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  • And The Roof Caved In By David FaberCreated: 2009-11-01 @ 11:11:56 EST     
    And The Roof Caved In by David Faber - Book Review. Faber does an excellent job explaining how the financial crisis began and how it came crashing down. He ties in most of the parties from wall s…
  • Baltic Dry Index And Commodities DemandCreated: 2009-10-27 @ 16:38:10 EDT     
    The Baltic Dry Index is an excellent barometer for worldwide demand of commodities. The Baltic Dry Index, sometimes called the Baltic Freight Index, is updated daily by the Baltic Exchange in Londo…
  • The Most Actively Traded Commodities MarketsCreated: 2009-10-19 @ 16:32:26 EDT     
    Liquidity is very important to active commodity traders. The higher the volume of a futures contract on a commodity, the easier it is to get in an out of a market at the truest price – l…
  • How Long Does It Take To Learn How To Trade CommoditiesCreated: 2009-10-10 @ 12:40:47 EDT     
    I often get asked - how long does it take to learn how to trade commodities? That is a tough question to answer. The short answer is that a diligent person can learn the basics of trading commodi…
  • Trading Commodities As A Commodity BrokerCreated: 2009-09-24 @ 13:42:33 EDT     Updated: 2009-09-24 @ 13:43:00 EDT
    Trading commodities is a major part of being a commodity broker. Online commodity trading has become increasingly popular with investors making their own decisions, but demand by new commodity inv…
  • Changing Commodity Trading Strategies Can Be DangerousCreated: 2009-09-15 @ 17:38:16 EDT     
    One of the pitfalls many commodity traders fall into is the constant changing of trading strategies. They often spend weeks researching a particular trading method and have good evidence that it s…
  • Commodity News - Trading Commodities After News ReportsCreated: 2009-09-10 @ 17:22:08 EDT     
    News on commodities can often be a dangerous trap for novice commodity traders. There are major wire services that usually produce an end of day recap on why each commodity market moved up or down…
  • The Truth About Day Trading Stocks by Josh DipietroCreated: 2009-09-05 @ 13:05:14 EDT     
    Book Review of The Truth About Day Trading Stocks by Josh Dipietro. This book gives a real world view of what it takes to establish a career of day trading…
  • Silver Stocks - Investing In Silver Mining StocksCreated: 2009-08-18 @ 15:29:01 EDT     Updated: 2009-08-18 @ 15:29:39 EDT
    Silver mining stocks are a good way to invest in the silver market. They can be more conservative than silver futures and silver etfs. A list of the largest publicly traded silver mining stocks i…
  • Gold Stocks - Investing In Gold Mining StocksCreated: 2009-08-14 @ 15:42:24 EDT     
    Gold mining stocks are a good way to invest in the gold market. They can be more conservative than gold futures and gold etfs. A list of the largest publicly traded gold mining stocks is included…
  • Copper Stocks - Investing In Copper Mining StocksCreated: 2009-08-10 @ 14:11:30 EDT     
    Copper mining stocks are a good way to invest in the copper market. They can be more conservative than copper futures and copper etfs. A list of the largest publicly traded copper mining stocks i…
  • Reading Price Charts Bar By Bar by Al BrooksCreated: 2009-08-07 @ 11:53:33 EDT     
    Book Review of Reading Price Charts Bar By Bar – The Technical Analysis Of Price Action For The Serious Trader by Al Brooks. This is an exceptional book on trading primarily of price action o…
  • Scale Trading Commodities - How To Use A Scale Trading Strategy For …Created: 2009-07-13 @ 17:14:32 EDT     Updated: 2009-07-13 @ 17:15:36 EDT
    Scale trading uses a simple principle of buying low and selling high. When trading commodities, it is often difficult to figure out when a commodity is trading at a low enough price to buy, but sc…
  • Commodities - Weekly Research and Analysis of the Commodities MarketsUpdated: 2009-10-10 @ 17:05:39 EDT
    Weekly research and analysis of the commodities markets. A review of the week in trading and an outlook to next week for the commodity futures markets. …
  • Gold Futures ProfileUpdated: 2009-09-16 @ 13:14:53 EDT
    Profile of Gold futures including contract specs, gold fundamentals, gold reports and trading ideas for gold futures. …
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