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San Diego Traders Expo

 

 

 

June 20-23, 2007

CBOT LIVE FUTURES TRADING

Thursday, June 21
San Diego B

6:00 am  - 7:30 am
John Carter & Hubert Senters, TradeTheMarkets.com
Technical Trading of Stock Index & Ag Futures
Presented by TradeStation®

The difference between looking at a chart in hindsight versus making a live trading decision with the data you have “right now” is critical.  Join John Carter and Hubert Senters of www.tradethemarkets.com as they analyze and trade mini-sized Dow and agricultural futures live. 

7:45 am - 9:30 am
Charles Schaap, adxcellence.com
Trading Futures Using ADX
Presented by Alaron

The key to mastering futures is using trend strength as a framework for finding the best setups with the greatest profit potential.  Learn how Dr. Charles B. Schaap , www.adxcellence.com, uses the ADX indicator to quantify trend strength and determine which markets are likely to be the most active for trading.  See how ADX provides easy to recognize setups that tell the trader when to trend trade, when to scalp off intra-day reversals, and when avoid risking capital.

10:30 am - 11:30 am
Tom Busby, DTI
Understanding Market Relationships: Increase Your Accuracy and Reduce Your Risk
Presented by Penson GHCO

Tom Busby’s methodical approach to trading is based on identifying three important factors: choosing the right market to trade, the right time of day to trade, and then finally recognizing the key numbers in his market of choice. Tom believes that the market is based on a 24-hour cycle; he looks at the U.S. night session, the markets in Asia and in Europe, and then the U.S. early morning session between 3 - 7:30 am CST for clues as to how the U.S. market might perform in the upcoming day session.

11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Ken “Woodie” Wood, Woodie’s CCI Club
Intra-day Trading Using CCI

The Commodity Channel Index (CCI) was designed to identify cyclical turns in commodities.  The assumption behind the indicator is that all commodities (or stock indices, bonds, etc.) move in cycles, with highs and lows coming at periodic intervals.  In this presentation Ken Wood, "Woodie", will be trading the CBOT mini-sized Dow, 100 oz. Gold & T-Note futures live, using CCI for his top set-ups. 

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
Panel of Traders
Trader Forum:  Preparing for the Next Trading Day
Moderated by Dan Collins, Futures Magazine

Preparation can make or break a trader.  Too much preparation can freeze a trader into inaction, while not enough leaves a trader wondering what went wrong.  What is the right balance?  What should be studied and what should be ignored?  What do today’s top traders do to begin preparing for the next trading day?  Join Dan Collins from Futures Magazine at the end of the live futures trading event as he asks these questions of the traders.

CBOT WORKSHOPS

Thursday, June 21 

3:00 - 4:00 pm
Tim Morge
How to Trade Successfully Using Pitchforks & Median Lines
San Diego B

Join 30-year career trader and educator Timothy Morge as he introduces trading with pitchforks and median lines: Learn how professional traders use pitchforks and median lines from the country's leading expert; learn what experts have known for years about patience, timing, and discipline, in risk management for better results; and learn how to use these tools and increase your profitability more consistently trading various futures markets. Tim will cover real trading setups and techniques that you can utilize in your trading the next day.

Friday,  June 22

10:30 - 11:30 am
John Person, National Futures
Building & Using A Rule Based Trading System
San Diego B

In this session you will learn what goes into a trading system, how to trade that system using specific rules, and how to track the performance based on back test results. John Person will disclose several key trading components that all traders can immediately apply in their trading methods. The presentation will include details on which indicators are more reliable for short term trading, as well as specific parameter settings that should be used. He will also explain when traders should optimize the indicator settings and contract sizes in their trading portfolios. Learn the top ten principles that traders need to understand in order to build an effective trading method.

2:45 - 3:45 pm
John Carter, TradeTheMarkets
Why Stock Index Futures Traders Will Love Trading Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans
San Diego A

Join John Carter as he discusses the many benefits available to traders in the electronic agricultural futures markets. Although known primarily as a mini-sized Dow futures trader, John has always found that the agriculture markets provide many trading opportunities. John will discuss how the Ag futures are very similar to the stock index futures in terms of price movement, the types of trading days that he actually prefers trading Ags over stock index futures, and his favorite set-ups.

Questions?  Email us beforehand at wwwcomments@cbot.com.