There are old sayings in the futures industry that go something like this: “Eighty percent of all options on futures expire worthless.” And, “The only way to make money trading options on futures is to sell them–not buy them.” Neither one of these statements is accurate. This educational feature will focus on the advantages and
New Orleans-Nov. 18-FWN–THE FORMULA FOR TRADING success, according to Robert Deel, is: Self-Discipline + Knowledge + Experience + Skill = Success. Success = Profits. Risk management and money management are key to achieving any success in a market, said Robert Deel, a registered investment adviser and portfolio manager for Strategic Management Decisions, based in Duarte,
The ideal technical indicator, according to Andrew Cardwell, Jr., is one that offers capability to identify and monitor the current trend, highlight overbought and oversold extremes, and give early warnings of a trend change. “The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is such an indicator, offering the best of all worlds,” said Cardwell, president of Cardwell Financial
In the early part of the 20th century, Jesse Livermore was the most successful (and most feared) stock trader on Wall Street. He called the stock market crash of 1907 and once made $3 million in a single day. In 1929, Livermore went short several stocks and made $100 million. He was blamed for the
For many years I was a futures market reporter with the FWN wire service (now called OsterDowJones). I spent time working right on the futures trading floors in Chicago and New York. Most of the time my daily reporting “beat” involved interviewing traders and analysts and then writing three daily market reports. For months at