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July "SB" 07 is what I have one contract on.

Hey, here are two issues that could affect the price of sugar. What do YOU think????? http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/Business/021307_sugar.html and... http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/Business/021307_sugarforeign.html Comments please? (I don't want to...

Jack: I worked at a very large philanthropic foundation in New York a number of years ago and, being previously employed at brokerage firms and banking environments, I had several scary realizations while at the foundation: 1. The organizational climate there could best be classified as...

The Rolo Tape book is a useful but a tad gramatically dense due to the fact that the writers employed a more formal writing style back then. ALSO, the examples he discusses are FLOOR traders attempting to keep prices from moving up or down. Very interesting and useful reading but if you're a...

A study released a little over a week ago from Johns Hopkins shows that 7.2% of the US workforce is employed by Charities. That's more than 9.4 million paid workers; more than construction (7.1 million), Wholesale Trade (5.6 million), and utilities (0.8 million) New York, California and...

I'm looking to generate some income during periods of low-volatility. Can anyone share some methods for scalping ES, ER, NQ, YM or SP, or other futures? Or should I wait out the sideways periods? B

Sponger: I trade ES, ER (sometimes called EB), and NQ. My advice: You shouldn't over-specialize. Sometimes there's action in the NQ or ER but not in the ES! All three are liquid. I made another posting about the datafeed problems related to the YM so right now I'm steering clear of...

JangoFolly: When you say "flaky" are you referring to the data feed that sometimes goes down? Please elaborate! I traded the YM a few months back but stopped when TWICE in the span of a month, the data feed went down! B

The media keeps talking about how the Fed changing interest rates can affect the economy. Does it really? When the Fed cut interest rates, my credit card rates didn't go down! Neither did my store or bank credit cards. -- And not everyone owns a house or co-op-or condo so how is the Fed's...

I came across the attached graphic showing two different stochastic tops. Can someone explain the significance and use of these two different formations? Also, what is a garbage bottom? Thanks,

I go to the gym very morning and do the eliptical machine for 45 minutes. That relaxes me just fine.

Commentators and traders say they "watch the S&P" for clues as to overall market direction. According to the responses to my earlier thread... If the Big S&P has 1/8 the volume of e-mini's, and If the Big S&P has greater slippage, and If the Big S&P only accepts phone orders during a...

... nkhoi Do you mean there's no downside to the E-mini's? or no downside to the Big S&P? :confused:

I heard and read the the ES are the "drunken cousin" of the SP (the S&P Big). I don't know if I should interpret this as good or bad. What are the upsides/downsides of trading the E-minis versus the S&P Big (besides the $250 to 1 leverage). newguy. B

Can anyone recommend a intra-day strategy for a forex beginner. I can't believe that the only way I can learn forex is by taking a big buck$ course advertised on TV! I heard that the best (i.e. most active) times to do intraday trading is in the morning (eastern standard time). Is this...