Jul Aug 2011  
 The Jul/Aug 2011 issue of YTE follows up on the very popular article by Dr Mircea Dologa (‘After the Flood’ - Mar/Apr 2011 YTE), in which he explored the potential impact on cotton prices after Queensland’s devastating floods. In ‘After the Flood Part II’ we assess the outcomes for Queensland cotton farmers and discuss how both farmers and traders can use technical analysis to gain a view on where the market is heading, and trade futures contracts accordingly.
Futures remain a hot topic and in this issue YTE’s resident futures and CFD expert Kel Butcher plays them off against each other ‘Futures versus CFDs’. Kel provides insights as to which provides better opportunities for day traders. Another YTE favourite, Dawn Bolton-Smith, provides some hard-to-find charts and gives a rare and insightful look into highly topical uranium, with some stock suggestions and analysis.
Our cover story this issue comes from ‘Currency Corner’ and YTE’s new expert, Bradley Gilbert, who looks at global events affecting currency pairs and the trading opportunities the continuing volatility presents.
Ben Power speaks with market wizard, Mark Minervini, one of Wall Street’s most remarkable success stories and a great example of how trading provides opportunities for financial freedom, no matter what your background.
To celebrate the launch of our new digital edition through our partner Exact Editions, we are giving you the chance to win an iPad 2. Simply subscribe to YTE digital at www.ExactEditions.com/YourTradingEdge and then look out for an email from us to let you know if you’ve won. Each issue can be accessed through the Exact Editions website from any computer, or read on your iPad, iPhone or iPod. Each digital subscription also gives you free access to our last six issues.
Until next issue. Happy reading and profitable trading.
Chelsea Reid
Editor in Chief – YTE
| Futures Vs CFDS |  | Which provides the best opportunities for day traders? Kel Butcher explores.
As well as decisions on how and why to trade, traders are faced with decisions about what instruments to trade. This particularly affects new traders just starting...Read More >> |
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| | | Uranium: Where to next? |  | The matriarch of technical analysis, Dawn Bolton-Smith, drills down into the history of this volatile market.
Boom and bustUranium has been a boom and bust story for Australian investors. Investors made both big gains and huge...Read More >> |
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| | | After the Flood Part II |  | Dr Mircea Dologa, MD, CTA: Can cotton farmers affected by Queensland’s floods be helped by technical analysis? (continued)
The 2010/2011 season has been one of the best in the history of the Australian cotton harvest. Farmers planted around 650,000...Read More >> |
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| | | Mark Minervini |  | Meet one of Wall Street’s most remarkable success stories – YTE’s Ben Power speaks with market wizard, Mark Minervini.
A former musician, Minervini began trading stocks in 1983 and faced a number of years of losses. But...Read More >> |
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| Market Snapshot - Jul/Aug 2011 | | Lachlan McPherson provides up-to-date market analysis: ASX 200 feeling the pinch.
It’s been a bumpy ride for the ASX 200 since the May/June YTE. The same issues that have dominated international investment for the past year are plaguing domestic...Read More >> |
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| | Options Corner - Jul/Aug 2011 | | Our resident options experts, James Cordier and Michael Gross, answer readers’ questions.
Q: Commodities have shown some volatile price movements over the past several months. Can you suggest any strategies for selling options in these conditions?...Read More >> |
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| | | Currency Corner - Jul/Aug 2011 | | Bradley Gilbert provides analysis of the currency market: Work with the market, not against it.
Despite market uncertainties and continuing excessive volatility in currencies, there are always easy trades if you know where to look. It comes back to...Read More >> |
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| | Commodities Corner - Jul/Aug 2011 | | Market expert Aaron Lynch explores commodities markets: Establishing a view on commodities.
A basic question regarding commodities is how to begin to form a view about futures price movements specifically, and commodities generally. There are countless specialists employed...Read More >> |
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| | | Trading Tax Q&A - Jul/Aug 2011 | | Resident tax expert Adrian Raftery, aka ‘Mr Taxman’, answers readers’ most pressing trading tax questions.Q: I work full time and supplement my income trading stock CFDs. So far in this financial year I have made around $20,000....Read More >> |
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| | Predictions | | I believe the past is teacher of the future. Studying chart patterns and past cycles helps you navigate current markets, particularly in gold and silver, which once again made parabolic runs similar to those of 1980. It could be said...Read More >> |
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| | | Letters to toni - Jul/Aug 2011 | | Q: I follow the markets every day. In addition to trading stocks, I’d like to start trading the indices. Should I open a futures account, or just trade the ETFs? A: This is a tricky question to answer. Both...Read More >> |
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| | The Rub - Jul/Aug 2011 | | Michael Pascoe: When the abnormal isn’t.
Hi-ho Silver, away! Well, that’s what the Lone Ranger used to say. Now it’s more like high-low silver, what’s happening?
The less-precious metal has had a spectacular ride of late, but a danger...Read More >> |
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| | | Trading Life - Travis Mckenzie | | Travis McKenzie shares his trading life.
I think every trader has a number of ‘aha’ moments that are instrumental in their development as a trader. In this article, I will pass on a few of mine.
Like many traders,...Read More >> |
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| | Traders Story - Peter Smith | | Peter Smith spent the seven years from 1995 to 2002 in the V8 Supercar Championship with the Holden racing team. He attributes his interest in, and ability to read and understand charts, to his roles in data acquisition and engineering....Read More >> |
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| | | Software Review - Tradestation | | Three traders at different levels of experience test TradeStation.Trader OneTradeStation is, without doubt, the most comprehensive piece of software I’ve ever had the pleasure of reviewing for YourTradingEdge Magazine. This is a multi-faceted, award-winning trading platform with a...Read More >> |
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| | Book Review - Jul/Aug 2011 | | 101 Ways to Pick Stock Market WinnersClem Chambers (203 pages, Beautiful Books Limited, ISBN 9781907616273)As its title suggests, this book is aimed at those with a specific interest in the stock market, and in particular those interested in...Read More >> |
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