Preparing for Q4: Is Your Trading Plan Ready?
September is here, which means summer is winding down, football is back, pumpkin spice is about to invade everything, and traders have one full quarter left to finish the year strong or completely sabotage themselves trying to make up for the first nine months. I’m hoping we can avoid option number two. This is a […]
The September Effect: Should Traders Be Worried?
September is coming, so you know what that means. Kids are going back to school, football is back, pumpkin spice is invading every beverage known to mankind, and somewhere on the internet someone is warning you that the stock market is about to collapse. Why? Because it’s September. And to be fair, September has earned […]
What Is the Best Market to Trade?
It’s one of the questions I hear more than almost any other, whether I’m teaching a class, speaking at a MoneyShow, or answering questions during one of my live broadcasts: “Merlin, what’s the best market to trade?” My answer usually catches people off guard because they’re expecting me to champion one asset class over another. […]
IPO Gold Rush: Proceed with Caution
Every few months, Wall Street gives investors a new dream. Sometimes it’s an electric vehicle company that’s supposedly going to change transportation forever. Sometimes it’s a social media platform. Today, it’s artificial intelligence. Tomorrow, it may be commercial space travel. Whatever the theme happens to be, the story is always remarkably similar. A revolutionary company […]
Freedom Isn’t Free: The Journey to Economic Independence
Every year on the Fourth of July, Americans gather to celebrate independence. We fire up the grill, watch fireworks light up the sky, and reflect on the freedoms that generations before us fought to preserve. It’s a holiday that reminds us how valuable freedom truly is. But this year, I’d like to challenge you to […]
Oil, Inflation, Interest Rates, and the Fragile State of the Markets
At the beginning of this year, Wall Street was practically guaranteeing rate cuts. The narrative was simple: inflation was cooling, the economy was slowing just enough, and the Federal Reserve would eventually ride in to rescue the markets with cheaper money. Fast forward several months, and that entire script has flipped upside down. Now traders […]
Welcome to the Real World of the Markets
If you’re reading this, you’re officially on the inside, and that’s not a small thing. Most people go through life around the financial markets, not within them. They save a little, invest a little, maybe trade once in a while, and hope it all works out. Along the way, they’re fed headlines, hot takes, and […]
What It Really Takes to Become a Trader Who Lasts
The truth is: becoming a successful trader is hard. Not Instagram-trader hard. Actually hard. The kind of hard that punches you in the gut, forces you to question your decisions, your process, and sometimes even your own sanity. It’s not for the thin-skinned or the get-rich-quick crowd. It’s for people who are serious about turning this into […]