Power Trading Radio

Veteran Trader, Mike McMahon joins Merlin to talk about his upcoming special event where he will field an open Q&A session with Online Trading Academy Graduates. Merlin starts the Q&A off with an inquiry as to what traders should do when they experience the dreaded “Downward Spiral”. Mike also helps Merlin answer listener questions on a couple of current market situations including: Netflix earnings, General Electric, and Caterpillar.

Money Manager Ken Gerbino joins Merlin and John for a look at the current gold situation and macro market outlook. Focus lands on Gold and the gold mining business for trading opportunities as Wednesday’s guest Doug Casey was saying that gold miners are a good buy, an opinion not shared by all! John and Ken also look at the flaws of fiat currency, and the impacts of currency manipulation may have on Japan and other countries around the world.

Tillie Allison joins Merlin to talk about a variety of topics including Trade management, Portfolio rebalancing and how to position ones portfolio in light of the increased market volatility. Tillie also shares her thoughts on Doug Casey’s opinions about investing in the bond market, an area Tillie feels is very risky right now. To wrap things up, Tillie talks about her new DVD on wealth Management titled: “How to Retire With More Money Than You Need”. Catchy huh?!?

New York Times bestselling author, Doug Casey joins John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld to talk about his new book titled “Totally Incorrect”, a stern look at what is wrong with many areas of our world. Doug  and crew also look at the recent decline in commodities, in particular gold and gold miners for trading and investing opportunities. As well as the macro picture for our financial markets here in the states.

John Kicklighter, Chief Currency strategist at Dailyfx.com, joins Merlin for a look at the disconnection between many stalwart market relationships, including gold, the dollar, commodities and more! John talks about risk events coming up which could add an element of opportunity/unpredictability going forward. The duo look at many market relationships and identify important levels on several currency pairs.

Back in 1986, Rodney Dangerfield pulled off the impossible dive, the “Triple Lindy” to save his school. Today, it looks like Gold is in the midst of just such a historic dive! 22 year CBOE veteran Marty Dim joins Merlin to talk about the actions of gold and the equity markets as a whole. The duo look at supply & demand concepts and the integration of chart patterns as well as technical indicators for enhanced probability.

Tickers: GLD, GDX, SPY

Disclosure: Merlin is short SPY, long GDX

John and Merlin welcome President and CEO of Puplava Financial Services! The trio take a look at many macro issues such as the current selloffs in gold and silver and the miners that are digging it out of the ground! Later they look at “Margin of Safety” and how it impacts trading decisions & evaluation. Jim also uses this tool as a odds enhancer  to further increase his probability of being on the right side of the trade, and helping refine his entries in supply and demand zones. Jim also gives his forecast for the equity markets going forward which will surprise many viewers!

Michael Atias of OTA Tax Pro’s addresses listener questions regarding trader taxation as the final few days until April 15th tick away. Michael talks about audit probabilities for those who file extensions, the monetary impacts of trading futures contracts (1256 contracts) vs. other assets such as stocks , options or currencies, and what are the pros and cons of taking withholdings on you pay check.

Merlin starts off with a quick look at bitcoins and their place in our current markets: Boom or Bubble? Later Mike McMahon joins the show to talk about the new online trading labs he has been teaching, helping students around the world handle live trading with real money from nearly anywhere in the world. Mike and Merlin discuss the importance of level2 information before moving on to the current market situation and Mikes surprising forecast for the S&P 500.

Merlin takes a look at some of the major international news headlines before diving into analysis of several major currency pairs including GBPUSD, EURUSD, USDJPY. Later, he addresses the topic of Cross Currency Pairs, addressing some of the pros and cons of trading such securities. Merlin answers several listener questions about specific securities including: GE. FTI, CLH, CLB, AAPL and more.