Four Key Elements of Futures Trading Success There are four key elements to achieving success as a futures trader:. Self-confidence; Discipline; Ability to handle loss; Profitable trading system. Self-confidence. If you aren’t confident that you can become a successful futures ... Go to Full...

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...

Futures Traders Must Learn the Art of Pulling the Trigger There is an art to pulling the trigger that futures traders must learn if they are to achieve success. Setting up and learning your system, studying and knowing the market, reviewing your charts and watching your indicators — all these...

Futures Traders Make Money on Noodles No, we’re not talking Chinese here. We’re talking about the NASDAQ 100 e-minis, also called noodles. E-minis were introduced with the rise of electronic trading and are now traded on the NASDAQ 100, S&P 500, Dow Jones, bond, ... Go to Full Article

Positive Attitude in 2008 Will Reap Rewards for Futures Traders “Your actions affect your attitude and your attitude drives your actions. It can indeed be powerful to get your actions and your attitude working consistently in the same direction.” As we enter a new year, I find these...

An intraday look at the 30 minute US Dollar Index futures The US Dollar in congesting between 78.46 and 78.69 as Friday’s Non-Farm Payroll approaches. Traders will likely not want to “step out in front of size” before the report release which means prices will continue...

Crude oil and gold move higher with US Dollar weakness As the US Dollar continues to test last Friday’s Non-Farm Payroll low, gold and crude oil continue to climb higher along their respective uptrends. The wave on the daily chart of crude oil is slightly leveling off but there is plenty of...

A look at the US Dollar on the five minute intraday chart If you’re wondering what’s been going on the in the US Dollar look no further than the five minute chart. Now this time is certainly not going to give you an idea of what the overall direction of the Dollar has been as far as...

T.Boone and $100 Crude T. Boone Pickens “the oracle of oil” said that within the coming coming, we will see $100 crude. We’re only eleven dollars from that mark and the crude market moved from 78.00 to 89.00 since October 9th. Go to Full Article

A look at the US Dollar, Crude Oil and Gold If a picutre is worth a thousand words…a CHART is worth far more. The US Dollar on the following two charts in in color, while the crude oil and gold candles are in black & white. Notice that as price continues to climb on crude and ... Go to Full...

Crude and Canada = a Bottom in the Dollar? Picking tops and bottoms has always been a risky way to trade…it’sa low percentage loser’s game. But that never stops traders from trying to do exactly that time and time again! There is currently a lof of talk of a bottom in the US ... Go...

Gold and Silver Investing and Using Financial Stocks as a Hedge The USD Index looks like it may breach the 75 level, if this level is reached, I expect gold to trade under $800. A move by the USD Index nearing 80 levels would signal a major breakthrough for the USD. If we near 80 levels, ... Go...

Gold to Oil Ratio Picture The Gold to Oil Ratio. I found the image above at kitcocasey.com and it clearly illustrates the earlier gold to oil ratio that I wrote about. In the image, notice how when the red line representing oil, crosses the yellow line ... Go to Full Article

Credit Crisis Clearing? Dow – Dow futures are slightly higher in overnight trading on positive credit market comments from Hank Paulson and the Bank of England. The US Treasury Secretary suggested that the credit crisis was “closer to the end” and indicated ... Go to Full Article

How Futures Traders Use Moving Averages Moving averages are one of the oldest trading tools. Futures traders use moving averages to reveal the underlying trend behind short-term price variations. Moving averages are a valuable indicator that can be used with other indicators ... Go to Full Article