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• Short-Term Trend Trading by Russell Rhoads, CFA

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Short-Term Trend Trading by Russell Rhoads, CFA This basic system can be traded profitably on a short-term basis. Some of the most basic systems can be the most effective means of making money in the futures markets. In this article I will demonstrate one of the simple systems that can be traded successfully on a daily basis. There are no complex calculations to determine entry and exit points nor indicator crossovers to determine entry and exit points. If you can add two numbers and then divide them by 2, you can do the most difficult calculation involved in this system. All this system...

AUTHOR: Russell Rhoads, CFADATE: JUN 2009SUBJECT: Daytrading

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• Trading Volatility by Russell Rhoads, CFA

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Taking A Position On A Measure Of Fear, Trading Volatility by Russell Rhoads, CFA The Cboe Volatility Index has been used as a measure of fear in the market, but there's more to it than that. Find out how you can use the Vix to take a position when you have an opinion about the direction of volatility in the equity market. Throughout the stock market goofiness in the second half of 2008, we were constantly told there was panic and the high level of the Cboe Volatility Index (Vix) was cited. If you were even just a passive viewer of Cnbc or any business program, you got the impression that th...

AUTHOR: Russell Rhoads, CFADATE: DEC 2009SUBJECT: Trading Techniques