Power Trading Radio
By Online Trading Academy
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Podcast Description
Power Trading Radio is a daily progressive trader focused program, hosted by long time trader Merlin Rothfeld, who offers expert analysis of the market from a trader’s perspective. Fueled by Online Trading Academy, the show is designed to take average investors and give them the skills that they need for real success. The show covers issues relating to Stocks, Forex, Futures, Options, Wealth Management, Retirement Planning, IRA’s and more. http://www.powertradingradio.com
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CleanWhat’s Your Number? | Merlin is joined by Bob Heitner to discuss the eerie facts that the vast majority of Americans are ill prepared for retirement. Bob Points out a couple simple things that most are doing which will prevent them from attaining their retirement goals. First and foremost is keeping money in a savings account, as you can’t even beat inflation! Next is the buy and hold mentality! It does not work! Nearly every sector is at extended highs right now and poses significant risk to long term investors, and timing these markets makes for a much higher annualized rate of return. Bob stresses that with minimal effort, everyone can manage their own investments. | 2/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLittle Know Options Tricks | After a impassioned rant about the big banks funding presidential hopeful campaigns, Merlin is joined by seasoned Options trader Josip Causic. Josip tackles a couple listener questions about options strategies before moving on to explain the differences between European & American style options. There are significant risks involved in trading and using European style options helps reduce risk even further. However every coin has 2 sides, and Josip clearly explains the pros and cons. PowerPick: SWK | 2/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFalling Dollar Raising All Boats | Merlin and guests had been talking for the past few weeks about the strange directional move that the dollar index is making with the S&P 500, both in the same direction! “Something has to give” they said, and low and behold we have seen the dollar crater while the major market indexes soared. Even gold and Oil benefited on Tuesdays dollar slide. Mike McMahon joins the show to talk about this relationship as well as several other currency pairs and some key supply and demand zones on each. PowerPick: CIT | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNot So Super Monday | Although the Super bowl was a pretty good game, Monday’s trading was rather mild. Almost an exact repeat of Friday, but without the huge upside gap! Mike McMahon joins the show to talk about the just announced Trader Planet Awards, which rated Online Trading Academy as the #1 Trading course in the industry, as well as best newsletters! Later Mike and Merlin go on to talk about patterns and how they increase odds, and reduce stress when trading. Both hosts are doing a lot of online education with sophisticated tools that actually allow students to be trading live, and have the instructor come into their computer and help mentor them! PowerPick: TXN | 2/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Weekend Edition | As this great week of trading comes to a close, John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld break down some of the key issues facing the markets. The big focus right now is on unemployment numbers and they just keep getting twisted! John and Merlin have some fun with the unemployment rate before diving in to a list of factors which tell us that Europe is in pretty bad shape and headed into a depression. More importantly, how can we make money if that happens! PowerPick: RSG | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Foundations for Retirement | Many investors know very little about their investments, and even less about the plan they are invested in. Merlin is joined by Tillie Allison to discuss the various account types and what they mean to you as an investor and Tax payer! The duo walk through a variety of account types highlighting the pro’s and con’s with each. Later in the show Tillie stresses the importance of actively managing your account once you pick the right plan. Just sitting on your hands and investing is worse than investing at all. PowerPick: RSG | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanA Little Taste of Sugar! | For the second straight day, Merlin is joined by a 3rd generation trader, this time its Dan Sugar. Dan starts off going over some of the topics he covered today in his ProTrader class in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. While a majority of today’s class time was covering confirmation tools like RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands and more, the real basis for trades that Dan is looking for are based off of Price & Volume. Later, Dan and Merlin talk about Power Trader Nation and the recent Stock pick that Dan made on ITB. Finally Dan and Merlin talk about key levels on the S&P and where they think price will be headed in the near term. PowerPick: IBM | 2/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWalk Down Memory Lane | Always trying to learn more about the markets, Merlin brings on guest is 3rd generation trader, Bill Henner. Bill takes back to the days of his great grandfather who was a broker on the floor of the CBOT back in the 60’s, and progresses though his father’s trading experiences, before finally sharing his own trading background. Bill is armed with some tasty pictures to really drive home the point! Bill even has a beauty of himself the week of the big 87 crash! Christmas carols anyone!?!? Later Bill and Merlin look at the Dollar index and the Euro for some potential trade sets up based upon their mutual opinion that the Euro is headed for more pain! | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSurrender to the Flow | With many looking for the poised to go short on any weakness, veteran trader Marty Dim is scouring the markets looking for buying opportunities. Why you ask? Because Marty is simply capitalizing on the higher probability trade, which is following the trend long. Adding to his positions as the market sells off to demand levels, has been something he has been doing since late December, and the strategy is working well! Marty talks a lot about psychology from his trading floor days on the CME, and how that translates over to the electronic trading environment. PowerPick: SNDK | 1/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLaissez Faire for Everyone! | With the elections quickly approaching, American pessimism toward the political system is skyrocketing! John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld welcome the Executive Director of Laissez Faire Books, Jeffery Tucker, to Power Trading Radio to take a look at how the political system is slowly distorting our daily life. Jeffery talks about his books, Bourbon for Breakfast & It’s a Jetsons World, and the major issues facing Americans with regards to government intervention into their daily lives. The trio take a good look at Gold and particularly at the Gold Standard as a possible way to help solve many of our lingering problems. | 1/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDiving Into the Listener Mailbag! | So many questions poured in over the last couple days, we had to forgo the usual guest and get down to answering all your questions! Merlin tackles a wide variety of questions including: What to do with Jim Cramers JNJ pick, How the low fed rates are going to hurt the Banking sector, correlation between S&P and Dollar Index, current trend of Oil and much more! If you have questions you would like answered, be sure to visit www.powertradingradio.com and hit the “PowerBlast” button to have your question read on the air! PowerPick: FCX | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanReturn of the Fibonacci King! | Many use Fibonacci as a tool to help refine entries, set target levels and anticipate price direction. Jeff Manson has taken all of that to a whole new level with his unique, systematic approach to this popular trading tool. Jeff shares with us his recent live trading tour and specifically the trading done today on the YM, with which he had 6 winners in 6 trades. Later, Jeff talks about how he uses Fair Value to plan out his trades each day. PowerPick: MPC | 1/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCurrency Market Update From Singapore | After blowout earnings, AAPL rockets in the post-market session, sending the major indexes higher. Merlin talks about the unusual afterhours halt that hit Apple, and shows its impacts on the share price. Bert Antonik, calls in from Singapore, where he has been living for the past 2+ years as an instructor for Online Trading Academy. He walks us through how the South East Asian city is doing in these tough financial times, and offers some insight into how they perceive the US markets. Later, Bert walks through some EURO charts as well as touching on his recent article in traders’ magazine (www.tradersonilne-mag.com) PowerPick: EURUSD | 1/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDonkey of the Day Monday! | With a weekend of boneheaded actions from politicians, bankers and football players, we had to have an extended segment of Donkey of the Day! After an extended opening rant, Merlin is joined by 3rd generation CME floor trader Bill Henner. Bill walks listeners though his last 25 years of experiences and discusses the difficulties he encountered when transitioning from pit to screen based trading. Later, Bill and Merlin break down the current action of the SPY, EURO and natural gas companies. PowerPick: SHLD | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHouses and Jobs, Weekend Edition | Herb Meyer, author of The Cure For Poverty, joins the show to talk about how most Americans don’t clearly understand “the Operating System” of the US, especially when it pertains to creating jobs and promoting entrepreneurship. He discusses some solutions and ways that we can stabilize the job market and get America pumping again. Diana Hill is up next with a look at the current housing markets, and walks us through several of the new legislative issues coming at the housing market. Diana walks through what are some of the impacts you will face with these new laws. PowerPick: BAM | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPopulation Problems | Guest host John O'Donnell Sits down with the founder and CEO of Online Trading Academy, Eyal Shahar. We get Eyal's insight on starting the company and an insiders look at what is to come in the future. John also discusses the world's current population problems. | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJohn O'Donnell's Golden Hour | Guest host and Chief Knowledge Officer at Online Trading Academy John O'Donnell and special guest Steve Bobbitt discuss gold and the current state of our markets. | 1/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCurrencies from Abroad | So many of take the news at face value, however we don’t necessarily see it from a viewpoint that is Outside of the US. Media twists and public opinions can be dramatically different! Sam Evans, XLT instructor, joins the show live from London, after a long day of mentoring and trading. Sam talks about the current mood over in the UK which, from his perspective, is very different than our media makes it out to be. Merlin and Sam take a look at both long & short term charts on the Cable and Euro, in the hopes of planning out some future trades. PowerPick: AUDUSD | 1/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanStock Trading Monday | Merlin walks listeners through the 7-Pillars of Trading, and answers a listeners question about which one is most important. Later, John Barrett joins the show to talk about some of the more common mistakes he sees traders make and what to do about it. Moving on John talks about the importance of having a couple trading styles so that traders can adapt to a variety of different market conditions. Both hosts give out examples of trading styles they witnessed on their trading floors that were very successful for their time, but faded as time progressed. PowerPick: ESRX | 1/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWeekend Edition | John O’Donnell joins Merlin for the weekly rundown of the pressing market issues were for the week, and tackle a variety of listener questions. Volatility continued to persist, and given the problems with Europe, they could get much more wild. John talks about Gold as a hedge for any upcoming market selloff, and offers listeners a CD of his recent presentation in Pasadena California entitled “Why Gold, Why Now?”. From A fall in foreclosure rate to Italian Mafia, this edition of Power Trading Radio has it all! | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTrading With Tillie Allison | Coming to us from the snowy tundra of Kansas City, Tillie joins Merlin for a show filled with listener questions and market analysis. Listeners looking for direction with Fibonacci usage are treated to a Fibonacci CD giveaway and chart analysis as the duo helps fix their problems. Later Tillie talks about some great experiences which occurred during her class today regarding order routing and live trading. PowerPick; STZ | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBattle of the Sexes, who makes the better trader? | After a recent article by Sam Seiden titled “Who Makes a Better Trader, Men or Women?”, Merlin decides to take that question to the front lines, with Professional Female trader Debbie Hague. Among the desirable attributes which make women better traders are: Risk Aversion, Patience, Humility, and the Ability to admit you are wrong. Debbie and Merlin site these as key factors which make women better traders. Debbie also talks about an important lesson she learned in the XLT program regarding adjusted data on futures contracts and how it distorts price history depending on what symbol you are looking at. Finally the duo look at the current market in regards to the S&P500 for some insight into where we may be headed. PowerPick: EURUSD | 1/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGlobal Markets with Justin Krebs | After some fantastic calls over the past few months on currencies like the Aussie and Loonie, Justin Krebs returns to Power Trading Radio to discuss some of the current movements in the US Dollar and how it is impacting global markets. Justin and Merlin tackle a listener question about the relationship between gold and the dollar before moving on to explain the differences between spot forex & forex futures. Finally the duo looks at several currency pairs from a technical perspective as Justin walks listeners through his recent trades on AUDUSD and USDCHF. | 1/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFor the Love of Money | As the classic O’jays songs says, “Almighty Dollar… Don’t let money change you!” Darek Zelek joins Power Trading Radio to talk about the recent move in the dollar and its potential impact on the global equity markets. From his perspective, the equity markets could see a nice rally up over the next few days before beginning a much more significant and drawn out sell off over the next few months, and it all revolves around the dollar! After addressing a listener question about USO and global oil crisis, Merlin and Derek talk about relative strength, with an example on IYR and SPY. PowerPick: XLI | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWeekend Edition with John O'Donnell | Guest host John O'Donnell chats with Victor Gruauag from Online Trading Academy and shares his two cents about the market. | 1/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTax Season Kick Off Show | As the new year starts, all traders should already be thinking about getting their taxes done. Trader Tax professional Michael Atias of OTA Tax Pro’s joins the show to answer listener questions about a wide variety of taxation topics. Michael covers some of the primary criteria the IRS is looking as far as establishing “Trader Status”, as well as some of the reasons traders should think about setting up a trading entity early on in their career. PowerPick: AGU | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanShow Me Your Crystal Ball! | Special guest and XLT instructor Brandon Tristan joins Power Trading Radio to share some of the tools he uses to help forecast the market’s direction. Many use things like S&P futures, or indicators to help assist them. Brandon uses something much bigger and far more powerful! The Dollar Index! The duo analyze the current action of the Dixie, and help explain what its implications mean for traders regardless of their trading time frame. Later Merlin sparks a discussion on OCO orders, the USDJPY and relative market strength. | 1/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNew Years Kick off | Mike McMahon and Merlin Rothfeld start off the new year with a look at some of the classic historical events that have pinpointed significant market turning points. Namely, mad media articles and publications boasting one thing, and actually leading to the opposite. Traders must be aware of how news impacts the markets and specifically, each asset class. Merlin takes a look at the current PMI and Construction numbers as a possible catalyst for future upside movements, but cautions on the broader negative picture. Later, the duo takes a look at the Aussie dollar and the Euro for trading opportunities. PowerPick: DECK | 1/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMarket Timing and Fibonacci | As the year winds down, many questions have come in regarding Market Timing and Fibonacci tools. Master trader Jeff Manson joins Power Trading Radio to discuss his trading style and the unique way he uses readily available tools to plan and execute his trades. The duo talk about moving averages in conjunction with Fibonacci extensions as well as retracements to help pinpoint entries, stops and targets. More importantly, when multiple pieces line up and confluence is present, the trading risk can be reduced even further. Jeff also talks about his Live Trading Event in San Jose and New York in January. To find out more information, click here: http://bit.ly/bN7tsL | 12/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLooking Back at 2011, and Forward to 2012 | As 2011 quickly comes to an end, Tillie and Merlin take a look at a couple of standout items from the past year. Volatility & Uncertainty dominated the market, leading investors to run to bonds. Will this uncertainty continue in 2012? Tillie also breaks down some important correlation factors between Gold, Oil, S&P and Bonds. Later in the program, Tillie touches on how rebalancing portfolios is paramount in achieving a pre determined rate of return on your investments. | 12/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFrom Bartender to Bad A*$! | Early on in her life Joanne Farley learned the importance of discipline and rules. Her jobs as a bartender taught her many ways to implement discipline on her patrons, and as a Trader & Mentor, she still finds ways to help others find their way. Joanne and Merlin talk about her rise to prominence in the Online Trading Academy community not only as one of the top instructors, but also the invisible hand behind the scenes of the XLT mentoring program. Discipline and rules have been her keys to success, and she has no problem sharing that with Power Trading Radio! Joanne also backs up her conversation with recent examples right out of the XLT live trading session. | 12/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Market Giveth, the Market Taketh | In a dramatic reversal of market behavior, markets shot dramatically to the upside leaving many frustrated with the erratic behavior. Merlin and Mike McMahon tackle several question relating to the topic before diving into several segments on Price behavior and Technical Analysis. Rounding out the show, the duo looks at a few currency pairs using several technical indicators. | 12/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanStock Picking Monday | Merlin is joined by XLT instructor Brandon Tristan for a show filled with market psychology and stock analysis. To start things off, Merlin and Brandon talk about market patterns and actions around holidays. Both share their routines and trading thoughts for end of year trading, then move on to current market analysis. The duo then tackles a variety of listener questions on several Equities, including: KOG, SWKS, GOOG, AMAT, IVN, ZNGA | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWeekend Edition with Tom Sosnoff | John O’Donnell, Merlin Rothfeld and Tom Sosnoff take a walk down memory lane as they talk about the innovations that have shaped the landscape of the financial markets over the last 20+ years. Technology, transparency, and efficiency have leveled the