THE MARKET ENGINEER

What is the goal of any business? To make money. When you watch the news we need to understand that they entertain so that they can make money. Stock market news is no different. The people reporting on the stock market are in the business of entertaining. It might be a man that screams at… Continue reading TME 017: Stock Market News

OIL Prices So the question on many peoples mind today is how much lower will gas prices go. Personally I never thought gas would get below $3.00 a gallon again. Just the other day I saw gas for $1.88 per gallon. It is crazy. So the question was posed to me the other day “is… Continue reading TME 016: Oil Prices

What is Margin Trading?  When a trader trades using margin they are basically borrowing money to trade. Trading on margin can be very dangerous if you don’t have a good trading plan. How Margin Trading Works Margin trading allows a trader to trade more money than you have in your account. Example: Account value: $10,000… Continue reading TME 015: Margin Trading

DEFINITION OF ‘TECHNICAL ANALYSIS’ A method of evaluating securities by analyzing statistics generated by market activity, such as past prices and volume. Technical analysts do not attempt to measure a security’s intrinsic value, but instead use charts and other tools to identify patterns that can suggest future activity. We agree with most of Investopedia’s definition… Continue reading TME 014: Technical Analysis

What is a trading system? A trading system is a set of repeatable rules, that answers the following questions that a trader might have: 1) When should I enter a trade? 2) When should I exit a trade? 3) How much volatility is in the market? 4) How much should money I place the trade? 5) How much money should… Continue reading TME 013: Trading System

In 2013, an estimated 96 million individual investors owned mutual funds and held 90 percent of total mutual fund assets directly or through retirement plans at year-end. Altogether, 56.7 million households, or 46 percent of all U.S. households, owned mutual funds. Household ownership of mutual funds has remained steady over the past decade. Mutual funds… Continue reading TME 012: Mutual Funds

TRADES  We track our accounts day by day against the back test results. If you do this and find big variance then there is a problem. The back test accounts for gaps so the only variance would be the entry or exit. The trades made so… Continue reading TME 011: September 2014 Week Performance

Trading System Performance for The Market Engineer Trading System When trading a system it’s always a good idea to keep a good trading journal. Some people use a journal to determine what they did wrong. We keep a journal to match our system with actual performance. Today we will talk about our trading system performance… Continue reading TME 010: August 2014 Trading System Performance

In this session of The Market Engineer Podcast we will talk about the 1%. Where did they come from, where did they get their money, and why do so many people hate them?     2-Month Challenge I challenge you to sign up for one of our systems.  You will get 2 months free on… Continue reading TME 009: The 1%

In this session we will talk about a type of trading style called day trading. Can money be made day trading? Is day trading realistic for the average trader? Do you have the time to day trade? What does it take to day trade?     2-Month Challenge I challenge you to… Continue reading TME 008: Day Trading