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July 2008
07/15/08 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
07/08/08 — Jim Wyckoff's Daily Markets Update By Jim Wyckoff
07/01/08 — The Three Wisemen: Silver, Sugar & Soybeans By Matthew Bradbard

June 2008
06/24/08 — Crude Oil and the U.S. Dollar Index Remain the Key "Outside Markets" By Jim Wyckoff
06/17/08 — Starry Eyed By Phil Flynn
06/10/08 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
06/03/08 — Why Trade Options By Michael Rovira

May 2008
05/27/08 — Unsolved Contango Mysteries By Phil Flynn
05/20/08 — Focus on Crude Oil: Blowout? By Steve Platt
05/13/08 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
05/06/08 — Euro, S&P, Gold By Dominick Mazza

April 2008
04/29/08 — Financial Futures Technical Focus By Alan Bush
04/15/08 — Summer Grain Markets Seasonal Suggestions By Drew Klein
04/08/08 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
04/01/08 — When $100 a Barrel Seems Cheap By Phil Flynn

March 2008
03/25/08 — Commodity Markets Start to Gyrate at Higher Price Levels By Jim Wyckoff
03/18/08 — The Bear Case for Stock Index Futures By Alan Bush
03/11/08 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
03/04/08 — Get Ready To Pop That Cork Again! By Phil Flynn

February 2008
02/26/08 — Cotton: Does It Have Some Catching Up To Do? By Steve Platt
02/19/08 — Wheat -- Volatility at a Whole New Level By Steven Petillo
02/12/08 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
02/05/08 — Dead Oil Bull Walking By Phil Flynn

January 2008
01/29/08 — Precious Metals Blazing the Commodities Trail By Jonah Ford
01/22/08 — Weekly Charts -- A Valuable Tool By Jim Wyckoff
01/15/08 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
01/08/08 — The Oil Bubble is Getting Ready to Pop By Phil Flynn

December 2007
12/18/07 — Winning the War on Terror and the Oil Peace Dividend By Phil Flynn
12/11/07 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
12/04/07 — Crude Oil: Balancing on a Tightrope By Steve Platt

November 2007
11/27/07 — Attacking Volatility By Ed Carr
11/20/07 — Oil and OPEC Have Gone Wild! By Phil Flynn
11/13/07 — Are Soybeans Good As Gold? By Dennis Smith
11/06/07 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg

October 2007
10/30/07 — The Halloween Trick or Treat By John Garrity
10/23/07 — The Speculator Is the Market's Best Friend By Phil Flynn
10/16/07 — Comprehensive Recommendations for Both Novice and Experienced Traders By Drew Klein
10/09/07 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
10/02/07 — $1,000 Per Ounce Gold? By Scot Hicks

August 2007
08/21/07 — Options: A Volatility Survivor's Guide By John Garrity
08/14/07 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
08/07/07 — Weekly Commentary for August 6th - August 10th, 2007 By Matthew Bradbard

July 2007
07/31/07 — China -- More than a Numbers Game By Steven Petillo
07/24/07 — Volatility Sizzles in the Grain Markets. Good for Trading? By Scot Hicks
07/17/07 — The Case for a BIG Move DOWN in Oil Prices By Michael Levin
07/10/07 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
07/03/07 — Don't Get Squeezed by the OJ By Sterling Smith

June 2007
06/26/07 — Comprehensive Recommendations for Both Novice and Experienced Traders By Drew Klein
06/19/07 — FX Options - More Choices for Investors By Peter Bottini
06/12/07 — Let's Get All Gassed Up By Phil Flynn
06/05/07 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg

May 2007
05/29/07 — Comprehensive Recommendations for Both Novice and Experienced Traders By Drew Klein
05/22/07 — The Case for a Big Move UP in Cotton By Michael Levin
05/15/07 — The sweet and the sour: a crude conundrum. By Phil Flynn
05/08/07 — Foreign Currency Trading Comes to the ISE By Randy Frederick
05/01/07 — Market Overview By Sterling Smith

April 2007
04/24/07 — It's The Best Of Times. It's The Worst Of Times, But, Stocks Continue To Surge Higher! By Thomas J. Reavis
04/17/07 — Trading The Stock Market? Which Way Do You Go In These Volatile Times? By Gene Ratti
04/10/07 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
04/03/07 — ASTRO-TREND EXCERPTS By Norm Winski

