Weekly Watchlist 12/22

Weekly Watchlist 12/22 Posted on Monday, December 22, 2008 at 09:20AM by Registered Commenter Option Addict | Comments Loading... Prepare to put things into cruise control this week. Holiday trading is not known for its speed or excitement. However, it should be known that index futures are trading slightly higher [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 16:20:41

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Alcoa Cost Cuts Weigh Futures

Alcoa Cost Cuts Weigh Futures January 7th, 2009 by Money broker By STEVE GOLDSTEIN US stocks are set for a lower open Wednesday, with Alcoa's cost-cutting moves dragging futures down. Less than two hours before the start of trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 57 lower at 8893. Read full story Posted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:13:26

SOS Update: Up 4% in a week (pfblogs.org)

The Index may literally have stayed unchanged since last week - in fact the futures are trading a little bit higher but the SoS has moved up ... but I have been allocating my money to only system trading. Also, don't follow this unless you know what you are doing. This is not advice. This is education only. If this strategy takes its virtual balance [more...]

Date: 2008-09-20 12:14:03

Creating “Mini-TARP” Bonus Pools Would Help

Good Evening: As 2008 bumps, grinds, and otherwise limps its way to a close, various asset markets can be expected to trade in narrow ranges ... in the future, they are faced with a doubt-laden present. Today’s economic statistics in the U.S. are a case in point. Consumer sentiment offered a mildly positive surprise, with a nice uptick in “future [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 04:55:44

Some Opening Comments December 10 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities are retreating in overnight trading as the prospect of an agreement on an auto industry bail out, ... to 2.70 percent and the yield on the Long Bond is higher by 5 basis points at 3.10 percent. Equity ... . Trading in futures markets indicates that US markets should open with modest gains today. Reports [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 12:25:44

Stronger Mortgage Data Props up Pound vs Dollar

Thursday, January 1, 2009 Sterling steadied versus the dollar on Monday as news of growing mortgage approvals eased concerns about a potentially ... in the week to February 19 according to the latest data from the Commodity Futures Trading ... in the market with 0-1 pips in 10 pairs, no commissions, no swaps and instant account Activation.2. Scandinavian [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 03:11:00

Middle East Tension Pushes Crude Near $50; Oil Embargo Not Likely

Crude oil futures traded higher on Monday, even hitting a three-week high above $49 at one point during trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange ... spokesman Hasan Qashqavi said. Analysts and traders alike believe that the world is different today ... by the recent prices, traders are beginning to get a little worried now that the conflict has [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 22:00:15

Obama Energy Plan and 5 Business Opportunities It Supports

In his inauguration speech, President-Elect Obama said we need an economy that addresses the “new energy to harness and new jobs to be created ... now there are already voluntary markets for carbon trading in the US. With a national cap and trade system ... a clean energy future. Where are the green job opportunities: $15 billion dollars a year to [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 10:39:18

Lehman Brothers filing for Bankruptcy - more Bushenomics in action

[UPDATE: I would add this NY Times article as a preface to this great diary. Julien. And It's not just Lehman -- Merrill Lynch is being taken over ... and futures trading are now indicating a minimum 400 point drop on the DJIA in the morning ... desperately to broker a sale of the bank to anyone. Inside sources have said that the problem [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 12:05:49

Sex and Money: Are Women Regulators Different?

It is hard not to notice that two of the regulators who stand out for doing the right thing in this incredible financial mess are women. Brooksley Born, as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under President Clinton, wanted to regulate credit default swaps and other derivative instruments back in the late 90s [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 06:15:45

Some Opening Comments October 7 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities have retreated in overnight trading as the gloom and doom which coursed through the veins of the market ... . Most European exchanges are posting gains in the 1 percent to 2 percent area. Australian equities ... declined 3 percent as credit fears and recession fears have not abated there. Futures trading suggests [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 11:53:19

President Bush Threatens Veto of Poison-pill Laden Drilling Bill; Oil Falls to $90/bbl

—Gabriel Malor So far, Republicans have managed not to cave on offshore drilling (though ANWR seems to be out of the question) ... . In related news, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission actually looked through the data ... the six-month period. In other words, index traders and swap dealers were driving the future price [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 14:55:10

MORE BUSH? TAKE McCAIN-- A CHANGE FROM BUSH'S FAILED AGENDA? BARACK'S THE ONLY CHOICE

Yes, my son, Dick here will keep you on the straight and narrow when it comes to that boring economic crap A few days ago I had the misfortune to ... -- energy speculation. Etheridge's proposal allow the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to hire 100 employees and grant the CFTC more authority over the trading of U.S. energy commodities on overseas [more...]

