MRCI’s research and tools are relied upon by a diverse group of traders, including hedgers, speculators, and professionals. Whether you’re an experienced futures trader or just starting out, our seasonal research and trading strategies offer valuable insights for commodity traders and other futures market participants. These traders depend on MRCI to better understand market cycles and enhance their decision-making.
Our seasonal trading strategies typically span from one week up to three months, with most lasting between two weeks and two months. This makes them especially well-suited for swing traders with a medium-term outlook. Seasonal patterns help identify when annual highs and lows tend to occur, allowing swing traders to capture cyclic rises and declines within the market. These strategies target not only the major annual turning points but also smaller corrective highs and lows within ongoing seasonal trends — effectively capturing the “swings” within larger market cycles.
Is it better to use futures or options to initiate your spread ideas?
All research conducted by MRCI is based on futures. Because we do not perform similar research on options, I cannot answer your question with any quantifiable degree of certainty.
However, it would seem logical that one could devise viable option strategies to take advantage of seasonal spread research --- as long as one takes into account such things as options expiring earlier than some strategies exit, etc.