March 2007
03/27/07 — 2007 Spring Outlook By Sterling Smith
03/20/07 — Excuses (Not Reasons) For Failure By Ryan Jones
03/13/07 — Trading Opportunities When China Catches Cold By Chad Butler
03/06/07 — A Commodity Sing Along! By Phil Flynn

February 2007
02/27/07 — Gold -- What's Next? By Chad Butler
02/20/07 — Grains Markets Aim To Heat Up The Summer Slowdown By Zachary Oxman
02/13/07 — Where is the market really headed? By Chad Butler
02/06/07 — Market Scoop By John Crane

January 2007
01/30/07 — Be Wary of the Ides of March By Sterling Smith
01/23/07 — The Bernanke Fed and Interest Rate Future's By Thomas M. Kelly Jr.
01/16/07 — US TBonds pointing toward higher interest rates By Robert Schroeder
01/09/07 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg

December 2006
12/26/06 — Cotton at a Low?? By John Walsh and Tom Zabroske
12/19/06 — Crude Melt Down, Can Oil Sustain a Bull Market If Winter Takes a Holiday? By Phil Flynn
12/12/06 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
12/05/06 — The Next Double-Digit Risk/Reward Commodity Trading Opportunity By James Flanagan

November 2006
11/28/06 — Sterling's Market Overview By Sterling Smith
11/21/06 — Cooking With Gas By Phil Flynn
11/14/06 — Supply and Demand Factors Affecting the Price of Wheat By William Adams
11/07/06 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg

October 2006
10/31/06 — Basics of Volume and Open Interest By Jason Alan Jankovsky
10/24/06 — USING THE MARKET'S MONEY TO DO A BEARISH DOW JONES INDEX TRADE By Richard Jones
10/17/06 — Whatever Happened to Gold? By Chad Geraigiri
10/10/06 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
10/03/06 — Trading Options The Write Way By George Greco

September 2006
09/26/06 — Grains on the Move By Matt Durler
09/19/06 — Fall 2006 Overview By Sterling Smith
09/12/06 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
09/05/06 — Is Gold Still the Real Thing? By Scot Hicks

August 2006
08/29/06 — Will ethanol produce a bull market in corn? By Darrell Jobman
08/22/06 — Attachment to Results Part Two -- holding or adding to a loser By Jason Alan Jankovsky
08/15/06 — Think You Can't Afford To Play The Forex Game? Try Trading The Mini Way. By Darrell Jobman
08/08/06 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg
08/01/06 — Getting hot, hot, hot, and steamy with commodities. By Phil Flynn

July 2006
07/25/06 — BUY LOW SELL HIGH - A Simple how-to guide By John Novak
07/18/06 — Psychology of Overtrading By Jason Alan Jankovsky
07/11/06 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane

June 2006
06/27/06 — Commodity Review By Lee Gaus
06/20/06 — Oil Prices = Opportunity In Disguise By Kathy Lien
06/13/06 — Market Scoop By Joe Kellogg
06/06/06 — The Easiest 20% Return Most Will Never Make By Ryan Jones

May 2006
05/30/06 — A New Fed By Tom Kelly
05/23/06 — Keep an eye on Copper and Crude Oil to see where Interest Rates are headed By Kevin Klombies
05/16/06 — Energy Alternatives By Mark Loehrke
05/09/06 — Market Scoop By Joe Kellogg
05/02/06 — Delta Neutral - Trading without predicting market direction By David Rozen

April 2006
04/25/06 — Slick Maneuvers - Oil prices may continue climbing, but that could be good news for the average investor By Mark Loehrke
04/18/06 — Selling Options - Odds Trading Vs. Directional Trading By Matthew Zimberg
04/11/06 — Market Scoop By Joe Kellogg
04/04/06 — A Pattern you can trade using nothing but a Price Chart, a Ruler and a Pencil! - Part 2 By Ron Schoemmell and Valdi Thorkelsson

March 2006
03/28/06 — Traders Getting Juiced Up over O.J. Futures! By Mike Zarembski
03/21/06 — Chart Presentation: Equities and Bonds By Kevin Klombies
03/14/06 — Market Scoop By Joe Kellogg
03/07/06 — The For Sure Historical Pattern By Ryan Jones

