Futures (Cedar Falls, IA) articles from October 2005

Futures (Cedar Falls, IA) archives from October 2005

Fidelity Active Trader Services (1).
October 1, 2005... More power. More tools. And lower options pricing. $0.75 per options contract $8 per trade (2) ** Advanced Options Trading* Access iSpreads Pro (3) to evaluate analytics and theoretical values, view streaming option chains with...

Birth of the blues.(Editorial)
October 1, 2005... Having had a long-time love affair with the City of New Orleans, I, like most Americans, careened between horror and outrage at the devastation Hurricane Katrina wreaked upon the city and Gulf Coast and our government's delayed response. This...

Announcing the all-new, Advanced GET Real-Time Dashboard edition! Beating the market requires the best trading tools!
October 1, 2005... The Best Market Analysis Tool Just Got Better! With Advanced GET's award-winning analysis software, you'll use a reliable, objective, rule-based approach to forecast trends, price targets and reversals, so you'll know when to get in or out...

System performance.(Sound Off!)
October 1, 2005... Contributing author David Sepiashvili submits a letter from a reader: Dear Mr. Sepiashvili, I read your article ["How best to evaluate system performance," March 2005]. After many years of dart throwing, less successfully than a...

Wouldn't year-to-date be better?(Sound Off!)
October 1, 2005... In your Managed Money Review section, why do you list the top performing commodity trading advisors (CTA) for the previous month? Doesn't that reward higher-risk managers? Wouldn't it be better to list the best performing managers year-to-date?...

Hard times in the big easy: New Orleans point of origin.
October 1, 2005... The great city of New Orleans typically conjures up thoughts of Mardi Gras parades and good food, but New Orleans is also the primary port for a number of commodities entering and exiting the United States. Commodities ranging from coffee,...

Trading places: pelicans in flight.
October 1, 2005... Leslie K. McNew is a clinical professor of finance and director of the Trading Center and the AB Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. Here is her description of how some of her masters of finance students handled the destruction of...

In search of ... regulatory convergence.
October 1, 2005... As the financial world has become truly global, there is a growing desire to coordinate regulatory structures to standardize how business is conducted. And now an analysis of financial regulations in the European Union and the United States by...

Putting on the mitts: in the ring with TT.(Trendlines)
October 1, 2005... Amid a spate of licensing agreements for its patented MD Trader software, Trading Technologies Inc. (TT) has run into resistance and some possible targets are taking the offensive. CQG Inc. and CQGT LLC have requested a declaratory judgment...

Tuning the engine: CBOT upgrades platform.(Trendlines)
October 1, 2005... The CBOT plans to upgrade its electronic trading platform on Oct. 9, with total functionality available on Oct. 23. The upgrade will add expanded functionality, the exchange announced. Upgrades will include order book management, which should...

Chartview: Gulf of Mexico stats.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The Energy Information Administration stated in a special report, "Hurricane Katrina's Impact on U.S. Energy," that the Minerals Management Service (MMS), as of Aug. 31, reported that Gulf of Mexico oil production was reduced by more than 1.371...

Nymex: a green light for London; Eurex: a yellow light for Chicago.(Trendlines)
October 1, 2005... The U.K.'s Financial Services Authority (FSA) approved the New York Mercantile Exchange's (Nymex) application to open a trading floor in London in early September, and a week later, on Sept. 12, the floor opened with 76 locals and 12 corporate...

Futures exchanges: lean and piggy?(International News)
October 1, 2005... Technology has slashed execution costs, but the benefits have stopped accruing for customers and instead are being used to fatten up futures exchanges. The London Investment Banking Association (LIBA) says that's old-fashioned abuse of a...

Deutsche Borse: keeping it Swiss?(International News)
October 1, 2005... Reto Francioni, a native of Switzerland, looks set to be the next head of the Deutsche Borse (DB). Francioni once served as deputy to fellow Swiss Werner Siefert, who was ousted as chairman in May. Francioni currently runs SWX, the Swiss...

CBOT advances SGX plans.(International News)
October 1, 2005... The CBOT and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding allowing the two exchanges to explore the development of futures and options on futures contracts on Asian-based commodities. Contracts would...

