Power Trading Radio

Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell wrap up the trading weeks activity and discuss many of the lingering topics impacting our markets. Of particular interest is a report that 1 in 4 fund managers beat the market this year. Pretty Pathetic! PowerPick: WSM

Guest Bob Heitner shares some excerpts from his Proactive Investor course which emphasizes following a strict set of rules regardless of market conditions. Using his tools, Bob is always in 1 of 2 modes: Bull or Bear. Whichever market condition his indicator indicates, he applies that strategy and stays with it until the indicator changes back to the other direction. This proactive approach allows you to catch 80% of the upside move and miss 80% of the downside move with a simple to follow strategy using a variety of asset classes. Bob shares a little of his thoughts on the European situation and its potential impact on our markets. PowerPick: ESV

Merlin interviews Steve Bobbitt, long time futures trader, who is in Atlanta teaching a TradeStation Platform Immersion class. The duo talk about their favorite functions of the software and how to use them. Later, Steve shares with listeners how he uses multiple markets to help navigate these extremely volatile times. Professional traders should look for areas where volatility is not as problematic, thus providing less whipsaws and more consistent trading results. Steve also talks about he uses relative strength to help him find the best markets and prime trading opportunities.

A slurry of brewing headlines have the markets jittery, and poised for some big moves. Japanese unemployment & Intervention, Europe debt worries, and Dollar strength tops the list of market moving headlines which Merlin Rothfeld and Mike McMahon try to break down into their specific market moving parts.  The duo looks at each currency with a technical perspective as well as a fundamental one to give insight into where they see the currencies headed. PowerPick: EURUSD

The post Thanksgiving festivities continue, as the financial markets posted significant gains on the heels of European optimism, as well as robust retail sales numbers. One has to wonder if the retail numbers were not skewed by loss leader prices at many retailers. Tillie Allison joins the show to talk about market timing and sector rotation as it applies to current markets. Tillie talks about how active traders need to apply a solid, proven strategy to their trading. In her case, she is using a bear market strategy currently.

Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell break down some of the bigger pressing market issues on this weekend edition show. Rising food costs, Manufacturing slowdowns, European debt crisis and many other topics are covered all with an emphasis on building a strategy for the coming move. Which every way you think the markets will go, you need to have your road map drawn out in advance! Happy Thanksgiving!

Merlin starts things off by looking at a misconception of securities being Undervalued, and the danger they pose. By looking for proper supply and demand zones, traders can get past urges to buy just based off of perceived value. Sam Seiden talks about how these levels are determined, but reiterates that there are 11 odds enhancers that are only taught to his students at Online Trading Academy. PowerPick: MASI

Back from the Las Vegas Traders Expo, Merlin recaps the first day of the shortened thanksgiving trading week. With few domestic highlights moving the markets, traders looked to the fragile European markets for guidance, bringing the US equity markets down. Scot McCormick, CMT, joins the show to share some of his technical analysis knowledge with listeners, diving into one of his favorite tools Fibonacci. Scott looks at the S&P 500 from an Impulse/Correction perspective and ties that into current Fibonacci levels to give us an indication as to where markets are headed. PowerPick: EURUSD

Once again Merlin Rothfeld brings Power Trading Radio to the Las Vegas Traders Expo 2011.  Tune in for interviews and coverage of all the action.

Merlin brings Power Trading Radio to the Las Vegas Money show to bring us all the action.  He interviews special guests including the President and CEO of TradeStation Group Salomon Sredni, The Senior Instructor of the Options Institute at the CBOE Jim Bittman and the Education Counselor from Online Trading Academy Teo Alamania.