Keys to Becoming a Successful Futures Trader There are a number of qualities that define a successful futures trader ? the keys to success. Discipline. Discipline is the primary key to successful futures trading. You must have the discipline to learn your system, study it daily ... Go to Full...

Gold Rises on Dollar Slump Gold ? Gold is higher in early trading, but is off of overnight highs after prices failed to test record intraday highs. The precious metal has a host of positive factors going for it at the moment, including rising energy costs and a ... Go to Full Article

BUSINESS WOMAN GRACE CHENG - THE VOICE OF MONEY Grace Cheng is known to many as The Voice of Money! She has a great site, full of useful information to traders. "Through GraceCheng.com, I aspire to assist and empower individuals who wish to get started and to do well in forex trading ... Go to...

Stress and Coping in the Financial Markets Psychological stress is a response to threat. Cognitive psychologists emphasize that the stress response is not only a reaction to events, but to our interpretation of those events. What counts as a threat is partly a function of our ... Go to Full...

The Four Maxims of Trading By Curtis Faith Over the last two weeks of 1983, while most sane people were on vacation, I and 12 others were trained by Richard Dennis in his trading methods. During the training class, many of the other Turtles took extensive notes. I didn?t. ... Go to Full Article

Six more hard years tipped for subprime fallout Jim Rogers shares his pessimism on the long term prospects for the dollar. The decline has just begun, he says, and he offers suggestions on how an investor can benefit from this global shift.--ProTrader ... Go to Full Article

SILVER AND THE US DOLLAR The US Dollar is my favorite currency to pounce on. But you have to admit that with its hard fall starting back from a high of 120.80 in January 2002 to its current level of 82.62 as of this writing. That?sa steep drop. ... Go to Full Article

Grain Futures Update Monday, April 9, 2007. OPENING CALL:. Corn= 10 higher, Wheat= 15-20 higher, Soybeans= 5-7 higher,. e-CBOT, night session results: Corn= 13 ½ higher, Wheat= 20 ¾ higher, Soybeans= 9 ¼ higher. *Tomorrow USDA will issue their monthly ... Go to Full Article

Agricultural Update Wednesday, May 2, 2007. OPENING CALL:. Corn= 2 higher, Wheat= steady-easier, Soybeans= steady,. e-CBOT, night session results: Corn= 3 ¼ higher, Wheat= 2 lower, Soybeans= ¾ higher. Weather is similar to yesterday. ... Go to Full Article

The Market Virus Reincarnated In Asia Times, the following article has appeared on May 12:. ?Six months ago, total transaction volumes on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges were less than US$5 billion per day. That figure now stands 10 times as high, at $50 billion ... Go to Full Article

HOW LOW THOSE BONDS ZB M7. Past performance is not indicative of future results. I decided to place the chart at the top of this article to illustrate a point. Before you read on, take a closer look and try to decipher what this chart is telling you. ... Go to Full Article

NASDAQ FOLLOW-UP For those of you who took the recommendation to enter long the Sep. 07 e-mini Nasdaq on the open on June 29th, you should have been filled at 1957.00 (approximately). The trade is positive as of today?s close of 1985.00 with open ... Go to Full Article

BIO-FUELS: Not necessarily the Magic Bullet I consider myself a ?greeny?, yet I?m not so convinced that bio-fuels are the answer to our energy needs. I will enumerate several reasons why I believe that ethanol derived from corn and bio-diesel fuel derived from soybeans may be ... Go to Full...

REAL ESTATE: the good, the better and the best The benefits of owning a home are well known but taken for granted. I just want to remind everyone that in spite of the recent downturn in real estate prices, the unprecedented bull run we?ve experienced the past few years has ... Go to Full Article

DELIBERATE INSTABILITY OF THE US DOLLAR? Ideally, most governments attempt to control their currency?s value from rising or dropping too fast by manipulating interest rates or buying and selling back their own currency; these interventions create a greater demand when rates ... Go to Full Article