Interview  |  DEC 2003

Interview: Understanding The Forex Market with P. Gotthelf by J. Gopalakrishnan

Interview: Understanding The Forex Market with P. Gotthelf by J. Gopalakrishnan Philip Gotthelf, the publisher of the COMMODEX System, the oldest daily futures trading system published, and Commodity Futures Forecast Service, which has been in existence since 1956, is also the president of EQUIDEX Inc., a registered commodity trading advisor, and EQUIDEX Brokerage Group, a registered Introducing Broker. He is known for his extensive work in the futures industry and is the son of Edward B. Gotthelf, developer of the COMMODEX trading methods. Philip Gotthelf has earned a reputation for uncanny accuracy through the years concerning the markets. Among his notable forecasts have been the October 1987 market correction, currency predictions since such futures opened for trading in 1972, and exact calls on tops and bottoms in meats, grains, sugar, precious metals, and coffee. Gotthelf’s computer applications have been used by major firms for developing proprietary trading models and hedging programs. Both the COMMODEX System and the Commodity Futures Forecast Service are known for being among the first to successfully track financial futures, stock indices, and energy markets. Gotthelf is the author of Currency Trading: How To Access And Trade The World’s Biggest Market, published by John Wiley & Sons, in which he provides the background and techniques for trading foreign exchange through the Interbank or using futures and related options. STOCKS & COMMODITIES Editor Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan spoke with Gotthelf in a telephone interview on October 7, 2003.

by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan