Daniel Dicker, Senior Contributor

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Dan Dicker has been a floor trader at the New York Mercantile Exchange with more than 20 years' experience. He is a licensed commodities trade adviser. Dan's recognized energy market expertise includes active trading in crude oil, natural gas, unleaded gasoline and heating oil futures contracts; fundamental analysis including supply and demand statistics (DOE, EIA), CFTC trade reportage, volume and open interest; technical analysis including trend analysis, stochastics, Bollinger Bands, Elliot Wave theory, bar and tick charting and Japanese candlesticks; and trading expertise in outright, intermarket and intramarket spreads and cracks.

Dan also designed and supervised the introduction of the new Nymex PJM electricity futures contract, launched in April 2003, which cleared more than 600,000 contracts last year alone. Its launch has been the basis of Nymex's resurgence in the clearing of power market contracts over the last three years.

Dan Dicker has appeared as an energy analyst since 2002 with all the major financial news networks. He has lent his expertise in hundreds of live radio and television broadcasts as an analyst of the oil markets on CNBC, Bloomberg US and UK and CNNfn. Dan is the author of many energy articles published in Nymex and other trade journals.

Dan obtained a bachelor of arts degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1982.

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End Financial Engineering for Natural Gas

By Daniel Dicker, Senior Contributor

We need to spare it from derivatives trading.

05:00AM 11/18/09

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Wall Street's Big Three Still Rule

By Daniel Dicker, Senior Contributor

Despite all the rumblings in Congress, nothing has changed, as Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley continue to reap profits.

06:01AM 11/11/09

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Smart Grid, Smart Move, Not-So-Smart Investment

By Daniel Dicker

'Smart-grid' technology is getting a $3.4 billion boost from the Obama administration -- how can investors play it?

09:14AM 10/28/09

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Smart Grid, Smart Move, Not-So-Smart Investment (RealMoney.com $)

By Daniel Dicker

'Smart-grid' tech is seeing a $3.4 billion boost from the administration -- how can you play it?

06:00AM 10/28/09

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Oil Price Disconnect Hurts Us All

By Daniel Dicker

Oil is marching higher in a recession, but demand isn't. Where is the outrage?

09:54AM 10/21/09

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Refiners Fight Back to Boost Stocks

By Daniel Dicker

Battered refiners are taking measures to hike gasoline prices and lift their stocks, as an 'endless bid' keeps crude oil prices inflated.

05:00AM 10/14/09

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Baker Hughes Could Break Out

By Daniel Dicker

The BJ Services deal has opened up one key technology that was lacking inside Baker Hughes: pressure pumping.

10:17AM 10/08/09

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Trading a Slippery Oil Headline

By Daniel Dicker

A newspaper article this week about secret OPEC talks reveals how inaccurate reporting can drive markets. Here's how to profit from such headlines.

11:50AM 10/07/09

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Natural Gas Hoisted by Technicals

By Daniel Dicker

Natural gas, which has such overwhelming supply and demand negatives, should be a candidate to sell off, but it's rallying.

11:05AM 09/30/09

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Energy Summit Tackles Bold Ideas

By Daniel Dicker

The National Energy Summit will discuss initiatives to develop and support sustainable energy in the U.S.

07:00AM 09/23/09

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