Traders Talk Live - Chicago Radio Show

Traders Talk Live, May 10, 2008

Mon, 12 May 2008 09:15:31 -0500

Segment 1 Craig welcomes Michael Young to the studio and they look back upon the market week. Craig muses about the gas tax "holiday". Craig conducts a "history lesson". Craig offers his single best investment idea for the next decade. Segment 2,3 Craig welcomes James Allen Smith, director of the documentary "Floored" to the show. Craig, Michael and James discuss the making of the film. Segment 4,5 Craig and Michael finish their interview with James and talk about the differences between floor trading and screen based trading. Craig invites the audience to one of their upcoming workshops.

Traders Talk Live, May 3, 2008

Mon, 5 May 2008 21:08:39 -0500

Segment 1 &2

Craig is on vacation and Jim Demeret and Tommy Hough, experienced floor traders take over the show for a discussion about trading rules and really dumb trading ideas. Segments 3,4
Tommy and Jim continue their discussion of really dumb trading ideas and elaborate on the points with tips to make sure our traders don't fall into these traps. Segments 5 Tommy and Jim take some great calls from our loyal listeners

Traders Talk Live, April 26, 2008

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:18:56 -0500

Segment 1 Craig welcomes Jim Demaret back to the studio. Craig muses about a continuation rally and expresses concern going forward. Craig welcomes John Bougearel, lead analyst for Structural Logic, to the show. John talks about his web site, successfultradingtips.com. Segments 2,3 Craig and John discuss technical analysis. Craig comments about John's entertaining writing style. Craig asks John about his near term analysis for the stock and commodity markets. Craig and Jim begin to discuss some of their basic trading rules. Segments 4,5 Craig and Jim continue to elaborate on their rules of trading. Craig looks ahead to the market next week.

Traders Talk Live, April 19, 2008

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:13:14 -0500

Segment 1 Craig welcomes Michael Young to the studio and they review the market week. Craig comments on global food shortages and how they might impact "Green" investing. Craig welcomes Steve Misic, Forex instructor for Online Trading Academy, to the show. Segment 2,3,4 Steve reveals how he began his trading career. Craig, Michael and Steve take calls from listeners. Craig encourages a listener to consider trading as a vocation. Segment 5 Steve comments on the dynamics of the Forex market..

Traders Talk Live, April 12, 2008

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:49:57 -0500

Segment 1 Craig and Michael review the market week. Craig welcomes Dr. Mark Vakkur to the show for a discussion about seasonality in the markets. Segment 2,3,4 Craig, Michael and Mark examine the "buy in November, sell in May" phenomenon in the stock market. Election year cycles are advanced as another example of recurring market seasonality. Mark contrasts market performance under Republican and Democratic administrations and finds some surprising results. Segment 4,5 Craig and Michael talk about shorting the market and the elimination of the down tick rule.

Traders Talk Live, April 5, 2008

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:01:33 -0500

Segment 1 Craig and Jim talk about recent proposals to revamp the nations financial regulatory framework. Craig reviews proposed Congressional aid to beleaguered homeowners and the mortgage market. Jim observes that daily news events should have limited influence on intra day trading strategies. Craig welcomes John O'Donnell, Chief Knowledge Officer of Online Trading Academy to the show. Segment 2,3 Craig and John and Jim discuss the economic state of the union and look to the future. Craig questions how the United States can continue to pile up deficits and pay for social programs without ending the Bush tax cuts. Segment 4,5 Craig suggests to retiring or laid off baby boomers that starting a trading business is the most economically feasible option available to them. Craig and Jim discuss their upcoming trading workshops.

Traders Talk Live, March 29, 2008

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 11:26:11 -0600

Segment 1 Craig and Michael Young reflect on the past market week. Craig reviews the McCain, Clinton and Obama plans for helping the mortgage and foreclosure crisis. Craig warns against falling prey to the shady marketing of trading system developers. Craig welcomes Matthew Klein of Collective2.com. Segment 2, 3 Craig, Michael and Matthew discuss the myriad of trading systems available to the novice trader and what to be wary of. Craig and Michael learn from Matthew some of the risk profile features built into Collective2. Segment 4 Craig and Michael finish up their discussion with Matthew. Craig and Michael talk about the need to for education when looking at, and evaluating alternative investment ideas. Segment 5 Craig and Michael invite listeners to their upcoming workshops. Craig and Michael look ahead to the unemployment report next Friday as a huge market mover.