Eurex US antitrust suit prevailing.(International News)
October 1, 2005... The motion by CBOT and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) to dismiss the antitrust lawsuit filed by the futures and options exchange Eurex US against the CBOT and the CME has been denied by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District...

Rough days for Bayou investors.(Managed Money Review)
October 1, 2005... On Sept. 1, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed a civil forfeiture action against all of the assets of Bayou Management LLC and all of its affiliated funds and broker dealer. The complaint alleges that Bayou from...

Collins to expand ICAP futures.(Trading Places)
October 1, 2005... Kevin Collins, former global head of futures and options for Deutsche Bank, has been named head of futures business at ICAP, the world's largest interdealer broker. As head of ICAP's futures business, Collins will be responsible for growing the...

Hybrids outperform.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... The Sept. 12, U.S. Department of Agriculture report forecasts corn production at 10.6 billion bushels, 10% below 2004, but the crop could be the second largest crop on record. "There's not much appeal in corn anymore," says Daniel W....

Low cotton.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Hurricane Katrina has not changed cotton fundamentals that are bearish due to high energy costs. "We are not real optimistic about demand at this point," says Michael Gross of Liberty Trading. "Right now we just think cotton is going to be...

Eurotrashed.(Hot Commodities)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... Despite the $50 billion allocation for hurricane Katrina, higher energy prices, trade and account deficits and a rising federal funds rate, the euro has continued to lose ground against the U.S. dollar. "The euro has been the anti-dollar...

Fundamentals and technicals align.
October 1, 2005... A discussion on the direction of the U.S. currency is permeated with speculation of Chinese Yuan revaluation and exaggerated fears that the twin deficits pose to the U.S. economy. While a dollar crises in the next two to four years is possible,...

Unraveling the energy sector.(MARKETS)(Cover Story)
October 1, 2005... Unprecedented global demand, low interest rates, tight production capacity and Hurricane Katrina share the responsibility of driving crude oil above $70 a barrel before September. Will we see "super cycle" prices this year? What is the biggest...

Tech talk: is the end near?
October 1, 2005... Trading in crude oil futures has been so hot that quotes for a single contract were recently 25% higher than one month earlier and 75% higher than one year before that. Few consumers are familiar with those statistics, but they are painfully...

Unlock the secrets of forex trading!
October 1, 2005... What does it take to trade the market that never sleeps? Fast, reliable data and an understanding of how foreign currency trading works. eSignal, the award-winning provider of market data and technical analysis, can help you with both! ...

Getting started in forex options.(Forex Trader)
October 1, 2005... Global markets are reflecting an increased presence of conflicting fundamentals and with it an increase in uncertainty on price direction. As a result, currency pairs will tend to engage in wider weekly and monthly ranges. Yet, the...

Timing your butterfly trades: butterfly spreads offer unique profit opportunities with limited risk, but you have to know what to look for in the underlying stock to take advantage of these opportunities.
October 1, 2005... As has been the case in the equities markets throughout the past few years, commissions for trading options have been coming down dramatically. This change, combined with improved technology at both brokerage firms and options exchanges, has...

Sign up for a free 2-week trial of Trends in Futures.
October 1, 2005... AS THE NEW EDITOR OF THE TRENDS IN FUTURES, the analytical, educational and trading advisory service, I wanted to introduce myself to you. Over the past 20 years I've been involved in the futures markets as a trader, analyst and author. Much of...

Mind your trading: your trading strategy is paramount, but even a great methodology can break down with weak psychological framework. Here are some tips from a trader to keep your head in the game.
October 1, 2005... Trading is a mind game, thus it helps to break down the process into several subjects to avoid the mental mind fields. First, you need a basic understanding of how thoughts and feelings work with respect to trading. That, in turn, drives how...

Are anecdotal indicators suggesting a collapse? The way equity markets are sloughing off the increasingly debilitating cost of energy remind some analysts of the reaction to past warnings of market overvaluation.(TRADING TECHNIQUES)
October 1, 2005... It was late afternoon, Friday. Aug. 12, and the Dow Jones Industrial average, down more than 100 points at its worst level, had suddenly pared its loss by more than half. Not that such activity is unusual for the market, but on this day,...

Is a crash imminent?(Brief Article)
October 1, 2005... I'm a great believer in the phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words." That must be part of the reason I like charts. The price chart of a market provides the analyst with a picture of what investors are doing and have done over a period of...

