We're always counting on government safety nets.

Derek Frey provides weekly market commentary on futures and options for the week of August 27.

Over the weekend, Federal Reserve Presidents Poole, Lacker and Fisher all attempted to calm the markets by talking up the resilience of the US economy and the possibility of a stable labor market.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for August 27.

Tim Bourquin interviews Ed Ponsi, who talks about how he thinks traders should be playing the US dollar right now, and which currency pair correlates very well with the US equities markets.

We have a real cracking of the liquidity bubble. The question is whether the crack can be mended with a little central bank epoxy.

Event risk on Monday will be contained to US housing data, and the release may only exacerbate current risk aversion trends.

Lawrence G. McMillan reviews the options market in his weekly column for August 24.

In order to manage your emotions effectively when trading, you need to create a written plan that you can review regularly to stay focused on your goal of trading success.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for August 24.