Date: 2008-06-24 12:45:00

Happy Whatever

Happy whatever-you-celebrate. I spent some time with my family doing the Christmas thing, which was good since I hadn’t seen them in a year ... there is an entire rural economy, including credit and futures markets, tied to the opium trade ... been trying to argue for well over a year: “arming the tribes” is a really really bad idea. He also quotes MP [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 17:57:33

The New Way To Wealth: Online Options Trading

by Walter Fox Are you one of these people that are struggling to get ahead financially? Desire financial freedom? ... success in futures and options trading online. They are finding success without even leaving their house ... you will have the opportunity to learn the basics of options trading systems and much more. It may seem baffling at first [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 10:45:15

There’s just no play

I somewhat wanted go short yesterday afternoon but I couldn’t get myself to do it because I was travelling today ... to front-run the news on either side. I am just going to sit out and watch. I don’t trade futures ... will be bought hard and I’ll probably look for another long bond short entry via TBT. Given [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:44:18

Back from vacation

Just in case you were wondering, I didn't get hit by a bus. I just took a few days of vacation (vacation -- what's that?) for the holidays ... trading session, with the long bond futures off by more than three points. The bonds are trading heavy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 15:40:00

Opening Comments October 22 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities surged in overnight trading as pandemic equity market weakness drove investors to the safety of US Government ... of nearly 6 percent. Futures market trading indicates that US markets will open sharply lower. Against ... on the Long Bond dropped 9 basis points to 4.13 percent. The 2 year/10 year spread has widened [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 10:58:26

Senate Republicans Block Windfall Profits Tax on Big Oil Companies

... work on separate legislation to increase oversight of trading by the Commodity Futures Trading [more...]

Date: 2008-06-10 19:50:46

Futures Day Trading Continues to Roll

To give you an idea of just how straightforward daytrading the futures is, ... Futures.  The video does a step by step walk-through of all the trades this past week, Monday through Friday.  Nothing left out, nothing skipped - all trades regardless of outcome . What you’ll want [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 00:41:14

BEWARE Forex.com, Gain Capital Group

Gentlemen, I have been trading futures for a long time and decided to try Forex ... from clients! I never had similar problems in the futures arena, thank goodness. I am trying ten different ... spread on two currencies. This put me at a loss of $1400 from were I was four minutes ago [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 21:26:34

Technical Analysis

by Walter Fox A technique used to forecast the movement of stock prices based on past market data is called technical analysis ... the future of the markets and trading against those predictions. Fundamental Analysis does the same ... such as this, serve as graphic indicators by which an analyst will make trading decisions. Critics argue [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 19:10:02

Opening Comments January 5 2009

Prices of Treasury coupon securities slumped in overseas trading as the retreat which began last week has turned into a mini rout in bond prices ... modest gains. Futures market trading suggests that US indices will open with modest declines ... on the Long Bond has climbed 6 basis points to 2.85 percent. The 2year/10 year spread has widened to 158 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 12:36:51

The Real Election Trading

For the last few days traders have been talking about whether the equity market is “discounting” a win by Senator Barack Obama (D ... Futures Trading Commission, according to Tom Snee, spokesman for the IEM. (Intrade is an unregulated ... near as liquid as even the more thinly-traded commodities, that doesn’t mean there isn’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 17:32:29

The Real Election Trading

For the last few days traders have been talking about whether the equity market is “discounting” a win by Senator Barack Obama (D ... Futures Trading Commission, according to Tom Snee, spokesman for the IEM. (Intrade is an unregulated ... near as liquid as even the more thinly-traded commodities, that doesn’t mean there isn’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 20:25:00