playing field for traders and given them powerful tools to compete in the markets. According to Sosnoff, “If you can order a pizza, you can trade.” The trio go on to talk about social networks and how community plays a major part in the development of traders. | 12/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanYear End Housing Market Wrap Up | Diana Hill joins Merlin for a year end review of the current status of the Housing Markets. Diana talks about recent reports about the increase in Women buying real estate as well as other trends that are adding stability to the market. After a listener question about “Nontraditional” sources of funding to buy a home, the duo dives into a variety of market statistics which support current talk about stability in housing prices and growing confidence. | 12/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Markets Wicked Ways | Commodities took a pretty big hit as the dollar continued to surge. This move sent the equity markets down over 1%, and momentum looks like it will continue. Craig Weil, 37 year trading veteran, weighs in with his thoughts on the current market behavior. Over the years he has seen his share of volatile markets, is this one any different? Craig and Merlin take a look at Gold as well as S&P futures to look for key levels where the slide may stop. | 12/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSurging Dollar Crushes the Markets | The market tanked on the FOMC statement, as traders were expecting a little more support from the Fed. This sent the dollar index through key resistance levels and surging upward to the next. Mike McMahon joins the show to talk about how the dollar is impacting global currency markets like the Euro, Aussie Dollar and Yen. Mike and Merlin map out key levels and zones which may pose problems for global currencies going forward. PowerPick: ESV | 12/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFrom Student to Master | Former Online Trading Academy graduate, Brandon Tristan, walks us through his trading career and some of the twists and turns he has faced along the way. After completing the ProTrader course, Brandon went on to assist in the XLT, Extended Learning Track, where he became one of the favorites! After seeing a significant impact on his account from following rules and helping others Brandon talks about mentoring and his role in the process. | 12/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWeekend Edition | Merlin and John take a look at the weeks market numbers for signs of strength or weakness going forward. Of particular interest is the S&P 500 and its recent attacks at overhead price levels. John also takes a look at some international events moving our markets, and what the prognosis is going forward. The volatility continues, creating havoc for investors, but a fantastic environment for short term traders. PowerPick: SFLY | 12/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTrader Taxation Special | Due to overwhelming demand for advice on trader taxation, Power Trading Radio brings on an expert in the matter. Michael Atias, Director of Tax Services at OTA Tax Pros, joins the show to share a broad overview of some of the pros and cons associated with declaring trader status or maintaining individual status. Michael and Merlin discuss a wide variety of topics including: Corporations, 401k’s, wash sale rules, Mark-to-market accounting, writing off losses, and much more. PowerPick: URBN | 12/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFutures with Debbie Hague | Merlin and Debbie start right off by breaking down the current action of the S&P 500 futures which have had a few days of struggle at present levels. The duo talks about the relative strength of the current impulse moves to the downside, as well as the current erosion the current overhead supply level. Later in the show, focus turns to the importance of a trading plan, and what really goes into it. | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Amateur Laments, The Pro Moves On | Merlin and Justin Krebs talk about how a true professional trader does not look back at a trade that missed their entry by a tick. Instead, they feel confident that they followed their plan and move on to the next trade. To many traders whine and moan about a missed trade, get over it and find the next one! After handling a couple of listener questions on Financials and proper stop execution, Justin talks about his current ProPick on the AUDUSD, as well as the impact of Oil and interest rates. PowerPick: EURUSD | 12/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGood News or Bad? How Do You Know? | Marty Dim joins Power Trading Radio to shed some light on what news to watch and what to discard. As the markets evolve, some information becomes more relevant than others, and it can change quickly! The duo also talk about why some ETF’s don’t accurately track the underlying indexes, then ultimately take a look at the current market for clues on where its headed: PowerPick KLAC | 12/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWeekend Edition | Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell wrap up the trading weeks activity and discuss many of the lingering topics impacting our markets. Of particular interest is a report that 1 in 4 fund managers beat the market this year. Pretty Pathetic! PowerPick: WSM | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTake a Deep Breath and Follow Your Plan in These Volatile Markets | Guest Bob Heitner shares some excerpts from his Proactive Investor course which emphasizes following a strict set of rules regardless of market conditions. Using his tools, Bob is always in 1 of 2 modes: Bull or Bear. Whichever market condition his indicator indicates, he applies that strategy and stays with it until the indicator changes back to the other direction. This proactive approach allows you to catch 80% of the upside move and miss 80% of the downside move with a simple to follow strategy using a variety of asset classes. Bob shares a little of his thoughts on the European situation and its potential impact on our markets. PowerPick: ESV | 12/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBoys and their Toys | Merlin interviews Steve Bobbitt, long time futures trader, who is in Atlanta teaching a TradeStation Platform Immersion class. The duo talk about their favorite functions of the software and how to use them. Later, Steve shares with listeners how he uses multiple markets to help navigate these extremely volatile times. Professional traders should look for areas where volatility is not as problematic, thus providing less whipsaws and more consistent trading results. Steve also talks about he uses relative strength to help him find the best markets and prime trading opportunities. | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Calm Before the Storm | A slurry of brewing headlines have the markets jittery, and poised for some big moves. Japanese unemployment & Intervention, Europe debt worries, and Dollar strength tops the list of market moving headlines which Merlin Rothfeld and Mike McMahon try to break down into their specific market moving parts. The duo looks at each currency with a technical perspective as well as a fundamental one to give insight into where they see the currencies headed. PowerPick: EURUSD | 11/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAfter the Food Coma | The post Thanksgiving festivities continue, as the financial markets posted significant gains on the heels of European optimism, as well as robust retail sales numbers. One has to wonder if the retail numbers were not skewed by loss leader prices at many retailers. Tillie Allison joins the show to talk about market timing and sector rotation as it applies to current markets. Tillie talks about how active traders need to apply a solid, proven strategy to their trading. In her case, she is using a bear market strategy currently. | 11/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThanksgiving Special | Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell break down some of the bigger pressing market issues on this weekend edition show. Rising food costs, Manufacturing slowdowns, European debt crisis and many other topics are covered all with an emphasis on building a strategy for the coming move. Which every way you think the markets will go, you need to have your road map drawn out in advance! Happy Thanksgiving! | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIt’s Much More Than Supply & Demand | Merlin starts things off by looking at a misconception of securities being Undervalued, and the danger they pose. By looking for proper supply and demand zones, traders can get past urges to buy just based off of perceived value. Sam Seiden talks about how these levels are determined, but reiterates that there are 11 odds enhancers that are only taught to his students at Online Trading Academy. PowerPick: MASI | 11/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMarket Perspectives with Fibonacci | Back from the Las Vegas Traders Expo, Merlin recaps the first day of the shortened thanksgiving trading week. With few domestic highlights moving the markets, traders looked to the fragile European markets for guidance, bringing the US equity markets down. Scot McCormick, CMT, joins the show to share some of his technical analysis knowledge with listeners, diving into one of his favorite tools Fibonacci. Scott looks at the S&P 500 from an Impulse/Correction perspective and ties that into current Fibonacci levels to give us an indication as to where markets are headed. PowerPick: EURUSD | 11/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLive from the Las Vegas Traders Expo Day 2 | Once again Merlin Rothfeld brings Power Trading Radio to the Las Vegas Traders Expo 2011. Tune in for interviews and coverage of all the action. | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLive from The Las Vegas Money Show | Merlin brings Power Trading Radio to the Las Vegas Money show to bring us all the action. He interviews special guests including the President and CEO of TradeStation Group Salomon Sredni, The Senior Instructor of the Options Institute at the CBOE Jim Bittman and the Education Counselor from Online Trading Academy Teo Alamania. | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTaking Advantage of Volatile Markets | Merlin Rothfeld and his special guest Kyle Hibbard take listeners through distinct advantages during market volatility. Kyle’s extensive background and Merlin’s ability to communicate with listeners help Traders and Investors alike take advantage of these volatile markets. This is a must listen show. No Power Pick. | 11/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMore Money, More Problems | Conflicting economic data leaves investors scrambling to make sense of it all, ultimately ushering in buyers on good Empire State Manufacturing numbers and Retail Sales. However, Merlin thinks the bigger problem is looming with the lack of demand for Copper. Justin Krebs joins the show to share his thoughts on how the new Italy problem is panning out, and its implications for the Euro. The duo also looks at the EURCHF, and the current ProPick for AUDUSD. PowerPick: EURUSD | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Downfall of America | Having repeatedly addressed the problems with our political parties in Washington, especially their exemption from rules regarding trading, Merlin celebrates the new 60 Minutes special covering the same topic. With self interested politicians passing laws (or blocking them!) just to benefit their personal trading accounts, we will never see America return to Prosperity. John Barrett joins the show to give his thoughts on the problem, and a possible remedy. Later, the two talk about John’s transition to trading Futures intraday, something he has never done before. | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWeekend Edition | John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld recap the market activity for the week and look at some of the major headlines moving the world. John takes a look at Gold and validates some of the statistics in the “Commodity Traders Almanac” from Wiley & Sons Publishing, which call for a bullish move over the next couple months. Later in the show, Merlin walks listeners through 2 trades he made on Friday which follow the Online Trading Methodology that netted his account a 4% gain on the day. Low Risk, High Reward… it’s all about a plan! PowerPick: BUD | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNegative & Positive Correlation | Back from a trading event in Baltimore, Merlin brings up a couple of questions that he encountered from his students. Tillie Allison joins the show a little later to talk about the “old normal” models of market correlation to the “new normal” models. She emphasizes the importance of adapting to current markets in all aspects of your trading. This adaptation allows for better rates of returns and less stress! PowerPick: LEA | 11/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIndices, Commodities, Gold and Currency | Mike opened with a volatility warning and reminded everybody that these types of erractic days are going to be around. Mike went over the market numbers. We invited in guest Instructor Bob Dunn and members from his current class. A discussion of the interrelationship of the indices, commodities, gold and currency were covered as the class members asked specific questions. | 11/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanForex Tuesday with Mike | Steve Misic was guest. Mike and Steve talked and looked at a variety of situations in GBPJPY, EURUSD and AUDUSD. Eurostress was the main theme with the resignation of 2 PM’s in Greece and Italy. | 11/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanManic Monday with Mike McMahon | Power Trading Radio guest host Mike McMahon sits down with Bruce Milbury to discuss our current markets with a particular emphasis on stocks and listener questions via PowerBlast. | 11/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanManic Monday with Mike McMahon | Power Trading Radio guest host Mike McMahon sits down with Bruce Milbury to discuss our current markets with a particular emphasis on stocks and listener questions via PowerBlast. | 11/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWeekend Edition | The market limps its way into the weekend with a great deal left unfinished. Greece looms over the global financial markets creating waves which will surely make for a volatile trading session next week. John O’Donnell joins the show to share his thoughts on where he sees the European issue going as well as his thoughts on Gold, the Euro, China, and US economic growth. PowerPicks: LVLT, EMR | 11/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanStability in the Housing Market? | Euphoria returns to the markets as Greece ponders its referendum and Groupon gets set to launch its IPO. As these big ticket market movers come and go, the housing market may provide much needed stability to the US markets. Diana Hill, Real Estate Expert, joins Power Trading Radio to discuss the current trends in Homes, both residential and commercial, in an attempt to help traders diversify their portfolio as well as generate income through real estate. PowerPick: GM | 11/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMentors and Personal Guidance in Trading | One of the most frequent complaints from traders is how lonely trading can be, and that you must learn on your own. Joann Farley was one of these traders when she started, then gravitated to the education and community feeling of Online Trading Academy. In that past few years, Joann has been instrumental in the development of the XLT (Extended Learning Track), which is an online community of hundreds of traders all with the same core strategy and methodology. Joann shares her progress as a trader and describes how she and the other XLT instructors are working to change the financial futures of many others. | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Turmoil Continues | Last week it was euphoria, this week its fear of collapse… and the saga continues! With more and more fundamental data pointing to global contraction, and Euro instability, it’s a fantastic time to be trading currencies! Rick Wright joins Power Trading Radio to give us his thoughts on the markets and where he feels things may be headed. Rick also shares a little bit about the decision support tools he uses to help increase his odds on each trade me makes. This system of odds enhancers also brushes on Multiple Time Frame Analysis, a listener favorite! | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHappy Halloween! | Merlin The globetrotting samurai does PowerTrading Radio from the Great Wall of China, putting a particular emphasis on the international events and how they might impact the markets. Later, Tillie Allison joins the show to talk about some of the little details in her trading style as well as her “end-of Month” strategy. The conversation stretches to Multiple Time Frame Analysis, and Sector Rotation as important components that must be factored in to the current market dynamic. PowerPick: LVS | 10/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Weekend Edition | With so much big ticket news hitting the markets this week, one has to ask: “Is it different this time?” Hosts, Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell weigh on their thoughts about the news and what its impact is going to have on the overall markets, as well as what sectors they expect to be the movers going forward. Both John and Merlin talk about their upcoming events in Irvine CA and Baltimore MD. | 10/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMost Traders Biggest Problem, Their Head! | Dr Woody Johnson, Author of From “Pain to Profit, Secrets of the Peak Performance Trader”, joins the show to help listeners with their trading problems. Most traders agree that trading is 75% psychological, yet most don’t feel that they have anything wrong with them. Think again! Every trader needs a coach to help them with their problems, and Woody is just the man! PowerPicks: NE, TWM | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe O'Donnell Report | Guest host John O'Donnell entertains a live studio audience with Gabe Velazquez as his special guest. They take questions for the audience and discuss our current financial situation. | 10/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Art of Supply and Demand | VP of Education at Online Trading Academy, Sam Seiden, joins us to talk about the mechanics of supply and demand. This is a far cry different from conventional “Support and Resistance” that so many traders use. And it is those subtle differences that allows Sam to consistently beat the markets. Merlin and Sam share thoughts on ways that traders can break the chains of mediocrity and achieve consistent success in the markets. PowerPick: EURUSD | 10/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLessons From the Trading Trenches | Trading veteran, Debbie Hauge shares some of her trading experiences that helped her become a successful Futures and Equities trader. Merlin and Debbie share examples of trading routines and trading plans that will help individual investors gain a sense of structure and discipline in their trading. PowerPick: HCP | 10/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWeekend Edition with John O'Donnell | Guest host John O'Donnell talks with special guest Garrett Jones. Garrett Jones is a money manager and one of only ten people to be accepted into Merrill Lynch's prestigious JET Program in 1970. | 10/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGreece Is The Word | Mike Mc Mahon had Gabe Velazquez as an in studio guest. Gabe took the audience into a realistic look at the short to intermediate term. Mike and Gabe both agreed that the market was posing a little bullish and particularly if the Euro land would get off stage. | 10/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMore Trading Styles and Gap Trading | In contrast to the last two guests on Power Trading Radio, our guest today starts almost every trade off as a day trade and builds as things go in his favor. Bob Dunn classifies himself as a “base hitter” who plans out every trade, and when possible, turns those trades into doubles, triples and hopefully home runs! This is done through strict discipline and money management. Bob shares bits of his trading style as well as his view & tactics for trading Gaps. PowerPick: SHLD | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWeak Dollar, Strong Market! | Reversing Monday’s selloff, the markets showed great strength, closing near the highs of the day, and right near the overhead supply level we have been talking about on the S&P 500. Steve Misic joins the show from Tampa Florida, where he is teaching a Pro Trader Stock class at Online Trading Academy. Steve and Merlin talk about how they look at stocks coming out with earnings announcements, and what others should watch out for. Later, Steve talks about the levels on the Dollar Index and their impact on currencies as well as equity markets. | 10/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEstablish your Trading Style | Scott McCormick, CMT and former broker, addresses a couple of listener questions which revolve around a very common mistake: Traders not knowing their style. Whether you are a day trader, momentum, swing or even a position trader, you must know which style fits your temperament best. Just because someone trades one way, does not mean that you will be successful trading that way. Merlin and Scott look at a variety of factors which can help listeners start down the path of defining their trading style. Later on in the show, they look at multiple time frame analysis and how it impacts your trading style. PowerPick: EQT | 10/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWeekend Edition | After a quick recap of recent market movements, the “Ambassador of Opportunity”, John O’Donnell sites a very interesting report about the current recession and gives us several ways to play the current market. This involves a bit of market timing, and asset allocation which John feels is essential to making money in these markets. Merlin talks about www.projectvets.com and their mission to teach disabled vets how to trade and secure their financial future, as well as their raffle for a 1965 Shelby Cobra! PowerPick: XLE | 10/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMore Tricks by Financial Advisors | Paul Orme discusses a recent NY Times article about how Morningstar ratings often get people into the wrong investments. Paul reinforces this with examples of how most financial advisors are causing their clients to sell low, and buy high, the exact opposite of what they should be doing! Why is that?! Because they need to make money! Merlin and Paul discuss alternatives to this devious methodology, offering listeners a solution of Proactive management of their own money. Paul shares a little about the rebalancing and option strategies used in the ProActive Investor class he helped create for Online Trading Academy. PowerPick: DTV | 10/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanUsing Options to Profit on ANY Market Move | Shamus O’Connor joins Power Trading Radio to talk about how he sees the current markets and share his experiences with listeners. Shamus was self taught and reflects on a couple of the situations that he could have avoided if he simply had someone there to explain things better. He also discusses his use of options as a wealth income machine as well as a hedge for his long term account. | 10/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFrom Student to Master Mentor in 7 Years | Online Mentoring superstar Sam Evans joins Power Trading Radio to talk about his meteoric rise in popularity in the trading community. Just a few years back, Sam was attending hotel seminars looking for a solution which would enable him to get involved in the financial community. 