Do not give your money to a futures broker, they are the worst traders on the planet! If you are going to invest in commodities and futures, find someone with a track record of success managing money. Or at the very least, a track record of trading profitably. I could tell you too many horror stories about brokers, both stock and futures.
I think most people in here know that I have been a futures trader for 20 years. I am more than happy to answer any question people have about futures trading. It is way too early to have any early read on this new market.
Housing futures are likely to be very thinly traded for awhile, and that is one thing you definitely want to avoid. Thin markets mean bad fills, lots of slippage ( essentially poor executions ). I will at some point cover this market in my blog, but it is too soon.
Keep in mind that this market is set up for hedging in the big picture. Any small buying is probably the small fries just getting their feet wet. It is such an obvious bet to short this market, that it probably is a bad trade.
I am a trader geared to small investors, but I am not a broker. I have a trading service for bonds that trades about 50 times per year.
You can check it out at http://www.iamafuturestrader.com. I do not want to get into it too much here, as it is inappropriate for me to market myself in here. I think you have my email because I think we have exchanged a few messages, but I might be mistaken.
