- 1999: Volume 8, No. 3

The Onset of electronic trading has sent shockwaves through our industry. It has changed how we trade, when we trade and even what we trade. The impact has been felt throughout the trading community... from the traders, to the brokerage houses, to the exchanges. This issue we focused on understanding the changes, risks and opportunities resulting from this trading revolution.

Bill Bergman offers a glimpse of the changes being experienced at the exchange level and wonders, "Are  Futures Trading Pits History?" Joseph Zoller sheds light on the process of electronic trading - from order entry through clearing - and how that process is affected by regulation and security concerns. Dave Landry of Tradehard.com fills you in on the cup-and-handle pattern and tells you how to trade it.

Regular contributors Adrienne Laris Toghraie advises on, "Making Choices Your Own," Alpesh Patel explores the topic of risk in The Mind of a Trader, Mike Kahn discusses trendlines in the Chartist Corner, Bob Ecob tells you What's Hot and What's Not and Brad Zigler gives up more option Strategies in Puts and Calls.

So often we focus so completely on technical analysis and trading patterns that we forget that there are physical, social and psychological forces at play... forces that can affect our bottom line. In our next issue we focus on the fundamentals - and how they can help us trade.