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

Wednesday started off looking like a typical down day, nice gap down, nice trend down.. then the 5’3” sorceress of the markets, Janet Yellen decided to remove the word “Patience” from her comments and the markets went NUTS! Tillie and Merlin take a look at how this impacts the markets going forward, including bonds, equity markets, currencies and more.

This week is filled with major market mover! Wednesday’s Fed meeting promises to bring high levels of volatility, then the looming debt ceiling crisis will build, adding more volatility! Merlin Rothfeld breaks these market elements down as well as answers several listener questions pertaining to the currency & equity markets.

Master trader and coach, Gabe Velazques joins Merlin in studio to talk about his current Pro Trader class at Online Trading Academy. The duo talk about how the markets have evolved and created the need for understanding multiple asset classes to help trading performance. They also stress the importance of a trading plan and journaling. Stocks covered in this show: QQQ, SPY, DIA, IWM, NFLX, USO

A wild week for the markets found most of the major indexes lower and commodities much lower! John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld take a look at the driving forces behind these moves, including a breakdown of the US Dollar, interest rates and the potential fed moves. They also breakdown the CRB index and why investors need to be diligent in looking at exactly how those CRB index ETF’s are allocated.

Markets raced back near all time highs on Wednesday, erasing two days worth of losses. Long term investor Russ Allen joins Merlin to discuss how he and his ProActive investing students are trading the current rally. Russ talks about asset allocation and using multiple asset classes to not only generate income, but to protect your portfolio should there be a big correction.

With so many speculating on when the fed will ultimately raise interst rates, Master trader Don Dawson prefers to follow the money! Back in September of 2014, the money said the big boys were betting on June for a hike, and things have changed! Don walks through his method for spotting what the institutions are doing, and also offers some insights into popular commodity futures such as grains and interest rate products.

The rising dollar continues to have an impact on the commodity markets creating some interesting trading opportunities! Merlin and Scott look at Gold and crude oil for key levels and how the dollar is impacting them! Scott also shares with listeners a trade that he is currently in on the EURNZD, as well as analysis if the Swiss Franc.

With 22 years of trading experience on the floor of the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, and 39 years total trading experience, Marty Dim shares his thoughts on the equity markets and how he would trade at such extended levels. He also answers several listener questions pertaining to individual stocks like Apple and Facebook.

John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld welcome Dr. Joseph Salerno to Power Trading Radio for a look at Sound & Unsound Money, as well as the technological changes which may render fractional reserve banking obsolete.

Mr. Young has spent many years on the floors of exchanges in Chicago, and had to adapt to may market conditions. On this episode of Power Trading Radio, the duo talk about Options, Futures, Currencies, market volatility and much more! Mr. Young also talks about his current trades on Natural gas, and explains the logic behind the trades.

Traders look at many strange things to get an idea of where markets are headed, and Dr. Mark Thornton brings a good one to Power Trading Radio! The Skyscraper index has worked remarkably well at picking economic crisis around the world. What is it telling us now? The trio of John O’Donnell, Dr. Thornton and Merlin Rothfeld look at this as well as the issues of net neutrality and cyber security.

The dollar flexes its muscle, rocking to its highs, causing many other currencies to sell off. Currency expert, David Warner joins Merlin to help analyze the dollar and many other currencies including, Aussie Dollar, New Zealand Dollar, Japanese Yen, British Pound and much more!

In this equity filled show, Merlin Rothfeld and master trader Scott McCormick take a look at several listener questions pertaining to large companies which may be impacting our current markets. They then focus on market relationships and Scott’s BECK report to find clues as to markets direction going forward.

They Dynamic Duo of John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld take a look at many of the current issues facing our trading markets including, the historic highs in the major indexes, Net neutrality, Oil, Gold and much more! Several topics are motivated by listeners questions which were sent in live during the show.

Over the past week, many listeners have expressed frustration with no quality supply levels on the major market indexes. Gabe Velazquez joins Merlin to look at alternatives to trading the indexes, and talks about how he is trading these markets. The duo also look at the surge in the US Dollar and how it is impacting and creating trading opportunities with currency futures.

Hot from his options class in Milwaukee, Steve Moses joins Merlin for a look at how he and his students are dealing with markets with seemingly no supply levels to trade. Steve and Merlin also talk about daytrading options and adapting to what the markets give you as well as their preferred options strategies.

Mike and Merlin start things off by analyzing the Aussie Dollar and potential trade opportunities going forward. Focus then shifts to one of the larger Forex brokers stock as a listener is holding thousands of shares! Finally, Mike talks about how to capitalize on the current oil price by looking for strong dividend plays.

Markets continued their stellar bullish run on Monday, even with a couple of the major indices failing to make new highs. Begging the question, How to trade all time highs? Tillie Allison joins us from Seattle to help answer this question and many more, on this edition of Power Trading Radio.

4 months… that’s how far the can has been kicked down the road by the EU finance ministers! John and Merlin weigh in on the impact of Friday’s decision and offer insights into where they see the Euro headed. The duo also look at housing markets, real estate, and gold in this edition of Power Trading Radio.

One of the new courses being taught at Online Trading Academy focuses on day to day elements of living and personal finance. Studies show that most Americans do not track what they are spending their money on, and thus, spending more than they should. Larry talks about the steps which will offer individuals more clarity on where there money is going, how to save more, and spend less! Merlin and Larry also look at a couple of listener questions regarding 401k programs and Roth IRA’s.