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subject template: Early Indecision
body template: 10-Year Notes – Treasuries got a lift last week from weaker economic data, a Fed rate cut and subprime woes that began to seep from brokerage and investment banking into commercial banking as well. The "flight-to-quality" effect may be ...
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subject template: All eyes on the Fed. this week...
body template: This past week we thought we would see upside follow through on the Dollar. The Dollar did start the week pushing higher but then turned and hit new lows. Our trailing stops took us out at breakeven so it was no harm no foul....
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subject template: Hot Chocolate
body template: Cocoa – Cocoa prices jumped sharply on news that black pod disease is spreading, and many farmers may not be able to contain the outbreak because the government agency that would normally provide financial assistance has had its funds ...
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subject template: FOMC Trade Recommendation
body template: This is a trade on tomorrow's FOMC meeting. The overall market expects the Fed. to cut rates by .25 basis points tomorrow at 2:15 EST. Stocks and bonds have already priced this in. The key will be the guidance they give on future rate...
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subject template: Bears Eat Their Wheaties
body template: Wheat gave back about half of what it gained yesterday, with the December contract closing down 14.5 at 814 on the heels of a 28.5 point gain yesterday. Wheat continues a downtrend that started at the beginning of this month when the...
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subject template: IS THE BULL RUN OVER FOR GRAINS?
body template: In one word: No. Let’s look at some supply/demand numbers for each of the grains. Corn: USDA estimates for 2008 place total US Corn production at 13.32 billion bushels; usage at 12.64 billion bushels putting ending stocks at 1.675...
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subject template: FOMC Decision – Trick or Treat?
body template: Crude Oil – Today figures to be a volatile day for the Crude Oil market, as traders await weekly petroleum inventories figures and the Fed rate decision. Crude inventories are expected to show a weekly gain of 600000 barrels, ...
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subject template: Lean Hog Trade Recommendation
body template: Hogs have seen a very steep decline in the past few weeks, but we are now approaching a strong support level and expect to see this market turn back up in the near term. Many indicators like stochastics and RSI are about to issue buy...
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subject template: Gold Sparkles
body template: Gold – The Gold market topped the $800 mark intraday on strong Crude Oil and a weak Dollar, which cannot seem to find a bottom. With the greenback plummeting against all of the majors, overseas and institutional traders stayed away from ...
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subject template: Euro Loses Ground, But Bullish Trend Continues
body template: The Euro took a slight dip today, but remains up over 10% year to date. Yesterday's Fed interest rate cut sent the Dollar to a new all-time low versus the Euro, and today’s bears are likely just profit-taking from the...
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subject template: Charting Basics: How Futures Traders Use Reversal Bars
body template: We’ve started a blog series on charting basics. Quickly understanding various charting forms and patterns is one of the most valuable skills for futures traders to develop. When you’re trading, you need to be...
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subject template: Currency Weekly Overview
body template: Did anyone get the plate number of the truck that ran over the US Dollar? Current price levels in the forex market border on the obscene after Ben Bernanke and friends voted 9 to 1 to cut interest lending rates by another quarter point...
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subject template: Fingers of Instability, Part X
body template: The markets are rocking: precious metals, commodities, raw materials, energy, interest rates, foreign currencies, the dollar and more are providing opportunities, up and down to the prepared investor. The tsunami of money and credit...
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subject template: Charting Basics: How Futures Traders Use Tails
body template: Continuing our blog series on charting basics, today we talk about tails. It is essential for futures traders to be able to read and understand various charting forms and patterns at a glance. The ability to instantly...
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subject template: Why Candlestick Charts Are Useful to Futures Traders
body template: Futures traders have a vast variety of chart types to choose from. The most used are Western bar charts; and the least used, point and figure charts. Newspapers seem to favor line charts for their easy...
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