Lessons from the Pros Archive
July 27, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Failure is Often a Necessity for Success
- Stocks: Trading People
- Forex: Tackling Those Unanswered Questions
- Options: Market, Sector, Stock and Option Strategy
- E-minis: What to Do When Things Go Right
- Real Estate: REITs - A More In-depth Look
- Specialty Skills: Modeling: A Strategy that Works
July 20, 2010
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- Feature Article: The Proper Use of Indicators and Oscillators
- Stocks: Spreads and Correlations
- Forex: Forex Questions and Answers with Sam Evans
- Options: Stop Losses
- Commodities: Spread Trading Q & A
- Real Estate: Today's Real Estate Investment Market Requires Creative Financing
- Specialty Skills: Develop a Trading Routine that will Bring Your "A" Game
July 13, 2010
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- Feature Article: Government Intervention and Market Price
- Stocks: Directionally Challenged
- Forex: Defining the Trader's Edge
- Options: Weeklies on the GLD
- E-minis: Do Strong Biases Hinder Performance?
- Real Estate: Continuing Down the Multi-family Road - What's Better, Four Fourplexes or a 16 Unit Building?
- Specialty Skills: The Three D Process
July 07, 2010
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- Feature Article: Motion Into Mass: Your Questions Answered
- Stocks: It Ain't Over Until...
- Forex: Why the Fundamentals Never Stand a Chance
- Options: Newly Listed Weekly Options: Part III
- E-minis: Traders: To Whom are You Accountable?
- Real Estate: Commercial Real Estate, Renters are Back for Multi-family Units
- Specialty Skills: Getting on the Right Side of the Order Flow
June 29, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Motion Into Mass: An Example Trade
- Stocks: How Do I Trade it?
- Forex: The Hidden Costs of Forex Trading
- Options: Why am I Losing Money on this Trade?
- Commodities: Futures Charting - Adjusted or Un-Adjusted Charting Style?
- Real Estate: A Paradigm Shift in the Real Estate Market and Investing
- Specialty Skills: Get Out of Your Way and on the Road to Profit
June 22, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Why Proper Market Speculating is so Difficult for Most People
- Stocks: Using the Crutch
- Forex: A Practical Use of Technical Indicators
- Options: Newly Listed Weekly Options: Part II
- E-minis: Everyone's a Currency Trader Nowadays (Whether They Know it or Not)
- Real Estate: Is the Real Estate Picture Clear, Mixed or Cloudy (With a Chance of?)
- Specialty Skills: The Power of Practice, Part II
June 15, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Sam Answers Your Questions
- Stocks: Money for Leads?
- Forex: Trade Management: Often Overlooked and Mostly Ignored
- Options: Newly Listed Weekly Options on the SPY, DIA, IWM, & QQQQ
- E-minis: Continuously Asking "Why" May Improve Trading Results
- Real Estate: The HAFA is Hoping to Make Short Sales Uniform and Predictable for Buyers
- Specialty Skills: The Power of Practice, Part I
June 08, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: The Check List
- Stocks: Mining for Leads
- Forex: When a Commodity is Really a Commodity
- Options: Importance of Open Interest and a Tight Bid and Ask Spread
- Commodities: Tracking Traders in the Market
- Real Estate: "Shadow" or "Black Cloud" Inventory? That's the Question
- Specialty Skills: The Power of Now
June 02, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: The Power of Simple
- Stocks: Oscillator Patterns
- Forex: Time For Some Mental Push-Ups
- Options: Systematic Steps for Option Trading: Part II
- E-minis: Identifying Buyers and Sellers is Key in Quantifying Risk
- Real Estate: Tips for Investing in Your Own Backyard or Thousands of Miles Away
- Specialty Skills: Trading is a Journey in Self-Discovery
May 25, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: You Have Questions - Sam has Answers!
