Wisdom Trading

For a systematic futures trader, a profitable strategy is only half the equation. The other half is the machinery around it: rigorous backtesting to know the system is sound, and flawless execution to make sure the trades that show up in your account match the ones your system actually called for. Trading Blox is one of our favorite platforms for the first, and Wisdom...

Most investors think systematic futures trading means one of two things: hand your money to a managed futures fund and pay 2% and 20% for the privilege, or try to build and code your own strategy from scratch. There is a third path that fits individual investors far better — trading proven systems in your own account, with smaller minimums, full control, and no manage...

Ask what actually drives most managed futures returns and the answer, more often than not, is trend following. It is the oldest and most widely used strategy in the space — a simple idea, rigorously applied, that has quietly delivered one of the most valuable properties an investor can own: the tendency to make money in exactly the crises that punish everything else.<...

Coffee and cocoa are ripping higher again. In early July, arabica coffee spiked to a five-and-a-half-month high and robusta to a five-month high, while New York cocoa pushed to three-and-a-half-month highs — and the common thread running through both markets is a familiar one: a strengthening El Niño and the supply fears that come with it.

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June was a modest down month for managed futures. The SG CTA Index — the industry’s most-followed benchmark of the largest trend-following programs — slipped roughly 1.09% for the month, its first meaningful setback since a shallow dip in March. But the pullback was contained, and the strategy remains up about 9.28% for 2026 through the halfway mark.

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