Weekly Newsletter: Hedging Guide, Copper Outlook, CME Fees, 1099s and more….
Posted By:- Ilan Levy-Mayer Vice President, Cannon Trading Futures Blog
Cannon Futures Weekly Letter Issue # 1180
- Important Notices – 1099 Forms, CME Fees, FN & LT Days
- Trading Resource of the Week – Futures Hedging Self Study Guide
- Hot Market of the Week – March Copper
- Broker’s Trading System of the Week – ES Day Trading System
- Trading Levels for Next Week
- Trading Reports for Next Week
Important Notices –
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- 1099 forms will be generated for all futures trading accounts held by US clients that placed any trades during the 2023 calendar year. Traders should expect to receive their 1099 forms via mail, email or through their portal in early February.
1099 forms will be provided directly from the FCM to the client.- CME Fees Increase Update:
In a Special Executive Report released by the CME Group, it was announced that effective February 1, 2024, a number of transaction fees will see amended (increased) exchange / transaction fees.Effective February 1, the CME Group is raising the exchange fees for a number of futures contracts.For the CME E-mini equity products: E-mini S&P 500 (ES), E-mini Nasdaq (NQ), E-mini Dow Jones (YM) and E-mini Russelll 2000 (RTY), fees are going up by 5 cents, from $1.33 to $1.38For the NYMEX energy products: Crude oil (CL), Heating oil (HO), RBOB Unleaded gas (RBOB) and Natural gas (NG) fees are going up by 10 cents, from $1.50 to $1.60For the COMEX metals products: Gold (GC), Silver (SI), Copper (HG) and Platinum (PL) fees are going up by 5 cents, from $1.55 to $1.60For the COMEX E-mini metals products: miNY gold (QO), miNY silver (QI), miNY copper (QC) fees are going up by 25 cents, from $0.75 to $1.00- 566 earnings reports next week
- WASDE Report
- Below are the contracts which are entering First Notice or Last Trading Day for the upcoming month. Be advised, for contracts that are deliverable, it is requested that all LONG positions be exited two days prior to First Notice and ALL positions be exited the day prior to Last Trading Day.
Trading Resource of the Week : Futures Hedging Self Study Guide!
- Hot Market of the Week – March Copper
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Broker’s Trading System of the Week
Daily Levels for February 5th 2024
Trading Reports for Next Week
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