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July 2008
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

December 2005
12/28/05 — Choosing a Trading Method By Moe Daniel
12/21/05 — The S&P 500 Index and the U.S. Economy By Matt Krupski
12/14/05 — Spreading Or To Be Spread Is a Serious Trading Strategy By Lee Gaus
12/07/05 — Breaking Down Market Analysis for Use on a Daily Basis By John Novak

November 2005
11/30/05 — The Power of Price Patterns - for Reliability and Structured Trading By Ron Schoemmell and Valdi Thorkelsson
11/23/05 — Using Time Periods to Promote Better Money Management By Kevin Wielgus
11/16/05 — Copper By Steven Caldwell
11/09/05 — Markets to Watch By Lee Gaus
11/02/05 — Are you day trading yourself into a hole? By Sterling Smith

October 2005
10/26/05 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane
10/19/05 — Swing Trader's Insight Update By Scott Hoffman
10/12/05 — Using Fibonacci to Trade the Forex Market By John Novak
10/05/05 — Momentum Market Overview By Art Liming

September 2005
09/28/05 — An Important Longer-Term Perspective on Key Markets By Jim Wyckoff
09/21/05 — Latest Market Outlook from Fortucast Market Timing By Barry Rosen
09/14/05 — Swing Trader's Insight Update By Scott Hoffman
09/07/05 — You CAN make money in the markets EVEN with a random entry technique By Ron Schoemmell and Valdi Thorkelsson

August 2005
08/31/05 — Oil Reaching a Boil and Toil Way Down Yonder By Phil Flynn
08/29/05 — Ten Steps to Building a Winning Trading Plan By John Novak
08/17/05 — Fundamental Considerations in Corn and Soybeans By Matthew Wright
08/10/05 — Dollars to Doughnuts By Sterling Smith
08/03/05 — Secrets and Insights from a Master System Developer By Scot Hicks

July 2005
07/27/05 — Ag Markets By Dan Oakes
07/20/05 — The Summer's Three Hottest Trading Tips By Scot Hicks
07/13/05 — The China Syndrome By Jason Leander
07/06/05 — Swing Trader's Insight Update By Scott Hoffman

June 2005
06/29/05 — Tips for Trading-Trading the FOREX By Stephen Rising
06/22/05 — How Dry Is It? By Sterling Smith
06/15/05 — System Trading 101: The Fundamentals By Kyle Geralds
06/08/05 — The French Rejection: An Uncertain Time for the Euro Currency and Community By Jason Leander
06/01/05 — The Soybean Market - Be at Ease with Drought and Disease By Mike Seery

May 2005
05/25/05 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane
05/18/05 — Mid-Year Outlook By Sterling Smith
05/11/05 — Is The Coffee Strong Enough? By Brian Ozkan
05/04/05 — Market Sense By Lee Gaus

April 2005
04/27/05 — Enhanced Management for Trend Following System Traders By Kyle Geralds
04/20/05 — The CA$H C.O.W. (Conservative Option Writing) By Paul Brittain and Carley Garner
04/13/05 — Bullish Commodities Markets Produce Higher Metals Prices By Jay Norris
04/06/05 — Are Bullish Grain Markets in Store for 2005? By Anthony Woods

March 2005
03/30/05 — Giant Bull Markets and an Outlook for 2005 By Mike Seery
03/23/05 — No Inflation ... Yeah, Right By John Walsh
03/16/05 — Outlook on Interest Rate Futures By Patrick L. Yon
03/09/05 — New York, New York! By Sterling Smith
03/02/05 — Stop the Market! I Want to Get Out! By Lee Gaus

February 2005
02/23/05 — There are Other Options with Options By Ryan Jones
02/16/05 — Swing Trader's Insight Update By Scott Hoffman
02/09/05 — Copper Market Overview By Steve Caldwell
02/02/05 — Steps to Developing a System By Sherwood Tucker

January 2005
01/26/05 — FX - The Trendy Market That Truly Trends By Chris Crame and George Askew
01/19/05 — Advantages of Commodity Options Over Stock Options By Ed Carr
01/12/05 — 2005 Soy Complex Overview By John Walsh
01/05/05 — Welcome to the Jungle! By Sterling Smith