Futures new years resolution + levels and Economic reports for Dec. 31st

*To be removed, please reply with remove daytrading in subject line Dear Trader, Worth reading from our weekly newsletter and written by a Cannon Broker: Futures Traders New Years Resolution by Mack B. Stevens, Senior Broker, Cannon Trading Trading futures is an alluring [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 21:03:00

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Futures Trading News as of 7/10/08

Derivatives and futures trading goes online (The Nation - Thailand’s English news) Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) subsidiary settrade.com, in cooperation with South Korean broker Daishin Securities Co Ltd, will launch ... Futures Exchange (TFEX) begins online trading in SET 50 Index futures. Speculators become largest [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 16:53:07

Broker, Foreign Exchange Transactions

by Jay Visaya There are a lot of forex brokers to choose from ... with the Commission’s future and the merchants and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations ... to an actual capital, is an amount of money a broker will lend you for trading. Make sure the broker [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 19:02:42

IFE inc. - COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR CTA - FOREIGN INTRODUCING BROKER FIB - Home

The International Future Exchange, Futures and options online trading, systems trading, managed futures, discount trading, simulated trading, free re 1 Vote(s) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 01:04:30

How To Get Started In Forex Trading

The foreign exchange market (FOREX) offers several advantages to investors. But you need to know where to begin ... such as banks. A reputable broker will be registered as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as protection against duping and abusive trade practices. Open [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 21:00:04

Quality Registered Institution

In the United States, forex brokers should be registered as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ... . ForexGen offers a free trial Forex demo account that allows you to test your skills and practice without ... , no swaps and instant account Activation.2. Scandinavian quality with Swiss precision, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 17:41:00

Get Started In Forex Trading

Get Started In Forex Trading December 14th, 2008 You may have heard about the foreign exchange market (Forex) ... such as banks. A reputable broker will be registered as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as protection against fraud and abusive trade practices [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 22:03:55

How To Make A Killing In The Forex Capital Markets

How To Make A Killing In The Forex Capital Markets January 8th, 2009 by WonderBoy Filed under: ... and regulations as the other sorts of investments out there, be it equity, futures and stocks trading ... to a broker’s office just to open an account with them so you can start trading. Pairing a 24 hour [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 10:11:22

How to trade commodities?

In my last post, I discussed how commodities have became more and more traded by both institutional and individual investors ... to set up such accounts though, especially through discount brokers such as Interactive Brokers ... much only done through futures. Now of course, it’s still possible to trade commodities doing [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 10:00:14

Thinkorswim, The Best Broker

by Walter Fox There was a time when people have not been relaxed credit financial institutions because of its stringent conditions ... , its customers around the world. They are well-known consultants in the field of futures and options trading ... and found stock option trading and currency trading to be very fruitful. More people jumped into the fray [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 09:09:37

Collect Lots Of Information For Having Effective Futures Trading

Information plays very important role, when you want to get a stronger position in the market ... like internet. On internet there are lots of websites that are dealing in futures brokers firms and guiding ... . If you haven’t much information on futures contract then don’t think that you can get profits [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 03:43:44

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

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

Futures Trading levels and Economic reports for Jan 2nd 2009

*To be removed, please reply with remove daytrading in subject line Dear Trader, I would like to wish everyone a great 2009! ... / commodity broker Cannon Trading Co Inc. - home of online ... May you have a successful trading year. More importantly, may you and your loved ones [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 21:00:00

30YR Bond Auction Goes Badly

A: As I said many times here, the fed can NOT control the long end of the curve! ... products in New York at MF Global Ltd., the world's largest broker of exchange-traded futures and options [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 23:27:12

NY Times: Lehman Filing For Bankruptcy (Update: Gross Sees "Tsunami")

Hat tip readers dd and viv on this update from the New York Times' Dealbook: Lehman will seek to place its parent company, Lehman Brothers Holdings, ... support. Update 6:55 PM Reader Jim Bianco e-mailed this observation on the futures trading: It’ ... the financial backstop would be. Lehman’s broker-deal subsidiaries would not be a part of the [more...]

