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Again.. not to hijak the thread.. here are the most liquid aggro ETF.. Here is also COT base ( Commitment of Trader ) .. http://www.cotbase.com/ Basically .. if you playing for a mean reversion .. You want to pick the side of comercial positions in hope the speculators will get a squeeze .. We just had a masive rip 14% in cooa (NIB) These are directional trades and are very different then market nutural trades that most of the people do around here..

Yes...I actually had a seat on, what was called the "Coffee, Sugar, Cocoa Exchange" , that I bought in 1980. That , plus the metals (gold,silver, copper), and Heating Oil, is where I started in this whole thing. There were no options on futures, on any of the exchanges, until 1982, when they tried out a "trial" program on 3 commodities (gold, bonds, and sugar) to see if there was any interest. I literally traded the first sugar option, on the exchange in 1982. Then, from 1982-to about 1986, they continued to add more and more options on more commodities. Crude became the best for a long time. Right now, there is one problem, . With IB, for example, as a "non-professional" account, all , real-time" data, is virtually free. There are a few "bundles" that include commodities, and their options, for either free, or like $4.50 per month. But, as I just found out an hour ago. The only products, where real-time data have costs that are prohibitive, are only coffee, sugar, and cocoa. It is $120.75 per month for both professional, and non-professional alike. It came about when the "ICE" exchange bought out the CSC exchange, and were looking for ways to create revenues.. Yeah, $120/month for live data oughtta do it! Anyway, it is free with a 15 minute time delay. You can create spreads, and work everything , exactly the same as you do with any other product....charts etc. options analysis. But, just be aware that everything is on a 15 minute delay (or shell out $120....you might eventually find that is might be worth it). I think if you are sharp, like everyone here, and are aware that you are working with a 15 min delay....there are tons of strategies that can be used, that do not require real-time data. I actually made some trades today (for the first time under these conditions). They are very liquid markets,so that's a plus.

We have a dedicated subforum for Futures Trading. Lets use that forum for any futures related discussions. Just open a new topic and post any relevant information there. I think it will be very useful to many members.

Stock: INTU Earnings: 11/20/2017 Strategy: open 3 days before earnings (which is 11/15/2017), 40 delta call. Close 1 day before. http://www.cmlviz.com/cmld3b/index.php?number=11794&app=news&cml_article_id=20171103_swing-trading-earnings-momentum-in-intuit