Lind eWire Newsletter   ISSUE 609 | SEPT 2007

Feature Articles

• Know Your Options! Join our Online Strategy Sessions for Traders in October
• The Commodity Bull Market

ABCs of Futures

• The ABCs of Options

About Markets

• Gold on the Run, Pricing in More Fed Moves
• Consider Bearish Options Spread as Crude Pulls Back

Ask a Broker

• Are there some times during the day, or days during the week, that seem to offer better trading opportunities than others? I trade S&P 500 futures and don't want to be glued to my screen day and night.

Book of the Month

• Options As a Strategic Investment (4th Edition Study Guide)

MF Global Research

• Rich Feltes provides analysis of the 2007/2008 growing season in his Crop Roundup Summary and Highlights report.

Trader's Think Tank

• USFE Offers Innovative New Futures Products

Did You Know?

Gold futures surpassed their 2006 high of $732 an ounce. They are now at their highest price since 1980, when spot gold hit $850, futures hit $875, and, the Fed funds rate was 14% and prime rate near 20%. Through the centuries, gold's price has been tied to inflation, and a man's suit had been used as a barometer. At $20 an ounce, a man's suit cost $20.