Date: 2008-09-14 22:53:26

How to Choose a Good Quality Forex Broker | Business News

In the United States, forex brokers should be registered as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 19:46:44

THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 11 December 2008

FINTAG COMMENT Cash or no cash. I was queried yesterday. Apparently I am not sitting on cash and most hedge funds aren't ... ; not that my investors know - they think I am fully invested. We have the usual index futures, some commodity ... ' boards, hire and retain yes-men administrators and spread their trades around Prime Brokers who don't see [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 06:40:26

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

Australia CFD Trading- Find a Broker

by TRADERREPORTS As the name suggests, Contracts for difference (CFD) ... , one is more like a traditional spread better where you are trading with the CFD provider and have to trade ... allow investors to take long or short positions, and unlike futures contracts have no fixed expiry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 18:52:22

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

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

FastBrokers Holiday Bonus Program

FastBrokers, one of the ECN forex brokers that I recommend, ... Disclosure: There is a substantial risk of loss in trading futures, options and foreign exchange (forex ... : The $100 instant credit for a new live trading account is for trading and is non-redeemable [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 15:43:53

Learning All About Forex Charts Before You Start Trading

By Orlando Thompson In this article we will discuss the reason for using forex charts, what they are, different types of charts, ... high (like futures and commodities trading on Wall Street). Wider Forex charts and spreads means ... are strategies that some brokers use to get rid of the promise of tight Forex charts and spreads [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 08:04:30

Obama to name woman as new head of SEC

The Obama transition's leaky pipe says that the chief executive officer of the Financial Industries Regulatory Authority, Mary Schapiro, ... commissioner. Schapiro also headed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The announcement is expected ... shop in July 2007. It the largest non-governmental regulatory organization for securities brokers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 00:12:47

Forex Scam; How forex Brokers Defraud Retail Forex Traders

According to wikipedia "A forex scam is any trading scheme used to defraud individual traders by convincing them that they can expect to gain a high profit by trading in the foreign exchange market. Currency trading 'has become the fraud du jour' as of early 2008, according to Michael Dunn of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 14:10:00

Using Options to Define and Limit Risk (pfblogs.org)

Jack Walker submits:Here is a contrarian idea to consider in the financial sector using options to help define and limit the risk:Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (IBKR) 24.19. a Greenwich, Connecticut based IB serves both ... services. It engages in order routing, executing and trade processing for equities, futures [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 12:59:13

quote flow monitor

Hi I found this on the website of boston technologies, originally meant for brokers to know when a quote feed has stopped updating, ... Solutions for Forex, CFD, and Futures Trading Platforms Attached Files File Type: ex4 quotes [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 11:35:48

BEST CFD BROKER- CFD Trading Rules

by TRADERREPORTS As the name suggests, Contracts for difference (CFD) ... allow investors to take long or short positions, and unlike futures contracts have no fixed expiry ... are now mostly online and use electronic platforms, which makes the trading routine a lot faster. CFDs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:43:49

Trading Fraud

Winning The War Against Fraud By Andrej Lavrenc - Independent commodity sourcing agent, and CEO of Raw Polymers Ltd. Win The War Against Fraud Buyers, sellers and brokers all share a common enemy: the scammer ... of future earnings disappearing as clients lose faith and move on to more reliable brokers. The good news [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 01:08:03

PIMCO's Bill Gross: The Fed Will Keep Lehman Afloat

Bill Gross just appeared on CNBC to crush the rumor that Pimco was diminishing its exposure to Lehman Brothers either by reducing its trading ... is influenced by the Federal Reserve's "temporary" broker-dealer discount window. Gross said ... on a booming real estate market and attendant mortgage boom has raised serious questions about the future [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 18:29:09

It's a futures shock for many cos with F&O membership

Trading volumes take a deep dive in the derivative segment of NSE as brokers are now reluctant to fund their clients. [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 02:06:17

Keep Hoping

Even with the hard times, you still would not want to lose hope. You would want to stay positive and keep hoping for a brighter future ... possible way. Firstrade can help you with your investments. It is an online trading service that can assist you in numerous ways. They are also referred as a top online broker who has very well [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 02:47:00

CFD Report Australia- Find a Broker

by TRADERREPORTS As the name suggests, Contracts for difference (CFD) ... allow investors to take long or short positions, and unlike futures contracts have no fixed expiry ... are now mostly online and use electronic platforms, which makes the trading routine a lot faster. CFDs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 00:00:09

CFD Broker Australia- Find A Broker

by TRADERREPORTS As the name suggests, Contracts for difference (CFD) ... allow investors to take long or short positions, and unlike futures contracts have no fixed expiry ... are now mostly online and use electronic platforms, which makes the trading routine a lot faster. CFDs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 18:52:59

Review Of E*Trade Bank High Interest Savings and Checking Accounts

When most people think of ETrade, the popular online discount brokerage firm with the cutesy talking baby commercials probably comes to mind ... for future brand name recognition. Since its days as a leader in the do-it-yourself stock investing ... a low cost discount broker, the company has  jumped into the online banking business. Hoping [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 08:39:38

