Obama vs. McCain: What the Next President Will Mean for Day Traders

By Adam Kritzer You don’t have to be a professional day trader to appreciate the seriousness of the current financial storm. Every day seems to bring a new development, whether a bankruptcy or government bailout, reflected in the 5% daily swings in equity prices [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 14:43:09

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How Do You Master Fundamental Analysis On Foreign Currencies?

I know Technical Analysis for me to break-even or come out w/ a small profit as a day trader, ... is good enough. Day trading Forget trying to analyize the fundamentals that may or may ... during these times. They are highly volital times anyway and technically trading them is very hard [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:34:44

Why Is Sprint (S) Up 30% In Three Days? A Day-Trader's Dream

Three days ago, Sprint (S) traded at $1.79. Today, it hit $2.32 in early trading, up 30%. AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) are down during the same period, to some... ] [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:11:34

The Understanding Of The Spread Option To Make Money.

by Walter Fox Yes it is possible for a non professional stock option day trader to make money in these wild chaotic days of market swings using ... trading account with my something very good to make the big percentage gains in mild setback Is enabled. While China’s stock options trading strategy seems to be naive trading my professional success [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 23:29:40

Traditional Forex Brokers Vs Online Broker

These days, day traders opt for online trading because of its trending nature. There a number of benefits of trading Forex online ... timely financial news, information, real-time quotes, charts etc. Coupled with the elimination ... Exchange, Commodities, etc. Source [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 01:00:48

Important Psychological Levels

FX day traders should be able to identify price areas where large order flows will be triggered through the interbank market, ... trades with a strongly positive risk/reward factor.For example, one might place a stop loss of 15 pips ... , funds secured and local agents in 18+ countries.3. ForexGen offers Forex trading in the major currency [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 21:21:00

Potential Portfolio Candidates

I've been jettisoning some names this week to make way for new kids on the block; or in some cases, old friends we've once owned ... commodity stocks since HAL9000 trades** almost all of them in 1 group; if oil and/or the Baltic Dry ... you get trounced. These are just day traders paradise for now. Remember, to HAL9000 oil = coal = iron ore [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 18:58:41

Fed to cut rates today, but does anyone care (besides currency traders)?

It's another "Fed day" today, with the FOMC's two-day policy meeting set to wrap up later and the results to be announced at roughly 2:15 eastern ... %. But one has to wonder if that really matters. The "effective" federal funds rate, determined by actual trading ... explain or define its new strategy of quantitative easing and flooding the banking system w [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 13:15:00

The Real Election Trading

For the last few days traders have been talking about whether the equity market is “discounting” a win by Senator Barack Obama (D ... Futures Trading Commission, according to Tom Snee, spokesman for the IEM. (Intrade is an unregulated ... near as liquid as even the more thinly-traded commodities, that doesn’t mean there isn’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 17:32:29

The Real Election Trading

For the last few days traders have been talking about whether the equity market is “discounting” a win by Senator Barack Obama (D ... Futures Trading Commission, according to Tom Snee, spokesman for the IEM. (Intrade is an unregulated ... near as liquid as even the more thinly-traded commodities, that doesn’t mean there isn’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 20:25:00

Forex Daily Analysis - December 16th 2008

The US dollar retreated some more on Monday, especially against the Euro. USD.EUR currently stands at 1.3691, breaking resistance of 1.35. Also the British pound managed to get away from the 1.50 pivot spot, now trading at 1.5278. GBP ... data would be major in a regular day, forex traders will be anticipating today’s interest rate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 08:27:17

ADP, Time Warner, Intel Point to a Rough Open

The market looks set to endure its first tough day of the year, what with a shockingly bad jobs number from Automatic Data Processing, ... numbers are down and so that doesn’t bode well; everything looks like kind of a down day today,” says Stephen Carl, head trader at Williams Capital. “You have to see what pans out after [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:15:28

