For this special marketing issue, I will explain key concepts that I use to analyze commodity markets. When I first started trading over 35 years ago, I used three basic tools:

1.     Time Cycle Analysis. This method studies time, which really is long-term and short-term cycle analysis.

2.     Trend Analysis. This method studies price and charts when the price trends change.

3.     Motion Analysis. This method studies seasonal odds patterns and uses the more complex tools like Elliott Wave, relative strength index, and oscillators. This can now include a huge group of other new computer-driven programs that generate buy and sell signals.