Ashraf Laidi is a highly regarded currency analyst whose focus spans the full range of global markets. This welcome text won’t tell you how to get rich trading forex but it does furnish penetrating...

Irony exists in the title and the content of this book. Had an investor diversified his portfolio in early 2008 (when the book came out) according to the authors’ six “good” alternative investments,...

Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at Alaron, says that despite bearish supply and demand fundamentals, crude oil is still poised to move higher in May. He says the Federal Reserve’s quantitative...

Depending on the day and who you talk to, the euro is either on the brink of becoming the world’s reserve currency or of extinction. Recently it had been trading down, and analysts don’t expect a...

Among many analysts the Nasdaq 100 is the best indicator for equities among all the indexes. That has been true in the upward correction that began on March 10. The NQ never took out its November...

Last Atlantis Capital Management (LACM) and principal Irwin Berger has agreed to withdraw its National Futures Association membership in a settlement of a complaint charging the firm and Berger with...

Silver is currently underpriced relative to gold and may offer the best opportunity for long-term profit in the metals sector. While both gold and silver are safe-haven investments, particularly as a...

Although trend following has been a popular trading philosophy for many years, surprisingly little has been written about its origins and history. This is partly due, no doubt, to the scarcity of...

CME Group will offer OTC grain swaps through CME ClearPort. CME Group also announced four new average price options contracts and announced 14 new petroleum product swap futures contracts. CME Group...

Garry Jones was promoted to group executive vice president & head of global derivatives at NYSE Liffe, replacing Hugh Freedberg, who was promoted to chairman. Previously Jones was executive director...

Today, those questions are along the lines of “Can the same algorithms that digital signal processing (DSP) systems use to differentiate voice from background noise also be used to differentiate true...

Dan Keegan spent more than 20 years learning the nuances of trading options on the floor of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and now along with exercising those lessons in his personal...

Let’s take corn futures as an example. Trader Jo is anticipating a strong yield in corn despite a possible late start to the growing season due to a very rainy April. The concern is that excessive...

Floyd’s first foray into trading was in 1994, when he worked as an institutional sales trader on the fixed income and foreign currency desk at Standard Chartered Bank. He was “not a typical trader in...

Trading FX is the ultimate intellectual challenge. Contrary to what most books and ‘gurus’ tell you, there are no cookie cutter formulas to trading FX, or any other market for that matter. The FX...