Getting ahead with your trading in 2009
Dear trader and blog reader, One of the things I have always enjoyed is sharing what I know with others ... Mercantile Exchange in Chicago, Index and Options Market(IOM) Chicago, New York Futures Exchange (NYFE) and The London Financial Futures Exchange (LIFFE). Adam is the author of “Right on the Money [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 10:00:34
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MCX gets nod to begin stock exchange operations
After launching carbon trading and currency futures, the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) ... , has spot and futures trading in 60 commodities with a focus on energy basket and metals. It launched ... Nations mandate. This can be sold either immediately or through a futures market, just like any other [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 06:17:49
Iowa meatpackers on Mexico suspension list
Mexico has suspended meat imports from several U.S. processing plantsb and Iowa businesses were not left unscathed ... of these suspensions, as well as those in 13 additional states, prompted beef and pork futures to dip on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Hog futures for February delivery fell 3.1 percent while cattle futures fell 2.5 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 01:04:29
Other Markets (2)
Most of these exchanges operate on basically the same principle as the stock exchanges, ... of futures, for example, is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rather than ... , today’s computers and dedicated financial media are so broad that information on any [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 08:43:51
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
HKFE Announces Revised Margins For China Life Insurance Futures
Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) ... of their dealings in the following futures contract will be as outlined in the table below. [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 09:21:15
Seasonal slump hits futures exchanges
Trading volumes at two of the world’s largest financial futures exchanges fell at the end of last year, highlighting the end of multiple years of record-breaking runs [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 04:08:29
Foreign Currency Trading
Managers, pp. 291-299, which can be accessed through the House Agriculture Committee’s Farm Bill Homepage ... currency (forex) trading scams.The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) made clear ... -exchange trading of foreign currency futures and options contracts with retail customers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 19:18:00
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
MMTC to buy 15% stake in 4th currency futures exchange
Country`s largest public sector trading agency MMTC is entering to partnership with 4th currency futures exchange and it will invest Rs 225 million ... Capital Services. Jaypee Capital, formed by Jaypee Commodities, will be the single-largest [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 07:25:47
$43.96
If oil has declined why has the cost of gasoline gone up. It was below $1.50, now it's above $1.50. A little stability would be nice for a change. I hope the bottom falls out of the market. Maybe if all the investors lose their shirts,then will try to make money else where. Maybe they should manipulate the Fig Newton Futures exchange [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 19:47:00
Oil Prices Hit Eight-Week Low
Oil prices fell to an eight-month low below $90 a barrel Monday on speculation that the spreading financial crisis will exacerbate a global economic ... was down $4.03 to $89.85 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Earlier ... $3.64 to $86.61 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange. Oil prices have tumbled nearly 40 percent [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 12:40:31
About
I go by the moniker Complacent Panda. I discuss topics, largely, in the economics field, with some tangents into politics, art, philosophy, ... the skills necessary for trading in the stock market, the forex market, or on the options exchange ... for future interest in investments, and was in first place for total profits. While the .com bubble [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 00:02:00
A Day In The Life of Oil
With crude oil crossing the $142/record mark on Friday, one newspaper took a close-up look at how oil affects traders, fishermen, pre-school kids, ... -old commodities trader, family man, and former top minor league baseball prospect. This strange ... futures trades on that exchange. He's scaled back in recent years and says it's too dangerous to make [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 20:54:00
Aluminum Declines as China Purchase Seen Short of Expectations
Aluminum declined from a three-week high in Shanghai as a state purchase plan by China, the world’s largest producer and consumer, ... on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, dropping from yesterday’s highest close since Dec. 3. The metal still ... out to be this small, I wouldn’t pin much hope on zinc, copper or other metals” Zhao Kai, an analyst at Jinrui [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 10:40:02
“Blue Dogs” Spin Some Nonsense
I’ve written before about the move by House “Blue Dogs” to roll over and agree to dramatically increase the federal deficit to pay for pork-barrel projects. So far the Blue Dog strategy seems to be to forget about balancing the budget for the foreseeable future in exchange for a vague promise down the road. It seems that Representative [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 18:16:19
Above the fold
A DAILY round-up of economic news: So far, the day hasn't gone as badly as it might have. Asian shares are mixed, and Europe is generally up a bit on the day. Futures for American exchanges are also pointing upward, but credit markets are as jammed as ever. European markets were roiled [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 14:41:30
5L Virtual Portfolio: Short India Cements
During 2008, I posted a bunch of articles on why I was bearish on real estate in India - especially residential 2/3 BHK apartments in Tier I and II ... , there are no cement futures traded on any commodity exchange in India. There are also no sector-specific ... dropped from their peaks in India, while most other commodities have tanked - locally & [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 04:39:57
Oil falls below $54 as US demand outlook worsens
Markets in the United States are closed Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday, but electronic trading on the Nymex continues ... from a low of $52.62 earlier in the session. Investors tend to increase their holdings in commodities ... cents to $53.21 on the ICE Futures exchange. Prices have hovered just above three-year lows [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 13:01:00
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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
Currency Swapping: Hotter Than Wife Swapping?