7 years ago, he found the answer! That discovery transformed his life and gave him the guidance to succeed in his own trading as well as present him with the opportunity to help others achieve theirs. Later in the show, Sam talks about his trading style, how he uses the news, and what he sees on the Horizon for the Euro. PowerPick: EURUSD | 10/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMarket Sails Again, with Little Wind! | As the market rallies even harder, Merlin looks at several factors that may cause the markets to top out and drop from current levels. Several International factors are behind this recent move, but a lack of volume has to have traders questioning the lack of conviction. Several listeners get their questions answered on air on topics ranging from Financial stocks to market correlation. One theme persists with listeners today, to many people taking to much risk! Merlin breaks down what they can do to help minimize risk and maximize rewards. PowerPick: SPY (again!) | 10/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWeekend Edition | Today Merlin Rothfeld and Tillie Allison discussed how premarket news and economic indicators help active day traders improve the probabilities of success. Tillie and Merlin bring up listener questions regarding the Nasdaq 100 ETF and the Nasdaq futures as a way to get glimpse of what the market is truly doing. Merlin calls out a listener as the First ever PTR “Sheep of the Week”, for making some very obvious novice mistakes on his trade, while offering solid solutions for not making those mistakes in the future by using some of the core strategies of Online Trading Academy. Tillie bring up some correlation between bonds and stocks in current market conditions as well as some insight into Fibonacci. PowerPick: BBY | 10/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIncome Through Real Estate | Tillie Allison and Merlin Rothfeld kick things off with a rundown of the markets ballistic behavior starting on Tuesday morning. Is this surge of momentum going to continue? Diana Hill joins the show to talk about some of the recent housing numbers and how the average person can learn to represent themselves as well as find amazing deals around the country. Diana also points out some new trends in the housing market, which may pose some very strong opportunities for traders and investors alike! PowerPick: SPY | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Chop Continues | The month of September ends on a sour note as markets sold off to end the quarter. For almost two months, we have been stuck in this large trading range and from the looks of it, it will not change anytime soon. Traders are adapting their trading styles to accommodate shorter term price fluctuations, and Merlin talks about some of the tools to do this. Although the consolidation continues, Merlin looks at some of the factors that have him looking for a bearish break of this consolidation. Much of this focuses on weakening fundamentals, and deteriorating global relations as factors for things dropping further. PowerPick: MOS | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLive from the Online Trading Academy International Conference with Tillie Allison & Bert Antonik | The fun continues from the Online Trading Academy International Conference! This session Tillie Allison starts things off talking about Community and some of the new initiatives that Online Trading Academy is rolling out to help build that community. Tillie stresses that much of her success has come from working with other traders and learning from their mistakes, as well as building on their strategies, Next Bert Antonik joins the show to talk about his NEW residency in Singapore. Bert moved there last year to help teach at the Singapore office and has subsequently moved there permanently. He shares with us his perspectives of the EURO and all the news that is swirling around Greece. The duo breaks down some of the key levels on the Euro before looking at a few other currency pairs | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLive from Online Trading Academy International Conference with Derek Zelek | The annual pilgrimage to Trading Mecca began yesterday out in Sunny Southern California. Over 60 Traders and instructors gathered for several days of education and collaborative works in an effort to improve each other’s trading and training skills. Derek Zelek, fresh off a several month teaching tour in India joins us to share his thoughts on the conference and the current happenings in the trading world. Derek and Merlin talk about the recent break of the trading range on the S&P 500, and what it means for traders. Derek goes on to say that he believes that it is going to be a head fake, drawing traders in short, before ripping back up and stopping them out before heading back down. | 10/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTillie in the House! | As a rare treat, Tillie Allison co-hosts Power Trading Radio for wealth management Thursday. After walking through some quick examples of stop loss modifications, Merlin and Tillie dive into some of the issues facing the investment world. Tillie talks about sector leadership and rotation in ones portfolio, stressing the importance of portfolio rebalancing. Later, the duo looks at how to effectively use technical indicators as conformation & decision support tools. PowerPick: NFLX | 9/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBase Hits or Home Runs? | The Yo-Yo markets drop again, erasing a good chunk of yesterday’s gains. With no sign of a break to this volatility, traders MUST adapt their trading to accommodate these fluctuations. Craig Weil, 38 year market veteran, joins Power Trading Radio to share some of the things that he has done in his trading career to accommodate the markets when he identified a change in behavior. Craig uses the analogy of hitting for singles and doubles, and completely forgetting about home runs. This attitude has helped him survive turbulent times and focus on what is really important: Consistently Making Money over the course of your Life! | 9/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Power & Simplicity of Supply & Demand | The short term bounce continues, rallying price near short term supply levels. Will Dallas Fed President Fisher’s comments have a lasting negative effect on the markets? Or just a short term sell-off? Sam Seiden joins the show and shares some of the highlights of his recent presentations at the Las Vegas Forex & Futures with listeners, and emphasizes the importance of how commodities and currencies impact each other. PowerPick: SPY | 9/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanManic Monday! | Strong bullish day on low volume temporarily calms fears of a market crash, yet does not mean we are out of the woods yet. Martin Dim joins the show to talk about how the recent market behavior has caused him to change his trading tools and tactics. Marty shares with listeners an experience he had in his Stock trading class today, which highlights the importance of proper order management and record keeping. One small error could cost you thousands of dollars in losses, and could be easily prevented! After taking several listener questions, Marty and Merlin share their intermediate term outlook on the markets. PowerPick: VXX | 9/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSqueezing the Gold Bulls | With another round of margin increases for gold futures traders, Gold prices plummeted today. Commodities were the most volatile sector of our markets by far, and may present some good trading opportunities for short term as well as Long term investors. John O’Donnell shares his thoughts on his favorite precious metal, as well as the condition of the global financial markets. Financials also took a beating, helped out by some downgrades of major banks like BAC and WFC. PowerPick: DOW | 9/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLook Out Below! | The pot of international turmoil is beginning to boil, spilling fear to nearly every market around the globe. However, this fear reeks of Opportunity! Russ Allen joins the show to talk about what areas investors should shy away from, and which ones present greater than average returns. Russ address the use of options for your long term accounts as a great vehicle to generate income without actually owning the security. PowerPick: MOS | 9/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRiding the FED’s Waves | Operation Twist was revealed today, and not to much fanfare! The markets sold off hard on the news, as many traders realize that it is not really going to have much impact on the continuing economic problems at home. Tillie Allison joins Merlin with a special announcement for Power Trading Radio listeners. September the 29th, Tillie and Merlin will be hosting a free online webinar about Moving Average Strategies. T0 register, click this link: http://bit.ly/nNrXJKor visit www.Powertradingradio.com Later in the show Tillie talks about how to trade these volatile moments of news, as well as how she uses “set-it-and-forget-it” orders to help curb her emotions. PowerPick: PRU | 9/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanChanging Your Trading in Volatile Times | More bad news for the Euro as Italy gets downgraded by S&P. What are the impacts on the global currency markets for this as well as the ongoing Greek situation? Rick Wright joins the show to talk about he has recently changed his trading style to adapt to current market conditions. Later in the show, Rick offers his insights into what a Greek default might mean to the Euro, and where he is looking for trading opportunities if that does happen. PowerPick:MHP | 9/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhat’s your Routine? | Europe continues to give us a Pogo stick market, spreading Greece fears again causing our markets to gap down sharply on the open. Even with the bad start, the marker regrouped and rallied for most of the trading session, but still closed lower. Mike McMahon joins Power Trading Radio fresh out of his class in Washington DC, giving insight into what his trading routine is, and how important it is for him to get students to build their own routine. Merlin then dives into the mail bag, answering several listener questions about a variety of securities. PowerPick: EBAY | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWeekly Wrap Up and Glance at the Week Ahead | A great week for the bulls was capped off by a heavy volume Friday closing on high notes. John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld tackle several listener questions on topics rangeing from Gold to Centeral Bank Intervention. John offers listeners a FREE copy of his “Why Gold, Why Now” presentation to all listeners who call in, and offers some insight as to what vehicles are best for trading gold. This weekend edition has a strong emphasis on Risk Management and gives several examples of how Online Trading Academy’s ProPicks are up more than 50% on the year, while all major market indexes are down (except for the NASDAQ, currently up 1.2% on the year). Beating them is not difficult if you have rules and discipline! PowerPick: MXIM | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOn the Couch with Dr. Woody Johnson | The masses continue to push the markets to the upside, and rapidly approaching very strong supply levels. Dr. Woody Johnson joins the program to help out listeners of Power Trading Radio deal with their Psychological problems as they relate to trading. Dr. Johnson is the author of “From Pain to Profit: Secrets of the Peak Performance Trader” and instructor of the Online Trading Academy psychology courses and an Online Mentoring program to help traders with their trading problems. PowerPick: G | 9/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTransforming Lives, One At A Time… | With a live studio audience, Merlin tackles a question about his bearish outlook for the markets. Online Trading Academy graduate, Brandon Tristan joins the program to talk about his progression as a trader. Starting off with the ProTrader stock class, moving his way into the XLT, then becoming an Online Trading Academy instructor, Brandon’s journey exemplifies their mission statement of “Transforming lives through exceptional trading and investing education”. All roads have their turns, and Brandon shares his experiences, as well as what the XLT community is looking at. PowerPick:QQQ | 9/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIntervention and its Countless Failures | With the global community growing increasingly concerned with the Debt crisis over in Europe, many are grumbling about the impact of ECB intervention and the impact it will have on our financial markets. Sam Seiden, shares his experiences and thoughts on the matter, going on to point out that he has never seen intervention work, and that markets just need to "Organically" resolve themselves. Although, he is probably right, we will most likely continue to see efforts to stabilize failing countries and companies. Faced with that knowledge, traders must then look to see how they can capitalize on these moments of turmoil: maximizing returns and minimizing risk. PowerPick: AET | 9/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe European Contagion Continues to Spread | More pain for the financial markets floods as the European situation escalates. Kyle Hibbard joins the show to talk about how this news is impacting the equity markets, and what it means for his students taking the Online Trading Academy Pro Trader course. While embracing volatility, Kyle stresses the need for having a plan and using all the tools available to maximize your risk reward ratio. With this information, we review a trade that was made in the Pro Trader class today on LRCX. Later, the duo talks about the synergy and importance of trading multiple asset classes to gain greater probability of a trade working in our favor. PowerPick: GBPUSD | 9/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAmerican Jobs Act, or Just More Talk? | Fresh off the heels of President Obama’s speech to Congress, John O’Donnell weighs in with his thoughts. Will we see if anything changes in the future, one thing for sure is that the markets didn’t feel any confidence on Friday! John sites the recent spike in gold as a flight to safety for much of the fiat currencies around the world, a trend he thinks will continue for some time. PowerPick: EURUSD | 9/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanA Different Perspective on Market Timing | As the debate rages on as to whether you can time the markets or not, Tillie Allison presents an interesting argument for a different form of Market Timing: Demographic Timing. With 70+ million baby boomers approaching retirement, their investment patterns are going to change, and in a rather predictable manner. What does this mean for the average investor? Tillie shares her thoughts on the issue as well as talks about her upcoming article in Trader Magazine talking about Trading Habits. PowerPick: ORLY | 9/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanA Good Craftsman Knows His Tools | Steve Bobbitt joins the show today live from Atlanta where he is teaching a TradeStation Platform Immersion class. Merlin and Steve talk about trading as two separate components: The Analytical side and the Execution side. Even with the best analysis, if a trader cannot get their orders to market properly, the trade may never happen. Going beyond just order execution and bracket orders, The duo dive into some of the specific tools which they use on their respective platforms. Steve goes on to talk about his trading style and how it adapts to volatile markets like the one we are currently in. PowerPick: COH | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPegging the Franc, and the Ensuing Aftermath | In a surprising move, the Swiss National Bank, said it would peg the Franc to the Euro at a rate of 1.2. What does this mean and how can we trade it? Steve Misic joins the show to share his insights on the issue, as well as how he has personally traded these events in the past. Steve is quick to point out several other interesting points on the Euro which make it a relatively safer trade than the Franc at this moment in time. PowerPick: TEL | 9/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Gold Hour with John ODonnell | Guest host John ODonnell discusses take on gold in today's markets. Joining him is special guest Ralph Benko. Mr. Benko is the senior economic adviser to the American Principles Project and editor of The Lehrman Institute's the Gold Standard Now. | 9/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanUsing All Asset Classes | Mike went over market data and outlook for Friday. Diana explained how Real Estate can easily be a major asset class to trade on the longer term. She says the bottom is near and now is the time to learn how to evaluate any and all kinds of properties. | 9/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDifference Between Night and Day | Mike talked about the end of the month and the upcoming quadruple witching day on Sept 17. Mike and Don discussed the differences and importance of seeing the Globex night Highs and Lows for strong reference number the following day. Using a Percent chart, they discussed the “leader/laggard” effect. | 8/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFear vs Reality | A lot of Mail box stuff caught up and then Mike and Justin took a hard look at the USD Index and some possible plays in the Swiss Franc after the SB’s Intervention. | 8/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGold Bugs Watch Out! | The big spike was probably caused by a huge So. American repatriation of gold. Steve talked about how powerful Fibonacci confluences/overlays accurately point out areas of Demand and supply. Power