Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the financial futures markets for May 5.

The euro has pressed below the up trendline that originated in 2002, and cuts across the price axis this week at 1.3080.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the financial futures markets for May 4.

Right now, the US Treasury market is out of whack. It’s been going up since 1983. And now investors lend money to the world’s biggest debtor at what are historically very low interest rates. And they do this at a time when that debtor has begun the biggest borrowing and spending spree in history. This is not normal. It’s downright weird.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the financial futures markets for May 3.

No matter how solid your setup, human judgment should still be the final determinant of action.

Today we look at a rather remarkable piece of research from the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) on what the fiscal crisis may morph into in the future, how much pain will be needed, and what will happen if various countries stay on their present courses.

James Mound reviews futures and commodities in his weekly report for the week of May 3.

It is staggering to think that spot gold prices have rocketed well beyond the January 1980 high, while spot silver prices are about 60 percent off of the 1980 high.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the financial futures markets for April 29.