Bill Baruch

About the Author

Bill Baruch is President and founder of Blue Line Futures, a leading futures and commodities brokerage firm. Bill has more than a decade of trading experience and focuses on developing trading strategies for both long and short-term trading approaches. Prior to Blue Line, Bill was the Chief Market Strategist at iiTRADER.  Bill is a featured expert on CNBC, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal as well as other top tier publications. Blue Line Futures offers five research reports each day with the Blue Line Express

Midday Market Minute

WATCH: Supports Hold, Markets Stall Ahead Of Friday Data

Bill Baruch
June 2, 2021
Bill Baruch breaks down the macro market action midday.
Midday Market Minute

WATCH: Lack Of Follow Through, Market Volatility To Start The Month

Bill Baruch
June 1, 2021
The S&P, Nasdaq, crude, gold, and other commodities all came in from early session highs. This is what we're looking at.
Midday Market Minute

WATCH: Did Monday Set The Week's Tone?

Bill Baruch
May 24, 2021
The S&P broke out above rare major 4-star resistance and crude oil is ripping: here's what you need to know heading into Tuesday.
S&P 500 Market Update

S&P 500 Futures Rally, FOMC Rates Unchanged, Risk-On Trade

Bill Baruch
June 20, 2019
The Federal Reserve did not cut rates yesterday but removed ‘patient’ from their statement and said the case for a cut is building. They cited slowing global growth, inflation persistently below their 2% target and headwinds due to the U.S and China trade war as reasons to accommodate the economic expansion.
S&P 500 Futures update

Fed Day, S&P 500 Futures Near All-Time High, Draghi Stimulus

Bill Baruch
June 19, 2019
It’s Fed Day and expectations for a full dovish shift have fueled equity markets higher in recent weeks and truly all year. The S&P is about 1% from its all-time high and there is a 24.2% probability the Federal Reserve cuts rates.
Energy Futures Update

Crude Oil Futures Update, Prices Higher, Risk-On

Bill Baruch
June 19, 2019
Crude Oil futures has been awaiting a moment to ignore bloating U.S supplies, growing U.S production and slimming demand. Yesterday was that day. Crude roared higher along with risk assets in a central bank induced frenzy.

Daily markets morning round-up: E-mini S&P, crude & gold

Bill Baruch
August 31, 2018
We could not have been more Bullish on this rally. in the S&P 500. Furthermore, our upside target of 2924.50 may not have been perfectly achieved for those who are greedy but hitting within 7 points is a win in our book. Yesterday’s PCE data showed that inflation stabilized back at 2.0% for the month of July.

3 Tradable events for the week of Aug. 27

Bill Baruch
August 27, 2018
Markets traditionally kick back into high gear after Labor Day, but one should not underestimate this last week of August. Trade talks remain at the forefront and last week’s newest round between the United States and China failed to yield true substance. However, the purpose was to delay the imminence of the third wave of tariffs in which the White House would impose $200 billion on Chinese goods; this, in our opinion, would be the official start of a trade war.

Daily markets morning round-up: E-mini S&P, crude & gold

Bill Baruch
August 27, 2018
A strong close Friday confirmed that the Federal Reserve is still in the driver’s seat. The major takeaways from last week’s FOMC Minutes and Fed Chair Powell’s speech are that there are no signs inflation will run away, real rates have stayed suppressed and as long as uncertainties in international trade persist, the Fed will remain accommodative; this is a potent recipe for higher prices.

This week's tradable events: Is this the pinnacle of the dollar this year?

Bill Baruch
August 20, 2018
If you get the dollar right, you will get a lot of things right. Hard-lined policy in Washington has created a safe-haven flight to the dollar. Trade policy and sanctions have resonated an uncertain atmosphere for growth in many areas of the world