Many traders struggle to find their way, but don't get the help they need to make it to the promised land. Joann Farley joins Merlin to talk about many of the amazing resources available to traders at Online Trading Academy looking for help, and solutions to what ails them. She points out specific areas in the Mastermind and Clubhouse programs where struggling traders can hone the fundamental skills needed to move up the rungs of professional trading.

Merlin sits down with author, trader, psychologist, Dr. Woody Johnson. He answers a variety of listener questions ranging from the common fear of pulling the trigger on a trade, implementation of a trade psychology review, and taking psychology tests to help determine your strengths and weaknesses in your trading.

John O'Donnell Sits in for Merlin. He discusses the global credit purge cycle within the Online Trading Academy core strategy. Learn how to prosper in the months and years ahead in the global capital markets deflationary trends.

With 5 years under its belt, Online Trading Academy India has experienced tremendous success and growth. Master instructor Vishal Subandh joins Merlin from Mumbai India, to share his recent classroom experiences and several trade setups he sees for the Indian markets.

As the markets continue with significant gyrations, many are wondering what it will take to make new highs in the market. Former floor trader, Craig Weil, joins Merlin to offer his perspective on where we are headed based on market seasonality and emotion.

After a brief market rally, sellers came back in force today pushing the broad markets down over 2% across the board. Merlin takes a look at the major movers before answering several listener questions on a wide variety of currency related topics.

Veteran market technician, Scott McCormick, joins Merlin to discuss the driving forces in our volatile market. Scott starts off by looking at the current market pattern displayed in the S&P 500, and what it might mean for future price action. Focus then shifts to the bond market and an interesting relative strength comparison of several bond products and the S&P 500.

John O'Donnell interviews silver expert David Morgan. They discuss metals, credit purge and the inflation vs deflation debate.

The architect of Online Trading Academy’s Patented Supply and Demand Methodology, Sam Seiden joins Merlin Rothfeld to talk about some recent trades which capitalized on the extreme market volatility. Sam stresses the importance of identifying zones where price is most likely to turn, then use other supporting information if needed to make the trade. Sam also talks about his new Lessons From the Pros article.

Extreme volatility continues to slap the market with trading opportunities. Many are looking for the culprit, and a popular target for the TV pundits has been High Frequency Trading. Roger Best joins Merlin to give a real explanation to HFT’s involvement in the selloff, and why he feels investors have been misled.