Kenneth Reid is an active futures trader and also coaches aspiring traders and professionals worldwide. He first traded stocks but made the switch to strictly futures finding benefits and an easier path to success with a focus on one market. He is a competitive tennis player and uses principles from sports psychology in his coaching practice. Dr. Reid completed his undergraduate work in engineering at Columbia University and has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology.  He works with private traders through www.daytradingpsychology.com and serves banks and hedge funds at www.trader-analytics.com. We sat down with him to learn more.

Picking tops and bottoms in markets is dangerous business. After all, the trend is your friend as they say. But, at some point, all markets must turn. Is it time to catch a falling knife in crude oil?

Futures traders point to the copper market as a metal with a PhD. Conventional wisdom says that price trends in the copper market —a widely used industrial metal worldwide — can predict turning points in global growth trends.

There is a revolution underway. Technology has already vastly changed the nature of trading and the financial markets. For retail futures traders the doors are wide open for improvements. What's new, what's changing and what still needs to change for the retail futures trader? We sat down with Chuck Mackie, senior advisor at Maven Wave Partners to discuss the landscape. Mackie has over 30 years experience in the financial services industry with expertise in electronic trading and the development of new markets. He was a principal in SaaS firm Fundamental Analytics for 2 years, Director of OTC Clearing at ICE for 6 years, and Head of Sales for the CME at trading software firm Trading Technologies. Other past employers include Paris Markets, the CME, and JPMorgan Chase.

Trading Psychology: Dr. Gary Dayton Helps Traders Find Their Zone

Professional athletes call it "being in the zone" a state of being in which they achieve spectacular feats in a nearly effortless fashion. The ball hits the hoop, the pitch blows by the hitter, or the quarterback delivers his throw.