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From cmegroup.com: SEC grants CME Group and CMDX special exemption to clear and trade credit default swaps CME Group and CMDX have now completed regulatory reviews required to launch CMDX platform. === One reason banks, securities brokers and insurance companies are in trouble is...

I notice a divergence between Live Cattle April 2009 and December 2009 price chart patterns. The trend of the December 2009 contract price value series may be increasing.

You might explore how helplessness has influenced other areas of your life. I sometimes test ideas with computer trading simulators.

There is a difference between major stock groups and leading stock groups. Investor's Business Daily dated 17 February 2009 shows these leading groups: 1) Metal ores - gold / silver 2) Schools 3) Medical - biotechnology / biomedical 4) Food - flour and grain 5) Medical - genetics

I tell people that I lose about 80 % of the time. They almost always lose interest.

Any trading rule is curve fitting. You might split your data up into two or three parts and backtest each part separately. Paper trade your system in real time and observe the results. I do not know of any trading system that comes with a guarantee.

I recall judging my mood on a scale of 1 to ten and plotting the values on a graph. I remember my mood curve resembled the Dow Jones Industrial Average curve.

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Top 10 leading industry stock groups from Investor's Business Daily 17 February 2009: 1) Metal Ores - gold / silver 2) Schools 3) Medical - Biomedical / Biotechnology 4) Food - flour & grain 5) Medical - genetics 6) Computer software - medical 7) Finance - public investment fund bond...

I suspect the cause of inflation is that voters are much more accepting of inflation than recession. I remember during the 1970's oil prices increased either 9 fold in 10 years or 10 fold in 9 years. The increased cost of fuel may have something to do with increasing price values of many...

My chart shows a rally in treasury note futures prices and likely a reduction in USA interest rates about year 1995. I have futures charts that show a bull market in grains and cotton during 1995, maybe there was a drought.

I suspect growing companies might appear on a high relative strength screen...

Attached is a corn futures price chart from year 2005. As of 29 August 2005 the price of a contract for delivery of corn in December 2006 shows an upward trend while the futures price of corn for delivery in December 2005 shows a downward trend. The multi year continuous futures price chart at...

One possible interpretation is the price trend is changing.

I examine a series of futures charts. I notice a divergence in price curves of near and distant sugar futures prices.

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How do you know that all that remains is noise?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/03/AR2009010300040.html "Peterson pointed to a famous study in Taiwan showing that gamblers chose a strategy paying them repeated small amounts even if at some point they had to take a huge loss. In more than 200 trials, the...

Is there a source of raw put call data? I mean years and years of historical data? It might be interesting to analyze.

Interesting. Thanks. Does anyone know of any companies that do business in platinum or may hold large inventory of platinum? I notice the South African Rand / US Dollar exchange rate chart resembles the platinum futures chart.