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Ken Shaleen, CBOT member, active trader and President, ChartWatch, Inc. discusses trading CBOT metals using current examples from daily, weekly and monthly charts.  Seminar topics will include:

1.  Volume and open interest considerations
     A.  Which month to trade
     B.  Analysis of a healthy price trend.

2.  Idiosyncrasies of metals futures & options
     A.  As expiration approaches
     B.  In a bear market
     C.  Implied volatility

3.  Price pattern recognition and the selection of a trading strategy.
     A..  Directional or non-directional
     B.   Reversal or continuation pattern
     C.   Futures or options?

4.  Trading strategy
     A.  When to enter the trade
     B.  Setting risk / reward parameters
     C.  Follow-up action

About the Speaker
Ken Shaleen, President of CHARTWATCH, Inc., an international research firm to the futures industry.  Ken is a seasoned technician who has instructed technical analysis courses on futures since 1976.  He is author of Volume and Open Interest and Technical Analysis & Option Strategies.  Ken regularly teaches courses at both the Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercentile Exchange.

Mr. Shaleen is a Commodity Options Market member of the CBOT, holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado and an M.B.A. in Finance from Northwestern University.  Through his company Chartwatch he disseminates weekly and daily research at www.chartwatch.com

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 - Slides - 03.24.2006