The Trend Trader For Futures Trading on Friday, August 27, 2010 Thursday, August 26, 2010 by Bob Hunt of The Pattern Trapper

The Trend Trader helps to identify the current trend status of your favorite futures markets. It not only helps us to stay on the right side of market direction, but also helps us avoid those without a trend. You can even use the grid as a spread matrix too - buying strength and selling weakness. Before you place your next trade, be sure to consult the Trend Trader.

The Trend Trader for Futures For Trading On Friday, August 27, 2010 Presented by the Pattern Trapper - http://www.PatternTrapper.com - 952-892-5550 For a detailed explanation go to http://www.PatternTrapper.com/trendtrader_desc.html  INDICES Close % Change 3x1 7x5 Minor Trend Major Trend Trend Reading S&P 500 - Sep ESU0 1044.80 − 0.92 1049.92 1076.83 Bearish Dow Jones - Sep YMU0 9967 − 0.80 10014 10262 Bearish Nasdaq - Sep NQU0 1767.50 − 1.24 1779.19 1829.25 Bearish Russell - Sep TFU0 599.40 − 0.76 598.57 614.50 Neutral INTEREST RATES US T-Bond - Sep ZBU0 136-00 + 0.60 135-19 133-23 Bullish US T-Note - Sep TYU0 126-07 + 0.24 126-07 125-21 Bullish CURRENCIES US Dollar Index - Sep DXU0 82.983 − 0.42 83.179 82.862 Neutral Australian Dollar - Sep ADU0 0.8847 + 0.29 0.8829 0.8929 Neutral British Pound - Sep BPU0 1.5530 + 0.47 1.5464 1.5567 Neutral Canadian Dollar - Sep CDU0 0.9450 + 0.16 0.9437 0.9603 Neutral EuroFX - Sep ECU0 1.2713 + 0.43 1.2673 1.2766 Neutral Japanese Yen - Sep JYU0 1.1841 + 0.10 1.1847 1.1686 Neutral Swiss Franc - Sep SFU0 0.9765 + 0.61 0.9707 0.9640 Bullish LIVESTOCK Feeder Cattle - Sep FCU0 116.550 + 0.02 116.411 114.900 Bullish LIVESTOCK Feeder Cattle - Sep FCU0 116.550 + 0.02 116.411 114.900 Bullish Live Cattle - Oct LCV0 98.525 − 0.15 98.900 98.175 Neutral Lean Hogs - Oct LHV0 75.800 − 1.69 76.900 76.850 Bearish Pork Bellies - Feb PBG1 105.250     0.00 105.667 103.833 Neutral GRAINS Corn - Sep CU0 416^4 + 2.90 408^2 416^6 Neutral Wheat - Sep WU0 656^4 + 1.35 663^4 675^2 Bearish Soybeans - Sep SU0 1013^0 + 1.30 1003^6 1021^6 Neutral Soybean Meal - Sep SMU0 306.3 + 2.20 300.0 304.0 Bullish Soybean Oil - Sep BOU0 39.49 + 0.89 39.35 40.41 Neutral ENERGY Crude Oil - Oct CLV0 73.36 + 1.16 72.46 74.76 Neutral Heating Oil - Sep HOU0 2.0092 + 1.96 1.9667 1.9937 Bullish Natural Gas - Oct NGV0 3.843 − 1.36 3.963 4.223 Bearish METALS Gold - Dec GCZ0 1237.7 − 0.29 1235.2 1228.2 Bullish Silver - Sep SIU0 18.982 − 0.23 18.672 18.152 Bullish Copper - Sep HGU0 3.3045 + 2.91 3.2455 3.3095 Neutral FOODS & FIBER Orange Juice - Nov OJX0 136.70 − 1.69 138.41 137.18 Bearish Sugar - Oct SBV0 19.27 − 3.79 19.79 19.58 Bearish Cocoa - Dec CCZ0 2740 − 0.44 2777 2852 Bearish Coffee - Dec KCZ0 172.40 + 3.48 170.51 182.38 Neutral Cotton - Dec CTZ0 86.15 + 1.52 85.06 83.74 Bullish

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About the author

Bob Hunt is the creator of the Pattern Trapper On-Line Trading Course and the Pattern Trapper ADVANCED Short term Trading Strategies index mentoring program as well as the editor of the daily Pattern Trapper Futures Trading Newsletter. Bob has been an active independent trader since 1982. He began offering market analysis and trading advice to the public in 1999 with the inception of The Pattern Trapper.

Bob specializes in helping traders make sense out of market action by offering a perspective that makes them much more easily understood. The path to learning successful trading techniques starts with an understanding of price behavior. To begin to understand price behavior you must first learn how to create structure out of inherently un-structured market environments. The whole focus of the Pattern Trapper approach is to show traders how to create that structure - to teach them how to create "templates" for interpreting market behavior and spotting opportunity.

Bob is registered with the National Futures Association as a Commodity Trading Advisor.