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June 2009
06/24/09 — Truth By Ryan Jones
06/17/09 — New Strategies in Spread Trading By Emil van Essen
06/10/09 — Follow the Bouncing Dollar By Darrell Jobman
06/03/09 — Hot Markets Outlook By Barry Rosen

May 2009
05/27/09 — Are You Prepared for Inflation's Impact on Dollar Markets? By Darrell Jobman
05/20/09 — Where Have All the Trends Gone and Are They Coming Back? By Chris Morse
05/13/09 — G-Force Market Report By McLean D. Giles
05/06/09 — Stress Tests: FAIL By Larry Levin

April 2009
04/29/09 — Hot Markets Outlook By Barry Rosen
04/22/09 — What Moves Currencies? By John (Jack) Ross Crooks Jr.
04/15/09 — Harvesting Potential from Soybean Bear Put Strategy By Vincent Hayes
04/08/09 — Intermarket Analysis Plays a Major Role By Jim Wyckoff
04/01/09 — Hot Markets Overview By Barry Rosen

March 2009
03/25/09 — Daily Market Summary By Jim Wyckoff
03/18/09 — Trading Commodities in the Daily Marketplace By Bill Borkowski
03/11/09 — A Long-Term Perspective on Key Markets By Jim Wyckoff
03/04/09 — Turbulent Times for Many Commodities Markets By Chris Morse

February 2009
02/25/09 — Outlook for Key Financial Markets By Barry Rosen
02/18/09 — Finding Safety And Oil In Turbulent Times By Phil Flynn
02/11/09 — A Recap of the Daily Markets By Jim Wyckoff
02/04/09 — Daily Markets Update By Jim Wyckoff

January 2009
01/28/09 — Are Financial and Commodities Futures the Best Trade? By Chris Morse
01/21/09 — Key Markets Provide Clues By Jim Wyckoff
01/14/09 — Jim Wyckoff's Daily Markets Update By Jim Wyckoff
01/07/09 — Best Financial Markets Trades of 2009 By Barry Rosen

December 2008
12/17/09 — The Switch to Electronic Market Sessions By Chris Morse
12/10/09 — Jim Wyckoff's Daily Markets Update By Jim Wyckoff
12/03/08 — Gone With The Windfall! By Phil Flynn

November 2008
11/26/08 — One for the Record Books By Chris Morse
11/19/08 — Wheat Market Overview By Tom Zabroske
11/12/08 — Best Trades and Market Overview for 2009 By Barry Rosen
11/05/08 — Have We Found Equilibrium? By Lee Gaus

November 2008
11/26/08 — One for the Record Books By Chris Morse
11/19/08 — Wheat Market Overview By Tom Zabroske
11/12/08 — Best Trades and Market Overview for 2009 By Barry Rosen
11/05/08 — Have We Found Equilibrium? By Lee Gaus

October 2008
10/29/08 — Don't Buck the Trend By Chris Morse
10/22/08 — Strategies for Uncertain Markets and Uncertain Times By Steve Salman
10/15/08 — Hot Markets Outlook By Barry Rosen
10/08/08 — An Overview of the Markets By Jim Wyckoff
10/01/08 — Market Overview By Sterling Smith

September 2008
09/24/08 — Quick Guide To The Greeks By Steve Salman
09/17/08 — The Importance of Trailing Stops By J. Christopher Morse
09/10/08 — Time (Decay) Is On Your Side By David Rozen
09/03/08 — Jim Wyckoff's Daily Markets Update By Jim Wyckoff

August 2008
08/27/08 — Managed Futures By Santo Nudo
08/20/08 — Macro Market Overview By Joaquin Anderson
08/13/08 — Latest Technical and Cycle Outlook from Fortucast Market Timing By Barry Rosen
08/06/08 — Jim Wyckoff's Daily Markets Update By Jim Wyckoff

