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Trading for a living can be fatal to your finances without the right knowledge and training. The opportunity to make a living in this profession has become more alluring as millions of talented...
Options trading can be a great way to make significant profits with less risk. Often, traders spend years studying the different strategies for making money with this challenging and potentially...
Market Analysis
“The Canadian dollar is basically trading off of oil prices. This correlation will continue to determine where the currency pair is headed,” says Kathy Lien, director of currency research at GFT. “In...
Lean hogs were slammed in late April due to reaction to the so-called swine flu, or H1N1 virus, outbreak. Rich Nelson, director of research at Allendale, says the severe swing in hog futures due to...
On March 18, the Federal Reserve announced a plan to purchase up to $300 billion longer-term Treasury securities over the following six months. There was an initial spike after the announcement but...
Managed Money
After years of fighting off efforts by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to increase its regulatory authority over hedge funds, the Managed Funds Association (MFA)announced not only support...
Futures contracts that are relatively trendless invite trades that generate profits from movement in volatility instead of price. Delta-neutral spreads fit this need because typically, at least...
In addition to the work of Edwards, Magee, Livermore and the others mentioned in last month’s article, the 1930s and 40s saw several other advances relating to the theory and evidence for trend...
Options Strategy
The premium that you pay for an options contract is comprised of intrinsic value and time value. Intrinsic value is fixed, while time value varies constantly. Implied volatility is the estimated...
New For Traders
CME Group launched eight new electricity swap futures contracts and 44 new natural gas swing and index swap futures contracts, new national balancing point Henry Hub swap futures and options...
People
Previously he was managing director of Newedge Australia. He joined Fimat, which merged with Calyon Financial in January 2008 to form Newedge, in 2000 as head of futures. “Hong Kong is the gateway in...
News
Originally published in February 2007, the acceptable practices were defined to include three operating provisions: at least 35% public representation on boards of directors, board-level regulatory...
A proposed merger between North America’s Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and the European Union’s LCH.Clearnet fell apart in late April. That leaves the door open to a bid for...
Dan O’Neil, executive vice president of futures at optionsXpress, says the acquisition comes down to an increased need for education. “The markets have been incredibly volatile and treacherous and...
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s restrictions on short selling in September 2008 threw the options industry into a frenzy, so it wasn’t hard to imagine another battle after the SEC proposed...
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Profiles in Forex
Peter Hanson’s career in forex trading started with a journey to Stockholm, Sweden. “It was the opportunity to go to Sweden that was more appealing than any of the other options. At that time, I...
The foreign exchange market is open 24 hours a day and its daily volume is over $3.2 trillion. Since the days of Brenton Woods, central banks, commercial banks, investment banks, professional money...