Futures Magazine August 01, 2011
Cover Story
Mary Schapiro: In the eye of the storm
Taking the reins of the SEC, Mary Schapiro has had to lean on her lifetime's worth of experience in senior regulatory roles
Cover Story
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Are stock indexes experiencing Déjà vu?
Stock indexes have been acting eerily similar to last year
Trading Techniques
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Equities, squared
As with stock indexes, squaring price and time is a powerful method for individual stocks
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Shocking moving average systems
Forming a trading strategy for copper using displaced moving averages and price shock concept
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Measuring and avoiding slippage
Excessive slippage can bring trading systems to their knees. Here are some techniques to defend your bottom line
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Option spreads in the dog days of summer
Using options spreads to avoid getting bitten in the whipsaw markets typical in the dog days of summer
Technology & Trading
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Trading with rolling contract data
Historical data can make or break your trading system. Here’s the impact a poor choice can make
Forex Trader
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Forex fear factor
Forex trading conventionally has involved fundamentals intertwined with technical analysis
Futures 101
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Can you spot a fraud?
Bad actors in the investment world come in all shapes and sizes, so it is important to know how to spot them. Doing so can help you avoid incompetence, at best, and being victimized by fraud, at the worst
Industry Trends
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Social media considerations for financial firms
Social media is being integrated into business. Here’s what traders need to know about this new medium
Markets
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Tech Talk: S&P 500 hits a crossroad
The S&P 500 Index found itself at a crossroads in July
Editor's Note
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The sum of all parts
August 2011 editor's note from Ginger Szala
Book Reviews
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Investing with Volume Analysis
Review of "Investing with Volume Analysis"
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Attacking Currency Trends: How to anticipate and trade big moves in the forex market
Review of "Attacking Currency Trends: How to anticipate and trade big moves in the forex market"
Market Analysis
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USDA Report Rewards Call Sellers in Corn — Time to Sell Puts Approaching
The USDA shook up the corn market as the quarterly stocks report for the second quarter 2001 showed more corn in storage than even the bears expected
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Euro waiting on Greece
The euro has been gripped by the sovereign debt crisis in Greece
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Corn standing tall
Corn currently is trading about $3.00 per bushel above where it was this time last summer
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Gold gleaming bright
Gold recently made new record highs hitting prices over the $1,600 mark
Managed Money
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Managers offer more retail exposure
Despite regulatory uncertainty, managers are pushing forward with new registered investment products
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The data game
How historical contracts are combined to form a continuous chart can be confusing. Here are some of the most popular methods
Options Strategy
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Exploiting the early exercise element of the OEX index
Since its inception in August 1982, the S&P 100 index has been one of the most popular and liquid indexes
New For Traders
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New For Traders: Commodities
New commodities products
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New For Traders: Forex
New forex products
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New For Traders: Options
New options products
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New For Traders: Financials
New financial products
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New For Traders: Technology
New technology products
People
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MF Global taps another Goldman exec
New employees and promotions in the trading industry
News
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Chartview: Individual credit scores rise
Even as government credit ratings become shaky, U.S. consumers are doing their part
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CME code stolen
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested Chunlai Yang, a senior software engineer for CME Group
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CFTC final rules unclear?
As Dodd-Frank deadlines have come and gone
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EU looking to restrict CDSs
As fears that the effects of the debt crisis in Greece may migrate to other periphery nations
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TMX merger off
While the year began with a flurry of exchange merger proposals, some are going by the wayside
Trader Profiles
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Jamali: Building team Auctos
From a young age Kevin Jamali, founder and co-principal of Auctos Capital Management, saw the best trading can offer as well as the worst
CTAs
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Top CTAs May 2011
Top CTAs for May 2011
Hedge Funds
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Hedge Funds May 2011
Hedge Fund performance for May 2011
Public Funds
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Public Funds June 2011
Public Funds through June 2011
