This is a sample entry from Don DeBartolo’s email newsletter, Trade Spotlight: Futures, published on Wednesday, May 16th, 2018.
Looking to the Sugar futures market for a new trading opportunity. Sugar has been in a down trend and prices have been falling since the beginning of the year (outside of the sideways trading in February). The Trend Seeker is down, though with a weak ranking currently. After making a new twelve month contract low (11.23) on 4/25/18, the market briefly rallied, and has since slightly pulled back setting up a pivot point. Let’s go long on a break of that pivot point (12.10) using the Momentum Entry Technique. The Stochastic indicator is displaying strong Momentum to the upside. The MACD indicator, ahead of the Trend Seeker, is displaying a potential trend shift to the upside already. There is a seasonal tendency for this market to rally into the summer.
Buy the October 2018 Sugar futures contract on 12.12 using a stop order, GTC.
Initial Margin = $1,047 Maintenance Margin = $952
If filled:
Stop loss: Place sell stop initially at 11.22, below the twelve-month contract low, GTC. (Initial Risk: $1,008)
Target: Place sell limit at 14.12, near the 200-day Moving Average, GTC. ($2,240)
October 2018 Sugar Chart from Bar Chart
Risk Disclosure
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