pick was a short sale on Klac in the next 2 days. | 8/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWeekend Edition | The CME raised its margin requirement for gold futures, causing a nice drop in the commodities value. Is there more selling to come? John O’Donnell shares his thoughts on his favorite metal. Given the recent Gold Craze, FINRA has issued an alert to investors to help them wade the sea of deceptive gold speculators, Merlin talks about some of FINRA’s main points and reposts the Alert on his blog at www.Powertradingradio.com. Later the due tackle topics such as Warren Buffett’s stake in Bank of America, as well as Naoto Kan’s resignation as Prime Minister in Japan. PowerPick: USDJPY | 8/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Power of Your Mind | With a live studio audience of Online Trading Academy graduates, Merlin tackles some questions about commodities, specifically Gold. With all the recent talk of gold, have we hit a bottom? Next, Power Trading Radio welcomes Dr. Woody Johnson to the show to help listeners with some of their trading issues from a psychological perspective. Merlin stresses the fact that trading is mostly a psychological game, yet many traders feel that they need some “Indicator” or special tool to be a consistent trader. The truth is that you need to get in control of your Brain! Dr. Woody is here to help! PowerPick: NIHD | 8/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanYou Can Be Hot AND Consistent | Another Summer roller coaster gave Mike some ammunition to discuss Oil, Gold and the volatility in the market. Looks like Merlin won a dinner on Gold. Our guest was Tille Allision who wanted to show how “looking back” in multiple time frames can help you “see” the Demand and Supply Zones. | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLow Oil Is No Show Along with Muammar Gaddafi | Show focused on the trading styles and number for special guest Eric Waddell while Mike mused about both the price of gold and Oil. Audience wanted to know if GS can fall to $88 and if Bank of America was too big to fail. Interesting points were shared. | 8/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Elephant in the Room | On a somewhat quite Monday afternoon, Merlin welcomes Sean Kim into the Studio to talk about his years as an institutional trader. Sean talks about how he progressed from a Broker to a Big Time Market Maker, over the course of the last 20 years. In the sharing of his experiences, listeners will get a glimpse of how Market Makers can trounce the average investor from many different angles. While most see low commissions, Market Makers see suckers. While retail traders are buying, Market Makers are shorting to you! Knowing what they do, and how they act can be a huge advantage to anyone involved in the financial markets. PowerPick: ADSK | 8/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMore Pain To Come? | John O’Donnell, the ambassador of opportunity, joins the weekend edition of Power Trading Radio to share his thoughts on the current status of the markets and some of the major issues at hand. Still bullish on Gold, John and Merlin go back and forth on the direction of gold ultimately wagering a seafood dinner on a 3 month target for gold! Other show topics include: Spain austerity moves, Buy and Hold methodology, B of A layoffs and the SEC ineptness. PowerPick: SPY | 8/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWe Have It Pretty Good Here In The USA! | In a colossal blunder, the SEC is under investigation for destroying documentation for more than 9000 investigations of big banks and brokerages. You have to love the “Fair and Efficient” marketplace! Fresh off the heels of a 6 month stay in India, Derek Zelek joins the show to share some of the big differences and similarities between the US & Indian Markets. Derek emphasizes how the strategies that Online Trading Academy teaches are universal and can be applied to any market around the world, provided that market meets certain criteria. Finally, Darek casts a gloomy outlook for the markets with his Technically based assessment of the S&P 500. | 8/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOptions and Volatility. To High to Buy? | With a Live studio audience, Merlin tackles a listeners question about technical analysis and his personal charting methodology. Michael Young joins the program to share his though on the proposed trader tax and short sale ban. Later, the duo talks about Options and the current implied volatility levels, as well as addressing a listener question about COST. Finally, Michael talks about his use of VIX, and its benefit for traders. PowerPick: PEG | 8/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFighting Forex Fraud | Sam Seiden joins Power Trading Radio to talk about some of the common scams and tactics involved in the spot forex markets. Case in point is the recent $2 million dollar fine against one of the largest retail forex trading outfits in the US, for fraudulent trading practices. Sam points out some other ways to trade forex which will get traders away from the games spot firms play. Later, Sam and Merlin look at the Swiss Franc and Euro for potential trading opportunities. Power Pick: MAT | 8/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBack in the Saddle Again! | After 4 days on the road speaking at the San Francisco Money Show, Merlin returns to the studio to host Power Trading Radio. Monday’s trading saw many bullish opportunities, and investors rushed in to capitalize on them. Merlin see’s these rallies as opportunities to get short the market for those who may have missed the original move to the downside. This show is packed full of listener questions including: Top Down vs. Bottom up Analysis, Impulse Moves, M&A Activity and more. PowerPick: RES | 8/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLive from the San Francisco Money Show | Merlin broadcasts live from the San Francisco Money Show and brings you captivating interviews with some of todays leading financial figures. Join Merlin at this exciting event. | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRelative Strength With Currencies | The “rubber band” we talked about on yesterday’s show, clearly snapped back to the upside today, reflecting optimism to the FED’s comments and short covering. Is it a sign of a market bottom, or a sympathy rally before the next drop. Chuck Fulkerson joins PTR to talk about how he uses currencies as a hedge in a slightly different manner. Instead of trading just equities in his Retirement accounts, Chuck uses currency ETF’s to offset the risk of just holding dollar based assets, as well as capitalizing on the strength of the powerful trends. By measuring the relative strength between the currencies, he can enter trades which offer a substantially better risk/reward ratio. PowerPick: SPY | 8/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOk, So Maybe the Sky Is Falling! | Markets suffer their worst loss in years as traders around the world grimace in fear, unloading equities and running to financial save havens. Gabe Velazquez joins the show and tells us about his class today, outlining the importance of having a solid strategy and rules that we follow on each trade. These rules kept his students unemotional in today’s crazy markets and that calm actually presented some good trading opportunities. Gabe and Merlin address a listeners question regarding Bollinger Bands and Fibonacci tools to help increase odds on each trade. | 8/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRide the Roller Coaster with Confidence | Mike Mc Mahon and John O'Donnell co-hosted this week's wrap up. The local markets have been on a roller coaster ride but Mike and John discussed the underlying volatility through examples of gold and foreign currencies. | 8/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Fallout Continues! | Huge downside moves in the market today further propelled by market fear and angst. Fridays trading will be a big moment for the market, as traders around the globe look to Unemployment to help stop the market slide. Tillie Allison joins the show to weigh in on how to properly allocate money in poor market conditions. She stresses the importance of hedging your portfolio, and the periodic re-evaluation of your holdings holdings. | 8/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhat Are Your Options? | A fierce initial selloff in the equity markets slammed prices into strong demand levels, turning a bad day into a positive one by session end. Ending on a strong note, and a Bullish hammer, gives hope of further price moves to the upside. Michael Young joins the show to discuss some of the recent headline news and its impacts on his trading. The duo address listener questions regarding the use of Options as a tactical asset class to take advantage of these volatile swings. PowerPick: CAKE | 8/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEverything’s Been Decided, Nothings Been Resolved | The debt deal is done, but has raised more questions about the future. These questions rocked the confidence of traders around the world, and may persist for some time. This, coupled with bad economic data, propelled the markets down with a vengeance on Tuesday. Steve Misic joined the show to discuss how he instructs his students to trade weeks like the rollercoaster we have had the first two days of August! Steve gives opinion of several currency pairs including: USDJPY, USDCHF, AUDUSD. PowerPick: SPY | 8/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe New New Deal | In typical fashion, the debt issue is coming down the the 11th hour, and politicians scramble to save face and public opinion! Scott McCormick, CMT, joins the show to talk about how his strategy has changed over the years to adapt to market conditions and one off events. Scott also takes a look at psychology and how a thorough understanding of Technical Analysis can give traders an edge when looking for market timing. Using a variety of tools, Scott seeks out swing and position trades which offer high reward and low risk. PowerPick: DIS | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOne Hurdle Down, 2 to Go! | As the debt ceiling quickly approaches, the GOP bill passed the house and is now on its way to the Senate where it is sure to get shot down! What does this progress mean for the Tuesday deadline? John O’Donnell joins the show from San Jose where he is doing a 2 day workshop on Globalization 3.0. John looks at historical similarities between this event and others that have happened in the past, with the hopes of giving listeners some guidance to future moves. One thing that John does feel confident about is gold reaching 2000 an ounce. It may seem crazy, but history supports this claim! John also gives away free copies of his “Why Gold, Why Now” presentation to callers on the show. | 7/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOn The Couch with Dr. Woody Johnson | As the market shrugs off good news and focuses on the debt ceiling, traders and investors are all asking the same thing: What is going to happen?! It could go either way, and the fear is evident! Dr. Woody Johnson, author of Mastering the Mental Game, joins the show to help listeners address some of their trading demons! Topics discussed included: Simulated vs. Live trading problems, How to take losses like a pro, Battling fear and greed and several others. If you have questions of your own, send them in and we will get to them on the next show with Dr. Woody! PowerPick: CALX | 7/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCommodities: Calm Before the Storm? | The Fed Beige Book comes out with disappointing statements about the economy and the markets panic! Big losses in all 3 major indices, and worries about more. Don Dawson joins the show to share his views on the commodities markets, ans where there are trading opportunities. Last time Don was on the show, he was focused on a divergence between the Dow and Copper that ultimately dropped the market about 10% before it moved upward. Now Don sees something similar, but where?! | 7/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDebt Ceiling: Crisis or Opportunity? | Big name companies reported earnings today with very mixed results, however all of them were overshadowed by the urgency of the Debt Ceiling. Justin Krebs joins the show to talk about how he sees the debt ceiling as opportunity for traders, as long as they know where to put their money. Merlin and Justin look at several currency pairs which offer great opportunities regardless of which way the markets head as pressure builds. Swiss Franc, Pound, Yen, Euro and the dollar all have prospects if the trade is set up correctly! PowerPick: GBPUSD | 7/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean“Free Wheeling” Into Uncharted Territories | Merlin addresses a few listener questions pertaining to the “Debt Ceiling” crisis, trying to put things into perspective as the deadline looms. Bruce Millbury joins the show and shares a trade that he and his students entered this afternoon on a price channel breakout. Bruce talks about his trading style, and how he deals with news and events which throw the markets around like a ragdoll. As the market’s rally, many stocks are hitting “Free Wheeling” levels, facing little resistance. Bruce talks about his recent article in Trader Magazine which talks about the principles behind “Free Wheeling, and how we as traders can use it to put the odds in our favor. PowerPick: WMT | 7/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRecession vs. Recession! | With history being such a great teacher, John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld look at historical recessions and analyze the performance of the markets in the following years. Such analysis can clue us into market trends and investment opportunities in the short and long term. How does our current situation stack up against the major recessions over the past 60 years? Tune in and fine out! | 7/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanExchange Traded Funds – Fad or Phenomenon? | As European officials get their pens ready to sign a deal on Greece, traders flock to the Euro and equity markets making for a great trading session! Paul Orme breaks down several of the critical things investors should know about using ETF’s in the portfolio allocations. While there is ample reason to use these investment vehicles for our portfolios, they are not without problems. Merlin and Paul talk about some of the major issues regarding ETF’s and their increasing popularity in the investment world. PowerPick: XLE | 7/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHow to Find a Mentor | Originally spurred by a listener question about “How does one go about finding a Mentor?”, Merlin takes this question to the V.P. of Education at Online Trading Academy to see what steps traders can do to get a mentor of their own. Finding a Mentor can be an arduous task, and then you never really know who your getting! Sam Seiden shares his experiences as a mentor and what he has done to create a pool of active traders who mentor in groups to leverage their time. This online forum is designed to help facilitate faster learning as well as thwart bad habits before they become engrained in a traders style. PowerPick: RIMM | 7/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanForex & Fundamentals, Does It Fit Your Style? | More earnings bombshells power most of the market to the upside, leaving financials in the dust. Just how long the exuberance will last is anyone’s guess, but if the numbers and guidance keep rolling in like they are, we should see the market rally for a while. Rick Wright joins the show to talk about the Forex class he is teaching in Irvine California this week, enlightening us on some of the items his students are focusing on. Rick also talks about how important it is to identify your trading style, and then approach the markets in a manner that suits that style best. With his trading style, he really doesn’t pay attention to all the fundamental economic numbers pouring into our heads each day. | 7/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEarnings Season and the Uncertainty It Brings | As earning season gets into high gear, many big name companies roll out their numbers, and begin to ignite momentum for the markets. The big question is: Is that momentum going to spur things up or down?!? Matt Gildea joins the show fresh out of his Stock trading class in Irvine California, sharing some stories from his class about order execution and the importance of understanding what types of orders to use in the right situation. Later we discuss routine and what steps are taken to get ready for trading session. Matt walks us through a recent trade on GS that looked great, but needed to be passed up. PowerPick: BVN | 7/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFresh from Freedomfest | The weekend edition of Power Trading Radio starts off looking at a couple listener questions regarding chart patterns and formations. These patterns help us increase probability in our favor as well as minimize risk. John O’Donnell phones in from Las Vegas where he is attending “FreedomFest”, an expo dedicated to all things freedom related. John shares with us some of the key points being presented at the expo and his views on how to help American get back on its feet. PowerPick: GT | 7/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHow Prepared Are You for the Future? | More economic data pours in to bring the masses into buying the open and driving prices into Bernanke’s testimonial time. From there it was a southbound train! Tillie Allison joins the show to shed some light into a recent article about how ill-prepared most Americans as they near retirement. Through proactive management and proper asset allocation, investors of ALL ages can adequately prepare for the future. Tillie discusses several investment techniques and how we manage the positions from several different perspectives. PowerPick: BA | 7/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanUsing Options for the Ultimate Protection! | After a brief market overview and a live studio audience question about QE3, Merlin brings Corey Lane into the studio to talk about trading Options. In the past the duo have talked about how to use options to make money in up, down, and sideways market, this time they look into using options to set stops on equity positions to guarantee a stop price. Although it may eat away at some of the profits, the security might be worth it! PowerPick: GS | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTechnical Analysis Tuesday | Mike McMahon joins the show to cover the technical side of things! Merlin and Mike look at a variety of currency pairs using Supply & Demand, Trends, Candlesticks, CCI, Moving Averages, Stochastics and more. Cutting out the fundamental noise and looking at what price is telling you often leads to higher probability, less emotional trading. The following Currency pairs are discussed: EURUSD, EURJPY, AUDJPY, GBPUSD, EURCHF. PowerPick: AUDJPY | 7/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Not-So-Hard to See Sell-Off! | Biggest down day in over a month, and it wasn’t all that hard to see coming. After Friday’s employment number gap down, fear was spreading! Then you had the European and Asian markets tank, setting up for a big down day in the US equity markets. Will it continues it the bigger question! Merlin covers the basics of how he uses Volume to gauge sentiment and emotions when trading, and addresses several other listener questions. PowerPick: WYNN | 7/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAn Evening with Elliot Wave | Merlin Rothfeld & John O’Donnell wrap up the weeks market activity, and set the stage for next week’s trading. Brian Whitmer, Editor of The European Financial Forecast, joins the show to talk about his views on the international markets and his forecasts for global markets. Brian shares his history using Elliot Wave principles to forecast market moves and macro economic cycles. PowerPIck:DIS | 7/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Importance of Having a Mentor | In the face of the August 2nd deadline on the debt ceiling, the question came up about the US gold holdings and the possibility of using that to carry the US for a little while. How much do we really have? Who has the most Gold? Ryan Cook, makes is first appearance on the show, walking listeners through the trials and tribulations he encountered on his way to being a successful trader. He breaks down the importance of having a Mentor, and how it helped give him structure and discipline. PowerPick: TSO | 7/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTalking to an OG Day Trader! | As the debt ceiling deadline looms, will the president pull out a small loophole in the 14th amendment to help resolve the situation? The drama continues! Bob Dunn joins the program and talks about