The Futures Rundown

Did Fed Day bring the heat to the futures markets? Mark Longo breaks down the trading activity across equity index and interest rate futures, with Micro Nasdaq futures taking the volume crown ahead of the 10-Year Treasury.

Plus, crude oil leads the weekly winners as Brent and WTI rally, while lean hogs, coffee and oats head lower. We also check the year's biggest movers, from soaring heating oil and gasoline futures to steep declines in natural gas, palladium and lean beef trim.

Get the latest futures volume rankings, commodity market movers and Fed Day trading highlights on this episode of The Futures Rundown.

Are precious metals losing their shine as higher Treasury yields compete for investors' attention? Mark Longo welcomes Dana Samuelson, President of American Gold Exchange, to explore the forces shaping gold, silver, platinum and palladium.

They discuss central bank demand for gold, silver's search for a bottom, palladium's persistent weakness and the longer-term case for copper. Dana also explains how stubbornly high diesel prices could weigh on global growth and metals demand—and shares his perspective on Bitcoin's "digital gold" reputation.

Plus, we break down the week's biggest futures movers, including coffee's rally, natural gas and wheat declines, and gains in Bitcoin and Ether. We also track the most active futures contracts and examine the year-to-date divide between surging energy prices and struggling commodities.

Crude oil climbs, silver tumbles, and inflation keeps futures traders focused on the Fed. On this episode, we welcome back Dan "The Man" Gramza of Gramza Capital Management to break down the biggest futures market movers—and explore why we might owe modern financial futures to the meats.

We discuss the geopolitical risk premium driving crude oil and heating oil, the sharp selloff in silver, and the struggle for direction in Bitcoin and Ethereum. Dan also shares his perspective on the stock market pullback, Treasury futures activity, and the economic reports that could shape the next move.

Plus, we explore elevated beef prices, the challenges facing CME's new lean beef trimmings futures contract, and Dan's take on how livestock futures helped pave the way for currency and stock index futures. We round things out with dairy, grain markets, the strong dollar, and a little appreciation for a good corned beef hash.

Can your hockey team win a game while its performance index falls? Tim McCourt of CME Group and Rhett Dinsdale of FutureSports Performance Indexes join The Futures Rundown to explain the mechanics behind NHL team performance futures.

Explore how these sports futures use official league statistics and performance milestones, how futures prices reflect expectations, and what separates these contracts from traditional sports betting and prediction markets. The discussion covers contract sizes, weekly and monthly expirations, cash settlement, and potential hedging applications for sponsors, venue operators and season ticket holders.

Plus, hear about potential expansion into baseball, interest in sports options, and the latest futures market activity across sugar, natural gas, cocoa, precious metals, Ether, equity indexes and Treasuries.

Coffee rallies, corn tumbles and cattle futures tell a different story from the prices consumers pay for beef. Mark Longo welcomes Kevin Green of Schwab Network to break down a volatile week across agricultural commodities, Treasury futures and energy markets.

On this episode of The Futures Rundown:

• Coffee, cattle, dairy and grain futures lead a wild week in consumable commodities.

• Kevin examines the USDA report behind the selloff in corn.

• Beef imports and demand for American-raised cattle reshape the outlook for producers.

• Heavy Treasury futures activity puts the spotlight on rising yields and bond volatility.

• Widening credit spreads raise questions about a relatively calm equity market.

• Natural gas seasonality, LNG demand and winter weather shape Kevin's outlook.

• Crude oil, heating oil and refining constraints round out the energy discussion.

Plus, Kevin shares how trading cattle futures helped inspire his growing family cattle operation.

What could a powerful El Niño mean for the futures markets this winter? Mark Longo welcomes Jim Roemer, founder of Best Weather Inc., to examine the weather patterns affecting agricultural and energy commodities.

They discuss the outlook for sugar, cocoa, wheat and soybeans, including how South American crops and Chinese demand could shift the picture. Jim also explains why a warm winter could matter for natural gas and heating oil, and how traders can use futures and options to manage weather risk. Plus, Mark runs through the week's biggest futures movers and most active contracts.

Energy markets take center stage as crude oil, heating oil and RBOB grapple with major supply disruptions, refining constraints and an increasingly complicated geopolitical backdrop.

On this episode of The Futures Rundown, Mark Longo welcomes back Brian Pieri, founder of Energy Rogue, for a deep dive into the wild action across the energy complex. Brian breaks down the disconnect between the physical and financial crude oil markets and explains why today's oil market feels like a volatile game of volleyball — with traders trying to keep crude in the air while waiting to see who eventually spikes it. They also explore the surge in heating oil and diesel, refining bottlenecks, RBOB, natural gas seasonality, LNG exports and the growing impact of AI-driven electricity demand. Plus, Mark and Brian run through the biggest weekly and year-to-date movers across futures, including energy, metals, agriculture and crypto. Then it's time for the Futures Free-for-All, with listener questions on USO vs. XLE, the challenges of futures-based energy ETFs, memories of crude oil's historic plunge below zero in 2020, and the outlook for nuclear power and uranium.

Coffee is dropping, crude is climbing and somewhere a confused barista is being asked to explain why your latte isn't getting any cheaper.

On this episode of The Futures Rundown, Mark Longo is joined by Dan Gramza of Gramza Capital Management to break down another wild week across the futures markets.

They explore the selloff in coffee, cocoa, cotton and wheat; the latest moves in crude oil and refined products; renewed action in the yen and euro; growing momentum in copper; surprising weakness in natural gas; and what the upcoming inflation data could mean for markets.

Plus, Dan shares what he's watching next in the ags, gold and silver.

The yen makes a surprise return to the futures spotlight as intervention talk heats up and trading activity surges.

On this episode of The Futures Rundown, host Mark Longo breaks down the latest action across the futures markets, including the unusual spike in yen futures volume amid renewed speculation about support from the Bank of Japan. We also examine the wild moves in energy, with WTI, Brent and heating oil charging higher, while gold, silver and platinum head in the opposite direction.

Plus, we run through the most active futures contracts on the tape and check in on the biggest winners and losers of the year across energy, metals, rates, crypto, volatility and more.

Is the bottom finally in for gold and silver?

On this episode of The Futures Rundown, host Mark Longo is joined by Dana Samuelson, Founder and President of American Gold Exchange, for a deep dive into the wild precious metals market.

Gold and silver have been on a roller coaster in 2026, but after recent intervention in the currency and Treasury markets, Dana believes the lows may finally be behind us. We break down what has been driving the metals markets, why gold initially struggled during the Iran conflict, and whether the next major move could be higher.

We also discuss:

• Why rising Treasury yields pressured gold
• The impact of intervention in the yen and Treasury markets
• Whether the bottom is really in for gold and silver
• What physical gold and silver investors are doing right now
• The outlook for platinum and palladium
• Why Dana is watching crude oil and diesel for the next potential market shock
• The latest movers across futures, including Bitcoin and Ethereum
• Why wheat is emerging as another market to watch

Plus, we break down the biggest weekly and year-to-date movers across the futures markets.

Is this the beginning of the next leg higher for precious metals—or just another bounce in an already wild year?