News will not make you money

Just saw this on Bloomberg this evening - http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=a1Ab6lUay5TE&refer=newsJan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The steepest plunge in crude prices on record may be setting up oil investors for a rally this year, if history is any guide. The so-called forward curve of futures contracts traded on the New [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 13:37:00

Carbon Trading: A $64 Billion Economy And Growing

Josh Margolis keeps a grueling schedule, brokering deals between buyers and sellers and forecasting how government actions could affect his clients ... company CantorCO2e, Margolis is part of an exploding branch of finance in a new commodity: carbon ... going to have a carbon trading system in the near future.” He notes that the president-elect supports [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 06:59:27

Some Opening Comments September 30 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities are retracing a portion of the out sized gains attained yesterday as some participants expect that some form of rescue package will pass later this week. Equity prices are mixed in Europe and futures market trading indicates the US equity markets will open with a strong bounce after the historic fall [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 11:33:20

Opening Comments September 18 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities have tumbled in overseas trading as the concerted efforts of central banks around the globe to reduce tensions ... to 1.5 percent. Futures market trading indicates that US stocks will open about 1 percent higher. Asian ... percent. The 2year/10 year spread has narrowed by 7 basis points to 169 basis points. The [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 11:27:03

Personal Finance Blog Tickers

Sometimes, in talking to people, I refer to Blueprint for Financial Prosperity as BFP ... , financial and reputational issues that shape their futures.” It’s traded on the NYSE and is down ... and development of gold and silver deposits in Mexico and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. It’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 20:54:12

Get Ready For $2 Gas as Fuel Prices Continue to Rise

The national average price for a gallon of gasoline posted their seventh consecutive gain on Tuesday, ... to data from the Department of Energy. Futures traders were also worried about potential fallout ... gasoline prices generally lag beind oil futures which traded above $50 a barrel today, up from below $32 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:18:07

Lottery System Development

I've been working on a lottery system based on intuition rather than the more common strategy of analaysing patterns or distributions in historical ... out by 2,3,4,...49 (use the modulus operator when the number goes above 49).From the world of trading ... can be used to forecast future price levels in many products, ranging from currencies to commodities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 11:34:00

Some Opening Comments December 15 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities have posted modest losses in overseas trading as investors scout the landscape for signs of additional economic ... . Trading in the futures market indicates that the US markets will open with modest gains. The Madoff ... percent. The 2 year /10 year spread narrowed a basis point to 180 basis points. Equity markets [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 12:24:18

Population Bombs

Try as he might, Ross "every sperm is sacred" Douthat cannot locate a "key insight" about population growth in Ehrlich's book ... to fall in price unto the end of time, which is why trading in commodity futures is performed ... it is no less than John Holdren, Barack Obama's new science advisor, who claimed to have found [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 16:27:00

Don't Shoot The Price Messenger, aka Speculator

The futures market may be a convenient scapegoat, but it's simply a price discovery mechanism ... and demand, as well as the rate of inflation. The political theory is that such futures trading ... fundamentals. Thus, $4 gas. But there's no inherent reason to "bet" that commodities will go up rather than [more...]

Date: 2008-06-24 15:39:02

Is it Easy to Make Money From the Forex Capital Markets?

You probably won’t find many investors claiming that any investment opportunity is easy, ... that are structuring the other sorts of investments out there, be it equity, futures and stocks trading ... , opening up an account and start building your portfolio right away. Pairing a 24 hour investment [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 05:30:43

What if it's all a Ponzi scheme -- more

Earlier, I grew depressed thinking that the reason all that bailout money wasn't helping right the economy was that the whole thing was a vast Ponzi ... this one is smaller.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission brought civil charges against a Pennsylvania man accused of running a $50 million Ponzi scheme [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 18:47:00

More Top Economic Appointees

More Top Economic Appointees By Helene Cooper CHICAGO—President-elect Barack Obama is naming two former Clinton administration economic ... to Democratic Senator Paul Sarbanes of Maryland, to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... and Exchange Commission, at a press conference in Chicago Thursday morning. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 15:52:17

