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The Essentials of Trading
http://www.TheEssentialsOfTrading.com/Blog
The Essentials of Trading is a blog which focuses on trading/investing education. It features loads of information, tips, and Question & Answer series. The blog is produced by John Forman, a 20+ year market veteran, and based on his Amazon.com Top Selling book, The Essentials of Trading.
Recent Posts
Entries from the Blogosphere
There have been some good posts recently by fellow bloggers that I wanted to bring to your attention. Mark Wolfinger answers the question Are there prerequisites for options trading? Brett Steenbarger posted Why Traders Keep Losing Money which inc...
November’s Most Noteworthy
A new record! That’s what November’s traffic to this little trading education blog was. The 14,177 visitors over the last 30 days is the highest seen to-date, exceeding the prior peak from back in April. The 11,670 unique visitors was als...
New NFA Forex Leverage Limits In Effect Today
I wrote a while back (New NFA Retail Forex Leverage Restrictions) about new rules coming into effect from the NFA which limit the amount of leverage US member forex brokers are permitted to allow their customers. Those new rules start today. If you h...
Black Friday Suggestions for Traders
Today, of course, is the notorious Black Friday – that crazy holiday shopping day which is supposed to get retailers into the black for the year. You won’t catch me anywhere near any shopping locale, and not just because I have to work (s...
SFO Article on Part-Time Trading
A while back I was interviewed by a reporter for SFO Magazine on the subject of part-time trading. This is a subject somewhat near and dear to my heart. Despite the fact that I have long been a professional analyst focused on the intraday movements o...
Alternative Ways to Play Interest Rate Moves
I’ve written in the past about ways to play moves interest rates. Among the ETFs I’ve mentioned are: TBT – UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury ProShares LQD – iShares iBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bond HYG – iShares iBoxx $ High Y...

