Yearly Archives: 2009

Looking Back on a Good 2009

I realize I’m doing this a little bit early, but I’ve got a lot of work to …

Looking for Meaning in Big Open Interest Drop in S&P 500 Futures

Here’s something I noticed today that I found REALLY interesting. First of all, take a look at …

More Upcoming Book Reviews

The other day I mentioned a pair of books that were new additions to my reading list.  Thanks …

Upcoming Book Reviews

There are a couple of books I will be reading in the near future, the reviews for …

Watching Positioning Figures for Biases and Changes

As you may have gathered from some of my prior posts (like Using COT data to spot …

If You Haven’t Already…

I strongly advise you to check out the 90-minute seminar John Murphy did entitled Applying Technical Methods …

What I Wish I Knew When I Started Trading

Brett Steenbarger started a new series of posts a couple weeks ago which revolve around Lessons Learned …

VectorVest and Trading Forex in IRAs

Back in action after nearly a week off leading up to my 40th birthday! It’s nice to …

Watching for a Market Explosion or Implosion

I’ve written on several occasions, including my first ever article published in Stocks & Commodities, on the …

More New Margin Requirements

I posted before about the NFA’s new rules on maximum forex trading leverage permissible for traders with …

Taxes, Budget Deficits and Inflation

A couple of things have come out from different politicians the last couple days which have me …

Entries from the Blogosphere

There have been some good posts recently by fellow bloggers that I wanted to bring to your …

New NFA Forex Leverage Limits In Effect Today

I wrote a while back (New NFA Retail Forex Leverage Restrictions) about new rules coming into effect …

Black Friday Suggestions for Traders

Today, of course, is the notorious Black Friday – that crazy holiday shopping day which is supposed …

SFO Article on Part-Time Trading

A while back I was interviewed by a reporter for SFO Magazine on the subject of part-time …

Alternative Ways to Play Interest Rate Moves

I’ve written in the past about ways to play moves interest rates. Among the ETFs I’ve mentioned …

A Sample of Professional Market Analysis

I received an email a short while ago outlining the three reasons an analyst at CIBC World …

The Dominant Players in Forex

I see the question all the time about where prices come from in the forex market and …

Trading Education is Not Just About Trading Systems

The following comment, sent to me by email, and referring to the Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards …

Learning from the Market Wizards

Two books I always recommend to traders are Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards. Both offer a lot …

Market Makers and Opening Gaps

I received the following email from a trader named Ben. I do have a question regarding the money …

Looking at Volatility Across Markets

The other day I commented on a post on a personal finance blog. The article was an …

Understanding and Using the Dollar Index

The folks on CNBC and elsewhere in the media are all over the fact that the Dollar …

Understanding the Talking Heads

Talking heads abound in the markets. There are corporate CEOs and other high-level officers. There are central …

Learn Technicals from the Guy Who Wrote the Book

The question about how best to start learning technical analysis is one that comes up quite often …

Reached the 1000 Feed Subscriber Mark!

A milestone was just reached for this blog. The number of RSS feed subscribers has finally cracked …

Someone Else Slamming Forex

I really wish people would get their facts right. There was an article posted in the ft.com/alphaville …

New Trader FAQ Coming Together Nicely

I’ve been working on a project to bring together the most commonly asked new and developing trader …

Correlation analysis for trading position diversification

I got the following inquiry from the ever-curious Trader Rod. A few questions concerning correlation between two …

Taking the Piss Out of Goldman

My British and Aussie/New Zealand readers will understand the above headline, as will those who have spent …

Want me to tell you where to buy and sell?

Then walk a way now, cause it ain’t going to happen! My focus, and the focus of …

Where’s the Money, and Where’s it Going?

A lot of traders have been utterly confounded by the way things have been playing out in …

Looking at Stock Market Internals for Confirmation

While I’m no longer a stock market analyst (I’m focused on forex these days), I still keep …

Professional Forex Analyst Interview

A short while back I did an interview with one of the Content Editors (a position I …

New NFA Retail Forex Leverage Restrictions

The National Futures Association (NFA) is not well liked by many retail forex traders because of restrictions …

Using COT data to spot potential big moves

I’ve mentioned the Commitment of Traders data on a few occasions previously in terms of its usefulness …

How much do traders lose before becoming winners?

The following was posted by a trader on a forum recently. It’s a question which comes up …

New Forex Trader Network

If you trade forex and haven’t already done so, you should check out Currensee, which is a …

I don’t use stops. What do you think?

I got the question in the title of this post from a “fan” of The Essentials of …

System Back-Testing and Indicative Forex Data

Frequent emailer and commenter Rod sent me another good question yesterday, on the subject of trading system …

When Black Monday comes…

A slight twist on a Steely Dan tune there. It might seem like I’m dating myself a bit with …

Avoiding a Covered Call Being Called

A former classmate of mine from my undergraduate days (he and I were officers for the Finance …

RMAM

Book Review: Reading Minds and Markets

Primarily about asset allocation – picking the best place(s) to put money to work

TF

Book Review: Trend Following

An indepth study of a trading philosophy

EFET

Book Review: Essentials of Foreign Exchange Trading

A pretty good basic overview and description of the retail forex market

Screwed by his forex broker

The following rant was posted in a forum by a clearly frustrated forex trader claiming his broker …

Taking the Trader Positioning Data to the Next Level

Note: This is a cross-post. It was initially put up on the Currensee blog. The Commodity Futures …

Why teach others how to trade?

A question came in this morning from a “fan” of The Essentials of Trading Facebook page. It …

New The Essentials of Trading Facebook Page

I finally got around to creating a “fan page” on Facebook for The Essentials of Trading. Given how …

Trading System Testing and Risk Management with Multiple Securities

A reader of my book sent me a question that combines system design and testing issues with …