Futures Trading
Futures Trading Written by Gracie De Guzman in Saturday, October 11th 2008 under Uncategorized Leave your reply Are you interested in futures trading? Well, in order to succeed in this business you have to learn commodity trading plans, whether [more...]
Date: 2008-10-12 02:22:36
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What is the front futures contract?
The other day I got a question about futures contracts from a member of my mailing list on a subject which I’m sure others have as well ... . Understanding Open Interest in Futures and Options Trading Predicting Fed Rate Policy with Fed ... . I am in the progress of learning the details about Futures right now. On the web I’ve lately [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 13:42:59
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
Learn About Commodity Trading
Have you ever heard investors mention speculating in futures of the commodity market and wondered what it they are talking about? While most of us are familiar with investing in stocks, commodities can be an interesting way to have your money make money for you. But first, you might ask what is a commodity? commodities [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 17:43:07
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
The Morning Gap, Part 3
It's been a busy week of transition here at Online Trading Academy. I am now the XLT (Extended Learning Track) instructor for Futures and Forex. Instead of only interacting with students in classes [more...]
Date: 2008-08-19 06:29:59
Leap made
Yes, we've just made another buy! Leap Frog Little Touch this time :) ... now). By the way, are you familiar with futures trading? I heard, this is one good way of creating additional money! Let's see if we can learn more about this... [more...]
Date: 2008-10-05 13:24:46
7 Things and Pop-Tastic
I’ve been tagged for the “7” things meme by Ed Shepherd from Learning to Collaborate ... to work in education. I still trade commodities on the side to make some extra scratch and I manage a handful of accounts for friends and family. I also teach our seniors every year about futures markets [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 13:31:00
Forex Demo Account
You can open the door to a new future by researching a forex demo account today. With this account you can actually learn about the foreign exchange market and how to trade currency. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 20:36:24
Harvest blues
After the wash-out summer – where hardly a day seems to have passed without rain – harvest-watchers will be unsurprised to learn that wheat futures ... quality wheat. This is affecting some producers in the United States, but is also getting to be a major ... years, although even Devon farmers are complaining as their wheat starts to sprout in the fields [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 15:33:42
Work-Safe Readings for Macro
In response to my post on the porn that is modern macro, readers naturally asked me for alternatives. I think there are two difficult issues that puzzle me about macro. First, as much as some people hate the "Wall Street, Main Street" lingo, the question of how financial markets affect the real economy is really important and unsettled [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 21:28:54
The Primary Focus and Strategies
Read More >> View All Recent Articles >> Market Updates 06:40 Rising Futures Suggest Normalcy May Return To Markets 21: ... What Forex Traders Should Know About Overnight Index Swaps How Charts Help With Trading, Part ... Is Trading Lower After The Close 16:23 Eagle Materials Closes At Highest Level In Over A Week [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 15:15:00
The IT economy is sailing into unknown waters
This is a guest post from Larry Dignan. You can read the original article on Larry’s blog Between the Lines on TechRepublic’s sister site ZDNet ... that the stock futures can’t fall any lower before the market opens, that lack of visibility is critical ... Trust, a proxy for the tech-heavy Nasdaq, year to date through premarket trading: qqqq.png Let’ [more...]
Date: 2008-10-24 13:04:44
Predicting the grain market is like checking the chicken entrails
If you drive down state Route 46 north of the Eastwood Mall, there used to be a sign for a “reader and advisor.” You see one of those once in awhile ... . Now that we are back in the fours on futures, we can look for that next 50 cents, or we can expect ... now is that we have lost demand. All commodities, farm and nonfarm, are trading lower. Gas is [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 07:58:13
Munger on Middlemen
Mike Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the often-vilified middleman--someone who buys cheap, sells dear and does nothing to improve the product. Munger explains the economic function of arbitrage using a classic article about how prices emerged in a POW camp during World War II [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 12:39:55
Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/14/2008
A significant news story this evening: after a year, the murder of those teenage girls in Texas has officially been termed an “honor killing” by the FBI. Needless to say, the Muslim lobby is not happy about this.Also, a Swiss government minister says her country needs to import more foreign workers.Thanks to Abu Elvis, C [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 03:29:00
Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/29/2008
USABankruptcy of US Banks: Can Islamic Banking Help?Bosnian Immigrants Build Des Moines MosqueDear Hank: Here’s How to End the Credit Crisis at No Cost to TaxpayersFBI Hunts American Citizens Trained Overseas for TerrorMeat Plant to Muslim Employees: Pray on Your Own TimeMosque Fire Labeled Hate Crime by FBIMuslims Grateful for Northland’s Only [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 00:56:00
The Economy: Congressmen Don't Know When to Just Shut Up
by Matt Gauntt Untitled Earlier today, I posted my regular "Friday Funnies" that included a number of quotes from my heroes (Churchill and Reagan) and others. This article will have quotes, but they won't be from heroes ... juice futures. The same thing is happening today: what is coming out of Congress that may mess [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 03:55:22
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
Jon Nadler, Senior Analyst Kitco, Chimes In On The Precious Metals Conspiracy
The amount of hate email I have been receiving in response to The Great Gold, Silver Conspiracy Explained is large but not unsurprising. People simply want to blame others for their own trading mistakes. I will have more on that in a separate post. Most of the emails I received are unprintable because of the profanity [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 05:05:29
Gold Sale Spurs Manipulation Talk
MarketWatch is reporting Gold Sale Spurs Manipulation Talk Recent heat from Congress and regulators, along with public speculation, over whether commodity prices are being manipulated has also reached gold pits, where the debate ... , an investment advisor at Sitka Pacific Capital Management, in an online blog post on Wednesday. Banks [more...]
