Episode 471
School’s in session! Futures market speculators
McKeany-Flavell Hot Commodity Podcast
January 3, 202525m 43s
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Show Notes
- Commodity trading advisor (CTA) assets under management
- Down from 2022 peak but still significant
- Large CTAs trade as many as 250 futures contracts globally
- Which category manages the majority of assets?
- Between January 2021 and February 2024, fund managers rode corn from record-long to record-short positions
- How many contracts did they sell?
- How were speculators positioned in last year's soybean oil market?
- Lack of speculator liquidity likely helped fuel cocoa rally in 2024
- Mark your calendars for our next webinar! Not to be missed!
- Key Ingredients in 2025
- January 29, 2025 11am PT / 2pm ET
- Registration opens soon at mckeany-flavell.com
Host: Michael Caughlan, President & CEO
Expert: Shawn Bingham, Director of Commodity Risk Management