Intraday trading with the Herrick Payoff Index: volume and open interest are two important but often misunderstood technical market indicators. The Herrick Payoff Index can help you make sense of what they are trying to tell you.
October 1, 2005... Intraday trading, or day-trading, must be approached with extreme caution and preparation. It takes research and the application of thorough studies to be fully prepared to jump into the volatile water of intraday price movements. It may...

The fundamental truth about seasonals: the world is changing quickly, but traditional seasonal patterns barely shift as new years are added to decades of old data. To use seasonal analysis effectively and profitably, you must adopt new technologies.
October 1, 2005... In the first installment of this series on seasonality and cycles, we discovered that seasonal price tendencies change. Corn's seasonal peak in June was considered one of the strongest in the ag markets, but the peak shifted to March,...

Tout le monde for U.S. traders: the growth of electronic trading has made European markets easily available to retail and proprietary traders. Here's a look at factors driving growth in the most popular European markets and the best ways to trade them.(FUTURES 101)
October 1, 2005... High speed Internet access and the availability of cheap computing power has driven the rise of electronic trading and the growth of the futures markets. Now it's opening a new world of over-seas markets to traders. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Extended trading hours.
October 1, 2005... Electronic trading brought markets into traders' homes. Along with new trading opportunities came new trading hours that differed from floor hours. Many exchanges are now extending their hours for certain contracts to allow traders to trade a...

RealTick 8.2.(Software Review)
October 1, 2005... RealTick 8.2 Townsend Analytics, Ltd. Web site: www.realtick.com 100 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2040 Chicago, IL 60606 Phone: (312) 621-0141 OVERALL RATING: Excellent LEVEL: Intermediate to advanced. PRICE:...

Hot new CTAs: squeezing cost to increase returns; Positive returns have been hard to come by in 2005, just as in 2004. New CTAs continue to be attracted to forex and options based programs and many are taking advantage of electronic markets to keep their costs down.(MANAGED MONEY)
October 1, 2005... This is the 16th year Futures has profiled up-and-coming commodity trading advisors (CTA). Last year's trend towards niche managers, particularly forex and options programs continued in 2005 as we feature an option writer, forex trader and...

Learning from history: it is said those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The markets are littered with carcasses of those who didn't heed this warning. Derived from a speech by Highbridge Capital's Henry Swieca, here are some case studies of market shocks and panics and what traders should learn.(TRADE TRENDS)
October 1, 2005... Markets are cyclical. That is an undisputed fact. So as part of a trader's toolbox, understanding market history, as well as using this information to take advantage of market reactions, is key to successful trading. Here is a look at some of...

Forex Revolution: An Insider's Guide to the Real World of Foreign Exchange Trading.
October 1, 2005... Forex Revolution: An Insider's Guide to the Real World of Foreign Exchange Trading By Peter Rosenstreich Financial Times Prentice Hall 304 pages, $34.95 When I hear the word revolution, I'm reminded of a story about Ivan...

Initial Public Offerings.
October 1, 2005... Initial Public Offerings By Richard P. Kleeburg South-Western Educational Pub 265 pages, $49.95 Just when you thought your reading list was lacking, along comes "Initial Public Offerings," Richard Kleeburg's comprehensive...

Contract dates.(Dateline)(Calendar)
October 1, 2005... 3 FND: BM & F Alcohol F, Nybot Sep Ethanol F, Sugar #11 F, LND: Nybot Sep Ethanol F, Sugar #11 F, LTD: BM & F Alcohol OF, iBrX 50 F, CME Sep CPI F, Sep Weather F. [TABLE OMITTED] 7 LTD: CME Butter OF, Peso OF, Rand OF, Live cattle OF,...

Events coming up.(conferences)(Calendar)
October 1, 2005... Call the numbers listed for more information. For other seminars, see the classifieds on pages 76-81. Futures and Options Seminar. OCT. 26-27. (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.). NFA, Chicago. www.theifm.org. (202) 223-1528. 21st Annual Futures and...

Ghandour keeps it simple.(Trader Profile)
October 1, 2005... Osman Ghandour has traded foreign currencies for more than 20 years and is applying his simple methodology as sole principal of Forex Edge LLC. His Managed Currency Program has provided strong profits in difficult market conditions. Ghandour's...