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Patrick's Ponders:
" Your market position size is possibly more important
than being correct a given market.
There is a
lot of gold at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean because
Spanish captains long ago did not realize that if the amount
of gold in the holds of their ships was so large that they
couldn't sail through a storm, to get into port safely than
their gold was worth nothing.
The same principle is true in markets.
Although the Spanish captains faced a much more severe
consequence if they and their ships ended up at the bottom
of the Atlantic."
Patrick Sullivan
President
Great Lakes Trading Co., Inc.
TrendRanger
(GLTC proprietary trend probabilities)
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 options 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.
If you have more specific questions regarding my opinions
or specific questions relating to managed futures, hedging
or individual speculating please contact me.
Patrick Sullivan
President
Great Lakes Trading Co., Inc.
Risk of loss in trading futures/options can be
substantial only genuine risk funds should be used.
Risk Disclosure/Privacy Policy
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
Michigan 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
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 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