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Weekly Currency Review - Week Ending November 20, 2009
by Darrell Jobman

Technical trading tended to dominate for much of the week with markets unable to break relatively narrow ranges as option-related defence dominated. Risk appetite also gradually faded during the week which provided some degree of US currency support. The dollar gained some protection as there was...

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How to Raise Your Self-Esteem
by Dr. Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

Many schools of psychological theory involve the notion that individual personalities are made up of many different parts. It doesn’t matter if this is true or not. What is important is that using the idea that we are made up of many different parts is USEFUL.  In Part Two of this series we discu...

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"System Trading:" What Is It? Should you Buy and Use a Trading System?
by Jim Wyckoff

There is an endeavor of futures trading that is popular among many traders, but also about which many other traders are unfamiliar. It's called "system trading." In this educational feature I will define system trading and detail the advantages and disadvantages of the methodology. What is System...

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Serendipity
by Dr. Janice Dorn, M.D., Ph.D.

Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment. ..Morihei Ueshiba Our individual journeys take us into unexpected s...

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Daily Stock Market Update
by Robert W. Colby

Stock Market: The S&P 500 finished the week below the closing prices of the previous 5 trading days, and short-term momentum oscillators show bearish divergences. The S&P 500 equally weighted index relative to the S&P 500 capitalization weighted index (RSP/SPY) fell below the lows of ...

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Currency/Commodity Markets
by Kevin Klombies

So... here is a question likely worth pondering over. At what point- in terms of price and/or time- will it become obvious that the U.S. dollar has bottomed? We have argued that at minimum the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) futures have to close above the 50-day e.m.a. line but that is a rather short-te...

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