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Psychiatrist Ari Kiev is a prolific author who has written five books focusing on different aspects of the psychology of trading. However, this book is quite a departure from his prior works as it is...
This is a revised and expanded edition of a book originally published in 2004. The first edition featured 12 well-known economic data series including housing, unemployment and other widely...
Market Analysis
Risk aversion and interest rate compression are crushing the euro, and because money typically pours into the lowest yielding currencies in a recession, the damage is likely to continue. “Everyone is...
In times of economic uncertainty gold prices ordinarily take flight; this process has been suspended, at least temporarily, as the recent flashpoint in the credit crisis has been accompanied by a...
So much for the afterglow. After an impressive Election Day rally that took the Dow Jones Industrial Average up more than 300 points, the market puked out 928 points in the following two days...
Managed Money
PFGBEST.com has launched Peregrine Asset Management Inc., a strategic asset management initiative that will offer futures-based alternative investments at lower minimum investment levels than typical...
During early 2008, Maize Asset Management developed a proprietary phenomenological commodity trading model, which is embedded with statistical modules. These modules help define the direction,...
New For Traders
CME Group launched a new version of CME E-quotes. CME Group also launched 18 new natural gas basis, index and swing swaps futures contracts, 17 new petroleum product swaps futures contracts, five new...
People
Neal Wolkoff was named CEO of the Electronic Liquidity Exchange. Previously he was chairman and CEO of the American Stock Exchange. Prior to that, he was COO at the New York Mercantile Exchange....
News
Nasdaq OMX Group has completed the acquisition of Nord Pool International's clearing, international derivatives and consulting subsidiaries and announced that it will launch Nasdaq OMX Commodities....
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Profiles in Forex
Ariel Gelman has a master’s degree in landscape architecture, but these days he makes his living cultivating the currency markets. He worked as an architect since moving to the U.S. from Argentina in...
One of the most successful trading strategies I found for markets is the Squeeze Box strategy. The Squeeze Box strategy anticipates breakouts though it does not indicate direction. It can work as a...