The Futures Rundown

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?

On this episode of The Futures Rundown, host Mark Longo welcomes back Brett Friedman of Winhall Risk Analytics and OptionMetrics for a deep dive into one of the strangest stories in the futures markets: crude oil's surprisingly underwhelming response to a major geopolitical conflict.
With dire supply warnings and plenty of doom-and-gloom predictions, many expected crude to explode higher. Instead, the rally has repeatedly struggled to live up to the hype. Brett compares the current environment with previous oil-market disruptions, including the historic volatility of 2020, and explains why this latest episode hasn't come close to matching those extremes.
We also discuss:
Why crude oil hasn't behaved the way many fundamental analysts expected
The unusual volatility picture in WTI
What's driving heating oil and gasoline
Why gold and silver have fallen out of the market spotlight
The return of the AI trade and the "most hated" equity rally
What's happening in rates and the Fed-watching game
Natural gas and the strange predictability of seasonal trading
The steepening VIX futures curve
Why palladium may have attracted the wrong crowd
Whether traders are using the VIX the wrong way
And much more

What happens when one of futures trading's most active voices joins us live from a secret "Batcave?" Plenty of market insight—and more than a few laughs.
This week, Mark Longo is joined by Jermal Chandler (tastytrade) to break down the biggest stories moving the futures markets, including:
Crude oil's wild reversal and why headlines continue to drive energy markets
Gold, silver and palladium showing renewed strength
Bond futures dominating trading activity as traders watch the Fed
Nasdaq futures, tech volatility and the latest AI-driven market rotation
The return of Bloomberg's B100 futures
Are traders actually embracing the new Single Stock Futures?
VIX volatility fades following another blockbuster earnings season
Plus, the hottest futures products of the week, year-to-date leaders and laggards, and what active futures traders are watching next.

Something looks a little off in the futures markets.
On this episode of The Futures Rundown, host Mark Longo is joined by Carley Garner of DeCarley Trading to break down a wild Fed Day and the increasingly unusual signals emerging across the futures landscape.
They discuss the market reaction to the latest Fed decision, whether changes in liquidity and money supply could usher in a new market regime, and why Carley is seeing potential signs of liquidation across multiple asset classes.
They also explore the return of single-stock futures, including the opportunities and challenges surrounding these products, early liquidity concerns, potential capital and tax efficiencies, and whether futures on names like NVIDIA, Tesla and Apple can finally gain traction.
Plus, they examine the latest action in crude oil and the energy complex, VIX futures, rates, equities, cattle, sugar, coffee, crypto, metals, OJ and more.

Has crude oil finally returned to fair value after one of the year's biggest geopolitical shocks?
This week on The Futures Rundown, Mark Longo welcomes back Morad Askar of EdgeClear to examine why crude oil has retraced nearly its entire Iran-driven rally and what "returning to the scene of the crime" means from a market profile perspective. They also dive into the hottest futures markets, from energy and grains to metals, crypto, and equity indexes.
The discussion covers whether today's volatility is creating opportunity or chaos, why retail traders continue to dominate Nasdaq Micro futures, and what the return of single-stock futures could mean for active traders.
In this episode:
Why crude oil has returned to its pre-war equilibrium
WTI, Brent and the outlook for energy markets
Gold, silver and whether precious metals have finally found fair value
Coffee, cocoa, cattle and the surprising commodity landscape
Why Nasdaq Micro futures continue to dominate trading volume
Retail traders, prop firms and index futures activity
Bitcoin, Ethereum and crypto futures trends
The return of CME single-stock futures and why traders should pay attention