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

One of the few architects of the Mastermind Community trading matrix, Jasmine Wang walks listeners through a day in her trading life.  From market analysis to establishing levels and filling out the level grid, Jasmine breaks down what it is that she does daily to set up high probability, low risk trading opportunities. Later, she shares her trading desktop with viewers and illustrates how these supply and demand levels panned out.

To kick things off, Rehman Moledina and Merlin take a look at the current decline of Gold and analyze the recent demand zone that it fell into. Is it strong enough to reverse the downtrend, or just a momentary bounce back to the upside? Later, the duo take a look at the EURUSD and the AUDUSD for key supply and demand zones and some answers to listener questions.

Back in 2008, Bachir was an Engineer looking for more information on the financial markets. He attended an Online Trading Academy free workshop in Dubai that forever changed his life. He has been applying what he has learned successfully for the past few years and his skills have landed him the coveted role as XLT instructor.  Joining Power Trading Radio remotely from Lebanon, Bachir walks listeners through his history and some of the basic steps he had to take to become a professional trader.

John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld welcome Author L. Todd Wood to the show for the second to talk about his new book titled “Sugar” Sugar is a novel about the energy industry and touches on many volatile topics, including: Fracking, Jobs, Government Stonewalling, Keystone XL pipelines and much more. The trio discuss many of these issues as the face the real world markets, and offer suggestions as to the biggest winners and losers which may evolve out of the US oil and natural gas discoveries.

Rate of Return can be one of the major factors in retiring comfortably! Paul Orme joins Merlin to take a look at what are some of the factors which investors can do to become more ProActive in their investing, and what they can do to increase their rate of return. Later, Paul looks at using Options in a different manner in order to increase ROR even more. Without this type of planning, most Americans will never be able to retire!

After a whirlwind tour teaching in South East Asia, Debbie Hague returns to the states to share some of the things she learned while traveling, and give us insights as to where the markets may be headed. The duo take a look at a listener question regarding news driven events and quickly focus on real market movers, such as the US Dollar! Later in the program, Debbie talks a little about her new book “how to trade like a pirate”, and offers insight to the major market indexes.

Merlin takes a look at several of the most requested currency pairs. To start off with , The Euro takes center stage as its fallen right into a decent demand level. Is this the time to go long or short? Merlin breaks that down as well! Later focus turns to the Pound which has a very similar situation happening on the charts. Next the Aussie has also experienced a nice decline, but is not at an interesting point technically. Finally, charts of the USDJPY are analyzed for potential trading opportunities.

Veteran trader, Marty Dim joins Merlin for a look at several equities and futures that listeners had questions with. Marty begins by walking listeners through a recent trade on the Nikkei Futures, one which he has never traded before! Later the duo break down the charts of Netflix and Ford for potential trading opportunities.

Merlin Rothfeld and John O’Donnell take a look at the current market situation and offer some insight as to where the money is going! Equity and Bond markets are in decline, money has to be going somewhere!! Later, John talks about his new show “John O’Donnell’s Chart of the Week” which is available for free on Youtube.com/tradingacademy. The discussion revolves around the use of gold as a measure of global purchasing power, or should you use the Dollar Index.

Tillie Allison joins Merlin for a split show focusing on Futures and ProActive investing. To start, Tillie looks at the areas in the futures markets which offer the most potential for fireworks going forward. After breaking down a Facebook question from a listener, focus turns to the Fireworks that may be facing ProActive Investors.

Last month Steve Misic pointed out that USDJPY was hitting a good weekly demand zone and since then, it’s been a Monster move up! Steve and Merlin talk about this move and what is next for the Yen. Later the duo look at relative strength and methods of finding trading opportunities with their respective styles.

37 year floor trading veteran, Michael Young joins Merlin for an eclectic show focusing on many different topics! Asset class d’jour, bonds are touched on, highlighting the classical “Risk on. Risk off” mindset that has so many traders suck in losing trades. Then Michael, Merlin, and listeners evaluate a specific stock, before taking a look at where markets may be headed next.

Chief Commodity Analyst at Elliott Wave International, Jeffrey Kennedy joins John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld for a look at how Elliott Wave principles help forecast markets. With his Bestselling book, Visual Guide to Elliott Wave Trading, Kennedy shows step by step implementation of R.A. Elliott’s principles on a variety of charts. This is also done on the show as gold is broken down to show the current selloff coinciding with Wave principles. Later the trio take a look at the Japanese Yen and the S&P 500 for clues as to upcoming direction.

As housing prices soar and inventories dry up, the housing market is looking better every day. Is this just a short term fad, or is there more to sustain the rally? Diana Hill sheds some light on where these markets may be headed as well as offer some help for a listener looking to get into Rental properties.

Veteran trader Dan Sugar joins Merlin for a look at the current status of gold from a technical level, taking into consideration chart patterns and trends as well as supply & demand levels. Later, Focus shifts to the 10-Year bonds which have been experiencing significant price declines and rate spikes. What does it all mean for the markets? Tune in and find out!

Master Instructor Jeff Manson joins Merlin for a look at a variety of asset classes and listener questions. After a quick look at Jeff’s intonation travels, the duo tackle several listener questions ranging from Silver & Gold stocks, to analyzing ways to increase ones win/loss ratio. The AUDUSD is also discussed as the aggressive decline has stalled, but will it rebound? Tune in and find out!

Most people think if the fundamentals as EPS, ROI, Growth Rates, Management and much more. While that is fundamental to a security, it doesn’t address you! Mark Patrick, Director of Support at Online Trading Academy, talks about some of the processes he and his team work on to help anyone identify their trading path. From trading styles, trading plans, setting goals and objectives, Mark uses a series of worksheets for individuals to have a better understanding of not only what their goals are, but how to best achieve them.

Senior Fellow with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Mark Thornton joins John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld for a look at the impending Fed move to curtail its market purchases and how they might transition into selling mode. The trio looks at what this might mean for the bond market as well as the housing markets.

Alex Weisenbach, 12 year old Options trader joins Merlin to share his brief, yet powerful trading experiences with listeners. Later, Tillie Allison joins the show for a look at what is currently happening in the financial markets, as well as a quick look at sector rotation and how it may not be the best option in current market situations

Live from his class in San Jose California, Steve Moses joins Merlin for a look at the day’s trading activity and Fed statement. Steve answers several question s regarding options trade planning and what process traders should go through to find the right trade for each situation. The duo also takes a look at trading in retirement accounts as well as Binary Options.