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November 25, 2008

- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Whose Supply and Demand Is It?
- Spotlight on Forex: The Great Fibonacci Debate
- Spotlight on Options: Un-lubricated Quarterly Options (or) Squeaky Quarterly Options
- Spotlight on Futures: What Do You Do? "I Trade Commodity Futures." Huh?
- The Broad Market: Leverage Is an 8 Letter Word

 

November 18, 2008

- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Markets and Market Timing
- Spotlight on Forex: The Pound is Losing Weight
- Spotlight on Options: Weak Weekly Options
- The Broad Market: The Economy Gets a Margin Call

 

November 11, 2008

- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Gaps, The Novice Trader Exposed...
- Spotlight on Forex: The Fear is Falling, and the Tide is Turning
- Spotlight on Eminis: Knowing Your Trading Environment is Half the Battle
- The Broad Market: The Problem With Deleveraging

 

November 4, 2008

- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Discipline and Patience for Any Trader
- Spotlight on Forex: Dollar and Yen on Fire, But For How Long?
- Spotlight on Options: Options Traders Want to Know
- Spotlight on Eminis: Fully Committed
- The Broad Market: Electing the Janitor-in-Chief

 

October 28, 2008

- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Where is the Dow Going?
- Spotlight on Forex: Forex and US Treasuries
- Spotlight on Options: Farewell to the FROs?
- Spotlight on Eminis: Being Right Versus Being Profitable

 

October 21, 2008

- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: The Global Forex Market
- Spotlight on Forex: Using Stocks To Trade Forex
- Spotlight on Options: Index Options Versus Regular Stock Options
- The Broad Market: The Economic Blue Screen of Death

October 14, 2008

- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Why All the Doom and Gloom?
- Spotlight on Forex: Hang 'Em High!
- Spotlight on Options: Expiration Day Trading
- Spotlight on E-Minis: Rules To Trade By
- The Broad Market: Where Do We Go From Here?

October 7, 2008

- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Equity Index Futures
- Spotlight on Forex: How to Trade in Challenging Times
- Spotlight on Options: Short Selling and a Straddle Surprise
- Spotlight on E-Minis: Bailouts, Bankruptcies, and Bureaucrats
- The Broad Market: The Curve in the Road

 

10/03/08

Trends, Gaps, Probabilities... (Sam Seiden)

10/01/08

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly! (Brandon Wendell)

09/30/08

ATR and the TED Spread (Ed Ponsi)

09/29/08

Trading and Gambling (Sam Seiden)

09/25/08

Short Selling and a Straddle Surprise (Stan Freifeld)

09/24/08

Bailouts, Bankruptcies, and Bureaucrats (Gabe Velazquez)

09/23/08

Why is the US Dollar Falling? (Ed Ponsi)

09/22/08

Betting on Financial Armageddon (John Mauldin)

09/19/08

The Bigger Picture (Sam Seiden)

09/18/08

Current Events for Options Traders (Stan Freifeld)

09/16/08

Is It Okay to Profit from a Natural Disaster? (Ed Ponsi)

09/15/08

Housing: Are We at the Bottom? (John Mauldin)

09/12/08

Scanning the Planet for Low Risk/High Reward Trading Opportunities, Part 1 (Sam Seiden)

09/11/08

Margin Requirements, or How Many Can I Sell? (Stan Freifeld)

09/10/08

Brick By Brick (Brandon Wendell)

09/09/08

Read and Grow Rich (Ed Ponsi)

09/08/08

Thoughts on the Continuing Crisis (John Mauldin)

09/04/08

Options, Advertising and Simplicity (Stan Freifeld)

09/03/08

The Significance of Tuesday's Outside Day (Gabe Velazquez)

09/02/08

Deadly Hurricanes and Dangerous Assumptions (Ed Ponsi)

08/29/08

Keeping it Simple in XLT (Sam Seiden)

08/28/08

I Told You So! (Brandon Wendell)

08/27/08

Hurricanes, Financials and the End of Summer (Gabe Velazquez)

08/26/08

Forex Volume-Related Q&A With Ed Ponsi (Ed Ponsi)

08/25/08

It's More Than Fannie and Freddie (John Mauldin)

08/22/08

Keep Your Option Trading Simple (Sam Seiden)

08/20/08

A Class Act (Brandon Wendell)

08/19/08

The Dollar Continues to Roll (Ed Ponsi)

08/18/08

The Morning Gap, Part 3 (Sam Seiden)

08/14/08

Calculation Values: Historical Volatility (Stan Freifeld)

08/13/08

It's Official: I'm a Teddy Bear, But the Market is Still Growling! (Brandon Wendell)

08/12/08

A Mighty Breakout (Ed Ponsi)

08/11/08

A New Asset Class, Part 2 (John Mauldin)

08/08/08

Three Simple Principles (Sam Seiden)

08/07/08

The Ratio Vertical Spread (Stan Freifeld)

08/06/08

Growling Bears (Brandon Wendell)

08/05/08

The Learning Curve (Ed Ponsi)

08/04/08

Dollar Update (Sam Seiden)

07/31/08

Benefit with Backspreads (Stan Freifeld)

