Futures (Cedar Falls, IA) articles from March 2006

Futures (Cedar Falls, IA) archives from March 2006

Power tools.(EDITOR'S NOTE)
March 1, 2006... The growth of the alternative funds business has been nothing short of spectacular. Managed futures has roughly $130 billion in assets under management, according to Barclay Trading Group. But according to Hedge Fund Reports, today there is an...

American options.(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... In the February '06 issue of Futures magazine, I do believe Mike Oyster makes an error on page 35, where he states OEF options are American style. --Kevin G. Oscar Liddy, via E-mail Mike Oyster responds: iShares are technically stocks...

Tracking performance.(Sound Off!)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... I'm an emerging commodity trading advisor (CTA) manager and have found your Managed Money articles very helpful; keep up the good work. I am looking to plug into the CTA performance trackers out there. Has there been an article on this subject?...

War of the mergers: European consolidation being leveraged.(Trendlines)
March 1, 2006... Euronext, Deutsche Boerse (DB) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) appear to be negotiating for control of Western European exchanges. The Children's Investment Fund (TCI) and Atticus Capital, which led the charge to halt DB Chairman Rolf...

Has ICE frozen out Nymex? Energy markets heat up.(Trendlines)
March 1, 2006... Energies have been the hot sector of late and that has created increased interest and competition, forcing the confirmed leader, the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), to face added competition. Large-scale changes will soon affect the...

Going where the action is: Nybot going electronic?(Trendlines)
March 1, 2006... The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the New York Board of Trade (Nybot) signed a non-binding agreement in January to host Nybot's financial products on the CBOT's electronic trading platform, powered by Atos Euronext Market Solutions' (AEMS)...

Getting cold down there: will CBOT plug in grains?(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... The CBOT may be ready to list its agricultural contracts electronically side-by-side with open outcry. In January CBOT's board of directors called for a special meeting of members scheduled for March 8 to approve changes to rules for electronic...

CFTC to "evolve" U.S. exchanges.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... As the U.S. exchanges go public, the CFTC is looking to make significant changes to the present system of self-regulation, but the changes would be more evolutionary than revolutionary, according to a statement made by CFTC Chairman Reuben...

Uniform regulation.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... The Financial Services Agency, Japan's financial watchdog, ordered the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) to report on planned improvements after its computer system was not able to stop a botched trade in December where a Mizuho Securities Co. trader...

Keeping tabs.(International News)
March 1, 2006... Cargill Investor Services (CIS), which Refco Inc. purchased just before filing for bankruptcy, lost an effort to keep its clearing function from Man Financial, which has purchased Refco. CIS had argued that if an exclusive clearing agreement,...

Davidson back at CME.(Trading Places)
March 1, 2006... John P. Davidson III has rejoined the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), this time as managing director and chief corporate development officer. He will oversee strategic planning, business development and corporate project management and be...

Dow Jones & Co.(Trading Places)
March 1, 2006... Kevin Pilarski is now president and CEO of Falcon Global Funds Group. Pilarski, a 20-year veteran in alternative asset management and financial derivatives markets, moves from Dow Jones & Co. where he served as the director of alternative...

RTS Realtime Systems Inc.(Trading Places)
March 1, 2006... John J. Dempsey has joined RTS Realtime Systems Inc. as business development manager. Dempsey, a founder of Brightwater Training LLC, will focus on relationships with exchange representatives in electronic markets, develop a global partner...

Liquidity Direct Technology where Brady was CEO.(Trading Places)
March 1, 2006... Neal Brady is now the CME's director of products and services. Brady had been consulting for the CME after it bought Liquidity Direct Technology where Brady was CEO.

HedgeStreet Inc.(Trading Places)
March 1, 2006... Stephen M. Race is the new CEO of HedgeStreet Inc. Previously, Race ran his own consulting company.

Hedge funds moving on?(Managed Money Review)
March 1, 2006... With the war over in regards to hedge fund registration, hedge fund professionals at the Managed Funds Association Network Conference in Key Biscayne, Fla., wanted to know what to expect from the new registration rule and subsequent Security...

Live cattle drive lower.(Hot Commodities)
March 1, 2006... One month after lifting a two-year ban on beef imports from the United States, Japan has reinstated the ban after boxes of veal were found to contain backbone. As a result futures prices on live cattle have dropped to $91 per hundred weight...

One lump, or two?(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... World sugar prices hit 25-year highs in early February and traded as high as 19.73 cents per pound on the New York Board of Trade, doubling in price since mid August. At root is a confluence of fundamental factors, including drought in...

Yen under pressure.(Hot Commodities)
March 1, 2006... Nas Nijjar, senior forex trader at CMC Markets, says the U.S. dollar/Japanese yen cross has been helped by traders turning away from U.S. dollar backed currencies in favor of gold, a move compelled by terror issues, the murder of oil workers in...

Sugar: the 32-year trend.(Market Strategy)
March 1, 2006... The recent bull market in sugar was somewhat predictable but don't fret if you were late because there may be more to go. Here is how it has played out so far. Brazil in 2004 announced it was 100% energy efficient. This makes sense because it...

An uncertain future for equities.
March 1, 2006... Interest rates rose for the fourteenth time. Ben Bernanke is the new Federal Reserve Chairman. The stock market took back most of its early-year advance. The yield curve inverted. And in January, numerous major company earnings came up short...

Tech talk: the trend(line) is your friend!
March 1, 2006... Traders face a dizzying number of indicators and methods to help them determine the next move in the markets. You have oscillators, moving averages and Fibonacci retracements just to name a few. Computerized charting software has further...

