Fibonacci: From A Buzzword To Real-Life Application
From the proportions of our DNA strand to our galaxy, the Fibonacci ratio defines the natural progression of growth and decay.

Technical analysts, in recent years, have elevated “Fibonacci” to the level of a buzzword. Despite this unfortunate fact, in skilled hands, Fibonacci ratios can prove extremely handy when you're calculating a market retracement or price target. The most popular of these ratios are the .618 and 1.618. But here's a new twist on the old Fibonacci technique -- "Reverse Fibonacci"...

Commodity Opportunity: Go Hog Wild!

"Commodities Have Crashed." Now What?
Or was a commodity bull market to begin with?

Commodities have taken a severe beating in recent months, as EWI's founder and CEO Bob Prechter points out in his October Elliott Wave Theorist. And they have dropped even farther since Bob published the Theorist in mid-October. Specifically, Platinum is now down 67%, Copper 60%, Oil 59%, Silver 61%, Wheat 61%, Corn 52%, Soybeans 50%, Cotton 54%. The question is, now what?

The Next Big Move In Crude, Copper, and Commodities Is…

U.S. Dollar vs. World: Why So Strong?
"There are lots of currency-pair movements that don't make sense."

Conventional assumptions about market drivers don't work – despite what you hear on the six-o'clock news. In fact, if there is one central point in the Elliott wave-based view of the financial markets (and the society at large), it is precisely this: Events outside the markets have NO trend-forming influence. Don't believe us? Explain this, then...

What's Next For Commodities?

Is the bear market in commodities over, or has it just begun?” Futures Junctures editor Jeffrey Kennedy reveals where the strongest case lies – with bulls or bears – with 7 pages and 7 eye-opening charts of every market, from silver to soybeans, inside the brand-new November Monthly Futures Junctures.

A Few Days In The Life Of A Commodity Trader

Over the last four days, I put myself in the (hypothetical) shoes of an average commodity trader schooled in the thought of mainstream economic wisdom. The market I choose is Orange Juice. Find out how the experiment unfolds today...

Coffee Prices & Starbucks: Any Connection?

Jeffrey, let's talk about coffee. Like prices of most soft commodities, coffee has been trending down this year – but what's interesting, have you noticed that the price of Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) has also been sliding? On the first trading day of this year, one share sold for about $18; in October, it fell to about $9. Do you think there is a connection here? -- Jeffrey Kennedy: Interesting observation. Well, yes and no...

Have Cocoa Prices Finally Hit Bottom?

A Near-Term Opportunity In Sugar Is Here

Commodity Futures: Quick Lesson in Chart Analysis
Remember: Diagonal Triangles are ending Elliott wave patterns.

Diagonal Triangles typically form in a fifth wave position of an impulse. The Elliott Wave Principle* book says they appear when the market has gone "too far, too fast." The key thing to remember about them is that they are ending patterns. Because they signal the end of the larger trend, they often ignite volatile moves that quickly retrace the entire preceding wave pattern. This is the Diagonal Triangle I see forming in Soybean Meal right now, on a 45-minute chart...

(Update) Will GOLD Provide Shelter From The Storm?

Three Commodity Markets: One Pattern

Passengers on board the mainstream "fundamental" train en route to COTTON have been severely derailed. To wit: On October 16, cotton prices wilted to a two-year low, DESPITE a barrage of bullish factors. Get the whole story today.

Coffee, Soybeans: Two Lessons With a Message
Commodity bubble may have burst, but opportunities are still here.

Once again, I sit down to talk with Jeffrey Kennedy, Elliott Wave International's Senior Commodity Analyst and editor of our Futures Junctures Service. -- Jeffrey, the ongoing credit contraction – a.k.a. liquidity crisis – has not spared commodities. Just glancing at the long-term charts you show in the Wave Watch section of your October Monthly Futures Junctures, I see that prices of markets like coffee, corn, wheat or soybeans that were flying high just months ago, are down hard – and I mean, hard! -- Jeffrey Kennedy: Yes, while some commodities have suffered less, corn prices, for example, got cut in half since June...

Commodities: TREATS of Opportunity Galore

Sugar’s “Crude” Logic

Cotton: Futures Forerunner

Oil Prices Plunge: What “Safe-Haven”?

Commodity Spotlight: How Low Will COCOA Go?

n general, using “fundamentals” to keep the course of the financial markets is a lot like using a compass to navigate on the moon: The needle rarely points in the right direction. Case in point: the COCOA market circa June 2008.

Commodity Special: Sweet Opportunity In Sugar

True or False -- Crude oil prices move in step with sugar prices. Reason being, the higher the cost of oil, and the greater the demand for alternative fuels such as cane-based ethanol. Today's story has the answer that might surprise you.