The financial world seems to have a fascination with zoomorphism – the attribution of animal names, emotions, or intentions to non- animal occurrences like market shocks. Black Swans are the famous one, but there’s also been White Moose and Gray Rhino added to the lexicon. And in this episode of The Derivative, we’re focusing on […]
Category: Markets
19
May
2020
PFGNextBest: More Money Released
While most of us in the futures industry would like to forget the Peregrine Financial Group (PFG) story, we believe it pays to remember past mistakes so they don’t happen again in the future. As a reminder, the PFG story was that of one Russel Wassendorf Sr. and his becoming known as the “Madoff of […]
07
May
2020
Tackling Trading Technologies and (lower case t) technology with Guy Scott of TT
Futures traders take clicking a price to generate an order on their PCs for granted these days, much less the instant delivery of every tick, order book data, and trade fills. But how does it all work? And how did it used to all work?? Lucky for you, we’ve got one of the experts from […]
06
May
2020
Asset Class Scoreboard: April 2020
With slight dips from the mid-month asset class scoreboard, April ended out in the green for every asset class across the board except for commodities. With word from abroad of economies reopening & the U.S. rolling out a slow open across the country, assets classes have bounced back considerably from the month before. Managed futures […]
05
May
2020
3 REALISTIC WAYS TO PLAY A BOUNCE IN OIL
When #crudeoil and $USO are trending on Twitter – you know it’s something more than just some 5% move or so; AND it’s about the exact same time we’re getting calls from people asking the best way to invest in crude oil and the best way to profit from crude oil eventually rebounding. Chances are, […]
26
Apr
2020
Valuing VIX and Volatility with Joe Tigay
VIX and volatility are buzz words that every trader knows, thinks about, and maybe even utilizes. But VIX and volatility are subjects to not be taken too lightly – experts like Joe Tigay of Equity Armor Investments have spent years and years perfecting an understanding of the VIX curve, skew, and timing to get in […]
21
Apr
2020
Crude Oil goes Negative… What^%$#
Has anyone seen oil perform like this…..ever??? This is one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen. The price of crude #oil according to the expiring May future contract is USD -40. pic.twitter.com/7g0PtmZqAw — jeroen blokland (@jsblokland) April 20, 2020 For the first time in history, crude oil went negative – and not […]
21
Apr
2020
Asset Class Scoreboard: Mid-April 2020
Earlier this month we reported on asset class performance: March 2020: Red Wedding Version; and as far as YTD is concerned, it’s the Red Wedding Part 2. But for mid-month asset class performance on it’s own, we’re seeing some positive growth fueled by stimulus checks and increasing confidence from American investors — and to be […]
17
Apr
2020
Exchanging Intellectual Assets with $TAIL, $SYLD $GVAL ETF-icionado Meb Faber
Author Asset Manager FinTwit Must Follow Podcaster Industry Thought Leader CEO/CIO There’s no exaggeration when describing Meb Faber as an influencer in the alts and investment world. His experience spans CEO/CIO of Cambria Investments, running his own popular podcast, and being a thought leader in the FinTwit world. In this can’t miss episode, we pick […]
15
Apr
2020
March Manager Performance Snapshot
Commodity Program Last Month YTD Minimum Cayler CapitalQ 14.94% 18.72% 125K Red Rock Commodity Long Short 13.16% 25.15% 500K Jaguar AegirQ 9.14% 10.79% 1MM Aquantum Commodity 3.58% 7.87% 5MM Aquantum EnergyQ 2.20% 7.46% 5MM Emil Van Essen SpreadQ -1.17% -15.66% 5MM Auspice Short TermQ -1.27% 0.17% 5MM Caerus Group Oil Futures Trading Program -1.64% -18.06% 200K […]
