Gold •175 days | 2,368.70 | +35.30 | +1.51% | |
Platinum •15 mins | 960.00 | -4.80 | -0.50% | |
WTI Crude •10 mins | 70.35 | +0.25 | +0.36% | |
Gasoline •10 mins | 1.966 | +0.007 | +0.34% | |
Ethanol •175 days | 2.161 | +0.000 | +0.00% | |
Silver •175 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% |
Silver • 175 days | 30.82 | +1.16 | +3.92% | ||
Copper • 175 days | 4.530 | +0.111 | +2.51% | ||
Brent Crude • 10 mins | 73.85 | +0.27 | +0.37% | ||
Natural Gas • 11 mins | 4.009 | +0.063 | +1.60% | ||
Heating Oil • 15 mins | 2.225 | +0.003 | +0.14% |
Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010
David Nichols is a graduate of Yale University and a leader in the emerging field of fractal market analysis. This pioneering analytical approach studies the markets as chaotic, non-linear systems, addressing the predictability in financial markets. Fractal market analysis discovers the order hidden within the seemingly random chaos of the markets.
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