Power Trading Radio

Merlin and John start things off by looking at the declining production in gold and the current trends pertaining to Millennial consumption. These patterns move to cryptocurrency market which have been getting a ton of press over the past year, both good and bad. Is it still too risky? How does it work? Merlin and John look at these questions and many more on this episode.

Master trader & author, Ed Ponsi, joins Merlin to answer several listener questions on multiple currency pairs. They start off with the Japanese yen and its recent flirtation with overhead supply, then move onto the British pound and its recent price moves. They also look at elements of trade management on the Cable trade.

Sam Seiden joins Merlin in studio to talk about his recent travels and activities. He also addresses some listener questions dealing with, stop losses and trade management. The industry tells you to not use stops! Should you? Tune in and find out.

Merlin welcomes options trader Josip Causic to the show to talk about what he sees in the option space at the moment. Josip brings up some interesting points on Tesla, and walks through his logic of using a bear-call spread at the present levels. He also bring up the ETF for the Spanish markets and spots some opportunity given the geopolitical turmoil.

Merlin takes a look at the top stories of the day including the surge in crude oil and the sweeping arrests of Saudi billionaires! Next up is the blockbuster deal that was announce for Broadcom to buy Qualcomm. After analyzing these charts and a few others, he looks at the upcoming Bitcoin fork and helps listeners understand what is happening.

Every few years, a major change hits us. A change that changes the way we conduct our lives, do business, interact etc. The latest revolution is upon us: Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies. John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld discuss the recent headlines about the CME offering bitcoin futures, the CBOE offering bitcoin options, and upcoming Cryptocurrency ETF’s. While still in its infancy, many problems and risks still remain in this space, as well as tremendous opportunity! Does one outweigh the other? Tune in and find out!

Merlin welcomes senior market analyst at Oanda, Alfonso Esparza to the program to talk about many of the hot topics in the financial markets. Including the appointment of Jerome Powell for Fed chief, tax reform, UK rate hikes, employment data & jobs reports and much more!

Natural disasters have been pounding the US over the past few months. Surprisingly, this is providing tremendous investment opportunities in real estate for institutions and individual investors. OTA Real Estate Development Manager, Zani Patasin joins Merlin to talk about these opportunities as well as the risks involved. The also look at the meteoric rise of home builder stocks and offer caution about the housing market going forward.