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After a much needed 3 day weekend, Merlin and team return to the Airwaves to bring us all up to speed on what is happening in the global currency markets. To kick things off, Merlin tackles a listener question regarding volume spikes and liquidity, shedding some light on what really happens to order in the marketplace. Later, Eric Waddell joins the show to talk about his previous market calls on the EURJPY, and he even goes so far as to set us up with a great potential swing trade on the EURJPY. Eric and Merlin talk about the Euro and the upcoming Greece departure, weighing its impacts as both a positive and negative for the Euro. Eric also sheds some light on why he uses Tick charts and Fibonacci numbers for his chart analysis. PowerPic: GBPUSD

The markets finished the week with a small gain, but at least it’s a gain! Mike McMahon joins the show to share his thoughts on where the markets are headed, and his view might surprise you! Last time he was very bullish on the market and he nailed it, what’s next? The dollar becomes a solid topic of discussion as the dynamics of this instrument have changed recently, and it is critical for current market movements. Merlin and Mike break down a listener question regarding Supply and Demand levels, then dive into TLT to help apply the lesson.

One of Merlin’s passions is learning about how every trader arrived at their success, breaking down the paths and obstacles to gain a greater understanding of how to be successful. Every trader is unique, and has their own special tale. Today, Jose Blasco, an MBA Grad talks about how his degree spurred his interest in making money and eventually led him to Online Trading Academy, where he took several classes, applied what he learned there and is now a consistently profitable trader. Jose has gone on to be one of the top instructors in the Online Trading Academy mentoring (XLT) course, and teaches worldwide, sharing his skills with veterans and novices. Merlin and Jose also take questions from a live listening audience in studio to round out a very special show!

Merlin launches a passionate retort to a listeners comments, which should have all listeners questioning big banks and their politicians. After clarifying that everyone who is trading is essentially taking someone else’s money, Merlin brings on Dan Sugar to talk about how he is teaching his students to put their market biases behind them and carve out their niche in today’s volatile markets. Dan touches on Fibonacci, with some current examples of how the levels are lining up and pointing to a sell off on the NASDAQ. On the bigger picture, The dollar index could provide more insight into where these markets are headed. Dan & Merlin take a look at this and several other listener requested securities.

With economic data still trickling in with a negative tone, Merlin starts off by taking a look at the Dollar index for clues as to where the equity markets will be headed. After breaking down the key technical levels ahead, focus then turns to a wealth of listener questions regarding a variety of currencies including: The Pound, Yen, Aussie, Loonie and more. Many of these currencies are coming into levels which make for very attractive trades. Tune in to find out which look the best!

After a Live trading event out in Irvine California, Jeff Manson joins Power Trading Radio to talk about the trading session and some of the rules and tools he uses to trade. During the day’s session, Jeff logged in a 71% win /loss ratio, and booked very small losses on his losing trades, the receipt for success! Merlin and Jeff talk about the importance of confluence with a variety of other trading tactics in conjunction with solid, rule based supply & Demand strategies. After several listener questions, Jeff and Merlin weigh in on what they think the rest of the year looks like for the markets.

As a the market sell off accelerates, John and Merlin bring on Bestselling author Harry S. Dent jr. to shed some light on where he sees the markets going. To begin, they discuss his previous books and market calls, like “The Great Boom” written in 1993, “The Great Bust” in 2008, and “The Great Crash” in 2011. These books spotted distinct market trends that would have reaped significant rewards for followers. Later, they talk about Japan, the housing crisis, aging demographics, and the upcoming Debt Purge as potential fuel for some significant market selloffs.

John O’Donnell sits in for Merlin and interviews Paul Orme who teaches at Online Trading Academy on big picture market and the history of ProActive Investors markets, depths and times. John and Paul also discuss retirement trends as great indicators of inflation and deflation erode values.

John O’Donnell sits in for Merlin and interviews Jose Blasco from Spain. Jose teaches at OTA on big picture market and history of  markets, depths and times. John and Jose also discuss forex as great indicators of inflation and deflation ie euro vs dollar index.

John O’Donnell sets in for Merlin and interviews Jeff Manson on the big picture market.  They discuss the history of the bear markets depth and times. They also discuss fibonacci as a great indicator.

