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Watch For Metals & Mining ETF XME Mean Reversion Says Derivatives Strategist

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Mark Melin
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MKM Partners Managing Director and Derivatives Strategist Jim Strugger can smell mean reversion like napalm in the morning. As he looks over his cross-asset monitor, he notes that the SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (XME) has numerous technical features that make the situation right for a contrarian investment. This isn't your standard mean reversion inside a price trend higher.

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.