Fed?s Stern Optimistic on Treasury Plan to Buy Assets

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Gary Stern said Thursday he is “cautiously optimistic” about the recently passed Treasury plan to buy ... -related investments from the market in a bid to get the financial system trading openly again. Stern ... of inflation, absent a resurgence in energy and other commodity prices.” He added that inflation [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 10:52:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/2/2009

In tonight’s news: Israel is poised to send ground troops into Gaza.A Muslim family was removed from a plane before takeoff, and is being compensated by the airline for the error. CAIR is in high dudgeon about the incident.Thousands of shoes were dumped on a Miami expressway — is that a message for President-eject Bush? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 04:42:00

Everything reduced: sales in full flow after the high street's worst Christmas for years

The battle for shoppers' cash moves to the winter clearance sales today as retailers slash prices yet again to shift stock - with yesterday's ... was immediately bought by private equity group Epic. The "pre-pack" deal secures the jobs and the future ... have maximum cash and minimum stock. Analyst Freddie George at broker Seymour Pierce said: "It's [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 00:00:25

Just lost your shirt? C’mon invest some more !

by Jordan Weir Every day, the stock market seems to continue its precipitous drop towards worthlessness, crushing hopes, dreams, ... the dividends from the stock far into the future, shorting a stock is a simple technique the masters ... in the future), hopefully for less. By doing so, you make a profit equal to the difference between [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 12:02:27

Forex Trading Common Mistakes

Learning about the common mistakes made in foreign currency trading will help you to improve your skills and chances of being successful ... potential losses.- Abusing LeverageWith Forex brokers offering up to 400:1 leverage, it’s easy ... for trades based solely on what the technical indicators are telling us can result in large losses [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 19:48:00

How They Earn a Living

The traditional definition of a forex broker is one who puts buyers and sellers together for a commission or fee ... , one of the primary costs of your forex trading, are measured in pips and the slightest variances can make a big ... who had quit their day jobs, anticipating income from trading forex, only to learn their profits [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 20:15:00

Lending Club is Back; Prosper Goes Quiet

Earlier this week Lending Club announced the end of their quiet period when their bid to host a secondary market for loans was approved by the SEC ... ., a registered broker dealer, Lending Club becomes the first social lending network where you have the option of a Trading Platform to put your notes up for sale in the event you need liquidity [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 11:00:38

Today in Palestine! ~ Headlines January 07, 2009 ~

Kucinich: Israel may be using American weapons illegallyResponding to media reports that Israel had bombed a UN school serving as a refuge for Palestinian civilians, Congressman Dennis Kucinich is calling for a Congressional report on Israel's possibly illegal misuse of US weapons. His letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice follows [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 18:45:00

Joint Experts' Statement on Iran

Below is a statement on Iran that I and others are hoping will be adopted in Washington as a way forward. Any of my readers who has a way of getting this statement to decision-makers in Washington should please do so. Just Foreign Policy is doing it as a petition. Also, my blogger colleagues should please comment widely on it [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 18:28:18

Overnight-Lending Markets Still Flashing Red

Min Zeng and Mark Gongloff report: If you only watch the stock market, where the Dow was recently up more than 250 points, ... , and the rate fell back to 0.50%; while fed funds are now trading at 3.0% rather than the 7.0% high we saw them at earlier), but we’re a long way from normal. Lena Komileva, economist at broker Tullet [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 15:48:47

Is Forex Trading Better Than Stocks

Stock ExchangesStocks are traded on stock exchanges. Most stocks are bought and sold through brokers who charge a commission or fee for this service ... Exchange, and the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (NASDAQ). Most stocks are listed only on 1 exchange.Long-Term Trading Vs. Day TradingStocks were traditionally [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 02:41:00

5 UK-listed Stocks ranked by Stability and Return for 2009

There is no shortage of "stock picks for 2009" for US enthusiasts, but a little more digging is required for UK market followers ... will like the increased negativity from the broker recommendations over the past two months given it didn't cause a collapse in the share price; mean broker target is 745.85p with a median of 765.61p Second [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:52:00

FAP Turbo Review: A Profitable Night

Hey all you FAP Turbo maniacs! OK..before I get into my results, I want to know why more of you aren’t on my mailing list ... one subscriber even made close to $3,000…on a demo account though!  I hate making money on demo accounts ... for free…at least for a limited time.  Go ahead grab it and test on a demo account and see if it suits [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:24:46

2008: Annus Horribilis, RIP

I meant to take yet another Friday away from my writing, but as I am researching for next week’s annual prediction issue, there is so much material that begs to be covered that I thought I would put out a short letter with 3 or 4 points as a preface to my prognostications of next week [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 12:42:15

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