ADP, Time Warner, Intel Point to a Rough Open

The market looks set to endure its first tough day of the year, what with a shockingly bad jobs number from Automatic Data Processing, ... numbers are down and so that doesn’t bode well; everything looks like kind of a down day today,” says Stephen Carl, head trader at Williams Capital. “You have to see what pans out after [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 17:13:00

THE JOBS

Markets opens lower despite the pre market futures moving up on the "only 525K job losses" which beat the ADP number and the probable whisper level ... a short term bounce coming for day traders as it was straight down after the open- just don't expect much- Probably next weeks business.Madoff the movie;Market Sci BLOGtesting the TM trading rules;High [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 15:01:00

The Funny and Money Monday Daily Links

My oh my are the airlines in trouble. You can mess with the vacationers but don't mess with the business travelers. The days of floor traders are slowly coming to an end Barrons is banking on $100 oil ... happy about it. The Brightest Stars in the Commodity Boom (try to forget the gay Asian cowboy [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 11:25:00

1/5/09 (Smoot-Hawley back? Profits drop!)

Traders, Well the first trading day of the year (last Friday) – was a great start ... _______________________________________________Oil – Gaza – Russia - OPEC It looks like oil is moving back into the lime light. The fighting in Gaza is heating up, and while not an oil rich area it is surrounded [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 14:06:00

Commodity Day Trading - 3 Useful Tips For Traders

What does one do if one wants to achieve something in life? One charts out an action plan to reach that goal ... in commodity day trading, is successful transactions that bring huge profits. Unfortunately, many like you fail ... , it is necessary to define what exactly a commodity means.Commodity = It is any item that is offered [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 19:16:00

Making Money Through Day Trading: The Secret Lives of Stay-At-Home Mommy Speculators

What else is big in Japan? The secret life of Japanese suburban female market speculators. [ ... . And by writing books and holding seminars on trading strategies, she has also become a celebrity ... day trader japenese, online trading, speculation, market timing This woman is not your typical [more...]

Date: 2008-06-06 23:06:05

Thank You for Knowing “Linda” sent it

My friends, Linda and Dave, they love me. That’s right.My friends, Linda and Dave, they think it’s my birthday all the time.Sometimes, on a random day, I get a Trader Joe’s gift card in the mail from Linda’s cats ... taco in a paper Babushka. I know Linda sent it!One day I met the Fed Ex guy at the door and he said “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:48:33

James Bianco on Possible Role of SemGroup Bankruptcy in Oil Price Drop

James Bianco, a respected fixed income analyst at Arbor Research, ... , down $5 on the day. Traders sold oil futures as news emerged that tropical storm Dolly was set to miss ... billion loss on July 16 after it transferred its New York Mercantile Exchange oil futures trading [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 19:39:00

Futures Trading levels and Economic reports for Dec. 30th

*To be removed, please reply with remove daytrading in subject line Dear Trader, Two more trading days left in 2008, which will go down as one of the most volatile years of recent history. LEVELS: Contract (March 2008) SP500 (big & Mini) Nasdaq100 (big & Mini) Dow Jones (big & Mini) Mini Russell Resistance 3 895 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 21:39:00

Make Money in the Stock Market- Don’t Get Bucked Off the Bull!

We all saw the traders feast on the 5 day rally last week, ... valuable lesson Position-Sizing: The Key to Survival The legendary commodities trader Ed Seykota ... you will risk on any single given trade – to the overall success of any trader’s trading plan. He told [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 03:00:04

What Is The Best Online Trading Platform In The UK?

Looking to set up with £10k as private day trader working from home. How easy are these to use? Ebay, just trade stuff, and start for free [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:48:28

Which is cheaper - Parkson at $6 or Parkson at $4?

On the surface, the answer is obvious isn't it?Who wants to buy something for $6, when you can buy it at $4? ... at this chart.Imagine you are a mid-term swing trader who buys at the pivot point, and hold stocks anywhere from a few ... timing, because it broke the downtrend line on that day, and easily exceeded $6. Any swing trader [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 08:24:00

1/7/09 (Buttonwood Rally? Alcoa! GM's Thanks!)

