Train wreck, only a matter of time.
But doesn't seem to matter to OP, so crash away.![]()
I cut my losses on the copper future. Bought at 4.9285, sold at 4.7335.
Loss of $4,875.
But this one I believe could go downhill real fast if you look at where the price was before the invasion 4.4505. If it returned to those levels, I would be down almost $12,000 with no logical reason to believe it would ever go up soon.
Commodities are going up. Today was an aberration because as oil went up, the stockmarket rallied. Nickel trading was suspended because of margin calls. Those who shorted nickel owes a lot to monies. I think nickel trading resumes Friday. However, most other metals should be trading tomorrow. If you are short copper, you can take it in the chin. I read copper demand is up the other day.
I have a problem of discerning between "trending" and "overbought/oversold"
If you are trading against the trend, you are getting the worst of it. The big boys (hedge funds, mutual funds, banks, brokers) dictate the trend. Like running towards a tsunami. You will get wiped out. Common sense dictates, you align your trades with the major trend. That way, you are trading with the big boys, not against them.
I own scco for my swing trade…what has caused copper to run up lately? Ukraine war?
Yes
Apparently I didn't think my strategies through good enough before starting again trading last Thursday. Before yesterday, I had gained $5,000 on initial $40,000 account. I was feeling very confident.
Then things started going wrong. Specifically... Copper future started going down, 30-year Treasury future started going down, EUR/AUD started going up, and EUR/CHF started going up. I'm now down about $25,000.
Due to the high leverage, this happened just in 2 days of bad movement. It could totally turn around in a few days and I honestly think the fundamentals are there to support that happening! But I just hate being in this position. I don't have any margin left to make new trades that I would like, and I'm stuck just waiting and hoping.
All I hope is that it doesn't completely blow my accounts and I lost it all.
I know I need better protection strategies next time. What should they be? How to avoid this in the future?