Information herein has been obtained and prepared from sources believed to be reliable; however no guarantee to its accuracy is made. Comments contained in these materials are not intended to be a solicitation to buy or sell any of the commodities mentioned. Past performance is not indicative of future performance results. Opinions expressed herein are the opinions of the author only and not the opinion of any firm the author may be affiliated or associated with. Great Lakes Trading Co., Inc. (GLTC) is a Guaranteed Introducing Broker registered under United States Laws. GLTC makes no representations or warranties regarding the correctness of any information contained herein, or the appropriateness of any transaction for any person. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell commodity futures or options on futures.
THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. IN CONSIDERING WHETHER TO TRADE OR TO AUTHORIZE SOMEONE ELSE TO TRADE FOR YOU, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING: YOU MAY SUSTAIN A TOTAL LOSS OF THE INITIAL MARGIN FUNDS AND ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT YOU DEPOSIT WITH YOUR BROKER TO ESTABLISH OR MAINTAIN YOUR POSITION. IF THE MARKET MOVES AGAINST YOUR POSITION, YOU MAY BE CALLED UPON BY YOUR BROKER TO DEPOSIT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL MARGIN FUNDS, ON SHORT NOTICE, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN YOUR POSITION. IF YOU DO NOT PROVIDE THE REQUIRED FUNDS WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME, YOUR POSITION MAY BE LIQUIDATED AT A LOSS, AND YOU WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY RESULTING DEFICIT IN YOUR ACCOUNT. UNDER CERTAIN MARKET CONDITIONS, YOU MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO LIQUIDATE A POSITION. THIS CAN OCCUR, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE MARKET MAKES A "LIMIT MOVE". THE PLACEMENT OF CONTINGENT ORDERS, SUCH AS A "STOP-LOSS" OR "STOP-LIMIT" ORDER, WILL NOT NECESSARILY LIMIT YOUR LOSSES TO THE INTENDED AMOUNTS, SINCE MARKET CONDITIONS MAY MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO EXECUTE SUCH ORDERS. A "SPREAD" POSITION MAY NOT BE LESS RISKY THAN A SIMPLE "LONG" OR "SHORT" POSITION. THE HIGH DEGREE OF LEVERAGE THAT IS OFTEN OBTAINABLE IN FUTURES TRADING BECAUSE OF THE SMALL MARGIN REQUIREMENT CAN WORK AGAINST YOU AS WELL AS FOR YOU. THE USE OF LEVERAGE CAN LEAD TO LARGE LOSSES AS WELL AS GAINS. THIS BRIEF STATEMENT CANNOT, OF COURSE, DISCLOSE ALL THE RISKS AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS OF THE COMMODITY MARKETS. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CAREFULLY STUDY FUTURES TRADING BEFORE YOU TRADE. PAST RESULTS ARE NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE. THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF LOSS IN FUTURES
Great Lakes Trading Company, Inc, is a United States registered futures and options broker located halfway between South Bend and Fort Wayne Indiana in the Great Lakes region known as Michiana and has branch offices located in Eastern Michigan as well as the "thumb" of Michigan near Lake Huron, which provides consulting, risk management, managed futures, trading systems and brokerage services in futures and options markets throughout the eastern Midwestern United States corn belt, Canada, Mexico, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and worldwide to clients using futures and options markets for self directed trading and hedging across a broad spectrum of commodities ranging from grains consisting of wheat, corn, soybeans, oats, soymeal, bean oil, livestock contracts ranging from cattle, feeder cattle, and hogs; soft commodities include: coffee, cocoa, sugar, and orange juice, energies contracts traded range from crude oil, heating oil, natural gas, and unleaded gas: stock indexes traded include, S&P 500, KOSPI, Dow Jones, NASDAQ, Russell 500, emini S&P, emini NASDAQ, mini Dow, mini Russell, FTSE, Dax, and Schatz in London and Europe respectively: interest rates include 30 year bonds, ten year notes, five year notes, two year notes and Gilts, further physical futures contracts traded are: milk, cheese and dairy, precious metals products traded are; gold, silver, platinum, palladium, finally worldwide currencies are traded both in futures and forex markets including the Euro-currency, Japanese Yen, Swiss Franc, US dollar, Australian Dollar, Mexican Peso, British Pound, and the Canadian Dollar. In addition grain and energy swaps can be traded for hedging purposes through Clearport of the CME Group. Great Lakes Trading Co., Inc. also consults clients on the implementation and management of risk with automated futures and options trading systems. Great Lakes Trading Co., Inc. consults with individuals, corporations, high networth individuals, family offices, pension funds and institutions in the use and incorporation of managed futures investments as a financial portfolio investment diversification alternative which is not correlated to the stock market. It is Great Lakes Trading Co., Inc. opinion that Commodity trading advisors who use futures and options for technical trend following trading along with strict money management provide a strategic tool to diversify investment risk in a well balanced financial portfolio, ranging from Individual Retirement Accounts, Roth IRA’s, SEP IRA’s to self directed financial portfolios, pension funds and corporations. Great Lakes Trading Co., Inc.’s consulting, hedging and trading reach is worldwide giving clients access to futures and options, and swap markets throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia, through regulated exchanges such as the CME Group, Euronext, Kansas City Board of Trade, Minneapolis Board of Trade, New York Mercantile Exchange, COMEX, Intercontinental Exchange, LIFFE, BM&F, Matif, London Metals Exchange, Australian Securities Exchange, Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Singapore Commodity Exchange