Stories tagged "dollar"

-Long DBA from avg. price $34.01 -Long Sugar futures (Oct.) from .1260 -Long DGP from avg. price $16.15...for avg...

It's safe to say that just about every trader has several edges, which is to say they have strategies with positive expectations. Too much time is spent on this particular aspect of trading, with much less regard...

The case for my long side trade in commodities stems from my belief that trends re-exert their forces at some point. This article was originally posted on April 26 of this year, but is particularly applicable in the current environment...

A plunge in crude prices on Tuesday to $110 a barrel tempered global inflation fears and drove the U.S. dollar to its highest level in 10 months, but American stocks fell after initially

So, the dollar isn't on its own. That's the upshot of a Nikkei newspaper scoop yesterday that European, Japanese and U.S. officials in mid-March drew up plans to strengthen the U.S. currency following troubles at Bear Stearns Cos. Commentary by W. P

Traders constantly search for the "edge", and I get many questions about how my charts are set up. The attached chart on Lehman's 20+ Treasury Bond Fund (TLT etf) is the only chart I used to initiate my recent short...

Trading is a game of acting correctly as second nature. As such, it helps to break things down so that you can remind yourself where your focus should be to "keep it simple". This is a theme I continually mention, as it's contributed more to my success...

In my ongoing effort to demystify successful trading, I thought I'd share how I know to exit a trade, whether it's a winner or loser. As always, I'll keep it plain and simple: 1) The instrument gets to your defined profit level, if you have a specific.

I just covered my short bond position at a loss. The light volume of late summer has caused many conflicting signals and crosscurrents. I will look to re-enter on a new signal, possibly as soon as this week. The data reported this morning would typically.

Easy Currency Converter is a simple currency calculator and converter. It converts about 200 world currencies including Euro and updates exchange...