Monthly Archives: November 2009

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 …