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Top Trading Reads from 2011
In case you have an Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card burning a hole in your …
Book Review: Trade the Trader
This book suggests that applying basic technical analysis methods is no longer sufficient
My Tools of the Trade
Trader Mike and Blain at StockToGo both posted recently on the various tools they use in their trading. …
Book Review: The Complete Trading Course
A front-to-back approach to applying technical analysis to trading
What Should I Read on my New Kindle?
Last week I finally gave in and ordered myself a Kindle from Amazon. This is something I’ve …
Investing vs. Trading in Forex
With the advent of the Currensee Trade Leaders program, the idea of investing in the currency market …
The Best Forex Market Analysis in the World!
Yesterday, at the FX Week awards event in London, the forex market analysis product I work on within …
Addressing Expo and Trading Education Skepticism
A recent post comment left by a reader on the subject of trading conferences begs to be …
What about the Forex Market?
Frequent emailer Rod is back with another worthwhile question. Hi John, I know you are a position …
I’m Floored by Amazing Feedback for the Trading FAQ
I received a pair of emails yesterday from readers of my new Trading FAQ book that blew me away. …
Thinking about trading the months to year-end
It’s almost September. That means the not just an end to the summer doldrums in the forex …
Book Review: Buy Don’t Hold
A practical text focused on the application of asset allocation looking at the market trend status
Resources for Finding a Trading Coach
A question came up during the recent Swingers, Scalpers, Holders panel discussion I did for Currensee which we …
Great Review of the Trader FAQs Book
Fred Elkins from Finance Banter wrote up an excellent review of my new FAQs book. I took …
Professional Multimedia Market News & Information Free
My employer, Thomson Reuters, is making a really big push on a new multimedia content platform that’s …
Answering Trading Questions Taken to the Next Level
If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time you’ll know that I answer a lot …
Find a Trading Mentor
John, I have a question. I am a novice trader who has been trading the emini S&P’s …
Book Review: Trading From Your Gut by Curtis Faith
Integrating the right-brain instincts and intuition you develop as a trader
Currensee Now Open to Oanda Traders
Word has come out from Currensee that Oanda traders can now become members of the forex social network. …
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 …
VectorVest and Trading Forex in IRAs
Back in action after nearly a week off leading up to my 40th birthday! It’s nice to …
Entries from the Blogosphere
There have been some good posts recently by fellow bloggers that I wanted to bring to your …
Learning from the Market Wizards
Two books I always recommend to traders are Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards. Both offer a lot …
New Trader FAQ Coming Together Nicely
I’ve been working on a project to bring together the most commonly asked new and developing trader …
Professional Forex Analyst Interview
A short while back I did an interview with one of the Content Editors (a position I …
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 …
New Forex Trader Network
If you trade forex and haven’t already done so, you should check out Currensee, which is a …
Book Review: Essentials of Foreign Exchange Trading
A pretty good basic overview and description of the retail forex market
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 …
What is your take on this trading software?
Here’s another recent trader inquiry that came in via email. I have done some research on the Fap …
I Want to See the Full Trade Process
This question I received by email from a trader on my mailing list brings up something very …
Software for Backtesting and Order Generation
I get quite a few questions about trading resources. Since I don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of …
Trading Simply and Using the Right Trading Tools
The other day Brett Steenbarger referenced a post by Trader X in which he talks about simplifying …
Another Rogue Trader
If you were completely out of touch Thursday you might have missed the adventures of our latest …
Trader Wish List – Eleventh Installment
I want to shift away from books and videos for this recommendation. Metastock is the charting software …





