Power Trading Radio

Operation Twist was revealed today, and not to much fanfare! The markets sold off hard on the news, as many traders realize that it is not really going to have much impact on the continuing economic problems at home. Tillie Allison joins Merlin with a special announcement for Power Trading Radio listeners. September the 29th, Tillie and Merlin will be hosting a free online webinar about Moving Average Strategies. T0 register, click this link: http://bit.ly/nNrXJKor visit www.Powertradingradio.com

Later in the show Tillie talks about how to trade these volatile moments of news, as well as how she uses “set-it-and-forget-it” orders to help curb her emotions. PowerPick: PRU

More bad news for the Euro as Italy gets downgraded by S&P. What are the impacts on the global currency markets for this as well as the ongoing Greek situation? Rick Wright joins the show to talk about he has recently changed his trading style to adapt to current market conditions. Later in the show, Rick offers his insights into what a Greek default might mean to the Euro, and where he is looking for trading opportunities if that does happen. PowerPick:MHP

Europe continues to give us a Pogo stick market, spreading Greece fears again causing our markets to gap down sharply on the open. Even with the bad start, the marker regrouped  and rallied for most of the trading session, but still closed lower. Mike McMahon joins Power Trading Radio fresh out of his class in Washington DC, giving insight into what his trading routine is, and how important it is for him to get students to build their own routine.  Merlin then dives into the mail bag, answering several listener questions about a variety of securities. PowerPick: EBAY

A great week for the bulls was capped off by a heavy volume Friday closing on high notes. John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld tackle several listener questions on topics rangeing from Gold to Centeral Bank Intervention. John offers listeners a FREE copy of his “Why Gold, Why Now” presentation to all listeners who call in, and offers some insight as to what vehicles are best for trading gold. This weekend edition has a strong emphasis on Risk Management and gives several examples of how Online Trading Academy’s ProPicks are up more than 50% on the year, while all major market indexes are down (except for the NASDAQ, currently up 1.2% on the year). Beating them is not difficult if you have rules and discipline! PowerPick: MXIM

The masses continue to push the markets to the upside, and rapidly approaching very strong supply levels. Dr. Woody Johnson joins the program to help out listeners of Power Trading Radio deal with their Psychological problems as they relate to trading. Dr. Johnson is the author of “From Pain to Profit:  Secrets of the Peak Performance Trader” and instructor of the Online Trading Academy psychology courses and an Online Mentoring program to help traders with their trading problems. PowerPick: G

With a live studio audience, Merlin tackles a question about his bearish outlook for the markets. Online Trading Academy graduate, Brandon Tristan joins the program to talk about his progression as a trader. Starting off with the ProTrader stock class, moving his way into the XLT, then becoming an Online Trading Academy instructor, Brandon’s journey exemplifies their mission statement of “Transforming lives through exceptional trading and investing education”. All roads have their turns, and Brandon shares his experiences, as well as what the XLT community is looking at. PowerPick:QQQ

With the global community growing increasingly concerned with the Debt crisis over in Europe, many are grumbling about the impact of ECB intervention and the impact it will have on our financial markets. Sam Seiden, shares his experiences and thoughts on the matter, going on to point out that he has never seen intervention work, and that markets just need to "Organically" resolve themselves. Although, he is probably right, we will most likely continue to see efforts to stabilize failing countries and companies. Faced with that knowledge, traders must then look to see how they can capitalize on these moments of turmoil: maximizing returns and minimizing risk. PowerPick: AET

More pain for the financial markets floods as the European situation escalates. Kyle Hibbard joins the show to talk about how this news is impacting the equity markets, and what it means for his students taking the Online Trading Academy Pro Trader course. While embracing volatility, Kyle stresses the need for having a plan and using all the tools available to maximize your risk reward ratio. With this information, we review a trade that was made in the Pro Trader class today on LRCX. Later, the duo talks about the synergy and importance of trading multiple asset classes to gain greater probability of a trade working in our favor. PowerPick: GBPUSD

Fresh off the heels of President Obama’s speech to Congress, John O’Donnell weighs in with his thoughts. Will we see if anything changes in the future, one thing for sure is that the markets didn’t feel any confidence on Friday! John sites the recent spike in gold as a flight to safety for much of the fiat currencies around the world, a trend he thinks will continue for some time. PowerPick: EURUSD

As the debate rages on as to whether you can time the markets or not, Tillie Allison presents an interesting argument for a different form of Market Timing: Demographic Timing. With 70+ million baby boomers approaching retirement, their investment patterns are going to change, and in a rather predictable manner. What does this mean for the average investor? Tillie shares her thoughts on the issue as well as talks about her upcoming article in Trader Magazine talking about Trading Habits. PowerPick: ORLY