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October 20, 2009
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Featured Article
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Important Resources for Futures Traders
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By Sam Seiden, Online Trading Academy Director of Online Education
This week I will give you some reasons why the Futures asset class is so attractive to both retail and professional market speculators. I will also give you some web resources that in my opinion, you can trust, find very important information in, and be comfortable with.
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Spotlight on Forex[Back to Top]
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Like Minds, Individual Approach
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By Sam Evans, Online Trading Academy XLT-Forex Trading Instructor
I will look at some recent activity on EURUSD and apply the various styles of three different instructors at Online Trading Academy. We all teach, we all trade and indeed, we all understand the key disciplines required to be consistent in the market; yet we are still different people and have individual ideas and approaches. This is important to understand.
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Spotlight on OPTIONS [Back to Top]
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Vertical Spreads: Part I
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By Josip Causic , Online Trading Academy Options Instructor
This article is the first one in a series of five newsletters on the topic of vertical spreads. It simply introduces the concept of the vertical spread and defines its components. The subsequent articles are going to deal with individual vertical spread strategies, one vertical spread per article.
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Spotlight on FUTURES
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Creating a Trading Journal that Speaks to You
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By Don Dawson, Online Trading Academy Commodity Futures Instructor
An often overlooked tool in a trader's arsenal is the Trading Journal. From different conversations I've had with traders, I often hear them say how important having a Trading Journal is but when asked why it is important, I usually get a blank stare. This has led me to write about why a Trading Journal is helpful to traders. Let's face it if we do not understand the importance of something, are we really going to use it to our advantage?
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REAL ESTATE
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Basics of Conventional Loans and What Do Fannie and Freddie Have to Do With It
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By Diana Hill, Real Estate Instructor
Understanding how loans work specifically related to real estate is very important whether you're purchasing a home, investing directly in real estate, or trading mortgage backed securities (MBS). So this week, I'll outline the basics of conventional financing and Fannie and Freddie.
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