In this article for HedgeNordic Director of Investment Solutions, Razvan Remsing, discusses the versatile role that commodities can play in trend following portfolios. The piece highlights the importance of adaptive and reactive models within the commodities sector due to the varied nature of opportunities, why maintaining exposure to trendless markets is important as has been seen this year in Cocoa, the growth in available commodities contracts since Aspect’s inception in 1997 and how models can be tailored given the differences to financials.