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That's great thanks.

Can anyone please confirm: Do 'margin requirements' differ if I place 'spread order' with broker ie simulanously buy march soy, sell nov soy, Versus place separate orders: buy the march soy, then later on a different order sell the nov soy? I'm told by my broker that lower spread margins...

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Have done some more research and hear a number of complaints about futuresource since esignal took over. I hear good things about ProReal time but they don't offer NYBOT which I need.... are there any others people can recommend looking at? Thanks J-S

Hi, I'm looking for a realiable live feed for US commodity prices & charting. Can anyone please make any recommendations? I see esignal have a package with Futuresource. Has anyone tried this live service? Can anyone confirm pricing on this product? They put no prices on their website which...

where are these figures from? I live in shanghai, and see no such jump....

Hi, I'm looking for reputable and reasonably priced accounting firms to assist with NAV, performance reporting and fee calculations for my management company. Can anyone please recommend some good firms to contact? Many thanks. J-S

I remember reading that Soros experienced similar problem in London, he got fed up and left for US. Why not try a different country? Asia is opening up, what about China, India, etc more opportunities / open minds over there.

Thanks MTE, I understand I can get the contract specs (point value, $ per point) and prices online, what I'm after is an online resource which calculates this for each commodity for you (total $ value of holding one lot) and updates this value as the prices update. Apart from anything else I...

Does anyone know of a reliable online resource which gives you the total $ value of 1 contract of every major commodity which trades? Many thanks J-S

Hello Elite Traders, Can anyone please comment on the typical fee structures in Separately Managed Accounts - Is this the typical 2 & 20 found in traditional hedge funds structures, or are lower fees normally expected? Also in terms of collecting the fees - how does this work in practice...

thank you for the clear explanations J-S

I understand that the total value of all open gold futures contracts significantly exceeds the value of available supply of physical gold in the world. Can anyone explain how this can be so? If a future allows for delivery in the future, how can the value of outstanding contracts exceed the...

Thanks for the replies and for the link to Petzels interesting article. My objective is to make money holding commodities long only and to do so without getting crucified by a negative roll yield - Many of the markets I wish to maintain long only positions in are currently trading...

Hello Elite Traders, I see many commodity futures prices trading contango, and calculate this to be a large expense for futures traders / investors wishing to hold and roll commodities for extended periods (2 years+) My question: Is there any way to own commodities without getting...

Thanks seth, Is anyone able to elaborate further on my questions? Thanks in advance for any comments. J-S

I have a few basic questions about rolling over a futures position – Does the broker charge 2 commissions to rollover (1 to close, 1 to re-open) or just 1? How do you prevent adverse slippage between the 2 contracts when rolling over? - Is it possible for both orders to be executed...

Hi Can anyone please fill me in on the difference between Kansas city wheat (kcbt) & cbot wheat? I see they are pretty much correlated with slight deviation over the past week or so - Is there anything that could cause price action to meaningfully deviate (+ / - 10% or so) between these 2...

I believe it was Jim Rogers who said he bought the renminbi as a 'closed currency' so it certainly seems possible Does anyone know the best way for a retail investor to do this? I will also check out ever bank to see what they can offer.

Does anyone know how it’s possible to buy Chinese renminbi as a ‘pegged and closed currency’? I’ve heard this being done, though don’t see it offered by brokers – Is it necessary to open a bank account in China, or are there other ways to do this quickly?