Kurt Eckhardt on Fractals, Futures and Trading for the Home Run, Part 2
Click on the link below to get Part 2 of our Big Saturday Interview conversation with futures and options trader, Kurt Eckhardt.
In Part 1 of our conversation, “Kurt Eckhardt on Fractals, Futures and Trading for the Home Run,” we learned how Kurt became involved in trading, the sort of markets he likes to trade, and the style of “trading for the home run” that characterizes his trading in the futures and options market. Here, in Part 2, we take a closer look at recent market activity in 2008 and 2009 and learn how he matches the markets of the present with the patterns and paths of the past. As an added treat, Kurt tips us off on what he thinks could be the surprise trade of 2009 – and shows us one options strategy to take advantage of it.
Kurt Eckhardt has been trading since 1982 when he began his career as an active floor trader in the CBOT Treasury Bond pit. Kurt is President of Eckhardt Research and Trading and its subsidiary Agility Trading. Agility Trading offers both individuals and funds cutting edge technical strategies along with high performance instruction.
Kurt is also the author of a number of articles and commentaries for TradingMarkets.com, including “How to Use Options to Replicate a Futures Position” and “How I Use the Past to Predict Market Direction.” His approach to trading combines fractals, patterns and “measured moves” with a wide-ranging understanding of how market history can help traders spot major opportunities in markets from commodities to stocks.
To read Part 2 of “Kurt Eckhardt on Fractals, Futures and Trading for the Home Run,” click here.