Futures Magazine October 01, 2011
Cover Story
McDonald: Inside the fall of Lehman
As a trader at Lehman, Larry McDonald saw the risk the bank was exposing itself to. He's written a book about that time and discusses it here
Cover Story
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Energies & metals remain murky
Energy and base metals are caught in a struggle between a weakening economy and policies to alleviate it
Trading Techniques
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Probability trading: The best of both worlds?
Finding a balance between discretionary and mechanical trading strategies
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Exploiting market maker tools to profit
Using market maker pricing mechanisms to improve options trades
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Double your option premium, balance your risk
Writing an options strangle can reduce the stress of having a naked position
Technology & Trading
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Capturing breakouts with precise entries
How to identify breakouts using precise entries
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Going for gold with intermarket analysis
Moving beyond simple correlation analysis to utilize intermarket analysis
Forex Trader
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Only yuan currency looks strong
Recent market volatility in all sectors has made it difficult to find long-term opportunities that offer value
Futures 101
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Cutting the cord: Mobile trading 101
Mobile devices are letting traders step away from the desk, but considerations need to be made
Industry Trends
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New bonds on the block: Prometheus revisited
Bond markets are roiling, and both Eurex and CME have introduced new products
Markets
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Tech Talk: What’s next for crude oil?
Front month WTI crude oil has staged an impressive reflex rally
Editor's Note
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Corporate training
October's letter from the editor
Book Reviews
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Trade to Win: Proven strategies to make money
Explore what it takes to be a successful trader, consistently over time in a 24-hour a day global mark
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Profiting with Iron Condor Options
A guided tour through and around complex trading strategies centering on iron condor options
Market Analysis
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A tale of two crude oil markets
The majority of the world looks at two crude oils as benchmarks
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A divided Fed sails into the fog
With the economy teetering on the edge of another recession, the Federal Reserve’s policymaking Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is riven with dissension, agnosticism and uncertainty about its own potency
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Live cattle lying down
December live cattle made a double-top in July and prices have steadily worked their way back down
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U.S. Dollar strong by default
The U.S. Dollar Index has rallied recently in the face of increasingly destitute economic data coming from the United States
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Coffee taking a break
Although coffee had a huge rally in August, it quickly came off those highs giving back half of the move in September
Managed Money
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Hot New CTAs: Short-term traders on a roll
A look at how new CTAs are finding success with short-term trading strategies
Options Strategy
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Eliminating risk with the iron cockroach
Equity indexes have seen a spike in volatility since mid-July and the heat of the debt ceiling debate
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
Industry News
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Gold code
Gold code
People
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Kupper takes up ASX helm
New employees and promotions in the trading industry
News
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Chartview: Where is safe money going now?
The Swiss National Bank pegged the Swiss franc to the euro on Sept. 6 at CHF 1.20
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S&P giving top marks again
S&P poised to give the rating it denied the U.S. to a group of securities backed by subprime mortgages
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FIA outraged over leaked info
In August confidential information on crude oil futures trading positions from the CFTC was leaked to the Wall Street Journal
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FHFA takes on banks
As the three-year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy filing passed
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Did SEC destroy evidence?
A federal whistle-blower alleges that the SEC has destroyed countless documents related to investigations
Trader Profiles
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Beach: Building a new business
Jean Mrha Beach is not your normal emerging commodity trading advisor. Beach has spent the last two decades trading and hedging in commodity markets.
CTAs
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Top CTAs July 2011
Top CTAs for July 2011
Hedge Funds
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Hedge Funds July 2011
Hedge Fund performance for July 2011
Public Funds
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Public Funds August 2011
Public Funds through August 2011
