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June 2009 • Volume 3, No. 6

TRADING ORDER

flow with market

profile p. 12

STRADDLES VS.

STRANGLES

p. 20

SPREADING

your charting

options p. 26

TRADING

PULLBACKS

with options p. 30

BEING RIGHT VS.

MAKING MONEY

p. 43

NEW CFTC HEAD

confirmed p. 32

CONTENTS

Options Trading System Lab

Buying calls on pullbacks

in S&P 500 futures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

A simple options strategy shows buying

on dips has promise.

By Steve Lentz and Jim Graham

Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

News

Gensler approved as CFTC head . . . . . . 32

Nominee Gary Gensler convinces a couple of

senators to vote in his favor by proposing a new

direction for derivatives regulation.

Market Movers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Futures market roundup.

Penny Pilot Program’s

future uncertain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Mixed results leave questions about how to

proceed with the option penny-pricing program.

Trading Strategies

Trading order flow with

Market Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

How to interpret Market Profile charts.

By Robin Mesch

CME Group combines

NYMEX trading floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

The CME takes the next step in assimilating the

NYMEX by moving the energy and metals trading

pits onto a single floor.

Another look at straddles

and strangles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

A common dilemma for volatility traders is

whether to trade an options straddle or strangle.

This second excerpt from Guy Cohen’s book

Volatile Markets Made Easy: Trading Stocks and

Options for Increased Profits compares both

approaches.

By Guy Cohen

continued on p. 4

Spreading your charting options . . . . . . 26

How chart analysis can improve your options

trading.

By Thomas Stridsman

June 2009 • FUTURES & OPTIONS TRADER

CONTENTS

Key Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

References and definitions.

Futures Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Momentum, volatility, and volume

statistics for futures.

Options Radar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Notable volatility and volume

in the options market.

Futures & Options Watch

COT extremes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

A look at the relationship between commercials

and large speculators in U.S. futures markets.

Futures & Options Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Futures Trade Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Volatility abounds near stock market top.

Options Watch:

Telecom stocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Options Trade Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Buying the bounce in Procter and Gamble.

New Products and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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