Oil, Another 'Trouble in Middle East' Bounce

A bounce to $50 and even $55 isn't excessive. Prices are now above the declining 20 day EMA (blue line) and should gravitate to the 50 day EMA ( ... for a rally this year, if history is any guide.The so-called forward curve of futures contracts traded ... cut, raised the price of all the crude types it exports to the U.S.”Another way to play commodities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 13:30:00

Bombay Stock Exchange gets SEBI nod for currency derivatives

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has received “in-principle approval” from market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) ... Committee on Exchange Traded Currency Futures, released by the Reserve Bank of India and SEBI May 29 ... currency futures contracts facilitate easy access, increased transparency, efficient price discovery [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 07:29:46

Financial Spreads: Oil Slick, Bonds Stick And Pounding Sterling

SPREAD Watch: Anorak’s look at the financial spread markets BUY much last month? The Office For National Statistics ( ... on this year’s highs. Meanwhile, US regulators at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission allege ... s civil complaint, traders said they would “hammer” [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 09:34:38

U.S. Economy ‘Misplaces’ 2.6 Million Jobs in 2008

U.S. Economy ‘Misplaces’ 2.6 Million Jobs in 2008 Filed under: Street Smarts — SmallCapNetwork Editor @ 7: ... of the terrible situation). That said, I have to confess I’m a little shocked at the initial reaction… futures ... you need that trading is more about expectations and perception than it is about actual results [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 14:28:57

Closing Down Early in 2008

December is usually a slow month in the markets, and volume tends to dry up around the middle of the month as investors, ... as one of the worst years in history for the major equity averages. Trading volume in futures, stocks and options has declined as investors have reduced risk after a trying year that left much [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 18:27:07

Obama Appoints Mary Schapiro

Barack Obama has named Financial Industry Regulatory Authority chief executive Mary Schapiro as chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Schapiro is a former SEC commissioner who also headed the commodity futures trading commission and is now the head of Finra, which inspects U.S. brokerage firms, writes rules for those selling [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 17:47:01

Reassessing Roubini's Predictions

Unfortunately for Roubini, there is no Nobel Prize in Economic for being the best predictor of global financial markets ... , Nouriel predicted the potential shutdown of financial markets. A day later U.S. stock futures suspended trading after declines of more than 6% at opening tripped the circuit breakers. Nonetheless [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 08:05:00

SIPC: Lehman To Be Liquidated

How did this little gem slip by unnoticed? Tomorrow at 4PM, Lehman is to be liquidated ... of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... in connection with a proposed sale of the business of the broker-dealer to Barclays Capital Inc. A hearing [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 05:00:00

Deal Or No Deal...The Buck Is A Bust

Oil Curve Steeper Than '99 Shows Possible Gain in '09Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The steepest plunge in crude prices on record may be setting up oil investors for a rally this year, if history is any guide.The so-called forward curve of futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange suggests oil will rise 28 percent to $60 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 01:28:00

Trend Indicator

Why are some traders more successful than others? There are probably as many answers as there are traders out there ... as options and futures are concerned. In options trading your biggest enemy by far is time ... on the long run.The same rule applies to any short-term oriented trader. The Global Futures Trend Index [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 23:04:00

Financials Got You Down? CME Pitches Credit-Default Swaps the Safer Way

The market for credit-default swaps is huge–$55 trillion–but was largely unknown to most of the populace until the downfall of Bear Stearns and the ... Mercantile Exchange that handles the bulk of U.S. futures trading. CME is trying to capitalize on the chaos in the market by grabbing more trading from broker-dealers like Goldman Sachs Group, Morgan [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 16:35:40

Congrats to Mary Schapiro, SEC Chair Nominee

US President-elect Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Mary Schapiro as Chair of the Securities and Exchange ... Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Before that, Schapiro served for six years as a Commissioner ... Commission. We at GW Law School, from which Ms. Schaprio graduated in 1980, are delighted. We wish [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 17:16:36

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