Power Trading Radio

In this special show, John O’Donnell welcomes the President of the Ayn Rand Institute, Yaron Brook, to discuss the current political system and what Ayn Rand principles have to add. Yaron and John take a look at many of the pressing problems like Obamacare and offers some solutions which all involve a dramatically diminished role in our day to day lives. The show revolves around freedom, liberty, accountability and the understanding that we must take action before its to late.

While the markets ebb and flow, Commodities are posting some ridiculous swings, far greater in percentage basis than the equity market. With heavy pressure from the dollar, global demand, and environmental factors, this volatility will continue to provide a riskier but much more lucrative market. Bill Henner joins the show to talk about the current drought in the Midwest and how it might impact crops like corn and soybeans. Bill also touches on his experience on the CME and CBOT and how those environments gave you a much more transparent view of what was really moving the market. As he transitioned from the trading floor to screen based trading, changes had to be mad, but the lessons remained the same! PowerPick: TFU12, IWM

Addressing a listener question, Merlin starts things off with a look at the Facebook IPO and some interesting details that anyone holding FB shares should take into consideration. Much of which is not very talked about in the industry and may actually lead to further decline in share price. Later, questions pour in regarding currencies which Merlin tackles one by one including: EURO, Yen, Pound and more. Much of the global turmoil is still squarely focused on Europe, which appears to be getting more bad news every day. This negative pressure could continue to push traders to buy the US dollar thus pushing domestic equity prices down even further.

As the international markets get hit more bad news and fear, US equities also take a hit. Merlin takes a look at a frequently inquired about security, Research In Motion as a potential buying opportunity. Later in the show John Barrett, talks about market trends and defining before you trade which one is pertinent to your trading style. He runs through his 3-5 day swing trade methodology and explains why he uses the charts he does to get a clearer picture of what his security may do.  PowerPick: USO

Back together, the dynamic duo of Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell take a look at one of the hotter topics hitting the financial markets over the last few months. The debate over Inflation vs. Deflation. Running through much of the recent economic data, it suggests that in fact Deflation is more prevalent than Inflation, but that could change at any time. Regardless on which side of the fence you are standing on, money is to be made in both market conditions! Merlin and John break down the two components and offer trading solutions depending on what market environment you find yourself in.

3 months after Goldman Sachs called it “The buying opportunity of this generation”, they told the world to Short the markets! This, and very poor economic data, caused one of the largest intraday selloffs we have seen in years. Merlin addresses this issue as well as answering a listener question about how to put in Limit Short orders into the market. Paul Orme joins the show to help Merlin answer a complex listener question regarding her IRA and the Brokerage firm it is held with.  Paul offers solutions to her High Fees and poor advice in the form of a rule based investment strategy. PowerPick: AUDUSD

Just about every college text book tells you to find the good companies and buy long. Yet there are significant amounts of money to be made when markets do nothing but go sideways! With a thorough understanding of how options function, and a few basic strategies, one can profit when the security does nothing at all! Steve Moses joins Merlin to talk about how the present market conditions have him using this tactic in his personal account, as well as offering us a window into his Options class in Milwaukee this week. Merlin also tackles a listener question regarding Monetary and Fiscal policy, and the ominous “Fiscal Cliff”.

Market volatility has been creeping back up to the highest levels this year, much obliged to the dramatic moves in the currency markets. This volatility has made for some incredible trading opportunities both long and short, and from the looks of it, may continue for quite some time! Merlin and guest Steve Misic take a look at some of the modifications they have made recenty to take full advantage of these swings, as well as which currency pairs have been offering the best trading. Steve addresses the continuing love of the Yen, and then talks about how the Olympics could create boom in the Pound.

John O’Donnell interviews Roger Best, OTA Instructor of the Year Award by peers in 2009. We discuss Wall St. myths: order flow, dark pool and high frequency trading liquidity providers. Why does Roger teach if he is so good at trading? Roger and John dispel the myths from reality. Thanks Roger. You Rock Online Trading Academy’s world with your passion, focus, and expertise to share with our grads!!

John O'Donnell interviews Dr. Walter Block the award winning Dean of Austrian School Economics from Loyola University in New Orleans and Mises.org fame. We discuss the challenges to our global mess and Austrian solution put forward by Mises, Hayek and Rothbard. Visit WalterBlock.com for indepth writing on these topics and for free PDFs on his 900+ articles. Walter gives his critique of the inflation v deflation debate and it’s impact on the global credit and equity markets. Walter explains why fractional reserve bank is not a fix, and why we need to return to gold standard. Walter opines on the Euro mess and how to fix it.