07/30/08

A Short Story (Brandon Wendell)

07/29/08

Scamming the Scammers (Ed Ponsi)

07/28/08

Earnings and Mr. Bear (John Mauldin)

07/25/08

Trading Plan Tips (Sam Seiden)

07/24/08

Recent Options Q and A (Stan Freifeld)

07/23/08

The Two Most Crowded Trades (Oil and Financials) Continue To Unwind (Gabe Velazquez)

07/22/08

Dr. Evil Would Be Proud (Ed Ponsi)

07/21/08

The World Will Not End (John Mauldin)

07/18/08

What Traders Can Learn From Women (Sam Seiden)

07/17/08

Expiration Day Trading (Stan Freifeld)

07/16/08

Internal Medicine (Brandon Wendell)

07/15/08

Awesome Aussie (Ed Ponsi)

07/14/08

$1.6 Trillion in Losses and Counting (John Mauldin)

07/11/08

Websites You May Want To Consider (Sam Seiden)

07/10/08

The Versatile Vertical Spread (Stan Freifeld)

07/09/08

Oil Retreat Leads to Short Covering Rally (Gabe Velazquez)

07/08/08

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Forex World (Ed Ponsi)

07/07/08

The Importance of Charts and Indicators (Sam Seiden)

07/03/08

Options Fact or Fiction (Stan Freifeld)

07/02/08

Tale of Tails (Brandon Wendell)

07/01/08

At My Signal, Unleash Hell (Ed Ponsi)

06/30/08

Slow Motion Recession Re-visited (John Mauldin)

06/27/08

Success, Failure, and Fear Go Hand In Hand (Sam Seiden)

06/26/08

Don't Forget Your Shorts (Stan Freifeld)

06/25/08

Patience is a Virtue (Brandon Wendell)

06/24/08

Forex Q&A With Ed Ponsi (Ed Ponsi)

06/23/08

Warren Makes a Bet (John Mauldin)

06/20/08

Trading Systems - A Complex World with Simple Answers (Sam Seiden)

06/19/08

Current Events and a Common Question (Stan Freifeld)

06/18/08

Oil and Financials: A Drag on the Market (Gabe Velazquez)

06/17/08

Forex Q&A With Ed Ponsi - The Oil Question (Ed Ponsi)

06/16/08

Dollar Update (Sam Seiden)

06/12/08

Calendar Spreads or How To Trade Time (Stan Freifeld)

06/11/08

June Gloom (Gabe Velazquez)

06/10/08

The Candy Man (Ed Ponsi)

06/09/08

When Bubbles Collide (John Mauldin)

06/06/08

Smoking Out the Truth, Part 1 (Sam Seiden)

06/05/08

Delta Neutral, Direction Doesn't Matter (Stan Freifeld)

06/04/08

This Fib Can Tell the Truth! (Brandon Wendell)

06/03/08

Battered and Bruised (Ed Ponsi)

06/02/08

The Problem With the Euro (John Mauldin)

05/30/08

Trading and Time Part II (Sam Seiden)

05/29/08

The Strangle, A Killer Trade (Stan Freifeld)

05/28/08

The Price of Oil Driving Stocks (Gabe Velazquez)

05/27/08

Defense Wins Championships (Ed Ponsi)

05/23/08

The Most Popular Entry Strategy in Forex Trading (Sam Seiden)

05/22/08

Straddles, When You're Not Sure (Stan Freifeld)

05/21/08

Black Ops (Brandon Wendell)

05/20/08

Rock Star (Ed Ponsi)

05/19/08

The Fed at the Crossroads (John Mauldin)

05/16/08

Supply and Demand Q&A With Sam Seiden (Sam Seiden)

05/15/08

A New Financial Instrument (Stan Freifeld)

05/14/08

What Time Is It? (Brandon Wendell)

05/13/08

Aussie Ascending (Ed Ponsi)

05/12/08

Why Investors Fail (John Mauldin)

05/09/08

Putting Online Trading Academy Tools to Work for You (Sam Seiden)

05/08/08

When Does Early Exercise Make Sense, and Dollars? (Stan Freifeld)

05/07/08

The Dog Days of Spring (Gabe Velazquez)

05/06/08

Will the US Dollar Rally Continue? (Ed Ponsi)

05/05/08

Lies and Other Statistics (John Mauldin)

05/02/08

Support and Resistance, a Deeper Understanding (Sam Seiden)

05/01/08

Forex Q&A With Ed Ponsi (Ed Ponsi)

04/30/08

Going Down? (Brandon Wendell)

04/28/08

The Velocity of Money (John Mauldin)

04/25/08

Illusion Creators That Pay (Sam Seiden)

04/24/08

Inquiring Minds Want to Know (Stan Freifeld)

04/23/08

Committed to the Markets (Brandon Wendell)

04/22/08

Coincidence? I Think Not (Ed Ponsi)

04/21/08

The Muddle Through Question (John Mauldin)

04/18/08

Think Like a Goose (Sam Seiden)

04/17/08

Expiration Cycles - What's Up Next? (Stan Freifeld)

