Books on trading are numerous. Books on trading that go to the heart of successful trading are few. Link’s book is one of the few. Written in an informal, sometimes humorous, and often personal...

New Insights on Covered Call Writing By Lawrence McMillan and Richard LehmanBloomberg PressNew York, New York$39.95, 229 PagesThroughout history, the cycles of the markets have had a tendency to...

Andrew Wilkinson, senior analyst for Interactive Brokers, says that the sea change of expectations on short-term interest rates and potential change in the Fed’s policy at the beginning of June had a...

Paul Flemming, director of power and gas for Energy Security Analysis Inc., attributes the weakness to a big drop in demand, particularly from industrial users. Flemming adds that although producers...

“Because of the late plantings for corn, there’s likely going to be an acreage switch [in July]. We anticipate a transition where end users start to walk away from higher premium old crop supplies...

While Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT) dropped his objection to Gary Gensler’s nomination to be chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), allowing Gensler to finally take this post,...

The solicitor-managed funds that placed their investors’ money with BMIS were simply investors that opened BMIS accounts in the solicitor-managed fund’s name, giving the latter the same legal status...

Bernard Madoff created a pyramid scheme so massive that he may ultimately usurp the name Ponzi. Madoff’s enterprise had two essential requirements: first, an ever increasing flow of fresh investor...

CME Group launched clearing services for eight new petroleum swap futures contracts and two new electricity swap futures contracts. CME Group also announced an extension to the block fee waiver and...

Gary Gensler was confirmed as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on May 19. He was nominated to head the agency in January. “Gensler will not only maintain the stellar...

Gary Gensler was confirmed as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on May 19. He was nominated to head the agency in January. “Gensler will not only maintain the stellar...

Hong Kong native Chris Tam is the cautious, practical type; he gets things done. His partner, New York native John Philippakos, is the creative, passionate type; he comes up with things to do. Since...

Parrot Trading Partners LLC (PTP) executes its Calendar Condor strategy — a phrase Parrot founder Jes Santaularia coined— to provide investors with diversification and a non-correlated return stream....

Declining volatility usually allows traders to sleep better. However, after last fall’s spike in volatility to its highest level since the Chicago Board Options Exchange created the volatility index...

The sub-prime market crisis was the catalyst that caused a rapid unwinding of the carry trade, which in turn precipitated the crash in the stock and commodity markets as fund managers were forced to...

Real estate investing paved the way for Rene Hartner’s venture into currency trading. Hartner’s early career was spent working in the engineering world for semiconductor companies in Germany, using...