- Stocks: Tuning the Risk Radio
- Forex: Trusting the Trade
- Options: Systematic Steps for Option Trading
- Commodities: Inter-Commodity Spreads for Futures Traders
- Real Estate: Investing in Real Estate Through Probate and Eliminating the Competition
- Specialty Skills: Results-Oriented Thinking: Aiming for the Results You Want
- Power Trading Radio: Check Out the New Power Trading Radio
May 18, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Rate of Return
- Stocks: Déjà vu All Over Again!
- Forex: Fat Fingers, Hung Parliaments and Greek Tragedies – Welcome to Forex Trading
- Options: Always Buy Back Your Obligation
- E-minis: A Discussion on Where to Place Stop Orders
- Real Estate: Multi-family Commercial Properties Fundamentals – What You Need to Know
- Specialty Skills: A Powerful Tool for Bringing Your "A" Game
May 11, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: News, Price, Supply, and Demand
- Stocks: When PIIGS Fly
- Forex: A Simple Approach to Candlesticks
- Options: Comparing the Verticals
- E-minis: Stop Market Orders: Ideas on Utilization
- Real Estate: Really, Do I Need a Property Inspection?
- Specialty Skills: To Trade in the Trenches, You Must Have a Trading to Win Focus
May 04, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: The All Star Entry (Lite)
- Stocks: Find the Fool!
- Forex: Questions to Ask - Answers to Know
- Options: Why was I Assigned?!?
- Commodities: The Double Edged Sword
- Real Estate: TIC - Real Estate Without Daily Management
- Specialty Skills: Tired of Crappy Results? Then Change Your Thinking
April 27, 2010
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- Feature Article: Where is the Stock Market Going?
- Stocks: I'm Glad Someone Realizes It!
- Forex: Trading Forex for a Living: What We Can Really Expect
- E-minis: What's a Good Time for You?
- Real Estate: It's Time Again to Look at the Real Estate and Economic Leading Indicators
- Specialty Skills: Self-Hypnosis: A Major Key to Managing Emotions
April 20, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Free Resources to Help Gain an Edge
- Stocks: Above Average, Part 2
- Forex: Forex Market Gaps: A Practical Understanding
- Options: Placing a Collar with TradeStation
- Commodities: Creating a Commodity Spread Chart
- Real Estate: Mortgage Miscellany
- Specialty Skills: Some Essentials to Trading Successfully
April 13, 2010
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- Feature Article: An XLT "Edge" Building Rule to Better Your Odds
- Stocks: Price Elasticity and Bounces
- Forex: Tracking Convergence and Divergence Using the CCI
- Options: Want Free Stock Insurance?
- E-minis: Simulated Trading (The Pros and Cons)
- Real Estate: Valuing My Real Estate - What's it Worth Today?
- Specialty Skills: Getting the Results that You Should Get
April 06, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Copy - Paste
- Stocks: Lifelong Learning and Community
- Forex: It's Not What You Know, it's the You You Know
- Options: Covered Call: Part II
- E-minis: Goal Setting: An Essential Element of Consistent Profitability
- Real Estate: Commercial Real Estate Market on the Road to Recovery? Part II
- Specialty Skills: You Can't Change What You Can't Face
March 30, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Patience and Probabilities, Part 2
- Stocks: Patience Pays
- Forex: Back To Basics, Part 3: Entry Techniques
- Options: Get a Trading Buddy: Part 3
- Commodities: Meeting the Commodity Family
- Real Estate: Commercial Real Estate Market on the Road to Recovery? Part I
- Specialty Skills: Are You Playing to Win or Playing Not to Lose?
March 23, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Patience and Probabilities
- Stocks: Land of the Free, Home of the Debtor
- Forex: A New Era of Forex Trading?
- Options: Which Covered Call to Sell and When?
- Commodites: Traditional Charting of Commodity Spread Charts
- Real Estate: All Kinds of Government Incentives to Buy a Home Now!
- Specialty Skills: Language – The Doorway to Getting Better Trading Results
March 09, 2010
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- Feature Article: Proper Use of the CCI
- Stocks: Patterns: Fact or Fiction?