04/16/08

Fear of the Unknown (Earnings) (Gabe Velazquez)

04/15/08

It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It (Ed Ponsi)

04/14/08

Is It a Bull, Bear or a Cowardly Lion Market? (John Mauldin)

04/11/08

Portfolio Insurance (Sam Seiden)

04/10/08

Simply Synthetic (Stan Freifeld)

04/09/08

The Bulls Get Spring Fever! (Gabe Velazquez)

04/08/08

Crushing It! (Ed Ponsi)

04/07/08

Thoughts on the Continuing Crisis (John Mauldin)

04/04/08

Sources for Trading Opportunities in Stocks (Sam Seiden)

04/03/08

Covered Call: Conservative, Risky, or Both? (Stan Freifeld)

04/01/08

Average Joe, the Ted Spread, and Pistachio Ice Cream (Ed Ponsi)

03/31/08

Where is the Bottom in Housing? (John Mauldin)

03/28/08

The Cycle of "IT" (Sam Seiden)

03/27/08

Thoughts on the Continuing Crisis (John Mauldin)

03/26/08

Anything But Average (Brandon Wendell)

03/25/08

Forex Q&A With Ed Ponsi (Ed Ponsi)

03/24/08

The Morning Gap, Part 2... (Sam Seiden)

03/20/08

The Big Ben Support Level (Ed Ponsi)

03/19/08

In Bear Market Rallies: Caveat Emptor (Gabe Velazquez)

03/18/08

Let's Look at the Mail (Stan Freifeld)

03/17/08

Muddle Through and Your Long Term Returns (John Mauldin)

03/14/08

The Dollar, In Real Money Terms (Sam Seiden)

03/13/08

Option Symbology (Stan Freifeld)

03/12/08

Forget the Fundamentals? (Brandon Wendell)

03/11/08

More Feedback Than Hendrix at Woodstock (Ed Ponsi)

03/10/08

Emotion Always Pays Logic (Sam Seiden)

03/06/08

Living With Volatility Skew (Stan Freifeld)

03/05/08

Dysfunctional Markets Lead to Erratic Trading (Gabe Velazquez)

03/04/08

McCain's Economic Plan Raises Questions (Ed Ponsi)

03/03/08

Stagflation and the Fed (John Mauldin)

02/29/08

Seriously, I Thought It Was a Joke... (Sam Seiden)

02/28/08

Getting To Know Volatility (Stan Freifeld)

02/27/08

Stop It Already! (Brandon Wendell)

02/26/08

Fixing Obama's Economic Plan (Ed Ponsi)

02/25/08

The Morning Gap, Low Risk Opportunity for the Astute Market Speculator (Sam Seiden)

02/21/08

Another Pricing Method (Stan Freifeld)

02/20/08

Unresolved Issues (Gabe Velazquez)

02/19/08

What's Working Now (Ed Ponsi)

02/19/08

What Would Warren Do? (John Mauldin)

02/15/08

The Qualifier - Support (demand) and Resistance (supply) (Sam Seiden)

02/14/08

Probability, Expectations and Options (Stan Freifeld)

02/13/08

The Battleground is Set (Gabe Velazquez)

02/12/08

Brother, Can You Spare A Euro? (Ed Ponsi)

02/11/08

This is Pivotal - Part 2 (Brandon Wendell)

02/08/08

Indicators And Oscillators Are Wonderful If You Use Them Properly (Sam Seiden)

02/07/08

This is Pivotal (Brandon Wendell)

02/05/08

Sorry, Wrong Number (Ed Ponsi)

02/04/08

What Does a Recession Look Like? (John Mauldin)

01/31/08

A Graph is Worth a Thousand Words (Stan Freifeld)

01/30/08

The Bottom Fishing Expedition (Gabe Velazquez)

01/29/08

What Does the Fed Know? (John Mauldin)

01/28/08

Forex Q&A With Ed Ponsi (Ed Ponsi)

01/25/08

Find the Novice Trader, Part 2 (Sam Seiden)

01/24/08

The GREEKS are Coming, Part 2 (Stan Freifeld)

01/23/08

Right on Time and Target (Brandon Wendell)

01/22/08

The Four Horsemen, the S&P, and the Yen (Ed Ponsi)

01/21/08

More BLS BS (John Mauldin)

01/18/08

Find the Novice Trader (Sam Seiden)

01/17/08

The Greeks are Coming, Part I (Stan Freifeld)

01/16/08

The Market's Slippery Slope (Gabe Velazquez)

01/15/08

More Forex Q&A With Ed Ponsi (Ed Ponsi)

01/14/08

What are They Thinking? (John Mauldin)

01/11/08

Trading and Time (Sam Seiden)

01/10/08

So What's it Worth? (Stan Freifeld)

01/09/08

Is This What a Bear Market Looks Like? (Gabe Velazquez)

01/08/08

Massive Head and Shoulders Breakdown (Ed Ponsi)

01/07/08

Forecast 2008: Recession and Recovery (John Mauldin)

01/04/08

Are You Prepared to Trade in 2008? (Sam Seiden)

01/03/08

New Year, Old Issues (Gabe Velazquez)