Traders Talk Live, March 22, 2008

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:20:07 -0600

Segment 1 Craig and Jim review the market week. Craig welcomes author John Sarkett to the show, and address the topic of brokerage account security and SIPC coverage. Segment 2 Craig and John finish their discussion about the safety of our funds. Noted Japanese Candlestick authority, Stephen Bigalow joins the show for a lesson in candlestick chart pattern recognition. Segments 3,4 Craig, Jim and Stephen continue talking about the power of Japanese Candlesticks as a technical analysis tool. Segment 5 Craig points out that poor leadership in Washington is a big reason why we should take control of our own financial destiny.

Traders Talk Live, March 15, 2008

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:18:33 -0600

Segment 1: Craig Welcomes veteran CBOE market maker, Michael Young to the studio. Craig speculates that the Federal Reserve and the government will step in at some point to over regulate the derivatives market. Craig warns about chasing the next bubble in commodities. Craig rants about why we have gone 29 years and not done anything about our oil dependency. Michael and Craig talk about the essential components of all good trading plans.

Segments 2,3,4: Craig welcomes Ryan Gibson of Traders Accounting to discuss trader tax issues.

Segment 5: Michael and Craig continue their discussion of trading plans.

Traders Talk Live, March 8, 2008

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:45:15 -0600

Segment 1 Craig recaps the market week and warns that our economic problems are deep and the markets will be unsettled for the foreseeable future. Craig and Jim discuss why volume and volatility are the key elements needed, when choosing a good product to trade. Craig begins to demonstrate how to use a free stock screener to choose equities to trade. Segment 2 Craig welcomes Mike McMahon, Director of Education for Online Trading Academy. Mike and Craig discuss what new traders and investors need to do to prepare themselves for trading. Mike speaks about popular misconceptions people have about trading and technical analysis. Segment 3 Mike and Craig speak about the work it takes to become successful in trading. Mike is amazed how complacent people can be with their investment capital. Mike and Craig stress that patience and success go hand in hand. Segment 4 Craig reflects on how he had to learn all new skills to make the transition from floor to screen based trading. Craig and Jim continue their demonstration about screening stocks. Jim explains why the average true range of a stock is important. Craig and Jim discuss how to narrow your screen down to a hand full of stocks. Segment 5 Jim talks about trader Psychology. Craig talks about "getting your mind right". Craig takes a look at the upcoming market week and the news that may affect it.

Traders Talk Live, March 1, 2008

Sat, 1 Mar 2008 11:00:00 -0600

Craig interviews Adrianne T. regarding Trader Psychology and the mistakes that traders commonly make from a psychology standpoint. Adrienne has been coaching traders for over 10 years and consistently enhances profitability of novice and advanced traders. Her insight into the trader mind is fascinating. Sam Seiden, Chicago- based instructor for Online Trading Academy, is also interviewed regarding his proven ideas about seeing supply and demand on the charts and how all traders should learn how to take advantage of the moves novice traders make. Sam mentions his experience teaching in Boston and some of the common mistakes traders make.

Traders Talk Live, February 23, 2008

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:00:00 -0600

Craig and Jim Demaret discuss risk management and trading psychology. John O'Donnell, Chief Knowledge Officer of Online Trading Academy discusses the Credit Market bubble, the subprime mortgage mess and what we need know for our trading plans. Craig and Jim end with a discussion on trading plans and discipline.

Traders Talk Live Part 1, February 16, 2008

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:06:35 -0600

On this inaugural show, host Craig Weil introduces himself and begins the discussion about why and how to trade your own accounts.

Traders Talk Live Part 2, February 16, 2008

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:05:24 -0600

Craig Weil interviews veteran trading talk show host Vince Rowe.

Traders Talk Live Part 3, February 16, 2008

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:04:51 -0600

Craig Weil continues the discussion with veteran trading talk show host Vince Rowe.

Traders Talk Live Part 4, February 16, 2008

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:03:52 -0600

Craig Weil and veteran floor trader Jim Demaret discuss how to anticipate trading opportunity and how to avoid inappropriate risk.

Traders Talk Live Part 5, February 16, 2008

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:02:05 -0600

Craig Weil and veteran floor trader Jim Demaret continue the discussion about how to avoid inappropriate risk. Building wealth incrementally is the key.