Table of Contents of Contents

Introduction: Why Trade Commodities

� Commodities Provide Some of the Best Trading Opportunities

Strategy # 1: Beware the Havoc in the Margins

Strategy # 2: Swim Along With the Big Fish: Commodities
are No Place for a Lone Ranger

� The Big Boys Have Distinct Advantages

� How to Protect Yourself Against Unexpected Market Falls

Strategy # 3: Viral Fever Spreads � Like Viral Fever

Strategy # 4: The Real Deal on Demand and Supply

� Elastic versus Inelastic Commodities

� It is Not the Demand or Supply That Matters; It�s Who is Stuck
on Which Side of the Fence

� Supply Chokes, Speculators and �Squeeze� are More Important
than Demand-Supply

Strategy # 5: Rising Demand Shifts the Supply

� It�s Physical � Any Interruption Can Cause Price Havocs

Strategy # 6: You May Be Right! Dead Right! � But You Must Survive

Strategy # 7: When the Game is Over, the Game is Over!

� Clear Out Before the Fall � Averaging is a Bad Idea!

Strategy # 8: Get into a Commodity in a Retail Frenzy

� Rise and Falls are Swift and Lulls are Excruciatingly Long

� The Best Entry for Quickest Profits

Strategy # 9: Price, Volume and Momentum Must Confirm

Strategy # 10: Let the Profits Run

Strategy # 11: What Works for Stocks Does Not Work for Commodities

Strategy # 12: Cycles of Accumulation and Distribution

� Illiquid Commodities

Strategy # 13: You Already Have �the Edge�

Strategy # 14: Go for the Body and Strap on to the Tail

Strategy # 15: The Psychology of Commodity Traders

Strategy # 16: The Fastest Gains Come in the Shortest Time

Strategy # 17: It�s All in the Charts

� Riding the Trend

� A Perfect Day � and Short Term Trade

� Is the Commodity in a Downtrend?

� Is the Trend Over?

Strategy # 18: There are Trends � and Then There are Cycles

� Playing an Uptrend

Strategy # 19: What Institutional Investors Know

Strategy # 20: Playing the Range

Strategy # 21: The Winning Commodities to Trade are Liquid Commodities

Strategy # 22: The Profit is in the Volatility

Strategy # 23: Ask the Right Questions to Get the Right Answers

Strategy # 24: Knowledge to Power Your Trade

� Agricultural Commodities

� Metals

Strategy # 25: Keep a Sharp Eye on Commodity Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

Strategy # 26: The Commodity Does Not Matter � Only Trading Patterns Do

Strategy # 27: The Trading Edge in Agricultural Commodities

Strategy # 28: The Key to Trading Metals

Strategy # 29: Secrets of Trading Precious Metals

Strategy # 30: Secrets of Trading �Wild Swing� Commodities

Strategy #31: How to Trade Different Commodities

� Scale Trading

� A Cyclical Trade

� A Range Trade

� Playing the Range and Playing the Cycle

� Accumulation and Distribution

� Trading Breakouts

� Trading Fundamentals

Strategy # 32: Why Losing Some Money is Good

Strategy # 33: Golden Rules of Commodity Trading

� Let the Trend Guide Your Trade

� Who Knows Where the Top or Bottom is?

� Use a Margin Call as a Stop Loss

� Appreciate the Anatomy of a Loss

� Trade Like Flipping Coins

Strategy #34: Commodity Trading Maxims

Strategy # 35: Beware the Myths of Commodity Trading

Strategy # 36: Mind these Errors!

� The Sense of Entitlement

� Getting Wrapped up in Junk

� Emotional Errors

� Money Management Errors

� Trading for the Short Term Without a Trading Plan

� Missing the Woods for the Trees

� Too Much Leverage � Trading on Margin