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Trading The E-Mini Nasdaq 100

Take advantage ofmarket volatility and your knowledge of tech by trading an index of the mostfamous names. The E-mini Nasdaq 100 lets traders get in relatively cheaply onone of the quickest futures contracts out there. Following in the footsteps of thewildly successful E-mini S&P contract — the fas

Succeeding With Failed Patterns

Sometimes failed patterns can be the strongest patterns. Here well look atthree simple patterns — expansion bars, gaps and flags– and show examples of how theirfailures can lead to sizable moves opposite the direction anticipated by their patterns.Expansion Bar FailuresExpansion bars, or bars wi

Saber-Rattling Rally

In a broadening of the war on terrorism, President Bush encouraged Iraq to allow inspectors access to domestic facilities to verify the country is not making weapons of mass destruction. While no direct ultimatum was leveled at Sadam Hussein, Bush commented that his fathers adversary in th

A Confident Swing Trade

Opposingsignals from TradingMarkets.coms proprietary indicators page gavetraders a strong clue before the market opened about the down-up action — andgood swing trade — weve seen in the S&P 500 index this morning in responseto the Conference Boards "surprisingly" weak consumer con

Tell Us Something We Didn’t Know

Anyone who has followed economic activity over the past few months, let alone last year, knows it. The economy has ground to a halt. But the most creditable government institution on matters of growth and contraction released its official proclamation on the state of the economy, con

Separating The Wheat From The Chaff

December wheat
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