This will be the second week the financial news is likely to be focused on gold and earnings reports.

I'll admit that it is not every day that an intraday trader will find that large winner. However, if you follow the right steps to prepare for trading every day, you will be more likely to find these opportunities when they arrive.

I want to help simplify the powerful and important Bond markets for you and focus on three reasons why you may want to pay a little more attention to them.

Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility

This year, once again, there is a good reason to place emphasis on fest in Oktoberfest as equities are again trending higher just as they were this time last year.

The name for this article is due to a losing trade which a student emailed me to analyze. She knew that she was losing money on it yet when she was assigned almost two full weeks before expiry, she needed some explanation.

To continue on my article from last week, I wanted to demonstrate how I use Triple Screen trading to enter into a trade.

The implied correlation indices measure the correlation between the implied volatility of long-term S&P 500 index options and the implied volatilities of long-term options for the top 50 individual stocks in the index.

I have found over the years is that simply questioning anything conventional often exposes a flaw and most importantly, opens the door of opportunity so many search for but never find.

Trade selection using volatility as the primary criteria. Different trades for different volatility opportunities.

After clearing the 1150 resistance level and with no further significant technical resistance the S&P 500 Index now looks like it will make a run at 1219.80, the previous April 26 high

When we trade, it is all too easy to get caught up in the moment. This is especially true for higher speed intraday traders.