Floyd Upperman is considered a leading expert on the Commitments of Traders report. He has been studying mathematics, statistics and computer programming for over 25 years.

Using his knowledge in statistics and engineering background combined with his programming skills, he designed his own trading system based on repeating patterns and conditions characteristic to individual commodities. What Floyd found from computer back testing was amazing. Floyd believes the data shows an underlying order in the commodity markets not found in the historic price movements of individual stocks.  In his research he discovered specific patterns in commodity prices unique to each market. He found that these patterns are highly correlated to the positions held by the participants in the commodity markets.