Forex trading tips.(Forex Trader)
March 1, 2006... The challenge of successfully trading forex lays in its global nature. Every economic transaction in the world, at some point settles into a currency. The forex trader is therefore constantly filtering through a morass of information. The...

Trading rectangles: tactics and money management; Rectangle trading patterns, when mastered, can produce profitable indicators with tight stops to give the trader the money management skills to exploit them to their full potential.(EQUITY TRADING TECHNIQUES)
March 1, 2006... A strong trading signal must be accompanied by solid money management for a trader to fully exploit the benefit of the signal. Money management concerns the proper administration of profits and losses and must be synchronized with trading...

Trade like a switch hitter: just like a good switch hitter who knows when to bat left and when to bat right, if you take the time to learn when the situation calls for it, you can turn your system off and on for a better bottom line.(TRADING TECHNIQUES)
March 1, 2006... One of the downsides of mechanical systems is their tendency to thrive in some market environments and blow up in others. If only you could tell ahead of time when a logical shut-off time was approaching, you could increase your performance...

Forget the psychobabble--it's the system! In many circles, proper "trader psyche" is the most important factor for successful trading. For others a solid system implemented properly beats a trader with the right psychological makeup and the wrong system.(trading success of traders)
March 1, 2006... Evaluating and improving trader psychology has become a cottage industry in recent years. Numerous books have been written, several by this author, about the subject. While important, excessive focus on the psychology of trading may take up...

Statistical analysis for traders: statistics 101 was more than just an annoying stepping stone to a college degree. It gave you some tools that can be used in market analysis. This first of two parts will discuss the time-proven method of linear regression analysis and how it can provide solid, objective information on where future prices may go.
March 1, 2006... Fundamental analysis often creates some unique problems for traders. First, fundamental relationships are hard to quantify. Second, not all data are created equal. Third, it's easy to make mistakes that render your fundamental conclusions...

Metals/energies rallies good for grains: the recent bull market in metals and energies mirrors to some extent their 1995 moves, which preceded a bull grain market. Will history repeat itself pushing grains to much higher levels in 2006?(TRADING TECHNIQUES)
March 1, 2006... You often hear or read about the term "rotation" when different market sectors take turns exhibiting relative strength. In a bullish situation, this tends to occur when one major group runs up to a peak and then begins to flatten out as the...

Indexes equal instant exposure: while the equity markets were basically flat this past year, futures on equity indexes have really been throwing their weight around, chalking up record volumes even as the underlying floundered in a range.(indexes, a key element in investment world)
March 1, 2006... Despite near record low volatility in equities, demand for derivatives on equity indexes continues to grow as more capital is benchmarked to indexes. "We saw volume in stock trading and stock index trading decline in a bear market, which...

Tradecision V 2.1.67.(artificial intelligence software )(Product/service evaluation)
March 1, 2006... Tradecision V 2.1.67 Alyuda Research 4432-E Enterprise Street Fremont, CA 94538 (888) 862-2759; (347) 416-6083 sales@tradecision.com www.tradecision.com OVERALL RATING: Poor LEVEL: Advanced. SYSTEM...

Matching best electronic markets.(Online Trading)
March 1, 2006... While many traders focus on whether they'll get the best fill, few really understand how trades are matched. Matching algorithms decide which orders get filled and in what order. Knowing the key differences is important and could affect how you...

Top traders of 2005: was another subpar year for commodity trading advisors as large managers and core trend followers had a difficult time earning profits. But managers nimble enough to trade multiple sectors and not get caught up in corrections managed to post strong returns.(services of commodity trading advisors)
March 1, 2006... Similar to 2004, many commodity trading advisors (CTA) needed a solid fourth quarter to post positive numbers in 2005. The Barclay CTA Index was in the red through the summer and needed a return of 2.52% in the fourth quarter to end up at 1.94%...

The futures 2006 guide to ETF trading.(exchange traded funds)
March 1, 2006... THE INSIDE STORY ETF: The "Hail Mary" Security ETFs have become a part of common financial parlance but their success was not a foregone conclusion when a group of innovators from the American Stock Exchange first introduced them. ...

Options' electronic frontier: options exchanges, led by the International Securities Exchange, have revolutionized the way securities options are traded--but options on futures remain a pit-based affair. Here's a look at how the securities guys built an electronic marketplace and how the futures guys are trying to follow suit.(TRADE TRENDS)
March 1, 2006... Not too long ago, David Kalt was a software geek with a retail options account. Today he's a geek with a booming retail options brokerage, optionsXpress, which has amassed more than 160,000 customers in just five years. The key to the...

Contract dates.(Calendar)
March 1, 2006... 1 FND: BM & F Conillion coffee F, Corn F, Cotton F, LTD: BM & F Alcohol OF, Alcohol OF, CME Mexican TIIE F. [TABLE OMITTED] 2 FND: BM & F Alcohol F, Arabica coffee F, Arabica coffee F, LTD: CME Feb Milk F,OF, Feb Mid-sized milk OF, Feb...

Events coming up.(Calendar)
March 1, 2006... Call the numbers listed for more information. For other seminars, see the classifieds on pages 80-85. FIAs 31st Annual International Futures Industry Conference. MARCH 15-18. Marriott Boca Raton Resort and Club. Boca Raton, Fla....

Di Tomasso: surviving and thriving.(Trader Profile)
March 1, 2006... Normally when researching managers for the Top Traders issue, a worst drawdown of 85% would automatically eliminate a manager. But when a program comes back from that type of drawdown to earn a compound annual return of 48.45% throughout a...