OK, so the post title is idiotic (but catchy!) I can explain the former, though the latter is beyond the scope of this blog's coverage ... for a foreign currency at the prevailing exchange rate to help tide over its current FX funding needs. At an agreed date, the process is reversed, with the future exchange rate determined by the interest [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 10:56:00
Diving
Isn’t living with the results of untrammeled capitalism FUN??? ... this morning after a recession-driven wave of selling gutted Asian and European markets, and pushed futures ... be stopped, with both exchanges indicating an opening fall in excess of 6 percent — about 550 points [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 13:44:57
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
Stocks, commodities surge
The stock market rally from the October low proved short-lived. The rally from the November low is proving stronger, especially after Monday's gains ... in commodities. General Motors Corp. jumped 21 percent as lawmakers agreed in principle with the White House ... percent, to settle at $43.71 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange...Copper futures [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 00:12:00
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
BLOOMBERG: World According to TARP No Laughing Matter for U.S. (Update1)
By Abigail Moses and Shannon D. Harrington Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) ... by credit-default swaps prompted calls from SEC Chairman Christopher Cox, Commodity Futures Trading ... . The regulatory system is ``terribly broken,'' he said. The Federal Reserve has given futures exchanges until [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 09:01:01
Copper Rises in London on Speculation China Will Purchase Metal
By Claudia Carpenter Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) — Copper rose in London, erasing this week’s loss, on speculation that China’s State Reserve Bureau, ... . Aluminum inventory in warehouses monitored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined 18 percent ... in the UBS Bloomberg CMCI Index of 26 commodities. On the LME, copper inventories jumped 5,875 tons [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 16:23:59
Blogging the Hazon Food Conference–Day 4
This is my last and final post from what has been an incredibly inspiring and amazing weekend ... , the bad news. In June ‘07 the price of corn was $7/bushel (56 lb), today it is just $3. This means ... in Chicago, which is a futures exchange, i.e., it functions on the PRESUMED costs, not actual costs [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 20:18:38
Unfolding Worldwide Turmoil Could Reverse Years of Prosperity
TIPPING POINT? Traders work at the Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange in Sao Paulo. Brazilian stocks plunged the most in a decade as commodity producers dropped, and trading was halted twice because of the decline. (By Marcos Issa — Bloomberg News) [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 15:21:42
India Halts Trading of Stocks, Bonds, Rupee on Mumbai Attacks
BLOOMBERG - Chen Shiyin and Pooja Thakur Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) ... commandos battled to free hostages held by gunmen at two luxury hotels. S&P CNX Nifty Index futures ... and National Stock Exchange were shut, along with bond, foreign exchange, commodities and money [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 02:58:22
Oxford Analytica on the DRC´s mining sector
With prices for most base metals currently at two-thirds of their earlier peaks, and futures contracts being exchanged at or below their marginal cost of production, any hopes ... (Camec) have already suspended some copper and cobalt operations, and further shutdowns are expected [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 19:43:55
China corn futures dip after week of price increases, metals keep rising
Major commodities kept an upward trend on Tuesday, with metals continuing a strong rise ... U.S. dollars a bushel on the latest trading day, equal to about 1,107 yuan a ton. In an effort ... a tonne during the week. May Copper on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose by the daily limit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 16:19:22
Oil Rises to 5-Week High Above $50 on OPEC Cuts, Russia Dispute
By Grant Smith Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — Crude oil rose to a five-week high above $50 as Kuwait and Qatar indicated they will implement supply cuts ... percent, to $51.86 a barrel on London’s ICE Futures Europe exchange, also the highest since Dec. 1. The contract traded at $51.37 a barrel at 1:23 p.m. “Russia continues to play hardball [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 13:49:59
ForexGen | Oil Falls Below $54 as US Demand Outlook Worsens
Oil falls below $54 as rising oil inventories, bad economic data point to falling US demand Oil prices fell below $54 a barrel Thursday as dismal U ... of $52.62 earlier in the session. Investors tend to increase their holdings in commodities like oil ... to $53.27 on the ICE Futures exchange. Prices have hovered just above three-year lows this week as [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 13:16:13
Crude Oil Rises After Israeli Attacks
Crude oil rose a second day in New York after Israeli air strikes in the Gaza strip killed more than 285 people, ... commodities as a haven. Oil gained as much as 3.9 percent as Israel called up reservists after two days ... , to $39.70 a barrel on London’s ICE Futures Europe exchange. The contract gained 4.8 percent [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 02:15:00
