Power Trading Radio

A former Broker at FXCM, David Warner is now teaching Forex classes for Online Trading Academy. Coming from a traditional investment background, David shares some of the major things he has learned over the years with Power Trading Radio listeners. Later Merlin and David take a look at a couple currency pairs for potential trading opportunities and suggestions on how to trade economic data releases.

With 38 years of trading experience under his belt, former CBOE trader Marty Dim joins Merlin for a look at an often overlooked tactic to protect traders. We have insurance for almost everything else we don’t want to lose, yet most traders do NOT protect their investments. Marty quantifies how much it might cost to protect your portfolios if the markets do have a pull back, and how it might look on a chart. TJ the ChartMaster brings up several images to represent the levels.

The trio of Dr. Mark Thornton, John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld take a look at the 7 Mega-Trends facing our economy and what it means looking forward. It all revolves around education and how to plan for the future using the current trend information. Dr. Thornton also talks about some great classes available at Mises.org which will further improve your understanding of how this giant economic machine functions.

Currently in Irvine California, teaching a ProActive Investor class at Online Trading Academy, Darek Zelek joins Merlin for a look at the current long term picture. Darek feels bullish, but also warns that investors must take steps to prepare themselves should a major market correction hit. This entails portfolio rebalancing, asset allocation and more selective diversification models to reduce risk exposure in volatile times.

Markets rallied, recovering most of the losses from Tuesday’s trading session. This keeps the indexes in a fairly tight range, but not everything is trapped! Craig Weil joins Merlin for a look at some wildly volatile commodities which listeners have been asking about. The duo talks about trading these, and the trap of following CNBC advice.

The dollar continues to surge to the upside as central banks from around the world rush to crush their currencies. This is having obvious impacts on global markets, and tremendous trading opportunities!! Brandon Tristan spends much of his time in the XLT (Extended Learning Track) helping hundreds of traders hone their trading skills. Brandon shares his thoughts on what he sees happening with the US Dollar as well as other currencies. He also offers some insight into Tesoro.

Merlin finds Debbie Hague roaming the halls at the Irvine training campus and invites her on the show to talk about the role of continual education. Debbie has been taking classes, by choice, with a variety of Online Trading Academy instructors to improve her knowledge of the financial markets. This might seem odd for someone who trades for a living, but when you have access to top traders, may as well learn as much as you can! The duo also takes a look at the current market situation and where they feel it’s may be headed.

32 year market trading veteran and regular guest on CNBC, Bloomberg & Fox, Todd “Bubba” Horwitz joins Merlin for a look at many of the pressing issues facing out markets. To begin with the duo looks at how technology has changed the trading floor from 1982 until today, and why Bubba feels it was better before! Later they focus on currencies and how Draghi’ s comments and actions will send currency market reeling. Finally, they look at the big picture for the financial markets and offer insight on where things may be headed next!

So many people are mystified by the Real Estate process, and know very little about it. Diana Hill joins Merlin to break down some of the misconceptions and enter into a discussion about using Real Estate as a multi faceted asset class, not just the typical “Buy your home” angle. The duo looks at using real estate for income generation as well as long term growth prospects. This brings up the eternal question of: to Buy or Rent?!?!? Merlin and Diana weigh in their thoughts and emphasize the importance of having a structured approach to Real Estate, treating it no different than you would trading stocks, commodities, or currencies. Know the rules, have a plan and follow it!

With most markets at historic levels, Gabe Velazquez shares his thought on why only the Russell 2000 has really good trading opportunities at current levels. This ties into market timing principles and the foundation of Supply & Demand theory. Gabe also answers several listener questions on subjects ranging from stocks to futures. The duo also take a look at the grain markets, which have been clobbered recently.