Deflation is the new theme in the economy, as trading volume returns to the financial markets after the holidays.

Tim Bourquin interviews Raymond Firetag, who talks about his learning curve, how he blew his first trading account learning the craft, and the changes he made to come back from those first tough months.

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

This week we look at a very interesting, if not altogether encouraging, piece of research on the length and severity of recessions that come during periods of financial crisis, which can apply to not just the US but all countries that are involved in the current crisis.

Kathy Lien looks ahead in the US dollar, euro, British pound, and Japanese yen.

Price Headley writes that successful trading boils down to six critical factors.

What's the bright side of a worldwide financial meltdown?

Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for January 2.

Price Headley offers up lessons learned from trading that you can implement.

Everything else is losing money. This will go down in history as the worst year for investors of all time.