We are VLM commodities and are soft commodity futures and options brokers with a laser focus on cotton. Vincent Pepe, Louis Barbera and Marco DeGennaro are the VLM team. We have offices in New York and New Jersey currently. Vincent and Louis have been in cotton for over 30 years each and have been partners for the last 12. We have the largest book in cotton with a wide array of clients from merchants, mills, farmers, hedge funds, index funds, and prop desks. We specialize in cotton and have an in depth knowledge of the market and the actual plant and planting process. We do put out a fair bit of information on technical, fundamental and optionality of cotton on both a weekly and daily basis. We speak to the largest clients in the industry and have held personal relationships with them across 3 decades. Louis teaches a portion of the Texas International cotton school yearly on hedging with futures and options. We also travel to survey crops in West Texas and get a unique look into the progress of the crop yearly. We speak to gins and farmers from some of the largest areas in the United States to gain insight on current market, sales and growth progress. We pride ourselves on giving insight that you might not be able to see in other places. Our market makers that we deal with have earned our trust and are always there for liquidity and fair prices across all softs. We have always prided ourselves on never over promising or under delivering, and our reputation in the industry speaks for itself. Please feel free to reach out for any questions and comments.
Proud members of NCC (National Cotton Council) and ACSA (American Cotton Shippers Association). One of the only IB’s to be allowed that distinction.
Address:
1483 73rd Street, Brooklyn,
NY 11228
Telephone:
(212)-748-3295
Fax:
(646)-713-2336