10 a.m. (CT)

How to identify & exploit parabolic trading opportunities

Presented by Dan Gramza, educator and hedge fund trader

The trader with product understanding and specific trading guidelines can react to market opportunities in a very consistent fashion. Learn the unique concepts and specific techniques of the parabolic trading method through a step-by-step blueprint for strategic trading tactics. Dan also will present an in-depth look at specific unique proprietary Japanese Candle trading strategies. Learn how Dan’s unique approach opens a new dimension to your trading by revealing techniques you can use immediately.

A Quick Note About Dan Gramza: A quick note about Dan Gramza: Daniel M. Gramza is President of Gramza Capital Management, Inc. and DMG Advisors, LLC. He is a trader, consultant to domestic and international clients and an advisor to hedge funds. He has published works in Australia, Europe, Japan, Singapore and the United States and is completing "Trading in the Eye of the Storm" and "The Handbook of Japanese Candle Trading Strategies". Mr. Gramza has appeared on CNN's "Moneyline" program, Reuters TV, Bloomberg TV, ROB TV Canada, TVN 24 Poland, Intereconomial TV Spain, WCIU-TV Chicago and as a market analyst for the CME. He was a member of the Chicago Rice and Cotton Exchange and an adjunct faculty member of the Illinois Institute of Technology's Master program in Financial Markets and Trading. He earned a B.S. in Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology on a scholarship and an M.B.A. in International Finance from DePaul University graduating with honors.

12:00 noon CT

Visualizing the Right Side of the Chart

Presented by Steve Bobbitt, day trader, instructor

Any money to be made trading will occur on the right side of current price action. Traders need to be anticipatory in their analysis so they are better prepared to take action once price reaches projected levels. These projections are derived from the application of simple tools and concepts such as Fibonacci, supply and demand zones, previous price action, chart patterns, and average swing size. The information within this presentation is able to be applied to any asset class and any timeframe.

A Quick Note About Steve Bobbitt: Steve Bobbitt is an independent trader and a futures instructor with the On-Line Trading Academy. Steve has been actively trading his various cash flow and retirement accounts since 2002. He started trading futures products in 2005 and has traded various asset classes including e-mini equities, currencies, metals, and grains. His research has been the basis for his contributions to Futures Magazine. Steve holds an undergraduate degree in finance as well as an MBA from the University of Phoenix.

4 p.m. (CT)

How to anticipate, spot and use wedges to improve your short-term trading

Presented by Al Brooks, Day trader

Self-made trader Al Brooks will discuss technical wedges, which are ascending or descending contracting triangles that often set up reversal trades on all timeframes. However, using a looser definition and focusing more on the three pushes rather than on the convergence of the trend line and trend channel line, Al will show that wedges occur frequently every day on a five-minute chart and are one of the most common scalp and swing setups. This webinar will present many of the variations of this form of price action, and discuss how to anticipate and trade them.

A Quick Note About Al Brooks: Al Brooks is a self taught/self made day trader who has traded for his own account for 20 plus 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.

9 a.m. (CT)

Learning from the Pros series: Salem Abraham

Interviewed by Dan Collins, Futures’ managing editor

In this interview, you’ll hear from a successful trading advisor on how to navigate the world of trading on a professional scale, how to develop your system, and how to make changes to better capture market moves.

A Quick Note About Salem Abraham: Salem is the president and founder of Abraham Trading Company, a money management firm that has generated an average annual rate of return of 19.95% since 1998. Salem grew up in Canadian, Texas, where his family has been involved in the ranching and commodities business for more than 100 years. While attending Notre Dame University, Salem did extensive research in the technical and methodological aspects of futures trading. Combining the information he gathered with ideas that he developed during his research, he began the task of back-testing the profitability of numerous trading theories. After graduating cum laude with a B.B.A. in Finance in December 1987 he moved back to Canadian, where in January 1988, he began to manage customer accounts using his systematic approach. He became registered as a commodity trading advisor in October 1988 and organized Abraham Trading Company in 1990 to act as a CTA for all customer accounts. Over 21 years of trading and research make Salem one of the most experienced traders in the business. He is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and is a member of the National Futures Association. He owned seats and held full memberships at both the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

1 p.m. (CT)

The New Generation of Global Markets - Trading Spot Forex

Presented by Marco Hague, forex trader, analyst

As the foreign exchange market grows globally, both institutional and retail traders are looking for a new edge. Bringing in 30 years of forex trading experience, Marco Hague will provide both technical and fundamental insights to these markets, show new analysis that can allow both forex spot and futures traders to utilize the business cycles to better leverage their trades, and show the influence forex has on other markets.

A Quick Note About Marco Hague: Marco Hague is a founder and principal of The London Forex Broadsheet (TheLFB), a global forex trader portal. He began his career with the Bank of England in foreign exchange control and has been trading for 30 years. He has been active in institutional risk-asset ratio analysis and global trade-desk implementation.

4 p.m. (CT)

Fly like a butterfly: One options strategy for all markets

Presented by Alex Mendoza, options trader, instructor

Learn perhaps the most powerful option strategy implemented by elite floor traders on the Chicago Board Options Exchange - the Broken Wing Butterfly, or BWB. This esoteric technique strategically meshes the benefits of a butterfly with those of a vertical spread, while protecting each to reduce the risk exposure of both. How many times have you purchased a butterfly spread, only to watch your position expire worthless? The BWB works around this conundrum of risk versus reward so that most spreads are purchased for a zero debit. Alex Mendoza will let you in on the inner workings of the spread: how to place the trade for a zero debit, how the whole trade can equal more than the sum of its pieces, and why this is likely the fastest growing and most sought out option trade today.

A Quick Note About Alex Mendoza: Alex Mendoza is chief options strategist with Random Walk. In 1995, Alex graduated from Duke University with a B. A. in Economics. His mathematical aptitude landed him a position at the Federal Reserve Bank, where he served as an assistant economist. In 1997, he moved to Chicago where he underwent a rigorous formal training program with Susquehanna International Group (SIG). He was a market maker and member of the Chicago Board Options Exchange from 1998 to 2002. While on the floor, Alex made markets and managed positions in over 40 equity options classes. Today he continues to trade as well as teach options strategies.