CME Group: Long Call Spread Idea (pfblogs.org)
Daniel Jones submits:CME Group (CME) operates self-regulatory futures exchanges, CME, NYMEX and CBOT ... facilities consist of its CME Globex electronic trading platform and open outcry trading floors, as well ... . The company offers an array of products available across various asset classes, including futures [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 12:36:26
Market Mayhem Watch: Fear and Greed
Guido can't resist and is now actively trading once again in financial markets, attracted by the blood on the streets of New York and London ... to financial futures, foreign exchange and commodities rather than individual stocks. Have an aversion [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 08:29:41
Obama to name SEC nominee Thursday, sources say
From Brianna Keilar, Ed Henry and Jessica Yellin CNN CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) ... . She is a former SEC commissioner and served as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... and Exchange Commission at a news conference Thursday, according to a senior Democratic official [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 13:38:34
Gold, the solution to high commodity prices
If policy makers were astute, they would quickly seize on the obvious solution to today's soaring commodity prices that are causing so much pain and ... , corn, and other goods on commodities futures exchanges that really weren't set up to handle the sort [more...]
Date: 2008-06-20 14:21:00
Support GATA Now!
An exchange on gold’s future, and GATA’s post from CPowell on the GATA.org web site. Monday, January 5, 2009 Dear GATA: I am wondering if the words of Commodity Futures Trading ... now? Will it be enough just to get the government to stop coaxing major banks to use the futures [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 19:40:33
Give me the physical, not the paper
#fullpost{display:inline;}Ambrose Evans Pritchard over at the Telegraph has filed this report (hat tip Domus) ... their stockbroker to buy shares of one of the many gold ETFs or some commodity futures contract ... ," he said, referring to exchange trade funds listed in London, New York, and other bourses [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 19:44:00
The Government Wants Your Opinion on Prediction-Markets Regulation
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is soliciting public comment on the regulatory treatment of event (prediction) ... to that enjoyed by established futures and options exchanges. Aside from the obvious libertarian argument [more...]
Date: 2008-07-03 22:26:38
Daily Forex Overview
Previous session overview On Friday, the euro almost hit a record high against the dollar on worries about mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. A sharp fall in U.S. stocks, along with a fresh record high for crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange, sent the euro to an 11-week high of USD1.5949 - less than a cent [more...]
Date: 2008-07-14 08:23:06
James Bianco on Possible Role of SemGroup Bankruptcy in Oil Price Drop
James Bianco, a respected fixed income analyst at Arbor Research, ... , down $5 on the day. Traders sold oil futures as news emerged that tropical storm Dolly was set to miss ... billion loss on July 16 after it transferred its New York Mercantile Exchange oil futures trading [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 19:39:00
TODAY'S OPEN: UP (pfblogs.org)
Financial Industry Turmoil Deals Another Damaging Blow to Major IndicesPICTURED BELOW: The S&P 500 Index fell -8.81% yesterday and hit a new 2008 ... on the major exchanges compared to the prior session, indicative of heavy distributional action as mutual ... a 17-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 6-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq exchange."S&P 500 futures [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 12:45:13
CME Owners Bracing For Earnings (CME)
CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today. The futures and commodities exchange giant estimates (from First Call) are $3.98 EPS and $644.3 million in revenues. Exchanges and financial companies do not offer guidance, but next quarter [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 14:47:34
Cheney lies, Obama is wrong, Paul gets it right
While Vice President Dick Cheney uses his final days to tell lies:During an interview Thursday with The Associated Press in his West Wing office, ... the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission into a super-regulator [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 02:53:00
Managing the Business Risk of Fraud...
Operational Risk Management is in full swing at distressed institutions as the TARP funds continue to flow to these needy corporations ... of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.Gil Soffer, associate deputy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 10:04:00
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
Asian Markets rise in first session of 2009
Hong Kong, Korea, India posted good results while Australian indices broke their four days winning streakStock markets in Asian closed their first ... Exchange. It was at $41.84 a barrel at 8:40 a.m. London time. The February contract raised $5.57 to $44.60 ... ICE Futures Europe exchange. It was at $42.96 a barrel at 8:40 a.m. London time. The contract [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 12:58:00
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