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    David Feldstein, SMU Contributor

    June 19, 2025

    HRC Futures: Could oil, ag price spikes drive steel higher too?

    Written by David Feldstein

    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.

    Monday, June 2, was one for the books. The Midwest HRC futures market responded with gusto to President Trump’s announcement that he would raise steel tariffs to 50%.

    David Feldstein, SMU Contributor

    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.

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