Power Trading Radio

With a weekend of boneheaded actions from politicians, bankers and football players, we had to have an extended segment of Donkey of the Day!  After an extended opening rant, Merlin is joined by 3rd generation CME floor trader Bill Henner. Bill walks listeners though his last 25 years of experiences and discusses the difficulties he encountered when transitioning from pit to screen based trading. Later, Bill and Merlin break down the current action of the SPY, EURO and natural gas companies.

PowerPick: SHLD

Herb Meyer, author of The Cure For Poverty, joins the show to talk about how most Americans don’t clearly understand “the Operating System” of the US, especially when it pertains to creating jobs and promoting entrepreneurship. He discusses some solutions and ways that we can stabilize the job market and get America pumping again. Diana Hill is up next with a look at the current housing markets, and walks us through several of the new legislative issues coming at the housing market. Diana walks through what are some of the impacts you will face with these new laws. PowerPick: BAM

Guest host John O'Donnell Sits down with the founder and CEO of Online Trading Academy, Eyal Shahar.  We get Eyal's insight on starting the company and an insiders look at what is to come in the future.  John also discusses the world's current population problems.

Guest host and Chief Knowledge Officer at Online Trading Academy John O'Donnell and special guest Steve Bobbitt discuss gold and the current state of our markets.

So many of take the news at face value, however we don’t necessarily see it from a viewpoint that is Outside of the US. Media twists and public opinions can be dramatically different! Sam Evans, XLT instructor, joins the show live from London, after a long day of mentoring and trading. Sam talks about the current mood over in the UK which, from his perspective, is very different than our media makes it out to be. Merlin and Sam take a look at both long & short term charts on the Cable and Euro, in the hopes of planning out some future trades. PowerPick: AUDUSD

Merlin walks listeners through the 7-Pillars of Trading, and answers a listeners question about which one is most important. Later, John Barrett joins the show to talk about some of the more common mistakes he sees traders make and what to do about it. Moving on John talks about the importance of having a couple trading styles so that traders can adapt to a variety of different market conditions. Both hosts give out examples of trading styles they witnessed on their trading floors that were very successful for their time, but faded as time progressed. PowerPick: ESRX

John O’Donnell joins Merlin for the weekly rundown of the pressing market issues were for the week, and tackle a variety of listener questions. Volatility continued to persist, and given the problems with Europe, they could get much more wild. John talks about Gold as a hedge for any upcoming market selloff, and offers listeners a CD of his recent presentation in Pasadena California entitled “Why Gold, Why Now?”. From A fall in foreclosure rate to Italian Mafia, this edition of Power Trading Radio has it all!

Coming to us from the snowy tundra of Kansas City, Tillie joins Merlin for a show filled with listener questions and market analysis. Listeners looking for direction with Fibonacci usage are treated to a Fibonacci CD giveaway and chart analysis as the duo helps fix their problems. Later Tillie talks about some great experiences which occurred during her class today regarding order routing and live trading. PowerPick; STZ

After a recent article by Sam Seiden titled “Who Makes a Better Trader, Men or Women?”, Merlin decides to take that question to the front lines, with Professional Female trader Debbie Hague. Among the desirable attributes which make women better traders are: Risk Aversion, Patience, Humility, and the Ability to admit you are wrong. Debbie and Merlin site these as key factors which make women better traders. Debbie also talks about an important lesson she learned in the XLT program regarding adjusted data on futures contracts and how it distorts price history depending on what symbol you are looking at. Finally the duo look at the current market in regards to the S&P500 for some insight into where we may be headed. PowerPick: EURUSD

After some fantastic calls over the past few months on currencies like the Aussie and Loonie, Justin Krebs returns to Power Trading Radio to discuss some of the current movements in the US Dollar and how it is impacting global markets. Justin and Merlin tackle a listener question about the relationship between gold and the dollar before moving on to explain the differences between spot forex & forex futures. Finally the duo looks at several currency pairs from a technical perspective as Justin walks listeners through his recent trades on AUDUSD and USDCHF.