Etrade announced today they're ending commissions too!

3 major brokers stop charging commission

Normally I have a healthy distrust for brokers, but in my experience these 3 are pretty good. I have accounts at each of them and I've never had any real problems to speak of. I'm not too clear how these guys are going to make money now. They'll ...

3 major brokers stop charging commission

I'm nervous about ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI tomorrow. The bad Manufacturing PMI print routed all risk assets over the past two days, confirmation of a slowdown in growth from Non-Manufacturing would really move the markets.

High Impact Events Trading... Gold & Copper

Here are some of mine... Do not: Enter a position without a stop. Trade without knowing for sure that you have an edge. Add to a losing position. Use market orders. (always use limit) Listen to financial commentators (ie CNBC). Listen to ...

Make your Trading Taboos "Do not"

A 1% gain per month is pretty good if you have a low volatility of returns.

XAU/USD & XAG/USD - Gold & Silver Traders Thread

That was a pretty big draw from API. If the EIA data shows the same thing we should be looking at a good rally in oil.

WTI Crude Oil Trading

Yep, I'm with you there. As someone still very long I'm pretty nervous to see ES south of 2960. I don't think 'the top' is in, but I'm worried about having to sit though another 300pt drop.

Private Island Traders

The big news for the day was ISM Manufacturing PMI coming in way below expectations. Nordea came out later with a pretty good article on it, but what I thought was really interesting was a graph they shared: image Apparently ISM Manufacturing ...

High Impact Events Trading... Gold & Copper

We're getting close to where I'd buy the dip on gold. I'd probably scale in, buying some now, more at 1,450 and a final entry around 1,440. Gold is in a new bull market so I'd feel totally comfortable getting long and holding for the next year. ...

XAU/USD & XAG/USD - Gold & Silver Traders Thread

It's looking like gold will gap lower at the open: US Treasury Denies It Plans To Block Chinese Listings On US Exchanges

XAU/USD & XAG/USD - Gold & Silver Traders Thread

Quiet weekend so far, the DJIA is basically unchanged: image

XAU/USD & XAG/USD - Gold & Silver Traders Thread

Welcome aboard LTSMM! I'll do my best to answer your questions: I use S/R only. Price based indicators like MACD don't really tell you anything you can't already see on the chart. Intraday candlestick analysis is meaningless since it all depends on ...

XAU/USD & XAG/USD - Gold & Silver Traders Thread

It looked like TradeWX was basically the only option to trade weather directly.

Weather Trading (prediction, forecasting): Rain to Hurricanes

Karen has weakened to the point of no longer being a named storm. That said, the remnants of Karen are still out there and are forecast to drift west. I doubt it will reorganize, but something to still watch: image

Hurricane Watch

I thought I’d share this chart I came across: image This chart demonstrates there has been a history of economic calamities that occur when US interest rates have been above the rest of the developed world. This is probably because the dollar is ...

Metals Outlook: Cash and Futures