Author: Online Trading Academy

I had a busy week in the Extended Learning Track (XLT) for Stocks last week. We had some great trading sessions, but where I think students benefited the most was in Tuesday’s Student Trade Review. This session is an...

Hello traders! As I sit here writing this article, the weather is beautiful in Texas. It’s about 65 degrees, a mild breeze, with a cold front on the way to take us down to 55. This is December weather I can live with! I...

In the world of investing and trading there’s certainly no shortage of venues that offer up advice of all types. This advice comes in all forms, some very specific in terms of what and when to buy, while other guidance is...

In last week’s article we saw how people are using the Internet to find real estate today. As with so many other aspects of our lives, the Internet is our first (and sometimes only) source of information. But we need to...

I read with intense interest in the OTA community forums a thread that included this question: “Are you caught up in trading and not caught up in making money?” This is a very legitimate question in light of the fact...

Every successful business must have an edge, a consistent source of profitability. A casino’s edge is the rules of the game, which give them a mathematical advantage. A seller of goods has a way to obtain the goods, and a...

I was giving a talk to a group of Online Trading Academy students in Atlanta, Georgia yesterday. These were students who had taken multiple classes at the center and were trading several asset classes in their own portfolios....

“Cut your losses short and let your profits run.” So many traders chant that mantra while working in the markets. Anyone who has ever had money in the markets knows that this is an easy thing to say but much harder...