Matthew Bradbard has more than a decade of experience in the Commodities industry, managing his own IB for over five years and his own CTA for 15 months. RCM is expanding into the South Florida market and appointed Bradbard to run its Miami Branch. His current position includes attracting futures/options clearing and execution business as well as working with managed products in both commodities and forex.Expand

RCM's client base includes commodity trading advisors, commodity pools, proprietary trading groups, hedgers and individual traders. RCM offers a wide variety of services and expertise in direct market access for online traders and proprietary trading groups, administrative and capital introduction services for commodity trading advisors and pools and portfolio creation for RIAs, IBs, and HNW clients in the managed futures and forex space.Collapse

What has worked and what hasn't in 2013.
Light long exposure in any of the Ags is acceptable but be hedged for flexibility in case of a surprise.
By using seasonal patterns, traders can anticipate future price movement based on historical data.
The yellow metal continues to glitter while other asset classes suffer.
I am getting creative with lean hogs and taking a long-term bullish view on sugar.
I am not calling for a bull market in the greenback, but it has been trading sideways for the last six weeks.  
Two trading ideas that capitalize on recent trends.
In recent months, we have seen much more movement in gasoline and heating oil than is typical.
Here’s a roundup of all the recent stumbles -- and whether they seem likely to reverse course.
Your first order of business is to understand the downside risk.

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