MoneyShow.com: The Traders Expo – Las Vegas, Nov. 18-21, 2009


CME Group Education Days
Join a select group of CME Group Education partners including thinkorswim, Infinity Futures, TradeStation and MF Global, for four days of live interactive sessions taught be renowned industry leaders and professional traders. Learn why so many experts choose to incorporate futures into their portfolios, the techniques they use, and how you can start using these tools today.
Please check this page frequently for more speakers as they are added to the CME Group Education Days schedule.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:00 am – 10:00 am Thinkorswim Technology Meets CME Group Don Kaufman, Chief Derivatives Instructor, thinkorswim Join us for an exclusive thinkorswim software demonstration where we will exhibit the latest thinkorswim technology including our Active Trader platform, ideal for trading CME Group futures and options. 10:10 am – 11:10 am Options Volatility Jam Session David Lerman, Director, Broker Services/Active Individual Trader, CME Group Join CME Group's, David Lerman, as he discusses the importance of volatility in choosing options strategies. Dave will review the different types of volatility and which is most important, as well as case studies in volatility trading. He will also cover implied volatility percentile rankings, what happens when you ignore volatility, and how to incorporate volatility into your trading strategies. 11:40 am – 1:10 pm Ready, Set, Trade! Live Spread Trading with CME Group Stock Index Futures Joe Kinahan, Chief Derivatives Strategist, thinkorswim Steve Quirk, Chief Futures Instructor, thinkorswim Join Joe Kinahan and Steve Quirk for a live session, showing their style of trading the market for CME Group Stock-index futures. Joe and Steve will demonstrate the power of spread trading using the E-mini S&P 400/500/600, NASDAQ, and Dow ($5) futures contracts. 1:20 pm – 2:30 pm Iron Up! Thinkorswim and CME Group Present Iron Condors Utilizing Options on Futures Don Kaufman, Chief Derivatives Instructor, thinkorswim Join us for an in-depth look at Iron Condors probability and price and thinkorswim's new complex spread routing technology encompassing options on E-mini futures.

Thursday, November 19, 2009 6:30 am – 7:30 am What's Going to Happen Next in the Markets? John Carter, President, Trade the Markets, Inc. Hubert Senters, Co-Founder, Trade The Markets, Inc. Join professional traders, John F. Carter, author of Mastering the Trade and founder of tradethemarkets.com, and Hubert Senters, co-founder of tradethemarkets.com, as they discuss macro trends that will most influence the markets over the next 12 months. Is the stock market going to move higher or lower? What about the price of gold? Is oil a good buy at this point? What about the US dollar? Are we headed into an era of deflation or hyperinflation? Learn how to take advantage of future market moves in this insightful discussion. 8:00 am – 9:00 am Trade the Opening Gap with TradeStation and Historical Probabilities Scott Andrews, President, Master The Gap, Inc. Learn how you can use TradeStation and historical probabilities to profit from the opening gap. Scott will share the research behind his unique, probability-based approach, demonstrating how he stacks the odds in his favor when selecting, entering, and exiting what potentially may be the most lucrative trade of the day: the opening gap. Whether you are a new or seasoned trader, this session will help you better trade gaps in any index, stock, or market. 10:15 am – 11:00 am Trading with Kase (Universal) Bar Charts Cynthia A. Kase, President, Kase and Company, Inc. Discover what Kase Bars are, why they can improve trading systems and how to set-up Kase Bar charts in TradeStation. Youll also learn how to trade CME futures using Kase Bars with the Kase PeakOscillator. 11:15 am – 12:00 pm Stock Index Futures and Market Internals Stanley Dash, Vice President of Applied Technical Analysis, TradeStation Securities, Inc. What are "market internals" and how can they be used in trading stock index futures? "Market internals" refer to a range of data that are internal to the stock market, such as the number of stocks making new highs and lows, net ticks and stock index futures premiums. TradeStation makes these available both historically and in real time. This presentation will show how you can directly incorporate them into your analysis--and even directly into your strategies. 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm Futures Options, Trading Tips, and Strategies Lawrence McMillan, Founder and President, McMillan Analysis Corp. Futures options present many attractive opportunities to options traders. This session will first look at some volatility comparisons between futures, indices, and stocks, and then show how a contrary indicatorthe put-call ratiocan be useful for futures and futures options traders. For those preferring a strategic rather than speculative approach, well also explore the use of volatility trading, particular volatility skews, in futures options situations. The session will wrap up with a useful trading system using Dow Jones futures. 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Trading Seasonal Trends in the Red-Hot Commodity Sector John Person, Founder and President, John Person, Inc. dba/NationalFutures.com Join John Person as he examines several seasonal tendencies in specific markets such as grains, gold, silver, crude oil, natural gas, and even stocks. He will discuss specific technical analysis techniques that can be employed to identify high-probability trades in these commodities, as well as when it would be best to use exchange traded funds to trade these commodities. Youll also learn what triggers a buy or sell signal, why and when to add or scale out of trades, and techniques for setting profit-and-loss objectives. 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Machine Designed Trading Systems for Everyone Michael L. Barna, Founder and President, Trading System Lab Beginning and advanced traders and developers with no programming experience can now control powerful algorithms that self-design trading systems and write the necessary code, thus eliminating the daunting task of learning technical and fundamental analysis, programming languages, testing procedures and optimization. This fast-paced session is for serious traders and trading system developers who wish to move beyond the obvious limitations that permeate manual trading system design. Code will be provided that attendees may take and use in their trading.

