HR Futures: Curve lower on weak 'soft' data. Will 'hard' data ride to the rescue?

David Feldstein is the president of Rock Trading Advisors. Rock Trading Advisors is a National Futures Association Member Commodity Trade Advisory. It provides commercial clients with price risk solutions in ferrous, energy, and interest rate derivatives markets.

After ripping higher following President Trump’s announcement of 25% tariffs on steel imports, Midwest HRC futures went on another round-trip. They ended March not far from where they started in early February.

David Feldstein

SMU Contributor David Feldstein is president of Rock Trading Advisors. David has over 20 years of financial market trading experience and has been active in the ferrous futures space since 2012. Feldstein earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with concentrations in economics, statistics and analytical finance. He can be reached at davefeldstein@gmail.com.

David Feldstein

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