Most trading ideas revolve in one way or another around some form of technical or fundamental analysis — most traders focus on the status of supply and demand factors or analyze price action to determine the effects of supply and demand on a given market.

But there are other alternatives, one of which is the study of "seasonals," which are trends that tend to repeat at regular intervals or at certain times of the month or year. The following analysis looks at seasonal trends that appear to influence T-bond futures and focuses on four areas