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Jim Prince

Jim Prince

Jim Prince is a commodity trader and educator with more than 35 years of hands-on experience in the futures and options markets. He is the head trader and educator at CommodityTrends.com, where he leads the firm’s trading programs, develops its courses, writes its weekly newsletters, issues real-time trade alerts, hosts webinars, and prepares the daily market-analysis videos that let members watch his decision-making process unfold in real time.

Jim specializes in commodity futures and options, with a particular emphasis on trend-following, disciplined risk management, and the trading psychology that separates consistent traders from everyone else. He is known for an unemotional, plan-driven approach and for his ability to translate complex market concepts into plain English that everyday investors can actually put to work. Over the past three-plus decades he has guided traders at every level — from complete beginners to active market participants — toward becoming more confident and more consistent.

Rather than relying on formal academic credentials, Jim’s qualifications come straight from the markets: decades of trading his own and the company’s accounts, building a complete commodity-trading curriculum from the ground up, and teaching thousands of students through the CommodityTrends program. He is the author of The Complete Greatest Business on Earth Training Manual, a step-by-step guide that takes readers from the basics of commodity trading through advanced strategies, and of Zeroing In On Opportunity, a book exploring how the markets — and many aspects of life — tend to gravitate toward the number zero.

Jim is based in Grants Pass, Oregon.

Most Recent Stories

CommodityTrends Weekly Newsletter

Sugar Breaks Higher: October Contract Surges 11.69% in One MonthOct Sugar #11 has been one of the strongest performers in the Foods and Softs sector over the past month, gaining 11.69% and pushing sharply...

CommodityTrends Weekly Newsletter

Silver Comes Back to LifeAfter spending several weeks trying to build a bottom, Sep Silver has suddenly come back to life. According to our 5-Day Performance Leaders, Silver is up 11.23% over the past...

CommodityTrends Weekly Newsletter

December Soybean Oil Breaks Lower From a Large 1-2-3 TopDec Soybean Oil has fallen 7.15% during the past week, making it one of the weakest markets in the Grain sector.

CommodityTrends Weekly Newsletter

October Sugar Builds a Mid-Level 1-2-3 BottomOct Sugar #11 is forming what I call a mid-level 1-2-3 bottom on the daily chart. Unlike a major bottom that develops near a 12-month low, this pattern is forming...

CommodityTrends Weekly Newsletter

Heating Oil Surges as Middle East Tensions ReturnSep ULSD NY Harbor has jumped 14.45% over the past five trading days, making it this week’s top-performing futures contract. The market has been extremely...

CommodityTrends Weekly Newsletter

September Cocoa’s Powerful Rally Runs Into ResistanceA few weeks ago, I wrote about the strong recovery taking place in the July Cocoa contract. At that time, cocoa had completed a 1-2-3 bottom and was...

CommodityTrends Weekly Newsletter

September Coffee Surges From Monthly SupportSep Coffee has climbed 21.46% over the past month, making it the strongest performer in the Foods and Softs sector.

CommodityTrends Weekly Newsletter

Silver Leads the Market LowerJul Silver has moved sharply lower over the past month. At the time of this writing it's down 24.03%, making it the weakest market in this week’s one-month Performance Leaders...

CommodityTrends Weekly Newsletter

Sep Cocoa: A Big Drop, But Now Sitting Near SupportSept. Cocoa has been one of the weaker markets in the Foods and Softs sector over the last 12 months. According to our Performance Leaders report, Sept....

CommodityTrends Weekly Newsletter

Copper Leads the PackThis week, Copper is leading the 1-month Performance Leaders list to the upside. Jul High Grade Copper is up +7.68% over the last month, which makes it one of the stronger futures...

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BREAKING 🚨: FranceFrance's 30-Year Bond Yield hits highest level since the Global Financial Crisis 🤯 👀 https://t.co/B08838kDD2
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Stocks hit all-time highs last week, and the market is too negative? What is Jim Cramer talking about? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ https://t.co/pmPH7HCITt
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Billionaire Michael Saylor Warns Against Buying a House Because ‘Every 36 Years You Actually Pay the Cost of the House in Tax to the Government’https://t.co/XNmbbWUvfn
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Emerging Market stocks saw a $7 Billion inflow in June, their largest monthly inflow in history 📈 📈 https://t.co/qXhtSk0J1u
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Credo Technology $CRDO is now up 150% since we identified selling exhaustion in early March, but why stop now? All-time highs are in sight ✅ For magnified exposure into potential price discovery, consider the Tradr 2X Long CRDO Daily ETF $CRDU from @TradrETFs https://t.co/R5DWfTEZvF https://t.co/XwqPlqRmKX
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S&P 500 $SPY on track to close below its 8-day exponential moving average for the first time in 3 weeks 🚨 https://t.co/ktI9tiSXTb
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$META wondering where the bull market is, having spent most of 2026 below its 200-day moving average, its worst year since 2022 when it plunged 74% 🚨 Is more weakness coming? For magnified bearish exposure, consider the Tradr 2X Short META Daily ETF $METQ from @TradrETFs https://t.co/mfzPlqKOp4
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JUST IN 🚨: Stock Market says Goodbye to Greed https://t.co/kd1L0sxaSb
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Sandisk is up 62% since July's low, on a 6-day winning streak, and is trading above its 20, 100, and 200-day moving averages 🚨 Is $SNDK headed back to all-time highs? For magnified exposure, consider the Tradr 2X Long SNDK Daily ETF $SNXX from @TradrETFs https://t.co/6NNPCrT0oo
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Japanese Yen has already weakened so much that the U.S. Treasury intervention has been wiped out completely, now onto the BOJ intervention 🚨 🚨 https://t.co/mZzVlf5p3l
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