Power Trading Radio - A Trader's Perspective On Investing In Stocks, Futures, Forex, Options Podcast

As the debt ceiling deadline looms, will the president pull out a small loophole in the 14th amendment to help resolve the situation? The drama continues! Bob Dunn joins the program and talks about how he has been day trading the markets since the early 80’s, highlighting how that particular style of trading provides great benefit to all traders in the financial markets. Although a shorter term trader, Bob uses long term time frames to set his trade parameters. PowerPick: SLB

As the Euro saga continues, Mike McMahon joins the show to shed some light on how he sees things transpiring internationally and abroad. Downgrades, gold hording, slowdowns in global manufacturing are all moving international markets and currencies, so what does it mean to you? Merlin and Mike take a look at the fundamentals and then dive in to a discussion of multiple time frame analysis with visual examples for those watching on www.PowerTradingRadio.com PowerPick: EURUSD

A normally quiet trading week BOOMS to the upside, presenting the largest 5-day percentage gain since early 2009. After a brief market overview, Merlin turns to a listener question which revolves around an issue that many traders have: What Asset Class To Trade? Merlin breaks down this question in to several components including: Trading style, personal interests, Work schedule and more. Understanding one asset is a great way to make money, however traders who understand the synergies between multiple asset classes have a distinct advantage.

Real Estate expert Diana Hill Joins the show to look at some of the recent fundamental data coming out of the housing market, including Existing, Pending, and New home sales. Are the trends changing? Diana shares her thoughts on market inventory and its impacts on prices and more importantly the Case Shiller HPI 20. After the market breakdown, Merlin and Diana tackle several listener questions pertaining to the housing markets. PowerPick: FSLR

Good market news and global events propel the market’s upward for the 3rd consecutive day, putting a nice finishing rally on June’s trading. Dan Sugar joins the show to talk about his current class and how he uses the Globex highs and lows to establish market levels for each trading day. Wednesday’s trading hit these levels exactly, making of great trades for all his students! Rounding out the show, Dan talks about the recent dance between the 4 major indices, and how they are giving us clues as to where the market is heading in the short term.

With bad economic data and turmoil in the streets of Greece, the markets rallied sharply to the upside! Was it Fundamentally or Technically driven? Steve Misic joins the program to look at some of the fundamental news currently facing the global markets,  and how it is impacting his trading. Later, Steve and Merlin tackle several listener questions before moving onto the charts of several currency pairs for some technical analysis. PowerPick:USDJPY

Merlin starts off by looking at a recent PowerPick on SLB, and breaks it down from multiple perspectives. One Pattern offers 3 distinct trading opportunities for bullish or bearish investors. Craig Weil  joins the show and offers his quick opinions of news and how to trade it, then goes into his trading style and some of the lessons he has learned in the last 37 years of trading! PowerProspects:BR, PG, ARBA, KLAC

With countless people getting fleeced out of their money by a wide variety of market scams, what can the individual investor do to protect themselves? John O’Donnell joins the show to talk about some of the bigger scams he has seen over the years and the simple things that consumers need to pay attention to in order to protect themselves. John and Merlin look at a variety of macroeconomic issues currently facing our markets, including recent IEA statements Greece to gain a greater sense of how news influences our markets. PowerPick: GD

Over the last few weeks, many listeners have inquired about what to do if they tapped into their 401k, or if they haven’t started planning for retirement yet. Can people catch up? If so, what should they do? Tillie Allison joins the show to talk about these questions and more to gain a greater understanding of what we need to do to prepare for our golden years. PowerPick: HD

Most traders and books agree that trading is 70-80% psychology, yet many know very little about themselves and how they actually trade. Dr. Woody Johnson, trading psychologist, joins the show to talk to listeners about ways to improve their trading and achieve peak performance in all aspects of their life. For most of the show, the “Couch” is open, and listeners questions are answered on the air. PowerPick: RIO

With the No confidence vote looming for the Greek Prime minister, the Euro, and other currencies are bouncing around like Wallabies! What impact does this have on our trades going forward, and what should we do as the news unfolds? Justin Krebs joins us in studio for a special segment which covers these topics and how Justin sets up his trades accordingly! PowerPick: HD

Fresh back from the International Traders Expo in Dallas Texas, Merlin dives straight into a listeners question regarding a trading plan and the steps to build one. Marty Dim, joins the show and shares a trade with listeners that he is currently in. This trade involves A big gap, fundamentals, technical’s and Options. Marty is already locked in nice profit and is riding the options for even more return! PowerPick: MOS

Merlin broadcasts live from the Dallas Money Show and brings us interviews with Stanley Dash from TradeStation and many more.

Merlin broadcasts live from the Dallas Money Show with interviews from Roy Worth of TheMoneyShow.com, John Roberts from TradeStation, and LP Ladouceur from the Dallas Cowboys. 

Merlin broadcasts live fromt the Dallas Traders Expo and brings us all the excitement.  He chats with special guest Corey Lane about our current markets and answers listener questions.

Sam Seiden joins Merlin for an entire show focusing on the difference between Spot and Forex Futures. Getting his start in trading decades ago, Sam began trading FX Futures, yet has traded spot as well. Sam discusses the many pro’s and cons to both, and emphasizes that traders must identify their goals & objectives before committing to either asset class. Sam outlines some of the tools he and his staff have created help traders & Investors achieve their goals.

With little real exciting activity in the markets on Monday, Merlin opens up the mail bag and dives into listener questions. First and foremost, Merlin Tackles the topic of “Trading is Gambling”, and sheds light on how a professional trader always tries to stack the odds on their side, giving them a better than 50/50 chance of being on the right side of the trade. Stocks talked about on the show: NSTC, LMT, LULU, BRCM, JNPR, AMAT, MU PowerPick: SBUX

John O’Donnell and Merlin focus the weekend edition show on the macro fundamental news that has been driving the markets recently. Topics covered include: The Fed becoming the largest holder of U.S. Treasury paper, Gold and Silver at these current levels as well as looking forward, Recent bounce in Financial stocks. John and Merlin also discuss their upcoming trip to Dallas for the International Traders Expo, where they will be offering several free presentations. TO find out more, go to www.moneyshow.com PowerPick: XLE

With a Live studio audience of Online Trading Academy students, Merlin runs down the day’s trading activity then focuses on listeners questions. Tillie Allison joins the show to talk about how many investors were spoiled with the recent run of the S&P, and how they should be proactively managing their accounts to protect against further downside moves. Merlin talks about Tillie’s cover story on Traders magazine, and how market timing helps improve investing results. PowerPick: NVDA

More bad economic data, and hawkish comments from the Fed District Presidents regarding their districts pressured the markets lower, while OPEC did nothing and oil shot up! Is there a bottom in sight? Or will we keep slowly dropping? Michael Young joins the program to talk about some of the technological innovations and how High Frequency has changed the landscape of the trading markets. Later, the duo look at a few listener questions, then dive into current market analysis, addressing key levels that all listeners should be aware of for upcoming trading sessions. PowerPick: ZUMZ