Something Interesting in Financial Video June 2013

 

Trading and training video (from youtube for example) about forex and financial market in general. Video thread for April - look at this thread, video thread for may - look at here.

Please upload forex video you consider as interesting one. No direct advertising and no offtopic please.

All the comments without video will be deleted. 

 

Trading the Nasdaq 100 Index

Dominic Picarda from 'US Tech Focus Special in Spread Betting Magazine' is explaining about how to trade Nasdaq 100 Index



 

Does The Martingale System Really Work?

The Martingale system is one of the most popular betting systems available. In this video, we ask the question - does the Martingale system really work?



 

Volume and Open Interest

A lot is spoken about patterns in classical bar charting. Volume and open interest can help interpret the price action. Volume is of course the amount of traders that have taken place on a particular day.



 

To Specialise or Diversify in Financial Trading?

My inclination is to avoid diversification if it means moving away from an area where you have a proven track record. However, having said a diverse, non correlated portfolio can reduce the volatility of returns. However, in such cases you have to make sure that the trades are non-correlated. Non-correlated trades have no fixed relationship. It is worth remembering here that in times of crisis it can be difficult to find non-correlated trades.



 

Reversals and Retracements

We talked about two patterns, those that continue trends and those that reverse trends. It is important to distinguish reversals which break trends with retracements within a trend and to mistake one for the other is obviously going to be loss making



 

Do Chart Patterns have to be Complete?

How perfect does a technical chart pattern has to be? What chart patterns really mean. The challenge for traders is to combine trend theory with reality. Does a triangle chart or head and shoulders chart pattern has to be perfectly formed for instance? There are very few perfectly shaped patterns.




 

Economic Data Releases to Follow

My view of economic releases is perhaps not standard - as a believer in technical analysis I prefer to leave my trades alone. Having said that, the market response to a figure can reveal underlying sentiment and market reactions can be very valuable information.



 

Making Money From Commodities - Trading Tips Gold, Oil, Silver,Copper, Corn,Coffee, Sugar

Vince Stanziione explains how to profit from commodities.



 

Commodity Trading

This is short well-explanational video about trading commodities.


 

Lessons from a Commodities Trader

  • What is it that led you to begin trading commodities?
  • In your opinion what is the best market to be trading right now?
  • What lessons have you learned in bull markets vs. bear markets?
  • What is one of your favorite trade setups?
  • Can you walk us through a trade that you took today (the setup, the risk, the potential reward)
  • What commodity markets do you see the most opportunity in the next 30-60 days?