Looking at markets all day long really keeps the mind moving.

When it comes to entry points into a trade, most traders are always looking for the entry to offer confirmation and very low risk. The trap they run into is thinking they can have both at the same time.

In all of our OTA courses, regardless of which asset class, we teach the importance of record keeping. For those faithful enough to do this, after several years of trading and recording both winners and losers, you will have a valuable bank of data.

We have discussed the straddle options strategy in the past, a strategy that traders can use when the market is volatile but direction is uncertain.

Please join ICE as it presents an overview of its new weekly options on sugar, coffee and cotton futures. Mark Longo of OptionsInsider.com will also discuss how you can incorporate these short-dated instruments into your trading.

After the giant earnings release in AAPL last week I thought it fitting to ponder if AAPL will payout some of that largesse they have squirreled away.

A student recently emailed me to ask if I knew of an indicator or tool that could identify high quality trading environments versus choppy, unpredictable ones.

This is always a hot topic and one I have plenty of experience with and have written about before.

Here is the research that was used on Mad Money along with a slightly more indepth description.

Let's say that you have a moderately bullish bias toward a stock and the overall market is slightly bullish. Is there a way that you can take advantage of this investing scenario while limiting risk?

Google Earnings Disappoint

The day someone decides they are going to pursue a trading career, they are typically making that decision because of the potential financial prize.