Date: 2008-08-30 06:21:11
Japan Nikkei & Australia ASX Plunge Biggest In History
Australian Stocks Worst Week Since 1987 Crash In the land down under, Australian Stocks Plunge, Set for Worst Week Since 1987 Crash ... has given back all of its gains since 2003. So much for the idea that commodity exports would keep ... in futures trading. "It's certainly capitulation and panic mode," said John Vail, who helps oversee [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 09:33:57
Bearish Stock Market Sentiment Continues
Last week's indicator review concluded that "while recent selloffs have not been as broad and sustained as in early October, neither are we yet getting indications of sustained buying interest. Until that occurs, it is premature to assume that a durable intermediate-term bottom is in place [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 00:34:00
2009 Top Stock Is Already Looking Up
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:00
2009 Top Stock Is Already Looking Up
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:00
2009 Top Stock Is Already Looking Up
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:00
BEST STOCK MARKET BLOG POSTS OF 2008!
Dancing on the grave of 2008 before it has officially passed may be in poor taste, but did 2008 care about you when it fucked your 401k account? NO.2008 was a total dick.The best thing you could say about 2008 is that it was a good year for blogging about the stock market. Everyday, some new scandal broke and some significant level was breached [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 03:23:00
S&P 500, Gold in Cash
I updated my latest signals table this morning based on yesterday's holiday-delayed Commitments of Traders data ... signal is based on: (1) the commercial traders, who have sat at extremes of bearish net positioning ... in 2009!TAGS: S&P 500, SPX, gold, COT, Commitments of Traders, derivatives, Black Swans, market timing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 18:43:00
How Do You Master Fundamental Analysis On Foreign Currencies?
I know Technical Analysis for me to break-even or come out w/ a small profit as a day trader, ... is good enough. Day trading Forget trying to analyize the fundamentals that may or may ... during these times. They are highly volital times anyway and technically trading them is very hard [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 14:34:44
Get Buy / Sell Call on BSE, NSE & NSE F&O Shares: 13 Jan 2009
1. Satyam has proved itself as Zhootha and Raju7 has become a Conman from being a gentleman. The real story and Raju motive behind the whole story is as assessed by me and a few pertinent questions which needs to be probed by SEBI. 2. Raju in a deliberate move kept inflating the profit to keep Satyam ahead in the race in so many years but his [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 18:21:56
No Naked Short Selling => No Short Selling at All => No Future Energy?
In an amazing (and as yet unconfirmed) development tonight, the SEC has announced a temporary ban on ALL short selling. In the 100 or so posts on theoildrum in the past 3 years, I've (mostly) saved my opinions for the conclusion only, and primarily have offered evidence and datapoints in the main article for the reader to form their own [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 02:30:44
Debate on the Existence of Plunge Protection Team
From an anonymous investor: CNBC Video Clip Denying Existence of Plunge Protection Team (aka President’s Working Group on Financial Markets) ... are AMAZED to learn about market intervention by the PPT of the S&P futures or that such a group ... in the S&P futures markets … most notably on October 10 and 24. He mentioned that late market action [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 12:00:19
Forex Traders Rules- MY LIttle Secrets
by Singapore Trader Reports A well fact amongst the trading community is that 90 percent of investors lose money in futures and Forex tradin! ... , it is all the more important for investors to approach futures and forex trading in the right manner ... with Money you can afford to Lose Now that you have decided to get involved in trading, sit down [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 20:20:21
Should You Modify Your Investment Direction To Forex Trading?
You already know about the futures market, you know all about how to trade stocks on Wall Street, but have you ever heard of Forex? ... need to investigate and use some great forex software that establishes full control of your trades ... If you’ve never heard of it, you’re not the only one. Most people have no idea what Forex [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 12:29:40
Obama's First Press Conference: Mission Accomplished?
