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Options Friday

Vince explores the world of options with Michael Thomsett. He has released two books, one on options and the other on candlesticks. What happens when an option is called away? How does the OCC provide an efficient market? Is their a strategy that maximizes carryover losses? How can you use options to enter a trade? [...]

Seven Steps to Trading Success

Vince welcomes Toni Turner to explain trading. What are the Seven Steps to Success? How frustrating has the recent market action been? Do you need to trade ever day? News is impacting market in unpredictable ways. Toni starts going through the seven steps of trading success. Why finding your place is a critical first step? [...]

What are the neural nets saying?

Vince and David Buffalo review swing trading opportunities. INP is the first up for review. EWP is the ETF for Brazil. These have been showing up on the screens. David is using 5 to 15 day timeframe for trades. Remember to set exit at target price, harvest your profits. How will the SEC handle the [...]

When being different is OK

Vince is joined by Josh Betancourt to explain alternative investments. Vince details his research and his conclusions. What investment objectives can managed futures meet? What is a CTA? What markets can he participate in? Are these products regulated? Who has custody of the account? What benchmark is used to measure CTA performance? What criteria are [...]

Elliott Wave and the near future

Vince explores the Elliot Wave Theory with Steve Hochberg. What are the true drivers behind price changes? Why is Elliot Wave the best model? Does it work all the time? Is it specific to a time frame? An asset class? Are Fibs part of the Elliot Wave Theory? How can there be different interpretations on [...]

Why swing trading makes sense

Vince and David Buffalo join minds to explore the nuances of swing trading. Did yesterdays increased volume help to forecast where the market is going? Did the breaking of support on the SP500 signal a reversal? Can price patterns from the past help us understand todays market? David and Vince discuss value based models and [...]

Does the market return to normal in the Fall?

Vince is joined by Bill Brinson to discuss the week. Bill explains that losing trades can be the best teacher. What is the target the Fed is shooting for? How critical is volume here? Are there alternatives to bonds for monthly income? Is cash still a good place to be? How has the flash crash [...]

Gold decoupling from fundamentals!

Oliver Juergens joins Vince to review the week ahead and recap lessons from this week. What was Olivers impression from the meetings this week? What are the sentiment indicators showing? What is gold saying here? When could the CPI turn negative? Has the money multiplier gone down? Why are banks not lending? Flash crash a [...]

FOREX Swing trading?

Vince welcomes David Buffalo. What happens with the 10 year US Treasury? 100 year lows? How quick will the interest rates turn? David illustrates what may happen to safe money. What does the market do over the next weeks? What external factors could impact the market? What are the tools to trade a break down [...]

Waiting for Hanging Man Doji

Vince is joined Oliver Juergens to update us on the outlook ahead. Bonds and the Yen are highly correlated the last several months. What about the low volume? Record flows into bond mutual funds. What happens when rates go up? Have investors been trained to buy bonds to protect principal? Is this a top in [...]

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