how he has been day trading the markets since the early 80’s, highlighting how that particular style of trading provides great benefit to all traders in the financial markets. Although a shorter term trader, Bob uses long term time frames to set his trade parameters. PowerPick: SLB | 7/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDigesting the Macro News | As the Euro saga continues, Mike McMahon joins the show to shed some light on how he sees things transpiring internationally and abroad. Downgrades, gold hording, slowdowns in global manufacturing are all moving international markets and currencies, so what does it mean to you? Merlin and Mike take a look at the fundamentals and then dive in to a discussion of multiple time frame analysis with visual examples for those watching on www.PowerTradingRadio.com PowerPick: EURUSD | 7/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHow Do I Decide Which Asset Class To Trade? | A normally quiet trading week BOOMS to the upside, presenting the largest 5-day percentage gain since early 2009. After a brief market overview, Merlin turns to a listener question which revolves around an issue that many traders have: What Asset Class To Trade? Merlin breaks down this question in to several components including: Trading style, personal interests, Work schedule and more. Understanding one asset is a great way to make money, however traders who understand the synergies between multiple asset classes have a distinct advantage. | 7/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHas the Housing Market Bottomed? Or Are We Back on the Slide? | Real Estate expert Diana Hill Joins the show to look at some of the recent fundamental data coming out of the housing market, including Existing, Pending, and New home sales. Are the trends changing? Diana shares her thoughts on market inventory and its impacts on prices and more importantly the Case Shiller HPI 20. After the market breakdown, Merlin and Diana tackle several listener questions pertaining to the housing markets. PowerPick: FSLR | 6/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPlotting the Future with Futures | Good market news and global events propel the market’s upward for the 3rd consecutive day, putting a nice finishing rally on June’s trading. Dan Sugar joins the show to talk about his current class and how he uses the Globex highs and lows to establish market levels for each trading day. Wednesday’s trading hit these levels exactly, making of great trades for all his students! Rounding out the show, Dan talks about the recent dance between the 4 major indices, and how they are giving us clues as to where the market is heading in the short term. | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBad News Abound, and the Market Rallies?! | With bad economic data and turmoil in the streets of Greece, the markets rallied sharply to the upside! Was it Fundamentally or Technically driven? Steve Misic joins the program to look at some of the fundamental news currently facing the global markets, and how it is impacting his trading. Later, Steve and Merlin tackle several listener questions before moving onto the charts of several currency pairs for some technical analysis. PowerPick:USDJPY | 6/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDifferent Strokes for Different Folks - Patterns and Trading Styles | Merlin starts off by looking at a recent PowerPick on SLB, and breaks it down from multiple perspectives. One Pattern offers 3 distinct trading opportunities for bullish or bearish investors. Craig Weil joins the show and offers his quick opinions of news and how to trade it, then goes into his trading style and some of the lessons he has learned in the last 37 years of trading! PowerProspects:BR, PG, ARBA, KLAC | 6/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMarket Scams and Misconceptions | With countless people getting fleeced out of their money by a wide variety of market scams, what can the individual investor do to protect themselves? John O’Donnell joins the show to talk about some of the bigger scams he has seen over the years and the simple things that consumers need to pay attention to in order to protect themselves. John and Merlin look at a variety of macroeconomic issues currently facing our markets, including recent IEA statements Greece to gain a greater sense of how news influences our markets. PowerPick: GD | 6/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSteps to Catch Up on Your 401k | Over the last few weeks, many listeners have inquired about what to do if they tapped into their 401k, or if they haven’t started planning for retirement yet. Can people catch up? If so, what should they do? Tillie Allison joins the show to talk about these questions and more to gain a greater understanding of what we need to do to prepare for our golden years. PowerPick: HD | 6/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOn the Couch with Dr. Woody Johnson! | Most traders and books agree that trading is 70-80% psychology, yet many know very little about themselves and how they actually trade. Dr. Woody Johnson, trading psychologist, joins the show to talk to listeners about ways to improve their trading and achieve peak performance in all aspects of their life. For most of the show, the “Couch” is open, and listeners questions are answered on the air. PowerPick: RIO | 6/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBig News Coming From Greece, What’s Your Plan?! | With the No confidence vote looming for the Greek Prime minister, the Euro, and other currencies are bouncing around like Wallabies! What impact does this have on our trades going forward, and what should we do as the news unfolds? Justin Krebs joins us in studio for a special segment which covers these topics and how Justin sets up his trades accordingly! PowerPick: HD | 6/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPlanning the Trade, Trading the Plan | Fresh back from the International Traders Expo in Dallas Texas, Merlin dives straight into a listeners question regarding a trading plan and the steps to build one. Marty Dim, joins the show and shares a trade with listeners that he is currently in. This trade involves A big gap, fundamentals, technical’s and Options. Marty is already locked in nice profit and is riding the options for even more return! PowerPick: MOS | 6/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDay 3 Live at the Dallas Money Show | Merlin broadcasts live from the Dallas Money Show and brings us interviews with Stanley Dash from TradeStation and many more. | 6/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDay 2 Live at the Dallas Money Show | Merlin broadcasts live from the Dallas Money Show with interviews from Roy Worth of TheMoneyShow.com, John Roberts from TradeStation, and LP Ladouceur from the Dallas Cowboys. | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLive From the Dallas Traders Expo | Merlin broadcasts live fromt the Dallas Traders Expo and brings us all the excitement. He chats with special guest Corey Lane about our current markets and answers listener questions. | 6/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTrading Spot and Forex Futures with Sam Seiden | Sam Seiden joins Merlin for an entire show focusing on the difference between Spot and Forex Futures. Getting his start in trading decades ago, Sam began trading FX Futures, yet has traded spot as well. Sam discusses the many pro’s and cons to both, and emphasizes that traders must identify their goals & objectives before committing to either asset class. Sam outlines some of the tools he and his staff have created help traders & Investors achieve their goals. | 6/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMonday Afternoon Mailbag | With little real exciting activity in the markets on Monday, Merlin opens up the mail bag and dives into listener questions. First and foremost, Merlin Tackles the topic of “Trading is Gambling”, and sheds light on how a professional trader always tries to stack the odds on their side, giving them a better than 50/50 chance of being on the right side of the trade. Stocks talked about on the show: NSTC, LMT, LULU, BRCM, JNPR, AMAT, MU PowerPick: SBUX | 6/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Macro Picture For Your Weekend Edition | John O’Donnell and Merlin focus the weekend edition show on the macro fundamental news that has been driving the markets recently. Topics covered include: The Fed becoming the largest holder of U.S. Treasury paper, Gold and Silver at these current levels as well as looking forward, Recent bounce in Financial stocks. John and Merlin also discuss their upcoming trip to Dallas for the International Traders Expo, where they will be offering several free presentations. TO find out more, go to www.moneyshow.com PowerPick: XLE | 6/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPortfolio Management in Turbulent Times | With a Live studio audience of Online Trading Academy students, Merlin runs down the day’s trading activity then focuses on listeners questions. Tillie Allison joins the show to talk about how many investors were spoiled with the recent run of the S&P, and how they should be proactively managing their accounts to protect against further downside moves. Merlin talks about Tillie’s cover story on Traders magazine, and how market timing helps improve investing results. PowerPick: NVDA | 6/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhen It Rains, It Pours…. | More bad economic data, and hawkish comments from the Fed District Presidents regarding their districts pressured the markets lower, while OPEC did nothing and oil shot up! Is there a bottom in sight? Or will we keep slowly dropping? Michael Young joins the program to talk about some of the technological innovations and how High Frequency has changed the landscape of the trading markets. Later, the duo look at a few listener questions, then dive into current market analysis, addressing key levels that all listeners should be aware of for upcoming trading sessions. PowerPick: ZUMZ | 6/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBehind the Scenes With Futures & Forex | After Ben Bernanke’s presentation today, the market reacted to his lack of definitive optimism by selling off the equity markets to close at near dead lows. Merlin looks at the market action, and to no surprise, sees things heading down further. Trey Lazzara, President of TradePro Furtues, joins the program to talk about some of the key differences the spot and futures market for currencies. Trey shares with us some of the current trends he is witnessing with his clients as well as the markets as a whole. PowerPick: EXXI | 6/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFibonacci and Its Many Uses | Merlin Kicks off the trading week with a quick rundown of the major market headlines and reviews some listener question from last week regarding market strength and closing prices. Chris Manson joins the show to talk about how he uses Fibonacci as a decision support tool, helping him refine his entries, stops and targets. Later, Chris and Merlin look at where the markets may be headed and use a little Fibonacci to help validate upcoming levels. PowerPick: SPY | 6/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIgnore The Static | Merlin and Mike talked about the 7 pillars of trading after getting through today’s numbers. Despite the news, the market was only off 2% of the week and the fundamentals and technicals still look bullish long term but the short and intermediate needs great caution, the Dow has slid for 5 weeks but everybody is approaching or on support. Pick of the day was STT long for a swing trade. Details on the OTA Trader’s Dashboard. | 6/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHousing Market Back in Black? | Two great listener questions regarding ways to report companies who are performing illegal activities and how credit rating scales work, dominate the opening segment. Diana Hill joins the show to help make sense of much of the recent housing data and the talk of another housing market decline. Do the numbers support it? Tune in to see what Ms. Hill thinks, as well as what are some of the new government proposals to help get the housing market on solid ground. PowerPick: NOV | 6/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMarket Clues While You Sleep | As more economic data comes down the pipeline with bad results, the markets nosedive! Although the data is important, it wasn’t the only reason we saw the major indexes drop over 2%! Steve Bobbitt joins the show to walk us through how he looks at the overnight Globex trading sessions to get clues to where the markets may be headed when the open. Steve uses a variety of tools, including S&D levels, Fibonacci, range bars and gap data to build his strategy for the coming day. PowerPick: SPY | 6/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhy Are We Rallying on Bad News?! | Power Trading Radio listener Amy, sent in a great question about why the markets rallied in the face of bad news and a double dip recession. Merlin breaks this question down and applies elements of multiple time frame analysis to the way that people relate to news and information. Steve Misic joins the program to share his thoughts on the subject, and reflect on how the recent news has moved the markets in the short term, as well as how it might move things going forward. Steve addresses a listeners question about his “Channel Breakout Strategy”, and tries to clarify its uses in today’s markets vs. trending markets. Merlin points out the importance of trading slower assets first, then moving up to faster vehicles and Steve points out what the slow, medium and fast currency pairs are. PowerPick: SGEN | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanInflation vs. Deflation | Guest host John O'Donnell and his special guest Patrick Barron discus Keynesian economics and the inflation vs. deflation debate. | 5/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhat’s Your Trading Style? | For the second day in a row, 20 Trading Academy Students join the first segment of Power Trading Radio, and get involved with questions regarding what traders need to do to succeed. Tillie Allison joins the show and breaks down the 4 main trading styles, then shifts things to address 2 different subsets of long term investing. Traditionally investors just use boilerplate asset allocation tables to determine their investments. However, there are several different ways we can manage our investments, and Tillie shares the basics with us. PowerPick: FDO | 5/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMarket Timing and Sector Rotation | With a Live studio audience, Merlin starts off the show by looking at a lot of the recent economic data and how it supports the recent sell off. Dan Sugar joins the program and starts discussing Market Timing and Sector Rotation, two concepts that are very crucial at getting the best possible entry. A 3rd generation trader, Dan discusses the importance of having a mentor, as well as his involvement in the XLT program where he gets to help other traders achieve their dreams. With the recent break of significant moving averages, Dan and Merlin share their prognosis for the markets going forward. PowerPick: SPY | 5/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFrom India With Love | International trading globetrotter Brandon Wendell joins Merlin on Power Trading Radio to share his experiences traveling the world for the last 5 months. Brandon looks at some of the fundamental differences in the way that we trade here in the states, vs. the way trading occurs in India. Very different! Next, our dynamic duo takes a look at trading indicators: How they have been of assistance through the years, and what they are using now to trade all markets. Brandon takes a look at how we can use currency pairs, especially cross pairs to trade commodities like gold and oil with greater accuracy. PowerPick: AUDUSD | 5/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSell In May and Go Away. Really!?! | Merlin starts off the show by looking at a lot of the recent Economic numbers from the US and European economy, and assessing their impact on the markets going forward. Chuck Fulkerson joins the program to talk a bit about the often used market mantra “Sell in May, and go away.” Chuck emphasizes the importance of proactively investing and using other instruments, as well as shorting, when the market is in a downtrend. Rather than getting out, and not making money on the decline in prices, wouldn’t it be more prudent to ride prices down and make money!? With the current trend of the Dollar and commodities, there is ample opportunity for traders in all asset classes! PowerPick: CAT | 5/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Mysteries of Fibonacci | Keeping his word, Merlin starts the show off by going over the PowerPick from Thursday, and points out the obvious flaw with this trade. He also breaks it down from a Fibonacci perspective, giving listeners the opportunity to get their free Fibonacci CD by calling (88-304-8723). John O’Donnell joins the program to share some insights into his trading style and how it pertains to the metals market. Listener questions range from the current situation at Goldman Sachs, to market index correlation. PowerPick: PCLN | 5/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPlanning For Your Future | Merlin kicks things off with a quick rundown of the markets before shifting attention to the current IPO market, and the hype behind the LinkedIn (LNKD) release this morning. Bob Heitner joins the show and helps listeners understand some of the risks of Annuities, and other investment vehicles. Bob outlines how the XLT (Extended Learning Track) is designed to give Very simple rules for investors to follow, so that they can manage their own financial future, instead of trusting an advisor! PowerPick: PAA | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDifferent Strokes for Different Folks | After going over several stocks that listeners sent in to have analyzed, Merlin shifts the show to trading style and discovery. 