The dollar reaches new lows. The housing market shows no sign of a bottom. Oil almost touches $84 before backing off. Interest rates go up after the Fed cuts. So naturally the stock market keeps climbing.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for October 1.

What’s an investor to do? Without ‘deals on wheels,’ what will keep stocks rolling? And without rising house prices, how will consumers keep spending? And without consumer spending, what will prevent the U.S. economy from going into recession?

Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for September 28.

Price Headley discusses the types of commons gaps traders are likely to see, and how to profit from them.

Derek Frey explains a bear put butterfly spread in gold futures.

US economic data is likely to send mixed signals once again on Friday, leaving the equity markets to continue their trek higher while allowing the greenback to drift even lower.

Over the past month, the value of the US dollar has fallen significantly with the once mighty greenback dropping to a record low against the euro and a 31-year low against the Canadian dollar. What does this mean to you?

If prices keep going down at the present rate, the average house in America’s top 20 cities will lose more than 5% of its value this year. The bottom can be years away. It all depends on how much the Fed fights the slowdown (the more the Fed fights a needed recession, the longer the recession will be).

Tim Bourquin interviews John Netto, who talks about how he bounces back from some bad months and how he watches currency as a way to gain understanding of other markets.