Friday, November 20, 2009 6:00 am – 7:00 am Is it Easier to Place and Manage Trades in the Equity Markets or Futures Markets: A Trader's Point of View Greg Weitzman, President, TheTradingZone.com Greg Weitzman will demonstrate the "tradability" of CME Group futures markets by trading his real account live. Greg will show how the CME Globex electronic trading platform allows traders to trade in a fast, efficient, and fair manner. There is no ECN routing here, only tight bid/offer spreads determined by the search volume of the futures market participants. Mr. Weitzman will use his proprietary trading method to show the ease of making basic, as well as more sophisticated, trades in these futures markets. 7:15 am – 9:00 am Trading ETFs vs E-minis: What's Right for You? A Live Trading Session John Carter, President, Trade the Markets, Inc. Hubert Senters, Co-Founder, Trade The Markets, Inc. Join internationally recognized trading gurus John Carter and Hubert Senters as they present a detailed comparison on the opportunities and risk of trading E-mini S&P 500 futures vs. SPR exchange traded funds. They will also examine the relationship between E-Mini NASDAQ-100 vs. QQQ's as well as the E-mini Dow vs. DIA's. Carter and Senters will complement their presentation by trading live in their actual account. 10:15 am – 12:00 pm Choosing the Right Stocks to Trade: Why I Switched to Stock Index Futures, a Live Trading Session Robert Hoffman, President, PowerCharting.com If you're an active stock trader you spend numerous hours analyzing potential opportunities in the equity markets, studying charts, analyst reports, and "breaking news." In this interactive session, Robert Hoffman will discuss how he "saw the light" and made the transition from stock daytrader to a broad-based stock index futures trader. He will discuss the benefits of applying his daytrading skills to markets such as the E-mini S&P 500 futures and the transition he went through to get there. 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm How to Use Futures within Your Equities Option Trading Stacy Acevedo, Contributing Editor, Incometrader.com Mike Coval, Editor, Income Trader During this session, Mike and Stacy will provide a live, interactive presentation on how to incorporate futures trading within your equity options trading strategies. This highly dynamic and energetic duo will show both daytrade strategies and swing trade strategies using their live trading accounts. 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm Attention Equity Day Traders: Futures Trading is Not Scary and Here's Why Markus Heitkoetter, Author, Educator, Trader, and CEO, Rockwell Trading, Inc. As little as ten years ago, you had to call a broker to make a trade in the futures market. The process was mysterious and prone to all sorts of miscommunications and other pitfalls. The Internet changed all that, trading technologies changed all that, and the CME Globex electronic trading platform became the gold standard of internationally recognized exchange trading engines. Where else can you trade S&P, Dow, gold, bonds, natural gas, and currencies, all under one roof? Join Mr. Heitkoetter while he demonstrates that trading the futures markets may be EASIER and even less scary to trade than traditional securities, like equities, equity options, and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm How to Use Volume Spread Analysis Trade Set-Ups for Equities/Options and Trade Them in the Volatile and Trending Futures Markets Gavin Holmes, CEO, TradeGuider Systems, Ltd. Join professional trader, educator, and CEO of TradeGuider.com, as he demonstrates the major benefits of trading CME Group futures over other markets. Gavin will explain five major set-ups that he has developed using Volume Spread Analysis to trigger entries and exits and will be featuring new, never seen before, VSA signals, which have been under development for several years. Gavin will explain the benefit of leverage when you trade futures, speed, and simplicity of order execution using the Infinity AT platform as well as discussing how important volume is when reading a chart. With no restrictions in short selling you can trade in harmony with smart money when they are selling as well.

Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:00 am – 9:00 am It All Comes Back to Commodities: Strategy and Limited Risk Tactics for a World of Opportunities Alan Knuckman, Editor, Agora Financial’s Resource Trader Alert Join Allan Knuckman as he introduces futures options as the ideal trading tool to take advantage of the dynamic commodities price movements--in any direction. Allan will cover the entire trade process, from identifying ideal market candidates and conditions, to evaluating the right option strike and duration for ideal reward to risk ratios. The goal is to select high probability positions, while maintaining completely limited financial risks. 10:15 am – 11:00 am Using a High Probability Pivot Point System to Supercharge Your Portfolio John Person, Founder and President, John Person, Inc. dba/NationalFutures.com Spend this exciting session with professional trader and author, John Person, as he reveals the concept behind his proprietary trading system. This is a strategic method that is used alongside specific candle patterns in the commodity markets that have a high degree, statistically speaking, of frequent reoccurrences. Utilized with the right trading instruments, John's method is a great way to supercharge your trading portfolio. John will disclose his specific settings for his favorite indicators and what sequences of events are needed to trigger a trade. More importantly, he will reveal a highly accurate pivot point moving average system, which gives an indication whether the market direction is bullish, bearish, or neutral, and then helps to filter out the predictive support and resistance targets for the next trading session. This method is so powerful in that it is applicable for daytrading, swing trading, and longer-term position trading. Stock and forex traders should come prepared to learn a revolutionary new way to trade using this unique technical analysis tool devised by John Person. 11:15 am – 12:00 pm Using Fibonacci Time and Price Analysis of Stock Index Futures to Increase the Performance of Your Stock Portfolio Carolyn Boroden, Commodity Trading Advisor and Technical Analyst, Synchronicity Market Timing Join Fibonacci expert, Carolyn Boroden, as she explains three trade set-ups she utilizes, which maximize the time and price advantages of Fibonacci price clusters, symmetry, and two-step pattern set-ups. Carolyn will focus on using Fibonacci on the TIME axis of the stock market with both the intraday and daily charts, explaining how incorporating analysis and trading of stock index futures can increase the performance of a stock portfolio Carolyn runs a daytrading chatroom focusing on stock index futures and also teaches seminars on her Fibonacci techniques. Carolyn's trading techniques are further described in her 2008 book, Fibonacci Trading: How to Master the Time and Price Advantage (McGraw Hill). 1:15 pm – 2:15 pm Enhance Your Stock Portfolio Using the Powerful Butterfly Reversal Pattern Leslie Jouflas, Professional Trader and Founder, TradingLiveOnline.com Professional trader, Leslie Jouflas, explains the Powerful Butterfly Reversal pattern set-up found in all markets and timeframes, but particularly powerful for enhancing a stock portfolio when applied and utilized correctly in the futures markets. Stock traders, futures, commodities, and forex traders can benefit from learning the butterfly reversal pattern. Leslie will show you the structure of the Butterfly Pattern that includes basic Fibonacci ratios, sharing specific trade examples of this trading pattern in the futures markets. Leslie is the founder of the tradingliveonline.com Web site and co-author of Trade What You See-How to Profit from Pattern Recognition and Essentials of Trading.

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