Alternative Investment Strategies and Products

Learn the most effective strategies for buying and selling options on futures contracts. Also learn producer and consumer hedging strategies.

Alternative Investments

Alternative investments refer to any investment that is not one of the three traditional types of assets such as stocks, bonds and cash equivalents. Alternative investments can include hedge funds, managed futures, commodities, precious metals and derivatives (options). These types of investments are often considered to be non correlated to traditional investments and are used to achieve true diversification.

T & K Futures and Options, Inc. offers many alternative investment products such as:

• managed futures

• commodities

• precious metals

• options

Managed futures, commodities, precious metals and derivatives like options are liquid and very transparent which is making those investment vehicles within the alternative investment class more and more popular with investors. Futures and options trading also has inherent tax advantages. Gains in futures and options investments are treated as 60% long term and 40% short term regardless of the time frame in which those positions are held.

Past performance is not indicative of future results. Futures and options carry significant risk of loss and are not suitable for some people.