Traders, Interesting day still flirting around yesterday with the levels in the indices ... % in capitalexpenditure between now and mid-2010. If Mr. Bowers is right, lowgovernment-bond yields could [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:03:00

What IS that!

Holy Frijole!!!We're back from an entire weekend spent sitting on the sidelines of our kidlets sporting events! ... me Trader Joes ANY DAY OF THE WEEK!They have PEOPLE [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:44:00

The 3T’s of Trading

Today I’d like you to welcome Geoffrey A. Smith, from Day Traders Institute ... of the position off at $0.30. If trading futures like the Emini S&P, look for 0.50 to 0.75 of a point [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 11:35:20

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TRADER !!! PLEASE SEE WHY WE ARE THE BEST FULL SERVICE IN THE WORLD

tomthetrader: Good morning tomthetrader: Nice pop in futures tomthetrader: looking to FADE tomthetrader: unless a/d line is 3-1 + tomthetrader: ... M pattern on 15min futures (8:58 AM) thomas_Poland: I am always affraid to short with 200 sma support [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 22:56:00

Very Weak Day on the Street

By Harry Boxer, The Technical Trader The stock market had a strong sell-off today on negative individual company and economic news. The market indices gapped sharply lower as the futures were down sharply before the opening. They then bounced back a couple times to test resistance and failed both times, and in the afternoon [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:06:00

Perspective: Santa Claus Rally?

Vincent Farrell, Jr. is Chief Investment Officer of Scotsman Capital Management LLC., a New York based investment management company ... School of Business in 1972. ~~~~ According to the Stock Trader’s Almanac, a Santa Clause Rally starts with five days left in the trading year and goes to the second day of the New Year. Since 1950 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 12:59:23

Bad news still causing unrest ?

Kevin Lane is one of the founding partners of Fusion Analytics, and is the firm’s director of Quantitative Research ... for developing their proprietary stock selection models and trading algorithms. Mr. Lane produced a broad range ... trading days or is the negative news still a shock to traders? For the record our bet would [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 16:30:53

Crude Reaction: Oil Prices Fall on Dismal U.S. Growth

The oil market took a look at U.S. growth figures and decided they weren’t just ugly—they were a double-bagger. [ Bagger_art_200v_20081030130104 ... .jpg You’ve got company (AP) Crude futures, which had risen for two days on the back ... anytime soon,” said Phil Flynn, senior trader at Alaron Trading Corp. in Chicago. “After yesterday’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 08:03:00

192 Pips Captured

Good evening dynamic traders. Hope you are all having a great trading day ... trading... Javid Shaik Forex Analyst Labels: usdchf ... . I have spent the day with Clayton live trading and it has been a little slow as far [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 18:23:50

Japanese Candlesticks Step by Step

by Mark Deaton Japanese Candlesticks have been around for centuries ... . Over the last 400 years of course they have become popular to many including stock and forex traders ... or a wick. It indicates the highest point of the day in trading. The low is marked by the bottom [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:24:13

The Year of High Adventure #1 by Christian Beranek

The first in a year long series of articles depicting the exciting life of a comic book creator — these are tales of High Adventure! ... . He used to do that a lot back in the day. Anyway, the static on the other line made it hard ... from Trader Joe’s and that stuff isn’t cheap! “Look, dude, I gotta go–” “Wait! You said you would give [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:51:36

Earnings Report

Daily Market Commentary for October 23, 2008 from Millennium-Traders ... Jones Industrial Average) triple digit gain of 172.04 points on the day to end the trading session at 8,691.25 NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain of 41.60 points to end the trading session at 5,672.07 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 21:34:11

Dow Up 890 After Ten-Times Increase in Commercial Paper Sales

US equity markers were already having a very good day, even by the standards of recent high market volatility, ... Davis, an independent trader active in Treasury and stock-index futures at the Chicago Board of Trade [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 20:36:01

