Dave Mabe is a trader and has a popular trading journal at StockTickr.com. Here we talk about his evolution as a trader, how he finds trading opportunities, and how he makes adjustments based on his history. Dave has come up with some interesting tools that tell him about his success rate during certain hours of the trading day that enable him to make changes and increase that success percentage. Other sites mentioned in the interview: TraderMike, MaoXian, and HighChartPatterns.
Alan Farley is a very respected trader who has shared his insights on the markets for many years at HardRightEdge.com. He is a columnist at RealMoney.com and the author of The Master Swing Trader, an outstanding book that I highly recommend. What people like about Alan is that he truly is a trader first, and a writer/author/instructor second. He trades the strategies he teaches every single day in the markets, which is why he's so respected by fellow traders. Here we talk about how he trades on days when, like the day this interview was recorded, the Fed is set to announce or any other big announcement is to take place. We also talk about a workshop he is doing which includes two days of live trading.
Teresa Appleton has been a trader for 10 years and trades stocks, options and index futures. She is self taught and learned her trading skills by reading countless books and trial and error. Here we talk about her approach to the markets and why she watches the TRIN and the "Up Down" indicator. I also ask her about setting profit targets and stop losses. Her website is TradeWithLogic.com
David uses a combined technical approach based on individual and inter-market trend analysis, technical and candlestick pattern recognition, the gauging of multiple market internals, sector dynamics, and a solid knowledge of probability and mathematical expectation. Trading stock and options as well as futures, he employs a wide range of timeframes as both a swing trader and position trader, adjusting his focus as market technicals and conditions demand. He is developing a website called ThisIsTrading.com that should be live in the next few months. He also uses iVolatility.com and DividendDetective.com on a regular basis.
Ken Chow was one of the traders we interviewed at our first Trader Interviews LIVE! event in Irvine, California. Ken is a full-time trader who gave us some great insight into how he finds profitable trading opportunities with the E-mini Russell futures. I ask him about where he sets his stops and why he likes index futures. We also talks about how he uses meditation to clear his mind and allow the markets to give him clear signals.
Mike Bridges has been trading for many years and specializes in trading index futures - primarily the e-Mini S&P. He also spends time as a mentor for Pacific Trading Academy. Here we talk about the variation of MACD that he uses and why he made a slight change to what most traders use. He also talks about how he uses slow stochastics, a 21-bar moving average on a 3-minute chart and Committment of Traders data. We also discuss why finding the right market to fit someone's personality and trading style is crucial. His website is FortuneForecaster.com
, an outstanding book that I highly recommend. What people like about Alan is that he truly is a trader first, and a writer/author/instructor second. He trades the strategies he teaches every single day in the markets, which is why he's so respected by fellow traders. Here we talk about how he trades on days when, like the day this interview was recorded, the Fed is set to announce or any other big announcement is to take place. We also talk about a 