This book is not a soft-focus memoir. McClellan charges hard. He cites two main reasons why investors should treat Wall Street research skeptically. First, securities analysts do not bill clients for...

Selengut’s goal is to provide a personal stock market investing plan using a conservative strategy focused on a diversified portfolio. The key concepts are quality, diversification and income. Along...

After trading near $16 per bushel in early March, May soybeans dipped to below $11.50. Victor Lespinasse, analyst for Grainanalyst.com., attributes the sell-off to profit taking but adds, tight...

Since early February, the euro raced from 1.44 to past 1.59, put in a triple top and hit an all-time high on April 10 of 1.5914. “It’s been acting like a completely different animal,” says trader...

With crude oil trading above $110 per barrel and Memorial Day on the horizon, gasoline futures should be poised for take off. But with inventory at a 17-year high and demand dropping for the first...

During the course of the subprime debt crisis that began last summer, we have heard on a number of occasions that this bank or that bank did not have exposure to subprime per se but were hurt by the...

Gold, gold, gold — that’s all you hear about these days. With the volatility in metals, and all commodities for that matter, everyone’s a gold trader or wants to be. But even a gold bull could have...

Public commodity pools are basically the managed futures version of mutual funds. They are sold in increments as low as $1,000 and there are few restrictions as to who can invest in them. But that is...

A two-to-one ratio spread is primarily used when you have at least 90 days until expiration, where you have a known risk if wrong and unknown reward if right. In the case of a ratio call spread; this...

The New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) introduced eight new cash-settled electricity futures contracts for the Texas market. Also, Nymex introduced 15 new financially-settled swap futures contracts...

Kenneth M. Ford, managing director of Credit Suisse, was elected chairman of the Futures Industry Association. Ira Polk, chief administrative officer at MF Global, was elected vice chairman and Chris...

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“That’s when I heard about these things called futures and options,” he recalls. “I applied for a job on the floor of the International Petroleum Exchange, now ICE Europe, instead of going to...

Joe Gelet, president and head trader of Elite E Services, has developed multiple automated trading programs that have produced eye popping returns since 2005. The strategies include short – and...

Why countertrend? Forex is a unique market that requires unique applications of known indicators. The fundamental difference between FX and equity markets is they trade in near opposites: equities...