Power Trading Radio

Back in 2007, Scott Greer was looking for a career change and found himself in a class at Online Trading Academy. Having applied his education to a real trading account, and following diligently the XLT program, he met his financial objectives in just under 2 years. Scott talks about how he achieved success, and offers listeners some key pointers as to how they can achieve success as well. Scott has also gone on to be a sought after instructor at Online Trading Academy! The duo take a look at the current market for signs as to where it may be headed as well as key buy points. Later, focus shifts to currencies and how to use them as leading indicators for the equity markets.

Economist Robert Murphy joins John and Merlin to talk about how many of the current “remedies” our government has implemented simply are not working. Before we understand how to fix these problems, we must first identify what the impact of our previous actions has been. This allows us to isolate areas of the economy, adopt a new policy and get things working again. Unfortunately many of the suggestions fly right in the face of the Keynesian economists in power! The trio also takes a look at the gold standard,  and the looming question regarding devaluing currencies and international trade.

With so many different opinions about where the markets are headed, should you just cash out and wait? Russ Allen joins Power Trading Radio to talk about how true portfolio diversification will help investors regardless of where they think things are headed. Russ and Merlin address several listener questions as they try to help them focus on the correct portfolio allocations and investment ideas. Russ offers his suggestions for those who have not have much saved for retirement, drawing their attention to free online calculators which can help them plan for the future. .The key is, Start Today!

Purposefully avoiding the news may seem like a bizarre thing for a trader to do, yet Debbie Hague does just that! She focuses on price action and the charts to tell her when and where to trade. Sprinkle on that confirmation tools like Fibonacci, and she has crafted a winning trading style. Merlin and Debbi take a look at High Frequency Trading and weigh the impact of this hotly debated topic on their trading results. Later, a listener question regarding position sizing and scaling out is answered by these 2 veteran traders.

Bert Antonik joins Merlin live from his home in Singapore. With the newly opened Online Trading Academy office in Jakarta, Bert has been exceptionally busy teaching and trading. He shares his thoughts on emerging markets with some interesting points about the old school BRIC countries and the emerging CIVITS countries which may shape the future of growth and consumption. Bert also talks about his preference to trade the Euro currency, and offers a hypothesis about where it may be headed in the near future.

Tillie Allison is back on the air after teaching in India for the past 5 weeks. Tillie talks about how she transitioned to trading the Indian markets, which to her surprise, acted just like any other market. Tillie talks briefly about how some traders become frustrated with consolidation & basing, a topic which she will dive much deeper into when she hosts Hour With The Pro’s on October 4th. To wrap things up, Tillie and Merlin give their thoughts on where this market may be headed.

Lew Rockwell, president and founder of the Mises Institute joins John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld for this engaging weekend edition of Power Trading Radio. Focus points to Keynesian vs. Austrian economic policy and the impact these two economic philosophies have on financial markets. The trio looks at the gold standard, jobs, bond vigilantes and many other topics on this fun filled episode. Tune in and find out where these three stand.

Diana Hill joins Power Trading Radio to talk about the current status of the housing market. For the last few months, the sun has been shining on housing, with economic data showing increasing prices and stability in many markets around the USA. Does the recent Fed action support a continuation of this trend? Diana and Merlin discuss this topic as well as Diana’s recent article in “Lessons from the Pros” regarding buying houses out of state. We also revisit homebuilder stocks which Diana was openly bullish on for the last 18 months. Is she still Bullish after their 100%+ up move? Tune in and find out!

Craig Weil joins Merlin to talk about how he has created, implemented and maintained his trading plan over the years. One issue that is troubling many listeners is “how to get back on track if on a losing streak”. The duo adds their 2 cents on how they personally deal with these issues. Craig goes over a couple rules he has in his plan, as well as giving examples about how he has modified these rules over the years. If you are struggling to get your plan in place, this show will offer you some solid suggestions.