July 2008
07/30/08 — The Option Selling Strategy By Steve Salman
07/23/08 — The Influence of Broad Fundamentals on the Grain Markets By Vic Lespinasse
07/16/08 — Market Overview By Drew Rathgeber
07/09/08 — An Eye On Crude By Cynthia A. Kase
07/02/08 — Declare Your Financial Independence Today! By John Novak

June 2008
06/25/08 — Record High Corn Prices Floods, Funds and Ethanol By Jay Calhoun
06/18/08 — A Lesson on Using Indicators to Gauge Strength of Support or Resistance By John Novak
06/11/08 — Wheat, A Global View By Joaquin Anderson
06/04/08 — It Is Not About A Good Or Bad Market But Rather Good Or Bad Timing By Matthew Bradbard

May 2008
05/28/08 — How To Be A High Impact Trader...And Be Done Trading By Lunch John Novak
05/21/08 — Why Most Traders are Virtually Assured to Fail By Ryan Jones
05/14/08 — Bonds 101: How Do They Work and How You Can Trade Them By Michael Rovira
05/07/08 — The Trading Philosophies and Methods of W.D. Gann By Jim Wyckoff

April 2008
04/30/08 — Sell Credit Spreads in This High Volatility Environment By Jon Lubow
04/23/08 — How To Define Low Risk High Reward Areas Using Support And Resistance By John Novak
04/16/08 — $125 Crude: Fact or Fiction? By Eric Reinholtz
04/09/08 — 50 Trading Principles By Matthew Bradbard
04/02/08 — A U. S. Stock Market Overview By Patrick Yao

March 2008
03/26/08 — Trading the VIX Rollercoaster? By William Chieco
03/19/08 — Panic & Profit Taking Hit the Precious Metals By Jonah Ford
03/12/08 — Three Amigos: Australian Dollar, Japanese Yen, and the British Pound By Matthew Bradbard
03/05/08 — Inflation Continues By Steven Petillo

February 2008
02/27/08 — Bull Market Coming Back For S&P 500? By Eric Reinholtz
02/20/08 — A New 'Vantage Point' By Darrell Jobman
02/13/08 — Why What You Wear and What You Put In Your Morning Coffee Should Be In Your Portfolio: Cotton & Sugar By Matthew Bradbard
02/06/08 — Perhaps a Turnaround By Ed Carr

January 2008
01/30/08 — The Only Indicator You'll Ever Need - Basics of Volume and Open Interest By Jason Alan Jankovsky
01/23/08 — Market Overview By Sterling Smith
01/16/08 — The Greenback Shuffle By Steven Petillo
01/09/08 — Why Agriculture & Softs should be in your Commodity Portfolio By Matthew Bradbard
01/02/08 — Who Is Afraid Of A Calendar Spread By David Rozen

December 2007
12/26/07 — Bullish Food Markets Are Here to Stay! By Bill Gary
12/19/07 — Year-end Market Opportunities By Steven Petillo
12/12/07 — Market News is Ever Changing By Jim Wyckoff
12/05/07 — A Ben Bernanke Christmas By Mike Zuzolo

November 2007
11/28/07 — Margin Calls and How To Get Out Of Them By Richard Jones
11/21/07 — Why Exits Are More Important Than Entries By Chris Morse
11/14/07 — From Lagging to Leading Moving Averages By Darrell R. Jobman
11/07/07 — How does corn separate itself from other grains? By Matthew Bradbard

October 2007
10/31/07 — Grains Overview By Steven Petillo
10/24/07 — Understanding Underlying Market Trends By Kevin Klombies
10/17/07 — Review and Update on Using the Market's Money to do a Bullish Soybean Trade By Richard Jones
10/10/07 — BUY LOW SELL HIGH -- A Simple How-To Guide By John Novak
10/03/07 — Inflation and Some Potential Movers By Matthew Bradbard

September 2007
09/26/07 — Options Writing Strategies: Pitfalls to Avoid By David Rozen
09/19/07 — Review and Update on Using the Market's Money to do a Bullish Soybean Trade By Richard Jones
09/12/07 — E-Mini Stock Index Futures Give You the Best Market to Trade By Afshin Taghechian
09/05/07 — Technical Analysis Applied By Matthew Bradbard