Fresh off a trip to Mexico, Merlin returns to find the global financial markets in turmoil, and lots of finger pointing at the culprit. Merlin and special guest XLT Instructor Brandon Tristan, take a look at the top 3 factors and try to discern which will be the most influential over the coming weeks. Brandon talks about his Trade Review and Trade Plan Review sessions he conducts with his XLT students before diving into some listener questions about specific securities. From Stocks to Currencies, Brandon stresses the importance of filtering out the major news and focusing on a rule based strategy to increase your odds of success.

Merlin is away for a magical weekend in Mexico. Tillie Allison hosts the show today with Online Trading Academy Instructor Jeff Manson and they analyze the SPY on multiple timeframes. With all the negative news affecting markets pre-market, traders have to use special tactics to manage emotions before the opening bell. Jeff and Tillie talk about how to avoid common mistakes when trading the opening bell. In addition to trading the SPY, Jeff and Tillie talk about trading single stock futures to reduce the cost basis and increase the rate-of-return.

Tillie Allison hosts Power Trading Radio for the weekly wealth management show, with special guest Merlin Rothfeld. A wealth of brokerage firms recently released statistics on their client base, revealing shocking numbers pertaining to how inadequately prepared they are for retirement. Tillie discusses some justifications for this, as Merlin sets off in an angry rant. Both emphasize that everyone can take simple steps to build up their nest eggs with minimal time commitment.  Later, Tillie looks at some charts for market direction which seem to be pointing to a minor pullback across the board.

Merlin kicks things off breaking down his recent trades shorting the market, and long oil. Mapping out the Oil trade, he identifies a low risk entry with good reward, now we just have to wait and see if his position pans out! Steve Moses joins us from New York where he is teaching an Options class. Steve and Merlin work through an example of using options on Priceline before earnings that would have paid you $125 if PCL dropped $160 per share or less by next Friday. Yes, you read that right, $160! Later, Steve addresses a couple listener questions regarding how The Greeks are used in Options trading, as well as Naked Options.

Fresh off a whirlwind tour of Singapore and Indonesia, Sam Seiden tells us some of the highlights of his trip, touching on the cultural differences and some surprising trading technology in unlikely places! Sam and Merlin talk about establishing supply and demand zones to help identify high probability, low risk entry points. Sam looks at why some levels are more significant than others, and what causes these levels to provide significant moves.

After years of making a high number of executions and trading for the sake of trading, Eric Waddell went through a discovery process which taught him to focus on the “Exceptional Trade”. These setups offer low risk, high reward opportunities and follow a well thought out plan. Eric shares some of the details of his strategy with listeners, giving visual examples of stocks which are currently exhibiting some Exceptional Trade characteristics. Eric and Merlin talk about the importance of having a plan and following rules in order to gain a level of consistency in the market, as well as how to deal with the inevitable losing trade.

John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld take a look at many of the major issues facing the financial markets. After calling a 1.5% decline on the S&P market on Thursday’s show, Merlin explains what factors caused his assessment, and target. John runs through a bunch of charts of economic data to help justify his comments that the market is poised for more downside movement. If you are finding it difficult to get financing or a loan, these charts will really drive home why!  John also tackles a listener question about selling rallies and buying pullbacks like we are seeing in the current market.

In a special investing show, Tillie Allison joins Merlin in studio to talk about some of finer points about what one should do when markets top out like they have. Tillie discusses how she implements her long strategy on present markets and what tactics she employs when markets correct and retreat to lower levels. While most financial planners shove more Mutual Funds in your face to make a defensive play, the ProActive Investor class uses options to generate consistent rates of return, despite price declines.

As the month of May kicks off, Merlin takes a look at some of the historical numbers pertaining to the monthly performance of the S&P 500 going back to 1926. Interestingly, it does support getting out of the market in May, yet that all changes during Presidential election years. Guest Bill Henner adds his 2 cents before turning things to current market volatility issues and VIX. Bill also talks about his recent appearance in the Extended Learning Tract (XLT) program, then adds a little about his ProPick on the Japanese Yen futures which worked out very nicely!

As more and more countries continue their economic slide, currency volatility persists. This volatility presents tremendous opportunities for traders in all markets if they can properly time the markets. Merlin Rothfeld and Rick Wright spend an entire show just breaking down the macro fundamental and technical analysis on a variety of currency pairs, mapping out some of the more important levels where price may find buyers or sellers. Currencies include: Aussie, Yen, US Dollar, Loonie and more.