| The Blog Entry that Accompanies this Video is at: investorandtrader.blogspot.com My Daily Blog is at: investorandtrader.blogspot.com Free Issue of Airelons Market Tactics davianletter.com Airelon's Market Tactics Newsletter: davianletter.com This vlog entry is a continuation in a series of videos, the "Commodities Trading and Futures Speculation", and is continued from the previous entries. Introduction: I discussed some of the myths regarding commodities speculation, and introduce the entire series. The Reason for the Markets Existence: We discussed that the commodity futures markets exist, to allow companies, farmers, and others involved in production within the economy to hedge themselves against catastrophic losses. This in turn, keeps unemployment lower, and reduces volatility in the economy. Why Traders Trade Commodities: Ok, if the commercial interests use the commodity markets to protect their business profits, then why are traders in those future markets? We discussed liquidity, and that the commercial interests need that trader liquidity, in order to hedge more efficiently. Without traders, the commercial interests have a very difficult time operating in the markets. Collective Crowd Wisdom: We next discussed the free market benefits that traders bring to table while they are trading future delivery contracts. Contacts and More Contracts: Is there some vast conspiracy, in that all commodity futures have more contracts trading in active months than there is the ... |
