Getting App.config settings from code

Question

I'm trying to get the attributes of my app.config through my code, but I keep getting an unrecognized element exception. My code is below:

//Program.cs

static void Main(string[] args)
{
TraderConfig _traderConfig = (TraderConfig)ConfigurationManager.GetSection("connections");
}

// App.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="connections" type="Trader.TraderConfig,  Trader" />
</configSections>
<connections>
<connection name="F">
</connection>
</connections>
</configuration>

//TraderConfig.cs This is the part that I think is causing the errors.

namespace Trader
{
public class TraderConfig : ConfigurationSection
{
private static TraderConfig _traderConfig = (TraderConfig)ConfigurationManager.GetSection("connection");
public static TraderConfig Settings { get { return _traderConfig; } }

[ConfigurationProperty("name")]
public string Name { get { return (string)base["name"]; } }

[ConfigurationProperty("connections")]
public ConnectionElementCollection Connections { get { return (ConnectionElementCollection)base["connections"]; } }

}

public class ConnectionElement : ConfigurationElement
{
 [ConfigurationProperty("name")]
 public string Name { get { return (string)base["name"]; } }

 [ConfigurationProperty("connections")]
 public ConnectionElementCollection Connections { get { return (ConnectionElementCollection)base["connections"]; } }
}

[ConfigurationCollection(typeof(ConnectionElement), AddItemName = "connection", CollectionType = ConfigurationElementCollectionType.BasicMap)]
public class ConnectionElementCollection : ConfigurationElementCollection
{
public ConfigurationElementCollectionType CollectionType
{ get { return ConfigurationElementCollectionType.BasicMap; } }

protected override string ElementName
{ get { return "connection"; } }

protected override ConfigurationElement CreateNewElement()
{ return new ConnectionElement(); }

protected override object GetElementKey(ConfigurationElement element)
{ return (element as ConnectionElement).Name; }

public ConnectionElement this[int index]
 {
 get { return (ConnectionElement)base.BaseGet(index); }
 set
 {
 if (base.BaseGet(index) != null)
 {
 base.BaseRemoveAt(index);
 }
 base.BaseAdd(index, value);
 }
}

public ConnectionElement this[string name]
{ get { return (ConnectionElement)base.BaseGet(name); } }
}
}