Free Futures Spread Trading Strategies - Calendar Spread

We publish free futures spread seasonal trading strategies each month. Each trading strategy includes current chart (daily updated), backtest including results for each historical year and also cumulative absolute return.

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Futures Spread Strategy For July, 2015 - Buy HOZ15-HOG16

This futures spread combines several conditions to create good trading opportunity.

  • 93% Win in last 15 years
  • Seasonal patterns correlation over 90%
  • Strong support level, possible to entry around support and use a small stop-loss
  • Low margin requirements
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Futures Spread Strategy For June, 2015 - Buy FCU15-FCQ15

This spread combines several conditions to create good trading opportunity.

  • 87% Win in last 15 years
  • Historical lows - Current year is moving at historical lows
  • Strong seasonal patterns correlation in seasonal window
  • Narrow legs spread with expected lower volatility
  • Possible to entry around support and use a small stop-loss
  • Spread historically moves in a narrow range
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Futures Spread Strategy For May, 2015 - Buy BOZ15-BOQ15

This futures spread combines several conditions to create good trading opportunity.

  • 100% Win in last 30 years
  • Strong seasonal patterns correlation in trading window
  • Now (at the time of entry) there is a nice role reversal pattern
  • The stoploss can be placed under a local support level.
  • Closer legs with expected lower volatility
  • Long seasonal window - A lot of time for seasonality to kick in. Possibility to take profit earlier
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Commodity futures spread strategy for April, 2015 - Buy FCV15-FCU15

This spread combines several conditions to create good trading opportunity.

  • Historical lows - Current year is moving at historical lows - nice space for profit
  • 87% Win in last 15 years
  • Narrow legs spread with expected lower volatility
  • Strong seasonal patterns correlation in seasonal window
  • Spread historically moves in a narrow range
  • Possible to entry around support and use a small stop-loss
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Commodity futures spread strategy for March, 2015 - Buy WZ15-WU15

This spread combines several conditions to create good trading opportunity.

  • 90% Win in last 20 years
  • Narrow legs spread with expected lower volatility
  • Seasonal patterns correlation - All patterns up to 30 years have similar movement and correlation, more than 95% in seasonal window
  • Long seasonal window - A lot of time for seasonality to kick in. Possibility to take profit earlier
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Commodity futures spread strategy for February, 2015 - Buy FCQ15-FCK15

This spread combines several conditions to create good trading opportunity.

  • 93% Win in last 15 years
  • Narrow legs spread with expected lower volatility
  • Spread historically moves in a narrow range
  • Possible to entry around support and use a small stop-loss
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Commodity futures spread strategy for January, 2015 - Buy LCV15-LCQ15

This spread combines several conditions to create good trading opportunity.

  • 93% Win probability - Only one year in fifteen was looser
  • Seasonal patterns correlation - All patterns up to 20 years have similar movement and correlation, more than 90% in seasonal window
  • Strong Support level to place stop loss
  • Narrow legs spread with expected lower volatility
  • Historical lows - Current year is moving around historical lows with nice space for profit
  • Long seasonal window - A lot of time for seasonality to kick in. Possibility to take profit earlier
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Commodity Futures Spread Strategy for October, 2014 - Buy FCJ15-FCH15

This spread combines several conditions to create good trading opportunity:

  • 100% Win in last 20 years
  • Narrow legs spread with expected lower volatility
  • Possible to use small stop-loss
  • Nice support level around -0.5, consider entry here (short SL)
  • Long seasonal window - A lot of time for seasonality to kick in. Possibility to take profit earlier
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