August 18, 2009

Featured Article

Same Tools, Different Thoughts

By Sam Seiden, Online Trading Academy Instructor

This week, we will look at the following concept - if you bring herd mentality mindset to competing in the trading markets, you will likely hand your account over to those who think differently and think the markets properly.
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Spotlight on Forex

Beware of the Ponzi Trap in Forex

By Steve Misic, Online Trading Academy XLT-Forex Trading Instructor

With four Ponzi-type schemes exposed in a three month period, it seems to be easy to pull off either a get-rich-quick scheme, or a Ponzi scheme in the Forex market which has very lax regulations. We will look into this in detail this week.
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Spotlight on OPTIONS

Placing a Vertical Spread with TradeStation

By Josip Causic , Online Trading Academy Options Instructor

In this article, I will visually illustrate how to place a vertical trade on the TradeStation platform. The aim is to focus just on the multiple steps involved during the execution and this example is not a trade suggestion.
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Spotlight on FUTURES

Exit Strategies

By Don Dawson, Online Trading Academy Commodity Futures Instructor

Last week I discussed a couple of entry techniques. In this edition, I would like to focus on how we get out of some trades. There are plenty of ways to exit markets, but I would like to show you a few I use.
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THE BROAD MARKET

The Statistical Recovery, Part 2

By John Mauldin, Global Markets Author

A few weeks ago I first used the term "statistical recovery" to describe the nature of today's economic environment. Today we are going to further explore that concept, as it is important to have a real understanding of what is happening. This coming "recovery" is not going to feel like a typical one, and those expecting a "V"-shaped recovery are simply making projections from previous economic recoveries, which, based on the fundamentals, are not warranted.
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