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The author presents readers with real-life interviews, personality profiles and case studies that illustrate the types of stress that high-powered traders experience throughout the trading day,...
Individual chapters analyze and explain in detail the four principal option strategies featured in the book: the butterfly spread, which Saliba helped popularize decades ago, the condor, the iron...
Market Analysis
“There are a lot of variables,” says Daniel M. Gramza, president of Gramza Capital Management Inc., including historically low interest rates, a weak U.S. dollar and high energy prices. “Plus, we...
While soybean acreage increased 17% from last year, it won’t satisfy the 2009 usage table, having given way to very high-priced December 2008 corn. “The farmer rightfully chose to plant corn at those...
Carlos Cunningham, broker for Prudential-Bach, says the weaker European outlook and recently stabilizing dollar have translated into the $12 decline crude experienced in early July, a trend he...
Managed Money
With the use of commodity futures as an investment vehicle coming under fire, as demonstrated in numerous stories in this issue of Futures, we decided to ask Jim Rogers what he thought of recent...
The prolonged increase in U.S. inflation and accompanying decline in the value of the dollar has brought about obvious changes in the rhetoric of Federal Reserve officials, to the extent of...
The idea of index funds is a sound one. If active managers are targeting returns to an index, say the S&P 500, why pay more for active management if you can invest in a fund with the goal of...
New For Traders
International Securities Exchange (ISE) now offers flash functionality on its options exchange. ISE also has entered into an agreement with First Trust Advisors L.P. to create and list an ETF based...
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Trader Profiles
Jarecki was already an accomplished psychiatrist, businessman and futures industry pioneer when, after selling his interest in Mocatta Metals, the U.S. affiliate of Mocatta & Goldsmid Ltd., the...
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Profiles in Forex
Greg Cotter, president and head trader of Tri-Global FX, spent more than 20 years trading the interbank forex markets for some of the largest institutional banks, including: Societe Generale, Banque...
Technical based trends provide buying and selling zones for forex traders. One question is what is the best time horizon to choose? Should the trader follow the weekly, daily, or intra-day trends? We...