by Tim Haberkorn It’s hard to keep your emotions in check when you trade. This is particularly true in a market such as gold, which investors large and small have been flocking to during times of economic uncertainty. When a market sees such a sharp rise as gold has over the past few years, it [...]
Our Sr. Market Strategist Phil Streible explains the wild ride on Wall Steet this week. Phil discussed on CBS this morning how the U.S. economy has truly become global.
Our Senior Market Strategist Phil Streible said he thinks the political uncertainty in the U.S. and abroad should help gold break out to t he upside in the second half of 2011. View his interview with theStreet tv and find out why he’s bullish gold and silver. Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss and [...]
The MF Global Research team provides its outlook for the markets in June in its “Monthly Makets Monitor.” The report covers interest rate products, commodities, foreign exchange, money market conditions, and U.S. and European equities. Some of the report’s highlights are below. Read the full June reprt from MF Global. If you’d like to see more [...]
MF Global Chairman and CEO Jon Corzine shared his insights on the markets and macroeconomy in a special conference call to MF Global staff and clients on April 28, 2011. Prior to joining MF Global he was the Governor of New Jersey and was a member of the U.S. Senate from 2001 to 2006. Corzine [...]
by Daniel Gramza If you trade futures but haven’t explored options on futures, you are missing out on some unique trading opportunities. You can use options in so many ways with many different strategies, from hedging an existing position to speculating with various risk-reward profiles. I’m going to explore a couple basic strategies you can [...]
By John Lubuszewski and Brett Vietmeier Two of the most popular, highly liquid trading vehicles on the market today — E-mini stock index futures from CME Group and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) – enable traders to capitalize on anticipated equity market movements using contracts on benchmark indexes such as the S&P 500, NASDAQ-100, Dow Jones [...]
The MF Global Research team provides its outlook for the markets in March in its “Monthly Global Markets Monitor.” The report covers interest rate products, foreign exchange, money market conditions, and U.S. and European equities. Some of the report’s highlights are below. Read the full Monthly Global Markets Monitor for March 2011. If you’d like [...]
by Jack Broz The more time I spend working with new traders, the clearer it becomes to me that what these traders are missing in their quest to become profitable is the ability to read order flow. Often times, I find that these traders know more about technical analysis than professional traders who have been [...]
by Nick Kalivas Perhaps you’ve seen headlines about soaring energy prices, but aren’t sure how to pick the right energy stock to invest in (remember Enron?). Or maybe you aren’t sure about the soundness of the stock market in general and want a relatively simple way to trade your bearish viewpoint. You can directly invest [...]