36year trading veteran Craig Weil joins the show and walks listeners through the steps that it took him to discover his trading style! Craig uses intraday scalping to pull money from the markets, and does so using a very limited number of securities. Craig tells us what they are, and more importantly, WHY he trades only those. PowerPicks: LAZ, HBHC, SEE | 5/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHow Much Should the News Impact Our Trades? | With so much information pouring into our heads from all corners of the earth, does it really impact our trades? Justin Krebs joins the program and shares his thoughts on how he uses the landslide of economic information to gauge where the currency markets are going. Going one step further, Justin talks about his most recent XLT (Extended Learning Track) session and how he prepares students for a trading day. PowerPick: WLP | 5/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Importance of Having Rules and a Trading Plan | The trading week kicked off with a nice technology slide and a variety of international reports which soured the tone of traders. Merlin breaks down some of the big headlines and sheds some light on their impact going forward. Dan Sugar joins the show and shares some of the rules he has in his trading plan, and offers suggestions to traders on how they should shape their trading plans. Dan breaks down the current market movements , and gives his opinions on where things are headed from here. PowerPick: CTL | 5/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Breakdown of an Economic Indicator: CPI | From the listener mail bag, Merlin digs out a good question on Fundamental analysis “How does Fundamental Data impact our trades?” John O’Donnell Joins Merlin on the show as they tackle this tricky question with tons of visual images to help support their explanations. The duo break down How CPI is comprised, and what are the influences on it, as well as explaining the trends of CPI and its individual components. PowerPick: RVBD | 5/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAnother One Bites the Dust! Life of a Hedge Fund Manager | Another Big Time hedge fund manager goes down today casting fear amongst the big brokers and joy to Merlin! Paul Orme joins the show to share his thoughts on the debate over dividend payments or capital appreciation. Later, Paul and Merlin look at asset diversification and how it leads to individual investors achieving their desired rate of return so they can retire in style. PowerPick: RKT | 5/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGlobex, Elliot Wave & Dead Cat Bounce: Anatomy of a Trade | Back at the helm, Merlin Rothfeld kicks off Futures Wednesday by looking back at the last 2 days of All-Star events he hosted and breaks down current market movements. Steve Bobbitt joins the program and introduces 3 topics which sound like something out of a Teenage Slasher Flick! Globex Futures, Elliot Wave and Dead Cat Bounce are 3 key elements that led to a great trading day for Steve today, and he walks us through all 3 components and the puts them together as he walks us through his trade. Later he lays out his thoughts on where the market is headed in the short term. PowerPick: SPY | 5/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanForeign Currencies and US Debt | Guest Host John O’Donnell talks about Online Trading Academy’s unique approach using supply and demand zones to dictate your entry and exit in the markets. Special guest Rick Wright joined the shows and discussed the USD/EURO, POUND/FRANC and other opportunities in foreign currency markets, as well as how our economy is being impacted by massive federal debt of over 14 trillion dollars and more. Get well soon Mike! | 5/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGold & Silver in India | Guest host John O’Donnell and Derek Zelek spoke about his 6 month visit to the country of India to teach investors and traders the Online Trading Academy strategies and techniques. Derek’s direct experience with the culture showed him their bias toward gold and silver verses the counter bias in the USA. John also found out why some of the strategies taught buy OTA work better in India than in USA or Europe. Learn why the Dollar is oversold over-sold verses Euro and why this could be a great trading opportunity. Get well Soon Mike!! See Pro Picks. | 5/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIt’s Not Doom & Gloom, It’s Opportunity! | John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld tackle a listener question regarding John’s negative viewpoint on the market and the misconception of Doom & Gloom. With the current moves in the market, there is tremendous opportunity to the downside, and all traders should be taking advantage of it. At a minimum, listeners should be rebalancing their portfolio’s co protect against large market drawdown’s if they are “Buy and Hold” Investors. John dives in to silver and what are some of the issues he sees with silver, and why he thinks we will see a small bounce before selling off to new lows. Lastly, the duo look at the Euro and its growing troubles with Greece. PowerPick: COP | 5/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAsset Allocation in Volatile Times | Silver plunges again as margin requirements are raised, and the dollar has an explosive rally. For many, this presents an attractive point to add to buy into, for others its high risk. Bob Heitner joins the show to explain the risks involved with trading volatile securities in your long term accounts. Bob addresses 3 major components to Investing that many have a hard time following: Asset Allocation, Market Timing, Discipline. He shares his insights on investing with Merlin, while focusing on these 3 key components. PowerPick:SLV | 5/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMarkets Continue Their Slide, When Will It Stop? | Silver gets crushed again as margin rules hit the street. Will the sell off continue? If so, when is the time to get back in? Merlin tackles this question to start off the show, as well as a couple other listener questions. Steve Misic joins the program to share his thoughts on parabolic moves such as the one Silver has enjoyed, as well as helping traders understand the difference between the Spot Forex and Forex Futures. Later in the program, the duo look at the EURUSD, and the Dollar Index. PowerPick: CNQ | 5/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRules & Strategies: Your Key to Success | Merlin starts the show off by going over some listener questions regrading the recent PowerPicks, and the logic behind them. With a thorough understanding of the strategy implemented as well as the rules that MUST be followed, listeners gain a clearer picture of proper trading. Sam Seiden, joins the show to share his thoughts on those issues as well as talk about some of the ground-breaking tools he and his team have created to help traders achieve their financial goals. Merlin and Sam look at the current EURUSD chart as well as EURGBP. PowerPick: USDJPY | 5/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanParabolic Moves. Love em’ or Leave em? | As the world celebrates the Death of Bin Laden, the equity markets actually sold off instead of rallying as expected. Silver also took a big hit, down nearly 10% on the day. Is this the end of Silvers run? John Barrett joins the show to talk about how he trades parabolic moves, like silver, and what he has learned over the years about how others trade them. John also discusses how he uses supply and demand levels to spot turning points and origins of big sell-offs. PowerPick: FST | 5/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGlobal Perspectives on Gold and Silver | John O’Donnell returns to Power Trading Radio after nearly 3 weeks traveling around Israel. John shares his thoughts on his travels and how current events are shaping the markets. A lot of attention is put on the erosion of the US dollar and its global purchasing power. Merlin & John talk about their upcoming speaking schedule for the Dallas Traders Expo in June. PowerPick:DD | 4/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTricks Money Managers Pull on Investors , and What to Do to Secure Your Financial Future. | Merlin starts off Thursday’s show by diving into the mail bag to tackle a few listeners questions regarding WTW & AMZN. Paul Orme joins the program from Philadelphia, where he is teaching a ProActive Investor class. Paul walks us through some of the things he is attempting to accomplish with his students, as well as some of the key concepts that have been the biggest surprise for them. Later, Merlin and Paul discuss some of the most problematic areas in long term investing and the power of compounding interest. PowerPick: GPS | 4/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSilver and Gold rocking to historic highs, is now the time to buy? | Again today Gold and Silver shot up to record highs drawing in many traders. What were the factors for the move, and is now the time to buy? Dow Dawson, 23+ year commodities trader, joins the show to share his thoughts on how the fundamental news today impacted these assets as well as other commodities. Don talks about one of his favorite commodities and how he feels it is a good indicator of where the markets will be headed in the next few months! PowerPicks: RIG & WYN | 4/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanShould the News & Current Events Influence Your Trades? | Merlin starts off with an overview of why SLV was chosen as a PowerPick of the Day! on Monday. After some clarity on why the entry was selected, and how users may tweak their numbers, Justin Krebs joins the show to talk about the currency markets. Justin has a straight forward approach to trading currencies that discounts a majority of the news that is presented to us each day. “People Lie, Charts don’t” says Justin as he shares his views on the markets and shares some trades he is currently in. PowerPick: None | 4/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOver the past couple weeks, we have received many messages from listeners who are frustrated with their financial advisors, and | Kyle Hibbard joins Merlin to look at many of the macro factors impacting our financial markets. With commodity prices skyrocketing, global inflation, and the end of QE2, what’s next for our markets? Are earnings enough to propel us higher, or have we topped out? From Technical’s to fundamentals, Kyle and Merlin tackle these topics and listener questions regarding ETF’s and specific stocks. PowerPick: SLV | 4/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhat It Takes To Be a Part of the 10% of People Who Will Have Enough Money For Retirement! | Over the past couple weeks, we have received many messages from listeners who are frustrated with their financial advisors, and are curious what it takes to manage their own long term investments. Russ Allen pointed out on Thursday’s show that with just 1 hour a week, we can do a better job than a financial advisor! Merlin is joined by Tillie Allison for a look at what steps need to be taken by individuals looking to Proactively Manage their money. The two point out that with structure and the right education, anyone can manage their finances. | 4/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Stampeding Earnings Bull! Will They Stop? | As more companies pour in great earnings numbers, the looming question is: Will it last? Russ Allen joins the program to offer his insights from a longer term perspective. Russ believes that we will continue to see these good numbers for a while, and that we need to rebalance our portfolios to reflect it. But with prices at lofty levels, do we buy now? Or wait for a Retracement? Tune in to get the answers! PowerPick: DD | 4/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanVolatility In The Markets. How Do I Buy It? And Do I Want To? | After a big gap up on Intel earnings and positive vibe, the markets traded sideways. Will we see more upside movement as more bellwethers come out with earnings tomorrow? Merlin takes a look at the VIX index and the various ETF/ETN’s which allow you to trade market volatility. With many options to choose from, traders need to analyze the various options from a risk/reward perspective to find out if it is worth trading them! Merlin walks you through them all from a risk/reward perspective, shedding some light on this relatively new trading vehicle | 4/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Influence of the Media On Our Trades. Should We Listen? | Merlin runs through some of the headlines facing the trading day, and mulls the importance of them. After all, it is the news and media hype which steers many investors. Rick Wright joins the show to share his thoughts, as well as how he tunes out the media and focuses on what is important: Price! Later the two look at the USD, EUR, JPY and try to make some sense of the past moves and where things may be headed in the meantime! PowerPick: USDJPY | 4/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPrivate Companies Downgrading Their Own Countries! What’s Next? | Standard & Poor’s cast a dark cloud over the markets today by lowering its long-term outlook for the federal government's fiscal health from "stable" to "negative." What impacts will this have going forward on our markets? What could this mean for the dollar? Bruce Milbury joins us to talk about what he is seeing in the markets, and how he uses specific trading tools to trade. Bruce goes over “Freewheelin” and how Silver still may have a lot more room to run. PowerPick: STI | 4/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMarket Timing & Trade Strategies, Are They For You? | Tillie Allison joins the program live from Detroit, where she is teaching the ProTrader Stock course. Tillie shares her thoughts on the debate about Market Timing, and its validity as an effective tool for evaluating markets. Merlin brings up a listener question on Automated Trading systems and if they work. Merlin and Tillie tackle that question and several others in this weekend edition of Power Trading Radio! PowerPick: SID | 4/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanUsing ETF’s and Market Timing to maximize returns in the market | Merlin is joined by 50+ year market Veteran Leslie N. Masonson. Les talks about his new book “Buy – Don’t Hold”, which lays out a clear cut system for long term capital preservation and growth using a variety of Exchange Traded Funds. Over the last 50 years, he has developed a unique system which incorporates a lot of market timing principals. These principals will keep investors on the correct financial path! Merlin looks at the Relative Strength concept and applies it to current market conditions. PowerPick: DNR | 4/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Uneducated Lose, The Educated Win. Always! Which Side Are You On? | Merlin is Joined by the V.P. of Education at Online Trading Academy, Sam Seiden, for an in-depth look at what it takes to be a good trader. Sam walks us through his progression as a trader from a floor based Market Maker on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, to a successful screen based trader. In his dedication to the art of trading, Sam has created physical class content, as well as online Mentoring rooms to help traders achieve their financial goals as soon as possible! Finally Sam presents the newest offering from Online Trading Academy, OTA ProPicks. These daily market calls are designed to help facilitate learning as well as give students a FULL thought out trading plan for each trade. PowerPick: VSEA | 4/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Striking Similarities Between Chernobyl & Japan, and how its Impacting the Currency Markets. | Merlin starts off the program with an interesting look at the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the eerie similarities which it shares with the current events unfolding in Japan. As with Chernobyl, the Japanese government has not exactly been forthcoming with the truth. Like in trading, we must look to the past to gain a better understanding of the future. Justin Krebs joins the program to share his thoughts on how to treat trading as a business, shattering the belief that trading is simple. The pair then turn their attention to currency pairs, including: EURUSD. AUDUSD, USDCAD. PowerPicks: LRY, PCAR | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNews and Multiple Time Frame Analysis: How They Fit Into Your Trading Day | Matt Gildea joins Merlin live in studio to share his thoughts on the current status of the market and how others are trying to MAKE you think. Matt points out how the vast majority of traders use news incorrectly, and are often left holding the bag when their positions shoot against them! They then take a step back and look at how multiple time frame analysis plays a very crucial role in trading and how it pertains to the current market situation. PowerPick:DO | 4/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRising Gold and Silver Create Profts | Merlin and his special gues Tillie Allison take a trader's look at all th markets and answer your questions and phone calls live on the air. Rising gold and silver prices are creating profits and offering hedge opportunities for long-term investors. Professional traders learn the value of each tool and it's purpose in various market conditions in order to be consistently profitable. Which side of the trade were you on today? | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJim Puplava 30+ Year Investor & CFP Talks Money and Online Trading Academy | Merlin is joined by Jim Puplava, President and Chief Investment Strategist for PFS Group. Jim talks about the importance of gold and having it in your portfolio’s. Having invested for over 30 years, Jim shares his experiences and constant need for trading and investing education. For the past week, he has been attending the Online Trading Academy Pro Trader course, and shares his thoughts with listeners. PowerPick: UAL | 4/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEliminating Emotions Through Planning and Routine | Michael Young, 26 years veteran on the floor of the CBOE, joins the show to shed some light on how traders need to prep for their trading day and develop a routine. Michael shares his experience this morning with XLT (Extended Learning Track), and how the methodically begin each trading day. Later the pair look at the current state of the equity markets and weigh in on which way they see them going. Show includes analysis of SPY, IWR, DIA, QQQ, VXX and several other stocks. | 4/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean1 Year Anniversary Show! | After 260 shows, Power Trading Radio officially turns 1 year old! As a present, the markets graced us with a ton of news and announcements that are sure to add more fuel for the volatility of the markets. Merlin addresses news ranging from Inflation, Apple, China, Portugal and tons more! Steve Misic joins the program to shed some light on what he sees happening in the currency markets, as well as what traders should do when they are impacted personally by traumatic events. The pair look at GLD, VXX, EURUSD, AUDJPY, USDJPY, GBPUSD. PowerPick: AUDJPY | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDebt and the Fractal Nature of the Markets | Merlin tackles a listener question about the “Debt Ceiling” and how it impacts our trading. To understand this, we first have to know the purpose behind the ceiling and what its purpose is in our economy. Special Guest Marty Dim joins the show from Chicago bringing 30+ years of trading experience to PowerTradingRadio listeners as he and Merlin look at the fractal nature of markets, and how we can apply this knowledge to technical analysis. Merlin and Marty look at a few listeners stocks, including: IRE, RIMM, SPY. PowerPick: EURUSD | 4/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Pyramid of Success, In Life and in Trading! | Merlin and John take a look at John Wooden’s “Pyramid of Leadership”, and how it applies to trading. John runs through the 15 key components, breaking them down in an attempt to illustrate the direct correlation to greatness in Leadership, Trading and in Life. These topics are essential for anyone interested in trading as a profession! Later, John and Merlin look at some of the key events and issues facing our markets such as Interest rates, NYSE merger, etc. PowerPick: NIHD | 4/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTime Decay using Leveraged ETF’s & How to use them in your portfolio | Merlin starts off by addressing several listeners questions about Wednesdays discussion of ETF decay and how it works against you. Through specific examples, Merlin shows you that even when the underlying asset that the ETF’s are tracking do not change in time, the derivative ETF’s will all lose value. This phenomenon is known as Time Decay. Tillie Allison joins the show to add her thoughts on the subject, then shares a strategy that ties into the End of Month trading behavior of the markets. PowerPick: FXE | 3/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanInternational Events and Their Impact on Commodity Prices | After a market overview and current events, Don Dawson joins the program to shed some light into the current commodities markets. With the weak dollar and rising global demand, will the current commodity price trend continue? Don takes a look at this question as well as how the events in Japan will create opportunities for those trading commodities. Don and Merlin stress the need for a trading plan, regardless of your trading style and objective. PowerPick: @ES | 3/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe 7-Pillars of Trading Applied to the Currency Markets | Merlin focuses this show on how the 7-Pillars of trading impact all aspects of his trading. To begin with, he explains how and why he chose the PowerProspects from Monday, and why the 7-Pillars impacted those choices. As the show progresses, Merlin applies the same methodology to some of the Major currency pairs including EURUSD, USDJPY. Listeners will receive a free 7-Pillars of trading CD if they call into the show. 1-888-304-8723. PowerProspects:NEM & MASI | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEquity Market Movements & Moving Averages | Off to a negative note, the Equity markets continue digesting a wealth of market internals and global events. John Barrett joins the show to shed some light on how he trades using Moving Averages to assist in his trading decisions. Using a variety of different time frames, John breaks down how Moving averages to both enhance his probability of being on the right side of the trade, as well as determining overall market direction. These same Moving Averages are telling us something very interesting about the current markets. PowerProspects: NWS, WLL, QLGC | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKeynesian vs Austrian Economics. Pro’s & Con’s | John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld open the show with a summary of the major issues facing our markets this week, as well as a final look at the numbers for the week. Douglas French, president of the Mises Institute and author of several book, joins the show to shed some insight into the Austrian school of economics. Clearly the way that our government has been steering things has its flaws, and Mr. French shares his thoughts on what we can be doing different, as well as what we have learned from Bubbles in the past. PowerPick: ARBA | 3/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAnalyzing Your Largest Investment, Your Home! | After another bullish day, Merlin recaps some of the PowerPick movements and market internals which helped the market rally today. Diana Hill joins the