Daniel P. Collins

About the Author

Editor-in-Chief of Modern Trader, Daniel Collins is a 25-year veteran of the futures industry having worked on the trading floors of both the Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dan joined Futures magazine in 2001, before the name change to Modern Trader, and in 2005 he was promoted to Managing Editor, responsible for overseeing all the content that went into Futures and futuresmag.com. Dan’s incisive reporting and no-holds barred commentary places him among the most recognized national media figures covering futures, derivative trading and alternative investments.

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Pardo: System designer has another upgrade

Daniel P. Collins
September 6, 2018
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Crude technical continuation

Daniel P. Collins
July 10, 2018
In January 2015, WTI crude oil futures broke below its long-term trendline that dated back to the 1998 low of $10.65 per barrel after an eight-month sell-off that took crude from above $100 per barrel to below $50. On the last trading day of January 2015, crude oil rallied close to $3 in the last hour of trading to settle above that long-term trendline. We made a note of it at the time, which seemed to confirm the importance of this level.

Nasdaq offers a new & different interest rate future

Daniel P. Collins
July 3, 2018
Nasdaq (NDAQ) announced on July 2 that it will launch a suite of interest rate products— DV01 U.S. Treasury Futures — on the Nasdaq Futures Exchange (NFX) by later this month pending regulatory approval.

June: Exit the market and enjoy the weather

Daniel P. Collins
June 30, 2018
As we mentioned last month, despite May’s reputation as being a time to sell, other months — June, August and September, in particular — historically produce much worse equity market performance. June is a particularly poor performer, averaging negative performance in both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500.

Mainstreaming Cryptocurrencies

Daniel P. Collins
June 29, 2018
As cryptocurrencies grow as an asset class, their constituents and potential investors need a benchmark to measure their performance, and also to invest with.

Trade war trending

Daniel P. Collins
June 28, 2018
President Franklin Roosevelt is famous for the statement, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” It is one of the most repeated presidential quotes. It basically suggests that decisions born of fear often turn out bad, sometimes even disastrous.

Winning: Monthly market timing, gold rally, pairs trade picks & Gartman’s gold call

Daniel P. Collins
June 28, 2018
Each month in our calendar section we provide an outlook on how the major equity indexes behave in that particular month along with the dates of the important economic reports released that month. We try and dig a little deeper in examining monthly performance to extract trends.

Crude technicals get interesting at month's end

Daniel P. Collins
May 30, 2018
In January 2015, WTI crude oil futures broke below its long-term trendline that dated back to the 1998 low of $10.65 per barrel after an eight-month sell-off that took crude from above $100 to below $50. On the last trading day of January 2015, crude oil rallied close to $3 in the last hour of trading to settle above that long-term trendline. We made a note of it at the time, which seemed to confirm the importance of this level.

Trading In Sync With Commodities — Introducing Astrology to Your Financial Toolbox

Daniel P. Collins
May 19, 2018
Many people check their horoscopes in the morning, but do you check your market’s horoscope? One woman does and has written a book about it.

Baseline: How does your team stack up?

Daniel P. Collins
May 19, 2018
Picking winners in major league baseball in the era of extended playoffs can be difficult. Most handicappers have a good idea who the best teams will be, and if you fall into that category, it doesn’t necessarily matter if you win your division or enter as a wildcard.