Obama's First Press Conference: Mission Accomplished? Barack Obama used his first press conference since winning the presidential election earlier this week to sound a reassuring note on the economy even while acknowledging that he has limited tools at his disposal to turn things around before he formally takes office in January [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 20:40:17
The Great Gold, Silver Conspiracy Explained
Gold and silver prices have crashed. Ted Butler, Rob Kirby, James Conrad and others are all blaming manipulation. Let's take a look at those manipulation theories starting with Ted Butler. Lessons of a Lifetime Here are a few excerpts from Ted Butler's Lessons of a Lifetime. The drastic sell-off in silver (and gold) [more...]
Date: 2008-08-27 17:15:29
General Electric (GE) likely to hold onto NBC - Vivendi CEO
General Electric (GE) likely to hold onto NBC - Vivendi CEO Posted Sep 2nd 2008 1:15PM by Brent Archer Filed under: Major movement, Deals, Good news, ... General Electric (GE), Options, Technical Analysis GE logo General Electric (NYSE: GE - option chain) shares are soaring higher today due to a number of factors such as sinking oil futures [more...]
Date: 2008-09-02 18:05:09
The Economic Crisis: We Have Been Here Before.
The speculative bubble in the housing market has burst, devastating the global economy. The bubble is huge, dwarfing previous financial fiascoes. Over $7 trillion has simply evaporated from the global economy. The financial loss to pension and retirement funds is massive, disproportionately affecting the elderly, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 21:56:59
DrumBeat: September 22, 2008
Oil spikes $25 a barrel on anxiety over US bailout NEW YORK - Oil prices spiked more than $25 a barrel Monday — the biggest one-day price jump ... trading. The November contract, scheduled to become the front-month contract at the end of Monday's session, was trading at $108.80, up $6.05. Crude has gained about $40 in a dramatic four-day rally [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 13:49:59
DrumBeat: December 1, 2008
A Shore Thing? Why Offshore Wind Power Will Likely Struggle Offshore wind power is the Holy Grail of renewable energy: It’s clean, abundant, and out of sight. Now that energy security is meshing with environmental concerns inside the White House, is offshore wind power ready to come of age? [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 13:48:47
Momentum Reversal Leads to Weak Open Wednesday Morning
(Note: Unless otherwise stated, the index action described below relates to the EMini futures contracts for the respective indices ... futures hitting the first target level for this pattern (the low made as the momentum shifts ... a temporary reprieve from the selling in the first 30 minutes of the day. The index futures pulled higher [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 06:00:15
Beginning In The Forex Market, Starting Forex Trading
by Jossef S Foreign exchange is a process of buying one type of currency and at the same time selling one ... . If you do not know how large a forex market is, heres an example: All bond, commodities, stock, and futures market ... , commodity futures or bonds, but it still depends on your expertise. Unlike most market, forex [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 22:21:52
Beginning In The Forex Market, Starting Forex Trading
by Jossef S Foreign exchange is a process of buying one type of currency and at the same time selling one ... . If you do not know how large a forex market is, heres an example: All bond, commodities, stock, and futures ... stocks, commodity futures or bonds, but it still depends on your expertise. Unlike most market, forex [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 22:31:50
17 Interview Question-General Testing Questions
1.What is 'Software Quality Assurance'? Software QA involves the entire software development Process - monitoring and improving the process, ... of useful books on Software Quality Assurance.) 2.What is 'Software Testing'? Testing involves ... major computer system failures caused by software bugs? * Media reports in January of 2005 detailed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 07:51:27
Currency Trading With Forex Futures
by Mark Alison The spot foreign exchange (forex or FX) market is the world’s largest market, with over one trillion U.S. dollars traded per day ... t. Trading forex futures is true speculation and appeals to many people. There is more than 4 trillion ... . One derivative of this market is the forex futures market, which is only 1/100th the size [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 15:49:13
Why do "bubbles" occur in the financial markets?
Virginia Postrel, writing for the Atlantic magazine, discusses experiments some economists have been running that seek to provide insight into the behaviour of financial markets.The basic idea is simple. You offer the subjects investments which provide 15 regular dividends of $0.24 during the course of the experiment ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 23:03:00
Jan 08 2009
The day started out very well with RIMM and DRYS, got inactive later on with little scalps here and there. Then as we hit two nice wins on PLD and DRYS about an hour before close and decided to finish the day lest we get too cocky. Session Time: Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 2009 {Threei} INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS: 467K V 545KE; {Threei} [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 00:02:50
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Asset Allocation
Asset allocation is an investing a strategy for maximizing gains while minimizing risks in your investment portfolio. It involves diversifying your assets among different broad categories of investments, such as equity, fixed income, and money market, etc [more...]
Date: 2008-09-05 13:00:27
