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Allen D. Hanson
AUTHOR: Allen D. HansonDATE: JAN 1988
Winning in the Futures Market (Three ways to beat the system) by Allen D. Hanson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Winning in the Futures Market (Three ways to beat the system) by Allen D. Hanson
There are very few successful futures traders. Most winners tend to give back their earnings and many
of the people that try the commodity futures markets never really get to first base. Income tax accountants
and bankers know full well that the average trader is a loser.
There is always the old question, ""Where are the rich commodity traders?"" They are few and far between.
Almost everybody that I have known over the years that made it big in commodities also lost it big
eventually.
The market is a great task...
AUTHOR: Allen D. HansonDATE: JUL 1986
Theft? Commodity Floor Brokers by Allen D. Hanson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Theft? Commodity Floor Brokers
by Allen D. Hanson
Questionable trading practices in the Securities business became very evident to me during my years as
product manager for a major corporation and later as a licensed floor broker.
In those days, I owned individual seats on two of the nation's registered stock and commodity exchanges.
I routinely carried commodity positions so large that they required daily reporting to the CEA
(Commodities Exchange Authority), the governing body at that time. I also acted as an independent floor
broker for a major brokerage house and other firms, always doin...
AUTHOR: Allen D. HansonDATE: FEB 1985
Commodity Trading Risks by Allen D. Hanson
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Commodity Trading Risks
by Allen D. Hanson
Few traders fully realize the risks that they are taking when they make a commitment in the futures
market. They have learned all about charts, cycles, fundamentals, and basic trading theory, but when it
comes to understanding the real risk, they simply don't comprehend the hazards involved. This is
particularly true regarding the short side of the futures market. While this is often called the most
profitable way to be in the market, the upside risk is still unlimited in theory at least, and the downside
potential is limited to the full price of the...
AUTHOR: Allen D. HansonDATE: AUG 1985