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I lost the entire amount in one month after having traded in five different commodities and forty to fifty contracts. Since that time I have traded in only a few contracts a year, but have continued to follow commodity prices. | There are many tools designed to help the commodity trader gain profits, but the one that is the most interesting to me is a trend following technique called the 10-Day Moving Average Rule. | The objective of this paper is to test and analyze this rule over a period of time.","abstract_html":"I have been interested in trading commodities for the last five or six years. I opened my first account with a brokerage firm in 1967, and in the next two or three months my account balance went from $600 to over $2,400, a profit of over $1,800, simply by following the suggestions of my broker. | It was at that point that ray losses began, and with my broker again leading the way I lost all of the money in the account and had to pay the brokerage firm an additional $18 to clear my account. I lost the entire amount in one month after having traded in five different commodities and forty to fifty contracts. Since that time I have traded in only a few contracts a year, but have continued to follow commodity prices. | There are many tools designed to help the commodity trader gain profits, but the one that is the most interesting to me is a trend following technique called the 10-Day Moving Average Rule. | The objective of this paper is to test and analyze this rule over a period of time.","abstract_has_math":true,"creators":["Fuss, James F."],"institution":"Creighton University","degree_name":null,"degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":["Olberding, Robert F."],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1972,"date_issued":"1972","date_published":"1972","updated_at":"2026-07-24T01:52:03Z","subjects":[],"languages":["en_US"],"rights":["A non-exclusive distribution right is granted to Creighton University and to ProQuest following the publishing model selected above."],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10504/123609","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.advisor","label":"Advisor","values":["Olberding, Robert F."]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Fuss, James F."]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2019-08-15T21:33:42Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2019-08-15T21:33:42Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["1972"]},{"key":"dc:publisher","label":"Institution","values":["Creighton University"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Dissertation"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language.iso","label":"Language (ISO)","values":["en_US"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["A non-exclusive distribution right is granted to Creighton University and to ProQuest following the publishing model selected above."]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/10504/123609"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["I have been interested in trading commodities for the last five or six years. I opened my first account with a brokerage firm in 1967, and in the next two or three months my account balance went from $600 to over $2,400, a profit of over $1,800, simply by following the suggestions of my broker. | It was at that point that ray losses began, and with my broker again leading the way I lost all of the money in the account and had to pay the brokerage firm an additional $18 to clear my account. I lost the entire amount in one month after having traded in five different commodities and forty to fifty contracts. Since that time I have traded in only a few contracts a year, but have continued to follow commodity prices. | There are many tools designed to help the commodity trader gain profits, but the one that is the most interesting to me is a trend following technique called the 10-Day Moving Average Rule. | The objective of this paper is to test and analyze this rule over a period of time."]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Testing and Analyzing the 10-Day Moving Average Rule as a System for Commodity Trading"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor.advisor":["Olberding, Robert F."],"dc:creator":["Fuss, James F."],"dc:date.accessioned":["2019-08-15T21:33:42Z"],"dc:date.available":["2019-08-15T21:33:42Z"],"dc:date.issued":["1972"],"dc:description.abstract":["I have been interested in trading commodities for the last five or six years. 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Since that time I have traded in only a few contracts a year, but have continued to follow commodity prices. | There are many tools designed to help the commodity trader gain profits, but the one that is the most interesting to me is a trend following technique called the 10-Day Moving Average Rule. | The objective of this paper is to test and analyze this rule over a period of time."],"dc:identifier.uri":["http://hdl.handle.net/10504/123609"],"dc:language.iso":["en_US"],"dc:publisher":["Creighton University"],"dc:rights":["A non-exclusive distribution right is granted to Creighton University and to ProQuest following the publishing model selected above."],"dc:title":["Testing and Analyzing the 10-Day Moving Average Rule as a System for Commodity Trading"],"dc:type":["Dissertation"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T01:52:03Z"}