program to shed some light on the current status of the housing market. Current data suggests further downside movement, but is that what it means in your market? Diana breaks down the current Case-Shiller numbers, and sheds some light on the residential and commercial real estate markets. Diana also discusses some of the topics she will be covering in her upcoming Physical and Online classes. PowerProspects: BBT, PSLV, OIL | 3/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanUsing Futures to Trade Commodities, Global Indexes and Currencies. | Fibonacci brings itself to the forefront again as a slew of listeners sent in questions over night regarding its usage. Merlin looks at a listeners question on how to use Fibonacci extensions to help give price targets in situations where price has never been at those levels. Dan Sugar joins the program to give us some insight into the current status of the Futures market. Merlin and Dan discuss how Japan is impacting the futures markets, from Indexes, currencies, and commodities. Later they look at how the rising oil costs may impact the markets, and how we can capitalize on their movements. PowerPick: CNH | 3/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanUsing Futures to Trade Commodities, Global Indexes and Currencies. | Fibonacci brings itself to the forefront again as a slew of listeners sent in questions over night regarding its usage. Merlin looks at a listeners question on how to use Fibonacci extensions to help give price targets in situations where price has never been at those levels. Dan Sugar joins the program to give us some insight into the current status of the Futures market. Merlin and Dan discuss how Japan is impacting the futures markets, from Indexes, currencies, and commodities. Later they look at how the rising oil costs may impact the markets, and how we can capitalize on their movements. PowerPick: CNH | 3/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTechnical’s, Fundamentals & Fibonacci. Where Are the Currency Markets Headed? | Merlin starts off the show by looking at a listener question about Fibonacci uses in financial markets, and how to properly use them. As the show progresses, examples are used on currency charts to show Fibonacci Retracements and Extensions. Merlin gives a thorough analysis of the EUROUSD on both a technical and fundamental level before moving onto the USDJPY pair for a similar analysis. PowerPick: EURUSD | 3/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBig Gaps, Tight Ranges, Another day in the equity markets! | With the significant gap this morning, several of the PowerPicks were stopped out, and Merlin walks you through them all. After addressing the current market situation, focus shifts to the NYSE merger and other listener questions. Chuck Fulkerson joins the program and immediately stresses the real focus of trading: Controlling Losses! Although he had a couple losing trades today, they were kept small, and followed his plan to a “T”. The pair talk about Order Routing and its impact on profits & trade management. PowerPick: OI | 3/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMastering The Power Of Options | After a turbulent week in the global financial markets, the dust is beginning to settle! John O’Donnell & Merlin Rothfeld take a look at the major events impacting the markets and the impact of the Japan situation. Mark Longo, President of The Options Insider, joins the show to talk about how options have evolved. After shares his experiences from the CBOE, and how he has successfully transitioned to screen based trading, Mark goes on to point out how most traders are using options correctly. While many Deceptive Options schools promise amazing rewards and sell you junk info on Options trading, Mark stresses the need for Legitimate education to use this instrument correctly. PowerPick: ETN | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPro’s and Cons of ETF’s & Using Them to Anticipate Market Direction | After outlining how he is adding to his short position in the market, Merlin invites Dan Sugar to the program. Dan discusses what his students are learning in his class in Concord California, and how this week’s market turbulence is impacting the learning experience. Dan stresses why ETF’s need to be a part of everyone’s long term portfolio, and may offer some great short term trading vehicles as well. The show wraps with an analysis of ETF’s can help us anticipate market direction. Specifically with SMH, XLF, XLK, XLE. PowerPick: EFA | 3/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFinding Success with Trading Mentors & The Latest Futures Innovations | As the markets continue their present slide, Merlin looks at a wide assortment of market data which suggests further downside movement. XLT graduates, and "Guide a Friend To Success" winners, George Albert and Taylor Frame join the program to discuss how Online Trading Academy has helped them achieve their trading goals. Crediting the XLT mentoring program, these two traders share their experiences and trading styles with listeners. Trey Lazzara, President of Trade Pro Futures (www.tradeprofutures.com), joins Merlin to discuss what he learned while the Chief Technical Officer for one of the largest trading floors in the Western United States, and how it has helped him run a successful brokerage firm for Futures and Forex. Trey talks about some of the advantages he offers clients such as brokerage side stop losses, low margin requirements and Automated trading systems designed to reduce emotion and enforce discipline. PowerPick: SPY | 3/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhich way is the money blowing? Making sense of the Currency Markets. | Special guest Justin Krebs joins the program to shed some light onto what is happening around the world with respects to currencies. With the Japan crisis escalating, Justin points out why the currency is going the opposite direction that most anticipated. Later they discuss XLT and ProPicks, where Justin highlights the trade he is currently in on the USDCAD. PowerPick:EURUSD | 3/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMastering Multiple Markets with Merlin Rothfeld | Fresh off the “Mastering Multiple Markets” tour, Merlin dives right back in to Power Trading Radio by addressing the significance of a trading plan. Without a plan, most will fail at trading! As the Inbox fills up, Merlin dives into many burning listener questions. From S&P500 market, Uranium mining companies, Prop Trading and more This show is all about the listeners! PowerPick:EBAY | 3/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJohn O'Donnell and James J. Puplava | Open lines Friday with John O'Donnell and James J. Puplava. | 3/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhy Investors Lose With Buy And Hold Strategies | Todays Host Mike Mc Mahon and his Special Guest Tillie Allison take a serious look at the losses that many investors are facing in todays markets due to the buy and hold strategies which are taught in most financial circles. Tillie brings great insight into some recent successes that many traditional investors will not be able to realize while Mike is able to highlight many of the downsides of the traditional investing theory. This is a show for anyone who is still trying to recoup their investment losses. | 3/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSwing Trading Options and Balancing Risk Management with Leverage | Today Merlin walks listeners how he uses the TradeStation platform to scan & filter the equity markets to find the handful of high probability, low risk trades. For Wednesday’s trading, this filter came in hand on pointing out a great Shooting star on KLAC on a 5 minute chart which went on to be a great winning trade. Matt Gildea joins the show to talk about how he uses options for his swing trades, and how he takes full advantage of the leverage and risk management features of options! PowerPick:SPY | 3/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFocus on Forex | Merlin dives right into the listeners questions about the current pattern forming on the equity markets, and how we may want to trade it going forward. Special guest Rick Wright joins the program and shares his thoughts on Fibonacci tools, as well as ABC patterns that he uses regularly. These 2 components are great for anticipating market direction, and are the building blocks for Elliot Wave analysis. Rick gives his analysis on a variety of currency pairs, including: EURUSD, AUDCAD, GBPUSD. PowerPick: AUDCAD | 3/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMaking the Highest Probability Trades Possible with Merlin and Martin Dim | Martin Dim joins Power Trading Radio to discuss some of the recent trades he has made in the market. Martin sensed that the market had changed its “pattern” and therefore would be ready for a pullback earlier this year. He then had to choose the correct asset class to capitalize on the market move: ETF’s, Leveraged ETFs, Futures, or Options. The final decision was options, and for good reason! Listen in to why Marty made the safest, low risk, high probability trade possible! PowerPick: COP | 3/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOpen Lines Friday with John O'Donnell and Best Selling Author Dr. Thomas E. Woods Jr. | John and Dr. Woods discuss the current state of our economy and thier predictions for the future. | 3/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDow Has Huge Day on Wealth Building Thursday | Mike offered an overview on the numbers of the day noting the Advance/decline line was excellent but on medium vouilume. Mike's guest was Russ Allen, a former grad and current OTA Instructor. Russ offered a different view on wealth building - he discussed the use of adding Real estate and commodities to your portfolio. We look at IYR a broad base RE EFT with a greal track record. Precious metals, oil and gas were discussed as ways to hedge your living expenses. | 3/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOptions Strategies with Mike McMahon and Corey Lane | Merlin and Corey look at how to use little known Options Strategies to profit in volatile markets and take profits regardless of market direction. | 3/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFocus on Forex | Supply and demand take center stage as Merlin outlines a trade he made this morning on the USDJPY using a very simple supply level. Although other trades were planned out, they never came to fruition. Steve Misic joins the program from Kansas City where he is currently teaching a Forex class. The pair take a look at trading styles, as well as what are some of the key reasons that one might want to trade currencies. Steve takes a look at the GBPJPY, AUDUSD, USDJPY and EURUSD. PowerPick: GBPUSD | 3/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanUnderstand the Seven Pillars of Trading for Your Complete Trading Plan | Merlin starts off the week with a quick overview of the events steering the upside movement in Monday’s markets. After reviewing a couple of trades that did not pan out, Chuck Fulkerson joins Merlin live in the studio. Chuck talks about the strategy component of the Revised Online Trading Academy ProTrader content. Chuck stresses the need for a complete trading plan which has specific strategies which are easy to follow. Chuck talks about the 7 Pillars of trading and how successful traders understand all 7! Chuck takes us inside the class he is teaching in Irvine California, and focuses on Order Execution drills and why it is so important for traders to master order routing. PowerPick: UHS | 2/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFinding Opportunities in a Volatile Market | Guest host Mike McMahon reviews current market conditions and gives listeners his feedback on current trading opportunities. Special guest, Merlin Rothfeld joins while on vacation to discuss trading opportunities and strategies available in today's market such as JPY / USD and others. No Power Pick today. | 2/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPro Active Investing | Back in the saddle as the host of PowerTrading Radio, Merlin reflects on some of the more compelling moments from the International Traders Expo in New York. Really focusing on the false perception that traders MUST be right all the time. Merlin walks listeners through a few of his recent trades, and illustrates that not only are we not right all the time, but that it is OK to be wrong as long as the trade is planned out. Tillie Allison joins the program from a class she is teaching in Detroit to share some thought on Pro Active Investing. Tillie shares some thoughts about Market timing and how we might want to allocate our money during these uncertain times. Several callers phone in questions ranging from the current state of Oil, and money management of trades they are currently in. PowerPick: MYL | 2/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWorld Tensions Create Opportunities in Oil | Guest Host Mike McMahon reviews current market trends in futures and special guest Steve Bobbitt highlights key opportunites within oil futures. In depth chart review with Mike and Steve show traders how to capitalize during volitile times. No power pick | 2/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGlobal Volatility Impacts Gold and Stocks | Guest Host John O'Donnell is joined by Merlin Rothfeld from New York as they discuss the impact of global volitility on stocks and gold. John reviews historic indicators that reveal our current credit purge environment within a secular bear market. No power pick | 2/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOpen Lines Friday | The weekend edition begins with John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld as they discuss many of the issues facing the current financial markets. John looks at the continued global uncertainty with Egypt, Bahrain and several other countries and what it means for our markets. The dynamic duo transition into precious metals, looking at gold and silver, where John offers listeners a free “Why Gold, Why Now” CD. Finally the pair talk about their upcoming events in New York and Kansas City. PowerPick: CTXS | 2/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanA Traders Insight to the Down-Trending Market | An out of breath Host, Merlin Rothfeld, takes a look at the current markets and the interesting symmetry showing up in the major market indexes. Does this point to a market move to the downside?! Anthony Sergi joins us from New York, where he shares some of his trading experiences and the transition from Institutional to retail trader. Anthony & Merlin take a look at a variety of currency pairs, including: USDJPY, EURUSD, AUDUSD and more. PowerPick:USDJPY | 2/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPolitical Unrest Impacts Gold | Merlin walks through some of this week’s PowerPicks and how the trades should be managed now that they are in profit. John O’Donnell joins the program live from the World Money Show in Orlando Florida. He walks us through some of the current market trends and presenters he enjoyed over the past couple days. Merlin and John look at the current Egypt situation as well as its impact on global uncertainty and gold. PowerPick: VQ | 2/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLong Term Investing for Success | After a market overview, Merlin tackles a great listener question of “ETF Stripping”. Robert Heitner joins us fresh out of a ProActive Investor class in Austin Texas. Robert’s shares some of the key things he has learned over his extensive trading and investing career. Robert shares some of the key things traders and investors need to focus on when constructing a trading plan. Its All about goals! Robert and Merlin then field a listener question on Gold and Silver. PowerPick: TE | 2/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTrade Management Wednesday | Merlin dives into the listener mail bag and digs up a great question on Trade Management. In reviewing some recent PowerPicks, Merlin illustrates how to manage those trades using some basic money management tools. Josip Causic joins the program to talk about the S&P futures he made that trading session. In going over a few of the trades, Josip shares some of his trade plan and how he preps for each trade. PowerPick: M | 2/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFocus On Forex For Success with Stan Ehrlich | Long time market Veteran Stan Ehrlich joins Merlin for an in-depth look at several currency pairs. Stan analyzes the Pound, Euro, Yen and dollar and emphasizes the synergies between them. Several chart formations are present which could send several currency pairs rocketing in both directions! PowerPick: AUDUSD | 2/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanStock Strategies for 2011 with Special Guest Chuck Fulkerson | Listeners ask Merlin and Guest to share what some of the key things they have learned in their trading career, bot from the retail investor side and trading floor. Merlin Focuses on the “Ignore the news, but listen to every word of it” statement from his 10 trading rules as one very important factor to a traders success. Chuck Fulkerson weighs in on how the news and peoples recommendations go in one ear and out the other as he focuses on pure price action to tell him what to trade. PowerPick:RHI | 2/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOpen Lines Friday with John O'Donnell | John O’Donnell joins Merlin from Frozen Chicago! John talks about the special workshops he is doing in Chicago and Orlando, and Ft. Lauderdale. The Duo look at the comparisons between trading and gambling, as well as the dramatic differences between Trading and any other home based business. | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWealth Management Thursday with Real Estate Expert Diana Hill | Wealth Management Thursday talks a look at most people’s single biggest investment: Their Home! Real Estate Expert, Diana Hill joins the program to share her insight on the current status of the Housing Market, as well as some alternative trading instruments investors can use to play the housing markets without actually buying a home. Diana offers Listeners a FREE 7-Pillars of Real Estate Investing CD rom. Stocks to watch: BWA & YUM | 2/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFutures and Options Wednesday with Craig Weil | Merlin and Craig Weil discuss Futures and Options. | 2/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Importance of Practice and Mentoring with Justin Krebs | After the Psychology show with Dr. Woody Johnson on Monday, may listeners sent in questions regarding strengths and weaknesses, both internally and in the market. Merlin and Justin Krebs look at how the art of practice can be a very powerful tool if what you are practicing is correct! Justin talks about mentoring and how he guides his students in the XLT (Extended Learning Track) to overcome the common pitfalls and practice the right way to do things. This can have a profound effect on ones trading success! Justin shares his thoughts on the current situation of the EURO, Dollar and Japanese Yen. PowerPick:USDJPY | 2/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Psychology of Trading with Special Guest Dr. Woody Johnson | As the situation in Egypt escalates, what does this mean for our markets? Merlin looks briefly at this question, and then shifts the discussion to the Psychological impacts of these events. Dr. Woody Johnson joins Merlin to help listeners comprehend how to cope with emotions and expectations that are built up in our trading personalities. PowerPick: MO | 1/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWeekend Edition with John O'Donnell | Kicking off the weekend edition, Merlin looks over some of the PowerPicks for the week, the ones he’s in, and the “Shoulda, coulda, woulda” trades! John O’Donnell joins the program to talk about current political events in Egypt and Japan that have created a new level of uncertainty in the markets. John gives his insights into gold and where he thinks it will be headed. PowerPick: DOV | 1/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWealth Management With Russ Allen | Gold and Bonds take center stage for this Wealth Management show. After an introductory segment discussing the recent gap on QCOM and potential trading opportunities, Russ Allen joins the show to talk about the current status of Gold. Russ then breaks down bonds and discusses the risk associated with them. Many have false perceptions of how bonds work as well as how much to allocate to their portfolios. PowerPick: IYR | 1/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFutures and Options with Dan Sugar | Trading Psychology takes the center stage as Merlin and Dan Sugar dive into topics such as whole number psychology, Herd Mentality, and focusing on what matters:Losses! Dan looks at gold and discusses its impact on the dollar and vice versa. The duo then go into