Fxworking - Fxworking.com

I'm not the admin. QUOTEFXworking is a private international membership club, it is not a HYIP-game or HYIP-pyramid ... team, as well as, by highly experienced traders involved in real estate, commodities, forex, futures ... . Interest payouts are done on trading days, and will be made directly to your LR account. Payments [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 03:06:22

FOMC Alert: Traders Now Looking At Possible Rate Cuts

Today wasn't just a bad day for financial stocks nor for the markets in general. It may have been a real game changer ... FOMC meeting. You will want to check your own math hereon the CBOT Fed Fund Futures Page [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 23:30:34

High Yield, Low Performance and Other Market Ideas

* Unyielding Yield Play - One rule that's held consistently in the recent market is that reaching for yield has cost investors in performance ... of StockTickr is speaking at the Las Vegas Traders Expo tomorrow, and his talk on automated trading ... for the last five trading days among the investment grade issues. Decliners have been ahead of advancers [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 22:20:05

Psychological Trade Setups: Managing Your Energy as a Trader

An astute portfolio manager emailed me this classic Harvard Business Review (HBR) article on "corporate athletes" ... their mindset. From this perspective, what a trader does *between* trades is as important ... when their attention lags, pacing themselves during the day. That helps them stay market-focused [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 13:59:00

Four at Four: Voting for a Rally

Investors just bore witness to the largest Election Day rally on the Dow since the market began staying open on this day, back in 1984 ... of hours with the polling.” VIX Who could have predicted that traders would be celebrating [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 12:42:00

TU#118 - short positions do some braking

Jump to CommentsTRADING UPDATEOK, that felt more familiar ... on 31 December, and the 3 short commodity ETFs I re-instituted the same day had the desired braking ... (TSX:HGD).Speaking of HGD, by far my most prolific trader, but which I had almost given up for dead [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 03:49:04

Oil Slick: Crude Below $40 a Barrel

Crude Oil Carolyn Cui reports: Crude oil is bloodletting. One day after the OPEC announced the most aggressive production cut, oil dropped 4 ... s session, and traders on the long side in the futures market -– meaning who have the right to take ... barrels. Meanwhile, shipping agencies say that many refiners and oil trading companies are renting [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 19:43:00

District Court to Hear Detainee Case Wednesday

Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan (army.mil) ... he was. Then one day they read in a local newspaper that Bakri, a 39-year-old gem trader [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:43:05

Is this a profitable time of year to own stocks?

A reader asks, with regard to my post about S&P 500 volatility through the years: According to the Stock Trader's Almanac one gets the impression that there was a year end rally ... for the first day of December, January, February and March, plus the last day of March during those [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 16:23:05

Fortune trading journal

Dear fellow traders, I'm opening this new thread to put my trading signals for free, but only for 10 days. After that, if someone is interested by my signals, he has to send me a private message. I'll also post my spreadsheet/StatementDetailed here in order to convince you that i'm a serious [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:53:02

Trading and Market Psychology: Best of TraderFeed 2007 - Volume Four

This is the last of the 2007 "best of" installments, covering the fourth quarter of the year ... in Trading How to Change Yourself Self-Evaluation and Success Preparing for the Day's Trade Four Common Trading Problems Trade Like a Card Counter Finding Your Voice as a Trader Considerations RE [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 11:26:10

Bear Market Rallies and Short Term PowerRatings: Tips for Swing Traders

Read More >> View All Recent Articles >> Market Updates 16:21 Stocks Finish The Day In The Red After Seeing Early Strength - U ... Forex Contest Win $1000 every month! Enter Contest Most Popular 4 Strategies ... .S. Commentary 14:28 Stocks Moving To The Downside In Mid-Afternoon Trading - U.S. Commentary [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 17:00:00

Nasdaq Trading Strategies: PNRA, EPIQ, STRA

Within the Nasdaq, these three stocks are trading above their 200-day moving averages and have pulled back enough to create oversold conditions that are likely to attract traders looking for stocks [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 16:00:00

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