Cover Story
By Daniel P. Collins
Having helped create one of the most innovative forex platforms, Stumm views success by his ability to be disruptive
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Cover Story
By Michael J. McFarlin
With disheartening data from every part of the globe, currencies are fighting to be “least bad"
Trading Techniques
By Paul D. Cretien
Using logarithmic calculations, we can understand options and the importance of upper and lower break-even
By Cornelius Luca
The forex carry trade is a simple concept that has a place in most portfolios. Here are the benefits and risks
By Multiple Authors
Getting started in currency trading? There’s a lot that can be learned from a student-run, expert-guided, forex fund
By Wayne Whaley
Data mining is a potentially profitable method of identifying inefficiencies, but always should be done with caution
Technology & Trading
By M. Burkhardt
A broken-wing butterfly option spread offers the upside of a butterfly but at a fraction of the cost
By Irene Aldridge
High frequnecy traders are always looking to go just a little faster, but that's created the wrong perception of what they actually do
Forex Trader
By Ashraf Laidi
In the volatile world of currencies it always pays to grasp the big picture
By Multiple Authors
Retail forex traders look for different attributes in the brokers they use. Here we measure a group of 16 forex brokers on numerous metrics
Futures 101
By Multiple Authors
There are pros and cons for trading either currency futures or spot forex. Here we let the experts explain the differences so that you can decide which is best for you
Industry Trends
By Steve Zwick
As European markets lurched from crisis to crisis over the last year, regulators have gotten creative in their response
Markets
By Christopher Vecchio
The NZD/USD pair retraced significantly over the first week in August
Editor's Note
By Ginger Szala
September 2011 editor's note from Ginger Szala
Book Reviews
By Patrick Kelly
Review of "All About Investing in Gold: The Easy Way to Get Started"
By Leslie N. Masonson
Review of "Mastering Trade Selection and Management: Advanced Strategies for Long-Term Profitability"
Market Analysis
By Shawn Hackett
The month of July was an unmitigated disaster for corn pollination
By Michael J. McFarlin
Futures on the U.S. 10-year note moved sharply higher after Standard & Poor’s downgrade
By Michael J. McFarlin
While cotton had a near year-long run up to record highs ending this spring, it now has retraced
By Michael J. McFarlin
Gold has enjoyed a long bull-run with near daily headlines recently
Managed Money
By Daniel P. Collins
One of the drivers of long-only commodity indexes was the return these vehicles earned from normal backwardation
By Michael Mundt
Building a short-term strategy takes more than simply applying trend-following to a shorter time frame
Options Strategy
By Mike Tosaw
When the equity and commodity markets get choppy, traders and investors begin to look for strategies to
People
By Michael J. McFarlin
New employees and promotions in the trading industry
News
By Michael J. McFarlin
When Standard & Poor’s downgraded the United States’ long-term debt on Friday, Aug. 5
By Michael J. McFarlin
The SEC recently gave itself more oversight over high-frequency trading firms and hedge funds
By Steve Zwick
ICE last year shelled out roughly $600 million for Climate Exchange PLC
By Daniel P. Collins
When electronic trading was in its infancy, exchanges held simulations for members and clerks
By Daniel P. Collins
The Standard & Poor’s downgrade of U.S. credit came as a shock to some and was dismissed by others
Hedge Funds
By Daniel P. Collins
Hedge Fund performance for June 2011
Public Funds
By Daniel P. Collins
Public Funds through July 2011
Exchange News
By Daniel P. Collins
Michael Stumm helped create one of the most innovative forex platforms that brought institutional efficiencies to the retail trader. Stumm views success by his ability to be disruptive, which he discusses here
By Daniel P. Collins
Michael Stumm helped create one of the most innovative forex platforms that brought institutional efficiencies to the retail trader. Stumm views success by his ability to be disruptive, which he discusses here
By Daniel P. Collins
Michael Stumm helped create one of the most innovative forex platforms that brought institutional efficiencies to the retail trader. Stumm views success by his ability to be disruptive, which he discusses here
By Daniel P. Collins
Michael Stumm talks about his views on regulation in the financial marketplace
Trader Profile
By Daniel P. Collins
Marc Levitt has been interested in trading and building quantitative models since taking graduate level courses in chaos theory