Trade-Ideas in Your Town: What Smaller Events Can Teach You

You have 2 opportunities (one in San Diego and the other in Phoenix) to get some great education and learn not only about how to use Trade-Ideas more effectively with your trading plan, but you’ll also have the opportunity to see how our latest tool, the Automated Trading Bot, automates a trading plan with OptionsXpress.…

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This Test Measures Trading Signals: S.M.A.R.T.

We don’t create alerts unless we know they’re helpful at spotting opportunity for traders. In fact we are now known for removing alerts when market rules change and render some events insignificant. You can rely on us to keep an ever evolving list of relevant, useful, S.M.A.R.T. alerts. I explain what that means by describing…

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Does Your Trading Plan Benefit from Continuing Education?

After the Traders Expo in San Diego finished this past weekend, I asked several members of our team what their impressions were and how things went. Traders are not like CPAs, but in one regard they should be One reason I think it’s important to share these thoughts is to help you judge whether or…

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Add Some Fizz to ‘Your Natural Thirst for Learning’

Thanks to Trader Mike for finding this excellent list of How to Fail As a Trader in 10 Easy Steps. #4 should be #1: 4 Look for the right system [the Holy Grail]. Rather than gaining an understanding, search for the killer trading system – it is out there and it will make you rich…

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Trade-Ideas in Your Town: NY and ATL

Busy rest of the week with travel. I am headed to New York for the next 2 days to meet with several trading organizations looking to use Trade-Ideas. If you are in NY, dear reader, and would like to meet up, please let me know in the comments. I’ll tell you everything we plan for…

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NY Traders Expo 2007

Dear Trader, If you are in the New York area, come join us over at the Traders Expo at the New York Marriott Marquis this weekend. Dan Mirkin will be participating in a lively panel on Monday, February 19th (markets closed!) as follows: 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM When Trading Styles Collide: Technicians and Fundamentalists…

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