February 2006
02/28/06 — Is Sugar Still Sweet? Can Ethanol Demand Sustain the Sugar Rally? By Mike Zarembski
02/21/06 — Soybean Fundamental and Cyclical Outlook, 2006 By Walsh Trading Research
02/14/06 — Market Scoop By Joe Kellogg
02/07/06 — Technical Grain Overview By Sterling Smith

January 2006
01/31/06 — What's Driving Gold Futures Higher, and the Outlook for Gold in 2006 By Mike Zarembski
01/24/06 — The Hottest Markets for 2006 By Zachary Oxman
01/17/06 — Swing Trader's Insight Update By Scott Hoffman
01/10/06 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane
01/03/06 — 2006, an Inverted Yield Curve, and Interest Rate Futures. What's in it for Me? By Scot R. Hicks

December 2005
12/27/05 — 2006 Market Outlook By Sterling Smith
12/20/05 — Have a Happy Holiday By Phil Flynn
12/13/05 — Swing Trader's Insight Update By Scott Hoffman
12/06/05 — Four Futures Markets for Beginners By Scot Hicks

November 2005
11/29/05 — The Pro's and Con's of Paper Trading By Boyd Cruel
11/22/05 — Swing Trader's Insight Update By Scott Hoffman
11/15/05 — Funeral For A Bullish Trend By Phil Flynn
11/08/05 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane
11/01/05 — Make your futures portfolio shine! By Scot R. Hicks

October 2005
10/25/05 — A Longer-Term Perspective on Key Futures Markets By Jim Wyckoff
10/18/05 — State of Soybean Complex: October 18, 2005 By John Walsh
10/11/05 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane
10/04/05 — The Best Market to Trade for 2005 - Part II By Scot R. Hicks

September 2005
09/27/05 — HAVE WE REACHED A LEVEL OF VALUE? By Lee Gaus
09/20/05 — Investors May Have to Warm Up to Higher Heating Oil Prices This Winter By Patrick L. Yon
09/13/05 — THE Best Market to Trade for the Rest of 2005 By Scot R. Hicks
09/06/05 — Crude Oil Movement and the Stock Market By Zach Oxman

August 2005
08/30/05 — A Longer-Term Analytical Perspective on Key Futures Markets By Jim Wyckoff
08/23/05 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane
08/16/05 — A Hot Trading Tip for the Summer By Scot R. Hicks
08/09/05 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane
08/02/05 — How to clearly define a breakout of a key support or resistance By John Novak

July 2005
07/26/05 — Swing Trader's Insight Update By Scott Hoffman
07/19/05 — What Makes Traders Tick? By Ward Chambers
07/12/05 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane
07/05/05 — Monthly Cycles and the Grain Markets By Tom Zabroske

June 2005
06/28/05 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane
06/21/05 — Ten Steps to Building a Winning Trading Plan By John Novak
06/14/05 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane
06/07/05 — Soy Complex: Soybean Oil By John Walsh and Mike Liautaud

May 2005
05/31/05 — Trading the Emini S&P By Zach Oxman
05/24/05 — Latest Market Outlook from Fortucast Market Timing By Barry Rosen
05/17/05 — Market Focus By Joe Bridges
05/10/05 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane
05/03/05 — "Buying Time": Advantages of Long-Term Option Strategies By Mike Seery

April 2005
04/26/05 — Daily Commentary By Matthew Zaner
04/19/05 — Internal versus External By Sterling Smith
04/12/05 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane
04/05/05 — A Look Beyond Technical Analysis By Thomas L. Busby

March 2005
03/29/05 — Daily Commentary By Matthew Zaner
03/22/05 — Major Long-Term Trend Change Approaching in Stocks, Currencies & Commodities By Thomas Leveroni and James Cutting
03/15/05 — Swing Trader's Inside Update By Scott Hoffman
03/08/05 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane
03/01/05 — Commodities on the Move By Ken Riordan

February 2005
02/22/05 — Zaner Group's Daily Futures, Options and Forex Commentary By Matthew Zaner
02/15/05 — Which Way Will the Dollar Go in 2005? By Stuart Kaufman
02/08/05 — Market Scoop By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane
02/01/05 — Market Update By Sterling Smith

January 2005
01/25/05 — Great...Another Bull Market Commodity Story By Jason Leander
01/18/05 — The US Economy and the Outlook for US T-Bonds By David Hightower
01/11/05 — Slaughter Reduction and Packer Competition By David Hale
01/04/05 — Market Scoop and Reversal Dates By Joseph Kellogg and John Crane