August 2007
08/29/07 — Fear of the Sub-Prime Crisis By Phil Flynn
08/22/07 — Introduction to Cycle Analysis By Tom Zabroske
08/15/07 — Are There Changes On The Way? By Lee Gaus
08/08/07 — Platinum Trading Market Recap By Michael Levin
08/01/07 — Market Overview By Sterling Smith

July 2007
07/25/07 — Market Overview By Sterling Smith
07/18/07 — Mid-Season Review of the Grain Complex By Lee Gaus
07/11/07 — Intermarket Wheat Spreads: Follow Up By Matthew M. Pierce

June 2007
06/27/07 — Multi-Million Dollar Job Opening - Apply Now By John Novak
06/20/07 — Mid Year Market Overview By Sterling Smith
06/13/07 — Could Your Life Style Survive a Major Correction in the Stock Market? By Thomas J. Reavis
06/06/07 — The Question of the Year? By John Garrity

May 2007
05/30/07 — Review and Update on Using the Market's Money to do a Bullish Soybean Trade By Richard Jones
05/23/07 — Get Ready for the Big Oil Bash By Phil Flynn
05/16/07 — Mid May Market Overview By Sterling Smith
05/09/07 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
05/02/07 — DIVERSIFICATION IN THE FUTURES MARKETS By Emil van Essen

April 2007
04/25/07 — Financials Update By Chad Geraigiri
04/18/07 — Selling Options - Odds Trading Vs. Directional Trading Explained By Matthew Zimberg
04/11/07 — Call Spreads in a Summertime Grain Market -- The Good and Bad By Walsh Trading Research
04/04/07 — LONG-ONLY COMMODITY FUNDS-WHO ARE THEY AND HOW TO PROFIT FROM THEM By Emil van Essen

March 2007
03/28/07 — Grain Market Review By Lee Gaus
03/21/07 — Spring Market Overview By Sterling Smith
03/14/07 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
03/07/07 — ASTRO-TREND EXCERPTS By Norm Winski

February 2007
02/28/07 — Using The Market's Money To Do A Bullish Soybean Trade By Richard Jones
02/21/07 — E-mini stock index futures give you the best market to trade in up or down markets By Afshin Taghechian
02/14/07 — Sugar Straddles, Currency Spreads & Lean Hog Breakouts: How to Diversify by Market, Duration, and Strategy By Drew Klein
02/07/07 — Winski Points To Recurring Cycles In The Markets By Norm Winski

January 2007
01/31/07 — Where It's Been! Why It's Been There And Where It May Go! By Ed Carr
01/24/07 — Now is the Time for Gold! By Chad Butler
01/17/07 — Corn Crazed in the Wacky World of Ethanol Economics! By Phil Flynn
01/10/07 — 2007 Commodity Market Outlook - The Bull Continues By Chad Butler
01/03/07 — 2007 Commodity Overview By Sterling Smith

December 2006
12/27/06 — Using The Market's Money To Do A Bullish Dow Jones Index Trade By Richard Jones
12/20/06 — Start Thinking In Terms of Risk-Reward By Dr. Van K. Tharp
12/13/06 — The Components of Trading Well By Dr. Van K. Tharp
12/06/06 — Trading Opportunities in Grains By Chad Butler

November 2006
11/29/06 — Become A "Peak Performance" Trader By Dr. Van K. Tharp
11/22/06 — Predictions for November 20 - 24, 2006 By Mahendra Sharma
11/15/06 — Time verses Trend By Nicholis Repke
11/08/06 — Interesting Market Relationships That Can Help Your Trading. By Kevin Klombies
11/01/06 — Gold: On the Move Again By Chad Butler

