Tim Bourquin interviews Trader Mike, who talks about his style of trading, why he likes shorting stocks more than going long and his thoughts about how blogging helps him be a better trader.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for July 6.

The amount of jobs created last month will be critical in determining where the dollar is headed next.

Price Headley has 12 resolutions for traders as we start the second half of the year.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for July 5.

The closing action is most favorable for more upside on Tuesday, and the narrow range throughout most of the session on Monday leaves room for some greater swings intraday on Tuesday.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for July 3.

Derek Frey provides weekly market commentary on futures and options for the week of July 2.

Traders were out to sell the US dollar today and nothing could stand in their way. Stronger than expected manufacturing sector growth only helped the dollar rally a mere 15 pips against the Japanese yen, and even those gains were lost shortly afterwards. The move in the US dollar indicates that the foreign exchange market is focusing almost exclusively on bond yields today.

James Mound reviews futures and commodities in his weekly report for the week of July 2.