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

In his many years of trading experience, Michael Young has seen some incredibly successful traders, and some utter failures. What are the common traits of these 2 groups? Michael and Merlin talk about this and much more on this episode of Power Trading Radio!    

Damonte Owens is in town for the week to teach a Platform Immersion & Trade plan classes and decided to stop by the set to talk with Merlin. The duo look at the essentials of a good trading business plan which is critical to every traders success! Later they examine the charts of Nvidia and Baidu per listener request.

Merlin spend the entire show fielding questions from viewers on FB & Youtube. The first block of questions all revolve around cryptocurrencies and their functionality. Later he looks at some forex currencies including the British Pound, Japanese Yen, Canadian dollar and more!  

Are cryptocurrencies for real? Should we be trading them? Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell take a look at these great listener questions and offer their .02 on the ever popular topic. John does a great analysis of different “currencies” and how they stack up against each other. Later, they look at Tesla and the recent discussions about Elon Musk building the electrical grid for struggling Puerto Rico!

ProActive Investing expert, Tillie Allison joins Merlin to discuss her perception of the current market and its perceived bubble in our current markets. She also looks at Apple for a listener and offers some target zones.

PTR revisits Larry’s investment portfolio and takes a look at some of the methodology for stock selection. Larry talks about how he uses a Warren Buffet type of approach with OTA’s Supply & Demand Methodology. Larry and Merlin also look at fundamental analysis questions sent in by listeners.

Merlin takes the alone time in studio to answer many listener questions. Questions range from how shorting works to setting market alerts, and institutional traders to cryptocurrencies.

John O’Donnell sets in for Merlin to discuss the Globalization 3.0 Flat World, and why private issued money will benefit the traditional global monetary systems via competition for choice and consumer preference. Our guest today is Aaron Brown, NYC Professor and Author of the book Red-Blooded Risk. We discuss emerging blockchain technologies, and the emerging role of today’s cryptocurrencies being issued by traditional Central Banks in multiple countries like Japan, Sweden and Finland.

Merlin fields many questions from PTR, Facebook and Youtube in an engaging lister show! He looks at trade plans, Cryptocurrencies, differences in stop loss types and much more. He also opens the door to a viewer based webinar based off of votes for next week.

Merlin welcomes back the show to look at a truly monster option trade that has been making the media rounds. With over 1 million options involved in the trade, Merlin and Steve break down how it is structured and what the goals of the trader are.

Merlin talks about some trading psychology factors before diving into listener questions on healthcare stocks as well as risk management when trading forex. Sam Seiden joins the show to share his thoughts on the concept of Market Mastery, then offers some hints about the newly restructure Stock Trading course.

Merlin welcomes back Chicago floor trader, Bill Henner to the show to help answer some listener questions. The look at charts of Apple, Netflix, the Euro/Canadian dollar currency pair. They also address their approaches to scaling out of winning trades and moving stop losses.

Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell answer a wealth of listener questions including: A gold backed blockchain, the rise and risks of ICO’s, money management, and much more!

Chicago floor trader, Eric Ochotnicki joins Merlin to talk about the complete overhaul of the Online Trading Academy’s options class. The restructured class focuses on a structured and fully documented process designed to eliminate any confusion, and allow students to quickly address any potential problems.

Tillie Allison joins Merlin to talk about some specific future contract details and shares her personal preferences. The duo also address viewer questions regarding market correlations and dynamics.

Merlin welcomes currency trader, Tim Pesut back to the show to get the latest scoop on the UK Brexit! Time and Merlin look at the technical of the pound and the fundamentals of Article 50 to shed some light on future expectations on price and interest rates. Later, the analyze some listener questions on different currencies like the pound and the Euro.

The beauty of Online Trading Academy’s patented methodology is that it sets the foundation for discipline and structure. Larry Jacobson then adds another layer of analysis using some of Warren Buffets methodology. Larry share his holdings and some of the logic behind the picks. Later, Larry and Merlin analyses the euro and US Dollar for a listener.

Cryptocurrencies took a huge hit with events out of China and negative remarks from prominent Wall Street executives. John and Merlin dive into all the hoopla and try to make sense of the name calling, to ultimately uncover the truth behind recent moves.

Merlin welcomes David Sundstrom to the show to talk about the financial website: OTAcademy.com Dave walks viewers through the mission and goals of the site, then shows users how to custom tailor their learning path through a wide variety of financial topics and age brackets. The financial industry has made trillions throughout history teaching people the wrong way to do things. OTAcademy is designed to show you how different financial topics work, and how to make them work for you. Best of all, the 100+ articles and 100+ videos are FREE! Start empowering yourself today!  

Trader & Instructor Brandon Tristan shares some thoughts about the trading labs he oversees on a daily basis. These labs are designed to help Online Trading Academy graduates put their trading strategy in action under the guidance and oversight of veteran traders. This process significantly helps shorten the traders learning curve, giving them more confidence as the embark on their trading journey!