October 2006
10/25/06 — Interesting Market Relationships That Can Help Your Trading. By Kevin Klombies
10/18/06 — The Dollar Crash Part II: Futures or Forex? By Scot Hicks
10/11/06 — Interesting Market Relationships That Can Help Your Trading. By Kevin Klombies
10/04/06 — Corn: A Demand Driven Market By Chad Butler

September 2006
09/27/06 — Interesting Market Relationships That Can Help Your Trading. By Kevin Klombies
09/20/06 — El Nino -- Shifting Gears in the Commodities Bull By Chad Butler
09/13/06 — Get a heads up on where the US Dollar, 30 YR T-Bonds, Crude Oil and Other Commodities are going. By Kevin Klombies
09/06/06 — OPEC's Last Stand By Phil Flynn

August 2006
08/30/06 — DOW OUTLOOK: WHY YOU SHOULDN'T SPECULATE ON THE UPSIDE By Chad Geraigiri
08/23/06 — COMMODITIES AS AN ASSET CLASS IN TRANSITION By Mike Zuzolo
08/16/06 — The "Softs Markets" By Boyd Cruel
08/09/06 — Trading Opportunities in Energy Markets By Chad Butler
08/02/06 — 2006 Fall Outlook By Sterling Smith

July 2006
07/26/06 — How Traders Can Utilize Web Logs (Blogs) By Jim Wyckoff
07/19/06 — Trade for Life, Not for Profits By Ryan Jones
07/12/06 — Why Having a Futures and Options Account Should Be Part of your Trading Arsenal By Ken Bronco
07/05/06 — Get a heads up on where Crude Oil, Copper and Other Commodities are going. By Kevin Klombies

June 2006
06/28/06 — Understand What's Happening in the World Currency and Forex Markets By Darrell Jobman
06/21/06 — Swing Trader's Insight Update By Scott Hoffman
06/14/06 — Markets at Extremes: A Look at Long Term Cycles - Part 2 Follow Up By Tom Zabroske
06/07/06 — Get a heads up on where Crude Oil, Gold, Copper and Corn are going. By Kevin Klombies

May 2006
05/31/06 — Lee Gaus Commodity Review By Lee Gaus
05/24/06 — 7 Deadly Trading Sins, And a Rat By Ryan Jones
05/17/06 — Commodities are Bubblicious! By Phil Flynn
05/10/06 — Get A Heads Up On Crude Oil By Looking At Bond Prices By Kevin Klombies
05/03/06 — Excuses (Not Reasons) For Failure By Ryan Jones

April 2006
04/26/06 — Maximize Forex Trading - Same Junk, Different Market By Ryan Jones
04/19/06 — Intermarket Analysis Can Uncover Hidden Market Relationships Resulting in Better Trades By Kevin Klombies
04/12/06 — Riding the Wild Commodity Bull By Phil Flynn
04/05/06 — Swing Trader's Insight Update By Scott Hoffman

March 2006
03/29/06 — Historical Based Trading vs. Fact Based Trading Part II By Ryan Jones
03/22/06 — SPREAD TRADING - Seldom Used; Seldom Understood By Lee Gaus
03/15/06 — Livestock Overview By Sterling Smith
03/08/06 — Entering The Trade By Joe Duffy
03/01/06 — Swing Trader's Insight Update By Scott Hoffman

February 2006
02/22/06 — Clues to a Winning Trading System: System Robustness By Jack Cahn
02/15/06 — The Best Trade Available Right NOW By Ryan Jones
02/08/06 — Intermarket Analysis Can Uncover Hidden Market Relationships Resulting in Better Trades By Kevin Klombies
02/01/06 — An Insider's Look Into Picking the Best Managed Futures By Austin Guu and Tom Salk

January 2006
02/01/06 — General Commodity Overview By Lee Gaus
01/18/06 — Soybean Fundamental Outlook, 2006 By Walsh Trading Research
01/11/06 — Gold: The Currency of Kings By Richard Ilczyszyn
01/04/06 — Swing Trader's Insight Update By Scott Hoffman