Futures Magazine October 01, 2012
Cover Story
Energy’s countdown to the election
With the election almost upon us, traders and analysts weigh in on how its outcome may affect the currently oversupplied energy market as well as any potential geopolitical repercussions, which have been a major factor in recent years.
Editor's Note
Forex Trader
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Trading and the election
The November U.S. presidential election is upon us. As always in these elections, many markets will be affected by the outcome.
Options Strategy
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Using straddles and strangles to trade a “too close to call” election
Execute a volatility play with the use of straddles and strangles.
Trading Techniques
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Profiting with price gaps
When a stock explodes because new information shocks the market, careful price gap analysis can help you emerge profitable.
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Exploiting crack spreads with options
Because energy companies are subject to the crack spread, we explore whether the price of one refined product can be used to forecast the other.
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A complementary approach to trading technical indicators
One indicator is good, but two working together is better. By combining different indicators, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
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Sentiment: Putting trading into context
By blending sentiment and cycle analysis with technical analysis, a more complete picture of the market comes into focus.
Technology & Trading
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Better breakouts in the electronic age
Although the opening-range breakout effectively is defunct in most markets, creative market selection and price reference can bring it back from the brink.
Managed Money
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Hot New CTAs: Not your father’s option traders
In this annual feature, we seek out new CTAs that are standing above their peers. We discovered three option programs that have found a niche.
Industry Trends
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In PFG fraud, everyone loses — except the lawyers
With the recent fraud at PFGBest essentially torpedoing more than a century of trust, is a major overhaul of retail brokering the only solution?
Trader Profiles
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Tom Crouch loves trading
Tommy Kent Crouch recalls that his first futures trade was in pork bellies and caused him to lose the down payment on the house for which he and his wife were saving.
CTAs
Public Funds
Hedge Funds
Software Review
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Software Review: ADL / X_Trader
Visual Programming Meets the Algorithmic Trader
