Futures Magazine June 01, 2011
Cover Story
Plummer lets the markets decide
William Plummer has traded agricultural commodities from a fundamental perspective for more than 40 years
Cover Story
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Grains outlook: Southern fried corn
It could be another “can’t fail” year for corn growers
Exchange News
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Stochastics Articles
Stochastic-related links
Trading Techniques
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Andrews' pitchforks and the price failure rule
Andrews’ pitchfork can offer directional clues both when it succeeds and fails
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Trading stochastics in context
Understanding stochastics’ weaknesses to exploit its strengths
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Market Profile and the distribution of price
Building versions of Market Profile on the tick level
Technology & Trading
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Trading stocks with stochastics
Using stochastics on stocks to gain a fresh view of price action
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How to backtest trading systems and avoid curve fitting
Revealing the shortcomings of backtesting and finding new solutions
Forex Trader
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New tools for the forex trader
Discussing some of the new tools available to forex traders including Oanda's recent open positions
Futures 101
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Grain trading basics
A look at the new fundamentals novice grain traders need to be aware of
Industry Trends
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The spec limit debate
After roundtables, Congressional hearings and comment letters, there still is no consensus on spec limits
Markets
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Tech Talk: Déjà vu in corn?
Any discussion of this year’s grain market will automatically be focused on corn
Editor's Note
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A limit in time
June 2011 Editor's Note from Ginger Szala
Book Reviews
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Trade the Trader: Know Your Competition and Find Your Edge for Profitable Trading
Review of "Trade the Trader: Know Your Competition and Find Your Edge for Profitable Trading" by Quint Tatro
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Death of the American Investor: The Emergence of a New Global eShareholder
Review of "Death of the American Investor: The Emergence of a New Global eShareholder" by Nico R. Willis
Market Analysis
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Exploiting wheat’s weak sister status
A falling dollar, food inflation and biofuel production have pushed corn and soybean prices higher and are expected to continue through the growing season
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30-year Treasury taking off
As often is the case, there has been flight to quality buying of Treasury bond futures as equity indexes retreated in May
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Dollar index ignited
Having neared the 2008 low of 71.05, the U.S. Dollar Index has sharply reversed course over the last month to post impressive gains
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Slippery slope for E-mini S&P
After putting in a new high for the year on the first trading day of May, the E-mini S&P 500 began a correction
Managed Money
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Old names get some new business
Ssaris Advisors’ Fund of Hedge Fund was hired by the Kansas City Police Employees’ Retirement System (KCPERS)
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Risk management in an ever-changing environment
Basic strategies to cut your losses short and let your winners ride
Options Strategy
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Selling cash-secured puts to generate income
How can you generate a return while waiting to enter the market?
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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Wolf leading Eris Exchange pack
New employees and promotions in the trading industry
News
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Delaying Dodd-Frank
Nearly one year after the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was passed
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A PIP by any other name
On the same day the BOX Options Exchange announced it had received a patent related to its price improvement period (PIP) auctions
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ICE links to CME
Two of the goals of financial reform were to bring more products to clearinghouses and to give customers more choice
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FX swaps exempted
In a potential victory for the forex industry, the U.S. Treasury Department issued a proposal on April 29
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Chartview: The price of trading…
CME Group raised the margins required to hold a silver position
Trader Profiles
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Simpson knows cattle inside and out
Ray Simpson worked in a cattle feedlot when he was a teenager, and after graduating from Texas Tech University in 1979 he would return to the livestock business
CTAs
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Top CTAs March 2011
Top CTAs for March 2011
Hedge Funds
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Hedge Funds March 2011
Hedge Fund performance for March 2011
Public Funds
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Public Funds April 2011
Public Funds through April 2011