- Forex: Back To Basics, Part 2: The Definition of a Stop Loss
- Options: Get a Trading Buddy: Part 2
- E-minis: Eighty Percent Waiting - Twenty Percent Trading
- Real Estate: Foreclosure Update and Guidelines for the Novice Auction Goer
- Specialty Skills: Outcome Thinking: Aiming for the Results You Want
March 02, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Got Questions? Sam has Answers!
- Stocks: More Harm than Help?
- Forex: The False Security of a Virtual Environment
- Options: Butterfly: Part V
- Commodities: Spread Trading – A Versatile Tool
- Real Estate: Current and Future Effects of New Demographic Trends, Part 2
- Specialty Skills: The Essentials of Documenting Your Trades: Thought Journal/Trade Journal
February 23, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: System Trading – A Complex World with Simple Answers
- Stocks: Do I Need It or Can I Live Without It?
- Forex: Back To Basics, Part 1: Trends
- Options: Spell Out your Trading Plan and Get a Trading Buddy
- E-minis: What Goes Up, Must Come Down
- Real Estate: Positive Movement for Housing Market Indicators - Proceed with Caution
- Specialty Skills: Take Your Trading to the Next Level: The Power of Alignment
February 17, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Emotion Always Pays Logic
- Stocks: How Do I Trade?
- Forex: Knowing When Enough is Enough
- Options: Butterfly: Part IV
- Commodities: Commodity ETFs - Alternative Investing
- Real Estate: Current and Future Effects of New Demographic Trends, Part 1
- Specialty Skills: Managing Your Emotions With Your Mind
February 09, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Your Questions Answered
- Stocks: What Time is It?
- Forex: Short, Sweet and to the Point
- Options: Creative Financing
- E-minis: Not All Support and Resistance Levels are Created Equal
- Real Estate: O Canada, the Games, the Real Estate Market and the Future
- Specialty Skills: The Motivation of a Child: It Can Catapult Your Trading
February 02, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Trading Tools You May Not Find in Books
- Stocks: Think You Can Buy the Bottom?
- Forex: Forex Minds Want to Know
- Options: Butterfly: Part III
- Commodities: Understanding Limit Moves in Futures
- Real Estate: Flipping Real Estate in this Market and the Anti-Flipping Rule
- Specialty Skills: Attitude - The Springboard for Being Passionate About Your Rules
January 26, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Trade What is Real, Not What You Feel
- Stocks: But It Beat Earnings... Why Didn't It Go Up?
- Forex: Perception vs Reality, Part 3: Technical Analysis vs Price Action
- Options: Students Want to Know
- Commodities: Settlement Price? But the Market Has Not Closed
- Real Estate: Want Real Estate in Your Portfolio with No Landlord Hassles? Consider REITs, Part 2
- Specialty Skills: Give Yourself a Trading Edge Through the Use of Anchors
January 19, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Stocks: Where is the Bear?
- Forex: Perception vs Reality, Part 2: Consistent Wins or Consistent Profits
- Options: Butterfly: Part II
- E-minis: Identify, Assess, Execute and Manage
- Real Estate: Want Real Estate in Your Portfolio with No Landlord Hassles? Consider REITs
- Specialty Skills: Modeling Excellence is a Tool for Success
January 12, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: The Quest for Truth
- Stocks: 2010, Back to the Future?
- Forex: Perception vs Reality, Part 1: Value and Price
- Options: The Ultimate XEO Trade
- E-minis: Are Successful Traders Born or Created?
- Real Estate: Real Estate-Related Legislation Update
- Specialty Skills: Who is Showing Up to Trade
January 06, 2010
- Issue Home Page
- Feature Article: A Key Rule, Often Overlooked
- Stocks: Mixed Signals
- Forex: New Year's Resolutions
- Options: Butterfly: Part I
- Commodities: Understanding Futures Orders
- Real Estate: What the Stats Indicate - A Clear Picture?