Author: Online Trading Academy

Recently I was walking the streets of Manhattan, looking for my hotel. I thought I knew where I was going, identifying some landmarks and asking people for directions, but in the end I was lost. I tried one more path but that...

I recently received an email that referred back to an article I wrote in 2009. It referred to a tool that I use in order to identify probable turning points in the markets. The student asked if this was still a valid tool and if...

A couple of weeks ago we looked at leading indicators, but at that time I didn’t talk about Housing Permits or Housing Starts. I’ll share those stats now and tie them into a series of articles about where the housing...

Most articles I have written over the years of doing Lessons from the Pros have been mainly focused on highlighting various aspects of successful trading, ranging from trade plan formation, objective technical analysis, risk...

The world of market speculating is made up of everyone from the active day trader to the longer term investor, speculating in all kinds of markets and asset classes. People all around the globe push buy and sell buttons each day...

Patterns are recurring sets of images, events, objects, forms, etc. When events or situations keep coming up, eventually you will recognize them as a pattern. Of course patterns can be either supportive or destructive to your...

Words have always fascinated me, their origin, meaning, and use in sentences. When I come across a word that I’ve never heard, or don’t know the meaning of, I immediately go to the Dictionary app on my phone to look...

On May 1, 2009 (updated March 2010) a new set of rules went into effect for appraisals of residential real estate (1-4 units). The Home Valuation Code of Conduct (HVCC) dictates certain practices lenders must follow if they...