Tag Archives: market

The Cost of Trading

Last week I wrote a post for the Currensee blog addressing a recent SmartMoney article attacking forex …

How Markets Can Fall Without Actually Trading

One of the things many market participants fail to realize is that prices do not require transactions …

Why teach others how to trade?

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

Fighting the Ignorance of Traders Who Claim They Know

It’s ranting time! There’s a certain blogger out there who’s only purpose for posting (seemingly) is to …

Want Trading Advice? Answer These Questions

If you’re a new trader asking me for advice about how you should move forward I’m almost …

Fixed Income and Stock Trading

I have written before on the value of understanding the fixed income market. Interest rates play a …

New Housing ETFs

Someone has finally launched a pair of ETFs focusing on the housing market (or will be shortly, …

Want to Learn Forex Trading?

The forex market (also known at foreign exchange or currency) is one that offers a great deal of …

Want to Learn Futures Trading?

The futures market is one that offers a great deal of opportunity to traders. If there’s a …

Why Was the Stock Market Closed for Good Friday?

Eddy at Cross Wall Street asked the question on his blog yesterday, “Why Is the Stock Market …

Yield Curve Madness!!!

I had to share this with you. It’s a snapshot of the US Treasury market as of …

What Market or Markets do You Trade?

Most traders basically fall into a market when they get started. They generally don’t give it a …