- 1999: Volume 8, No. 4

Technical trading has become so dominant in our industry that we often forget that there are elemental, primal forces that affect every trade we make. It is these forces-the fundamentals-that we feature in this issue.

Craig Solberg of Weather Trades, Inc. discusses weather markets,-those markets where the fundamental influences are too strong to be ignored. The staff of The Hightower Report takes a look at supply and demand figures and offers their projections as to how they may affect our economy and the CRB. And market master Bob Ecob puts the fundamentals together to tell us What's Hot and What's Not.

Just so we're not ignoring the technical side, market historian Donald Mack offers us his perspective on the legendary W.D. Gann-a perspective which may surprise those who think they know the true Gann.

Regular contributor Adrienne Laris Toghraie examines "The Passive Trader," Alpesh Patel discusses risk aversion in The Mind of a Trader, Mike Kahn discloses who to extract success from failure in Chartist Corner and Brad Zigler sheds some light on volatility in Puts and Calls.

Our next issue returns to the topic of options. We will explore strategies designed to help you manage risk in your portfolio. Our own Brad Zigler has been working on some strategies for trading in the technology sector which will help you fine tune your portfolio.