Power Trading Radio

Michael Atias of OTA Tax Pros joins Merlin for a very important episode on the impacts of the Fiscal Cliff. He points out several things that individuals can do right now in preparation for the impending tax increases. Michael also goes on to outline what traders should be doing to prepare themselves for the end of the year. Stressing that with a little planning and direction, everyone can get better returns with less stress. Later in the show, Michael answers several listener questions regarding incorporating their trading business for added savings or maintaining a sole proprietorship. Merlin discusses the new class on traders taxation designed by OTA Tax Pros as a great way for traders to understand how their specific tax situation should be handled going forward.

Markets soared on Monday on the heels of a much weaker dollar and better than expected housing data. Merlin Rothfeld looks at several components fueling the rally including the all important Apple, which was up over 7% on the day. Focus turns to dividends as companies move up their dividend payment date to get around the fiscal cliff problems. What impacts does this have for your portfolio? Later, Melrin looks at scans and filters traders can run to get around looking at thousands of stocks each day to find trading opportunities. This evolves into a brief look at Candlestick formation and their usefulness from a traders perspective.

Merlin Rothfeld runs through the mail bag and addresses many burning listener questions pertaining to many aspects of the financial markets. John O’Donnell calls in from Las Vegas where he and Sam Seiden are presenting at the International Money Show. John shares some of his experiences over the past couple days at the show. Later, Merlin talks about his trading style, use of Candlestick formations, and his Forex trading tactics.

Tillie Allison joins Merlin to talk about the impacts that the “Fiscal Cliff” may have on your portfolio and many other topics. Teaching a Pro Trader class up in Seattle, Tillie is quick to point out that different traders need different goals. She emphasizes that investors need take a bit more bearish stance toward the market, and apply the rule based strategies from Pro Active investing class to minimize damage in down markets. Merlin and Tillie also look at gold and other alternatives for those worried about a demise of the US Dollar as a currency.

XLT Instructor and Online Trading Academy graduate Jasmine Wang joins Merlin to talk about some of the great trades and analysis that have been made in the online mentoring program. Jasmine shares her screens, showing us many examples of S&P, Nasadq, Dow, and Dax future setups and trades. From Mastermind community to Pro Picks, Jasmine prides herself on helping traders “Get It”, while learning from the mistakes of those that came before them. She chronicles some of her stumbles along the way, and is happy to share them with the hopes of helping achieve their dreams through trading.

Nothing helps traders excel in learning faster than having a mentor to guide them. Brandon Tristan, Instructor in the Extended Learning Track, shares some of the recent activity from the premier mentoring program for professional traders. Brandon and Merlin share experiences as young traders and point out some of the advantages the XLT program offers. Later, Brandon offers his thoughts on ZNDUSD, Dollar Index, and even gold.

Live from Castle Rock Colorado, Marty Dim brings his 35+ years of trading experience to the stage of Power Trading Radio. Starting with a Macro view, Merlin and Marty take a look at the election results and offer suggestions where these markets may be headed based off of technical’s with a sprinkle of fundamentals! Next, Apple takes center stage as the Behemoth has tanked 25% over the last 8 weeks. Will it continue? If so, what are the implications for the markets. Later, Marty shares his thoughts on Tick, and other overbought & Oversold indicators.

John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld take a look at the dominant issues facing the markets. To start things off, the duo welcomes Larry Jacobs, editor of Traders World Magazine, to talk about the upcoming online expo. Larry informs listeners about a great free online resource where viewers can listen to hundreds of presentations from top traders from around the world. Later John takes a look at the aftermath of the election and the implications for the market going forward.

Paul Orme joins the show to talk about the current status of the markets. Over a month ago, every ProActive investor instructor on Power Trading Radio was talking about moving assets to cash in preparation for a market correction. Since then the markets have dropped almost 7%. The looming question is: “Now What”? Is it too late to convert to cash? Or should we be looking for buying opportunities? Paul and Merlin discuss this and several questions from listeners regarding employer stock offers and 401k programs.

Stanley Dash, VP of Applied Technical Analysis at TradeStation joins Merlin for 2 segments showcasing some very cool features of the TradeStation Trading Platform. Stan talks about filtering time data as well as looking at COT, Commitment of Traders, report to get a better idea of where money is headed in the futures market. He also shows a couple of custom tools he built for COT that are free to TradeStation users. Later, Merlin looks at 2 hypothetical portfolios he built based off of either candidate winning the election. The results after 1 day are pretty surprising! Tune in to find out what the portfolios are and which securities in those portfolios soared with Obama’s victory and Tanked with Romney’s loss.