Columnists 

Ginger Szala is Group Editorial Director of Futures Magazine, the largest and oldest publication covering the derivatives industry. Ms. Szala joined Futures Magazine after receiving her master’s degree at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1983. As a cub reporter, Ms. Szala covered the extraordinary growth of the industry internationally, as well as developed the managed money beat for the magazine. She was named editor-in-chief in 1991, publisher and editor of Futures in 1999 and in 2009 was named editorial director of the Professional Services Group of Summit Business Media, in which she manages four publications, Treasury&Risk, Credit Union Times, InsideCounsel and Futures Magazine.

Steve Zwick has been contributing to Futures for more than a decade. He divides his time between Germany and Chicago and also writes for Time, Fortune and The Wall Street Journal. Steve twice has been short-listed for the World Leadership Forum's "Business Journalist of the Year."

Robert McCurtain is a technical analyst, market timer and private investor based in New York City. He writes regularly for Futures and provides updates on his stock index indicators at futuresmag.com

Sergey Izraylevich, Ph.D., chairman of the board of High Technology Invest Inc, began his career as a lecturer at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel-Hay Academic college. He received numerous awards for academic excellence, including Golda Meir’s prize and Max Shlomiok honor award of distinction. Sergey trades options for over 10 years and regularly writes articles for Futures. He also is coauthor of the book “Systematic Approach to Options Trading” (to be published by Pearson Education, Financial Times Press in 2010).

Al Brooks, is a self taught/self made day trader who has traded for his own account for 20 years. The pull of trading was with him early, as he always wondered if he should drop out of medicine and work on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Several years and a medical career later he “retired” and has been trading for himself for 20 years and loving it.  Al regularly writes for Futures as well as has presented his techniques at the Futures I-Trade shows.

Dan Gramza, president of Gramza Capital Management Inc, is a trader, global consultant and hedge fund advisor. His decades of global trading experience have forced him to face the market beast across many markets and time zones.

 

Toni Hansen is president and co-founder of the Bastiat Group, Inc., DBA Trading From Main Street. Toni is one of the most respected technical analysts and traders in the industry. She has been trading and educating new traders, money managers, professional market analysts and traders throughout the boom and bust of the last decade. She has worked in conjunction with some of the world's top financial exchanges. Learn more about Toni Hansen and the educational services she provides through her website at http://www.tonihansen.com.

Jeff Greenblatt has been a private trader for the past 8 years. He is the director of Lucas Wave International and editor of The Fibonacci Forecaster, a market timing letter that covers stocks, bonds, precious metals, currencies and the crude oil market. He also is author of the book, “Breakthough Strategies For Predicting Any Market.” Jeff is a weekly contributor to Futuresmag.com’s Market Watch column as well as a regular contribution to the magazine and a frequent presenter at the I-Trade Show.