the mail bag to review listeners stocks, and answer questions. PowerPick: NRG | 1/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanForex Tuesday With Joe Gertie | Forex Tuesday starts off with few listeners questions before diving into Current FX markets. Joe Gertie joins Merlin to share his interesting trading Journey. Joe talks about his trading style which incorporates pieces from the many trading instructors and mentors. Then they look at the current markets with a focus on the Euro. Joe maps out what he sees happening with the EURUSD pair, and offers some key technical levels to watch out for. PowerPick: EURUSD | 1/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTalking Stocks With John Barrett | Merlin starts off today’s program addressing a listeners question regarding OCO and bracket orders, hoping to shed some light on order routing confusion. John Barrett joins the program to shed some light on the recent activity on AAPL, and other Bellwether stocks. John talks about his style of trading and the various ways to look at trades, such as Reversal or Continuation trading. PowerPick: LO | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMerlin Discusses Money Management With Tillie Allison and Answers Important Market Questions | Merlin takes a look at this week’s PowerPicks and discusses money management on the 2 trades which are still open. Tillie Allison joins the program to give a little insight into investment expectations as well as discussing her FREE webinar on January 26th. Merlin then takes over and addresses listeners questions on Sector rotation and market behavior. PowerPick: MO | 1/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEarn the Rate of Return You Need to Survive Into Your Golden Years | Merlin dives into some incredible statistics that show most Americans will be unprepared to retire at the normal retirement age. In fact, only 1 in 10 Americans are financially prepared to retire when they reach 65! Merlin looks at several factors, within our control, which can dramatically change these numbers, and earn the rate of return you need to survive your golden years. PowerPick: GM | 1/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Importance of Keeping a Trading Journal | Earnings season is in full swing and many big companies are dropping good numbers and getting punished! Merlin looks at this trend, and what impacts it may have on our markets. Gabe Velazquez joins the program to talk about the importance of having a trading journal, and monitoring your trading. Gabe walks us through the major indices and settles on the battered Russell 2000 as a focal point for potential market direction. PowerPick:EFA | 1/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAnalyzing Charts With Master Instructor, Steve Misic. | Merlin is joined in studio by Steve Misic. Steve takes us into the class that he is teaching this week, and breaks down the GBPYEN currency pair to find trading opportunitites for different trading styles. He maps out a trade that they are looking at in class on a daily chart, and a swing trade that they are set up for on the 60 minute chart. Later they look at the EURUSD currency pair and discuss China’s impact on the Euro going forward. PowerPick:ADM | 1/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRisk and Reward Ratio of Trading Stocks | Merlin and Guest Matt Gildea, look at some of the finer points of Risk Management, and the uniqueness of each person’s trading styles. Regardless of a person’s style, they must have a strategy and plan that incorporates your money management approach. A strong emphasis is placed on Risk & Reward. PowerPick: SAP | 1/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMerlin is Joined by John O’Donnell for a Look at Current Earnings Announcements and Economic Data | Merlin is joined by John O’Donnell for a look at current earnings announcements and economic data. Later, they are joined by Professional money manager, Ken Gerbino, to look at the current status of the markets with an emphasis on gold. Ken talks about his interview with economic legend Friedrich August Hayek, now being turned into a movie and available for public viewing. PowerPick: SAP | 1/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLong Term Investments with Merlin Rothfeld and Special Guest Paul Orme | Merlin starts off today’s show by catching up on some listeners questions pertaining to current markets. Paul Orme Joins Merlin to talk about the Baby Boomers hitting retirement and some of the things to watch out for. They later explore what are some of important factors in understanding what your personal ROR (Rate of Return) is. PowerPick: No pick today | 1/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOptions With Merlin Rothfeld and Michael Young | Michael Young joins Merlin Rothfeld to talk about his transition from 25 years of trading on the CBOE, to screen based trading. While there are some dramatic changes, many components remain the same. Michael takes a look at how current volatility provides a good time to be trading options. PowerPick: EQR | 1/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHuge Opportunity in USD Euro and Yen | Merlin starts the show with a Rip on Penny Stock Traders, and people who trade off of losers stock tips. Then the fun begins as Merlin is joined by seasoned veteran currency trader, Steve Misic. They dive into topics ranging from Gold and the US dollar to Oil and the Canadian dollar. Steve also offers his insights into the Euro and Yen. PowerPick: USDJPY | 1/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSecrets To Profit With Level 2 | Merlin addresses many listeners questions regarding Order Routing, Level 2 and Nasdaq Total view. These tools offer some significant competitive advantages for those who know how to use them properly. We also look at a trade that was made today using sector strength filtering that we have been talking on PTR for the past couple weeks. PowerPick: MRK | 1/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTrading Floor Secrets | Merlin Rothfeld starts off looking at sector dominance, and how it can benefit traders in finding high probability, low risk trades. Sam Seiden joins to share some of his experiences from the CME trading floor, and how mentors have helped him hone his skills. We look at the current status of the markets and how one may chose to trade it given this information. PowerPick: SLE | 1/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLong Term Investment Strategies with Power Pick | Merlin tackles a variety of listeners call in questions, ranging from Futures Margin requirements, to Forex Volume reading. Then addresses a listeners portfolio, breaking it down and looking at a variety of asset allocation models that may better suit that investment objective. PowerPick: CVH | 1/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMarket Matrix and Level 2 Secrets You Need to Know | Veteran CME floor trader Bob Dunn joins Merlin to talk about his time on the trading floor, and some of the differences between floor based and screen based trading. Bob and Merlin look at how the Market Matrix and Level 2 screens can give you a competitive advantage if used properly. PowerPick: QQQQ | 1/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOpportunities for 2011 with Forex | Over the past few weeks, many have expressed interest in the Iraqi Dinar as a potential trading vehicle. Merlin and Justin Krebs address many concerns about that particular investment opportunity, both good and bad! Justin looks at some of the recent developments in China: such as the creation of a currency pair with Russia, thus eliminating the Dollar as the primary currency. This poses interesting implications for Australia, Japan, and the United States! PowerPick: USDJPY | 1/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanStock Strategies for 2011 | Merlin is joined by long time Equity trader John Barrett. Both share their thoughts on where they see the markets going in 2011, and what are some of the important factors looking forward. John shares his technique of sector filtering to find trading opportunities, both long and short! PowerPick: GM | 1/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMaking More Money With Your Money in 2011 | Guest Host Mike McMahon wraps up the year with a deeper look at how You CAN Make More Money With Your Money in the markets. Special Guest Len Ostrowsky, Financial Advisor , OTA Instructor and Head of the OTA Investing Dept., bring his many years of experience to the show on how You can be a better and more successful investor. Len also hits the salient points of finding your Real Rate of Return and how to determine “risk-On” – “Risk-Off” by the numbers. Listen to the show for a very special Power Pick! Have a Happy and Prosperous New Year from all of us at Power Trading Radio! | 12/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFutures and Options | Mike Mc Mahon guest hosted and opened the show with a commentary on the state of the various markets. He then told the story of how the famous hog bellies futures were drawing to their end on CME due to eating patterns. Mike’s Guest was Josip Causic, Pro Trader and Options specialist. Josip explained via the numbers how to “tr5ack” interest in the ETF Volumes and offered a simple investing/trading setup by selling covered Puts and receiving Premium for stocks you really want in your portfolio. As Josip suggested, “you might as well get paid for buying the stock at a discount – think about it. | 12/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMike McMahon Is Joined By Special Guest Stan Ehrlich | Mike Mc Mahon opened the show with commentary that the BOJ may have to intervene AGAIN. The fundamental numbers are driving the Yen to new highsw against the USD. Stan Ehrlich talked about the potential change in direction for the long term USD. He showed and talked about supporting technical in the 10 YR US Treasury, the EURUSD and confirming evidence in the USDCHF. Stan capped it off with how to Trade the Santa Clause rally – “you buy the……. Download today for the rest of the trade :>) | 12/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGuest Host Mike McMahon Talks Currencies and Stocks With Special Guest Craig Weil | Take an in depth look into the market with Mike McMahon and Craig Weil. | 12/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFor the Holiday show, Merlin is joined by Tillie Allison | Tillie talks about some of the personal market highlights for her, and other market events. The focus then shifts to asset allocation models, and how we need to have a custom model that is tailored to our personal needs. Tillie breaks down some of the rates of return of the different asset classes. PowerPick: None | 12/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCommodities Expert Don Dawson Joins Merlin Rothfeld to Talk About Some of the Current Happenings in the Futures and Commodities | Don revisits the trade he talked about the last time he was on Power Trading Radio, which was buying ANF because of the potential move in Cotton. AFN rallied over 50% since then! They also look at how contracts are evaluated and what capital requirements are in an attempt to understand the risk exposure on each asset class. PowerPick: None! Make it a 3 day weekend! | 12/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMerlin is Joined by Chartered Market Technician (CMT) Brandon Wendell to Look at the Currency Markets | Brandon and Merlin look at the relationships between top level asset classes such as Stocks, Indexes, Futures, Bonds and Currencies. These relationships can lead to higher probability, lower risk trades in all asset classes. Brandon walks us through Wednesdays routine for his XLT students, and discusses a trade made by fellow XLT instructor Sam Evans. PowerPick: AUDCAD | 12/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMinimizing your Risk During the Holiday Season | Jeff Manson joins Merlin to kick off the trading week with an emphasis on stocks. The two talk about market behavior around the holidays, and what one can do to help minimize risk at these very predictable times of year. Jeff discusses some recent trading activity from the XLT (Extended Learning Track) mentoring program, as well as a unique chart formation that is setting up on EBAY. PowerPick: STJ | 12/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanVicktor Grauaug Joins Merlin on the Weekend Edition of Power Trading Radio to Take a Look at the Essentials of Being a Market D | Vicktor looks at the essential steps that beginning traders and investors must take to ensure success in trading. Many learn from a book or CD, yet have no real guidance. Vicktor talks about the role of having an Education Counselor to help steer traders down the correct path to financial success. PowerProspects: FBR, ABX, CTAS | 12/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMerlin Looks at a Variety of Trading Strategies and Applies Them to the “Lost Decade”. | Most lost money in that time period by buying and holding stocks, like they were told by their advisors. By applying a trading strategy, one could have achieved significant returns in the same timeframe that others lost. Merlin looks at MACD, Moving Averages, DMI and others to give you an idea of what a basic strategy is. PowerPick:SSRI | 12/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJohn O'Donnell Interviews the Founder and President of Online Trading Academy, Eyal Shahar. | John O'Donnell Interviews the Founder and President of Online Trading Academy, Eyal Shahar. | 12/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJohn O'Donnell Is Joined by Special Guest Justin Krebs | John O'Donnell interviews Instructor Of The Year at Online Trading Academy, Justin Krebs. They discuss forex, quantitative easing and much more. | 12/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGuest Host John O'Donnell Interviews Special Guest David Morgan | John O'Donnell and David Morgan Discuss Silver. | 12/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDiana Hill and Merlin Break Down the Current Real Estate Market For Property Investors or Those Wishing to Take Advantage of th | Diana breaks down the recent housing numbers (pending, existing and new home sales), to shed some light on the market’s direction. We also look at the new trend of home builders to get involved in buying unfinished properties as opposed to building from the ground up. PowerPick: CL | 12/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGuest Host John O'Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld Discuss the Current State of Our Economy With Special Guest John Mauldin | Guest Host John O'Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld Discuss the Current State of Our Economy With Special Guest John Mauldin. | 12/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMerlin Is Joined by Jeff Manson Live From a ProTrader Class In Seattle, Washington. | Jeff outlines some of his personal favorite tools including Fibonacci, Moving Averages and a variety of other indicators. We get a sneak peek inside the classroom to see how students are applying these tools, as well as what are some of the trades that they made live in class that day. Finally, Jeff talks about future contracts and how they tend to act near the contract rollover period. And more importantly, how we can profit from that action! PowerPick: KNX | 12/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMerlin is joined by the VP of Education at Online Trading Academy, Sam Seiden. | They explore some of the new content updates and class changes as well as help listeners understand the dramatic benefits of Mentorship. Sam takes us inside the XLT (Extended Learning Tract) to explore how the mentorship works, as well as walk us though some of the recent trades that were made, Live, in the XLT classroom. | 12/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMerlin Rothfeld and Guest Bruce Milbury Take an In-Depth Look at One of the Hottest Trading Commodities: Silver! | Silver is racing toward all-time highs that were seen over 30 years ago! Bruce examines the risks and rewards of jumping on silver now, as opposed to waiting for a pullback. A few stocks are looked at as an alternative to buying the commodity of silver. PowerPick: SPY (again!) | 12/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIs QE3 Real? How Rumors of a New Round of Quantitative Easing is Fueling the Current Rally. | Merlin and John O’Donnell look at the recent surge in stock prices and point the finger at Insider trading on behalf of the interview with Ben Bernanke. This leaked information also had a significant impact on the dollar and gold. John talks about gold and why we should have a percentage of our long term portfolios in the high flying commodity. PowerPick: SPY | 12/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanManaging Your Portfolio For The Long Haul | Merlin and Guest Tillie Allison look at the current market trend and analyze the possibility of the S&P 500 rallying to 1400 based off of the current bullish flag formation. Tillie dives into how Consumer discretionary spending and basic materials have fueled this rally, and how sector rotation plays a HUGE factor in long term investing. From there they explore the bond market and why many are misusing bonds in their portfolios. PowerPick: X | 12/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFutures Free For All Live From Denver Colorado | Merlin Rothfeld and guest Tillie Allison broadcast Live from Denver Colorado, where they answer questions on air at the Local Online Trading Academy. Learn Strategies for Forex, Stocks, Options and more in this fast paced hour from a real traders perspective. | 12/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanForex Free for All Live From Denver Colorado | Merlin Rothfeld and guest Tillie Allison broadcast Live from Denver Colorado, where they answer questions on air at the Local Online Trading Academy. Learn Strategies for Forex, Stocks, Options and more in this fast paced hour from a real traders perspective. | 11/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMarket direction, Gold, Silver, GE IPO, QE2 and mistakes people make while trading or investing. | Guest host John O'Donnell and special guest David England discuss current market direction, Gold-Silver, GE IPO, QE2 and mistakes people make while investing or trading. | 11/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFutures Flip Flop | Mike Mc Mahon and Surprise Guest, Bob Dunn discuss the direction of the major indices and where the likely next move is. All Major Indices move strongly upward on thin trading – the NASDAQ Shines at almost 2% in one day. The Markets appear to be overbought say both Mike Mc Mahon and Bob Dunn. | 11/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanUS Dollar Surges on International News | Guest host Mike McMahon talks about the recent impact of events around the world in Korea and other countries that have caused the US dollar to surge. Mike is joined by special guest Stan Ehrlich, Online Trading Academy, who applies his exceptional technical analysis skills to today's forex markets. No power pick due to holidays. | 11/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLearning the Trading Techniques and Strategies Needed in Todays Markets | Guest host Mike McMahon takes a look at stocks with his special guest Scott McCormick, Online Trading Academy, and they review some of the techniques needed to trade in todays volatile markets. No Power Pick | 11/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhy Quantitative Easing is Bad for the Long Term Economy | Guest host John O'Donnell and Kenneth J. Gerbino discuss the impact of quantitative easing on the American and global economies. Learn what these experts are doing with their money and what you can do to protect yourself. | 11/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanReallocating your assets for long-term investment strategies | Guest host Tillie Allison discusses long-term investment strategies with special guest Merlin Rothfeld who joins the show live from Las Vegas. They discuss the art of reallocating assets properly for your long-term investment strategies to be more successful. | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 301 Episodes |
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Traders Perspective
There are a lot of great financial podcasts but this one is different. It focuses on trades and how to work the market. This is the only one that I found that talks about how to actually trade and make money. It's fairly technical but the host breaks it down well.
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Great stuff! You've got a new subscriber. Can't wait for the next Power Pick! Thanks Merlin and OTA!
Great show!
Merlin does a great job and is a trader first and foremost! He talks about futures, options and forex too.
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