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September 01, 2011

Cover Story

Michael Stumm: Renegade engineer

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

Forex outlook: The ugly contest

By Michael J. McFarlin

With disheartening data from every part of the globe, currencies are fighting to be “least bad"

Trading Techniques

Trading option break-even prices

By Paul D. Cretien

Using logarithmic calculations, we can understand options and the importance of upper and lower break-even

How to trade the carry trade

By Cornelius Luca

The forex carry trade is a simple concept that has a place in most portfolios. Here are the benefits and risks

True cost of learning: Model implementation

By Multiple Authors

Getting started in currency trading? There’s a lot that can be learned from a student-run, expert-guided, forex fund

Mining for profits in modern markets

By Wayne Whaley

Data mining is a potentially profitable method of identifying inefficiencies, but always should be done with caution

Technology & Trading

Using the broken-wing butterfly options strategy

By M. Burkhardt

A broken-wing butterfly option spread offers the upside of a butterfly but at a fraction of the cost

HFT: How fast can you really trade?

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

Reading monthly cycles in EUR/USD

By Ashraf Laidi

In the volatile world of currencies it always pays to grasp the big picture

Special section: Forex broker review

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

Dueling markets: Forex futures vs. spot forex

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

European financial regulation update

By Steve Zwick

As European markets lurched from crisis to crisis over the last year, regulators have gotten creative in their response

Markets

Tech talk: Kiwi feels long-term damage

By Christopher Vecchio

The NZD/USD pair retraced significantly over the first week in August

Editor's Note

Global warning

By Ginger Szala

September 2011 editor's note from Ginger Szala

Book Reviews

All About Investing in Gold: The Easy Way to Get Started

By Patrick Kelly

Review of "All About Investing in Gold: The Easy Way to Get Started"

Mastering Trade Selection and Management

By Leslie N. Masonson

Review of "Mastering Trade Selection and Management: Advanced Strategies for Long-Term Profitability"

Market Analysis

Bullish corn? Buy wheat

By Shawn Hackett

The month of July was an unmitigated disaster for corn pollination

10-year Treasury note reaching higher

By Michael J. McFarlin

Futures on the U.S. 10-year note moved sharply higher after Standard & Poor’s downgrade

Cotton finds floor after precipitous drop

By Michael J. McFarlin

While cotton had a near year-long run up to record highs ending this spring, it now has retraced

Gold plays role of fear barometer

By Michael J. McFarlin

Gold has enjoyed a long bull-run with near daily headlines recently

Managed Money

Commodity me and hold the contango

By Daniel P. Collins

One of the drivers of long-only commodity indexes was the return these vehicles earned from normal backwardation

The short-term trading dilemma

By Michael Mundt

Building a short-term strategy takes more than simply applying trend-following to a shorter time frame

Options Strategy

Using a 1x2 options ratio spread

By Mike Tosaw

When the equity and commodity markets get choppy, traders and investors begin to look for strategies to

New For Traders

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New commodities products

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People

Emil van Essen snags TT VP

By Michael J. McFarlin

New employees and promotions in the trading industry

News

US debt downgraded

By Michael J. McFarlin

When Standard & Poor’s downgraded the United States’ long-term debt on Friday, Aug. 5

SEC scrutinizing large traders

By Michael J. McFarlin

The SEC recently gave itself more oversight over high-frequency trading firms and hedge funds

Carbon marches on

By Steve Zwick

ICE last year shelled out roughly $600 million for Climate Exchange PLC

Back to school

By Daniel P. Collins

When electronic trading was in its infancy, exchanges held simulations for members and clerks

Chartview: Naughty & nice list

By Daniel P. Collins

The Standard & Poor’s downgrade of U.S. credit came as a shock to some and was dismissed by others

CTAs

Top CTAs June 2011

By Daniel P. Collins

Top CTAs for June 2011

Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds June 2011

By Daniel P. Collins

Hedge Fund performance for June 2011

Public Funds

Public Funds July 2011

By Daniel P. Collins

Public Funds through July 2011

Exchange News

Forex Trader's Bill Of Rights

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

Michael Stumm: Renegade Engineer

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

Michael Stumm: Renegade engineer

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

Stumm says transparency is the answer

By Daniel P. Collins

Michael Stumm talks about his views on regulation in the financial marketplace

Trader Profile

Silicon Valley’s Levitt spreads his wings

By Daniel P. Collins

Marc Levitt has been interested in trading and building quantitative models since taking graduate level courses in chaos theory


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