During the first week of July, Asset Managers gained long exposure to equity derivatives and the long end of the US yield curve while selling the short end, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch derivatives positioning report notes. Certain managed money likes the more industrial metal silver and is fading gold against relative strength concerns, the report concluded, citing CFTC trading data. Looking at a momentum radar, analysts note that in two key CTA markets their indicators are pointing to a potential trend change. In the face of a rising stock market, CTA returns can tend to soften as BAML notes…
BAML Sees Momentum Shift In Key CTA Markets Gold & US
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.