Petroleum Institute officials reported that crude oil inventories fell more than expected in the week ending September 12, as a fairly pronounced drop in domestic production led petroleum companies to draw on existing inventories. Such numbers are ostensibly bullish for crude prices, but it is likewise important to note that demand for gasoline saw a marked decline through the same period. If we see continued declines in demand for petroleum products, we could easily see Crude Oil continue on its recent downtrend.

Brent Crude $94.08 +$4.86 +5.45%
Brent crude futures followed their US counterparts, and we see little reason for divergence between WTI and Brent futures through the foreseeable future. The European contract will likely continue its decline if we see further US dollar rallies through the near term. See forex trading news for more.

Upcoming Department of Energy Inventories

Country Day Release Expected
US Sep 24 US Crude Inventories (SEP 19) ----
US Sep 24 US Gasoline Inventories (SEP 19) ----
US Sep 24 US Distillate Inventory (SEP 19) ----

Commodities - Metals

· Gold Prices Tumble on Dollar Strength
· Silver Outlook Tied to Dollar, Gold Prices

Gold and Silver Could Gain if US Dollar Pulls Back

Gold $869.30 +88.80 +11.40%
Gold prices rallied strongly through the dayÂ’s close, as clear financial market distress sent investors stampeding into the traditional safe-haven commodity. Indeed, short-term Treasury Bill rates hit their lowest in over 50 years on news of further Federal bailouts for financial shares. Such perilous financial market conditions continue to support gold rallies, and we may yet see further strength through near-term COMEX trading. See our technical outlook for Gold for more.


Silver $12.065 +$1.548 +14.72%Silver unsurprisingly traded lockstep with gold prices, and the COMEX contract likewise looks to bounce further off of near-term support. Continued equity market volatility and our forecasts for US dollar declines could produce a short-term retrace of previous Silver weakness.

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Well we have the oil market opening up on a Sunday because of the latest blast of hot air.
(No not Spanish, but the windy thingy, eke, eky, yucky, what ever the current name is.)

So the second time around for a natural disaster. IG have jumped on the band wagon and decided to open in a few hours time for oil trading.

Nymex opens early as do Globex etc.

But is it worth trying to trade it? Will it be like a normal trading day? Or will the people that move the market not bother to cut short the weekend?

I can see 24/7 trading coming to the markets as sure as Sunday opening for supermarkets.
But is it worth trying to trade it?

Will the 'liquidity' and movement be there?

FX is a 24/5 market, but most times it is not worth trading after 9/10 night time gmt time, because it is too choppy or doesn't move.

So is it worth giving up the sunday afternoon doze in front of the tele to try to make money?