Power Trading Radio

Special guest Daniel Amerman, CFA joins the show to talk about the trends in Debt, Growth, Population and much more. The data shows clear market trends which we have seen many times in the past. 26 times since 1800 to be precise. John O’Donnell & Merlin Rothfeld look at the numbers and try to offer some insight as to how to use the data to profit, regardless of your trading style. Later, John and Merlin talk about Copper and their outlook on the industrial metal, as well as offer suggestions to some listeners on what to do with an inheritance.

The Doctor is in the house for this Psychology filled show! Merlin and Dr. Woody run through a series of listener questions in an attempt to help listeners overcome their trading demons.  Topics include: Trading Live vs. simulated trading, trading with fear, taking profits too early, following your rules and creation of a trading plan. If you have questions that you would like answered, send them in on the website at www.powertradingradio.com by clicking the Power Blast button. We will save these questions for the next visit with Dr. Woody Johnson.

Steve Moses joins Merlin Rothfeld for an options filled show in the peak of earnings season. Steve touches on some of the uses of options to help determine what the market perception is going forward. While not necessarily looking at Put/Call ratio, there are other items which offer a clearer picture. The duo also look at the recent earnings of Apple and Netflix, ultimately focusing on Netflix for a potential Long trade based off of some historic lows. Merlin also answers a listener question about how to add Data to the trend tool within TradeStation.

Merlin Rothfeld hosts and stars as his guest of the day on this 1 hour show dedicated almost entirely to currency trading. Merlin tackles several listener questions pertaining to a variety of currencies, including: EURUSD, AUDUSD, USDCHF, USDJPY, GBPUSD, and more. While going over these pairs, he sprinkles them with current fundamental news which may impact their trading. Tune in and find out what the next key levels are!

Steve Bobbitt steps out of his ProTrader class in Phoenix to talk with Merlin Rothfeld about some predictive tools for trading equities. Steve points out some key levels that we hit today on the Globex session that were instrumental in the reversals. This is a procedure that traders should look at daily to help identify turning points in all asset classes. Later, the duo talks about the uses of Fibonacci levels, which also played an interesting role in todays trading activity. Lastly, a listener asks about the NASDAQ 100 and its potential gap fill potential. Merlin and Steve trade their opinions and much more.

Peter Kendall of Elliot Wave International joins John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld for the Weekend Edition of Power Trading Radio to talk about Elliot Wave principles. These waves not only impact the financial markets, but can be applied to social elements like Music, Art, Movies and more. This discussion of Socionomics looks at how these trends are working now and how they may drive markets going forward.

Tillie Allison discusses how she looks at volatility, which is slightly different that most! Approaching it from a different angle allows her to filter for risk and reward prospects which might make a nice addition to the investment portfolio. This portfolio is most certainly using options to help buy these positions at prices that may be lower than the security actually traded! Got to love premium! Later, Tillie and Merlin discuss the uses of indicators to build a rule based strategy which removes the “thinking” process, and turns the investor or trader into an strictly rule based trader.

Crowd favorite, Debbie Hague is back to talk to Merlin about the Futures and Commodities markets! Before diving into this topic Debbie talks about her recent computer crash and steps that she has put in place to ensure that she does NOT miss ANY trading! This is an important piece of information that everyone should incorporate into their trading plan as our livelihood depends on a computer! Later the duo discuss commodities trading as opposed to Index futures. Debbie definitely has her preference, tune in and find out what it is, and what she thinks about the markets going forward!

Bert Antonik joins Merlin Rothfeld for a show filled with Global Currencies and Gold! Bert starts off with is thoughts on the euro (his last call in April was “euro @ 1.22”), offering new targets for the tanking currency. Gold has become increasingly in demand by Central Banks around the world, but is their timing off? Charts done lie! Bert and Merlin look at a couple charts to support the Central Banks “mistiming” on gold, and offer insight to where gold may be headed. To round out the show, the duo run through a bunch of currency charts plotting out the next supply and Demand levels where price will most likely turn.

Since the late 1990’s, Roger Best has been making hundreds of trades per week based off of what he was seeing in the Level 2 screen and short term chart time frames. Merlin Rothfeld gets Roger to break down some of the realities and misconceptions about using Market Depth to help make trades. Roger discusses “Patterns” in the Level 2, something which the vast majority overlook when utilizing this resource. While definitely not as powerful as it was 10 years ago, there are still some valid uses for Level2. Tune in and find  out what they are!