Tag Archives: futures

What’s going on with volatility?

Yesterday Michael Covel posted a reader question on his blog: “As i am going through my different …

The Cost of Trading

Last week I wrote a post for the Currensee blog addressing a recent SmartMoney article attacking forex …

Expanding Margin Rates in Silver

The CME Group yesterday announced that it would be bumping the margin on the silver futures contract …

What about the Forex Market?

Frequent emailer Rod is back with another worthwhile question. Hi John, I know you are a position …

CFTC expanding its COT reporting this week

I’ve posted on the subject of the Commitment of Traders report a few times on this blog …

Presenting at the Futures & Forex Expo

In September I’m heading to Vegas for the Futures & Forex Expo. I’ll be speaking there on …

Adding on to The Essentials of Trading

Hi John, I hope this email finds you well. My name is Lee Rush and I’ve just …

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Book Review: A Trader’s First Book on Commodities

A pretty solid introduction to futures trading

The Cost of Forex Trading

I was asked by frequent emailer Rod to address something he came across regarding the cost of …

Stock Trading is Not Zero Sum

I recently got a zero sum question in regards to the stock market. The one question I …

Watching Positioning Figures for Biases and Changes

As you may have gathered from some of my prior posts (like Using COT data to spot …

VectorVest and Trading Forex in IRAs

Back in action after nearly a week off leading up to my 40th birthday! It’s nice to …

Using COT data to spot potential big moves

I’ve mentioned the Commitment of Traders data on a few occasions previously in terms of its usefulness …

Fighting the Ignorance of Traders Who Claim They Know

It’s ranting time! There’s a certain blogger out there who’s only purpose for posting (seemingly) is to …

Futures vs. ETFs Performance Differences

Here’s an interesting, but somewhat complex question about oil trading I had come in by email. Well, …

Where does forex leverage come from?

A question was posted on BabyPips which occured to me as being something readers here might wonder …

Volume in the Forex Market

Here’s an email question that came in recently which relates to volume in the forex market. Hello …

Looking at Risk and Stops Across Markets

Here’s the core of a note I received from a member of my mailing list a short …

Picking a Broker

I got this broker question the other day. The single most important question would be what broker …

Picking the Right Market to Trade

Here’s a question I know a lot of new traders have – or at least they should …

New Micro Forex Futures Contracts on the CME

Many forex traders (or would-be forex traders) look askance at trading in the spot market, especially through …

Keeping things simple in your trading

Beanieville posted Don’t Let All Those Technical Analysis Gurus Confuse You on Tuesday with the primary suggestion …

Is it possible to trade only on the monthly charts?

In yesterday’s post I started to answer an inquiry which came in from a prospective equity index futures …

Want to Learn Futures Trading?

The futures market is one that offers a great deal of opportunity to traders. If there’s a …

Commitment of Traders – A Weekly Report Worth Viewing

One of the more interesting tools I use in my work is the weekly Commitment of Traders …

Behind the Trade

Excerpt from The Essentials of Trading OK. So we’ve done a trade, but what does that mean? The …