TradingMarkets Making Great Traders - The Best of This Week's Trading Lessons

TradingMarkets' mission is "Making Great Traders." Each week we publish trading strategies and research from many of the best professional traders and educators in the world.

Here are the best of the articles we published this week. We hope you enjoy them and prosper from them!

This Week's Top Lessons

Special Big Saturday Interview: A Market Wizard at Work: Trader Linda Raschke Talks with Larry Connors
Since co-writing the classic book Street Smarts along with Larry Connors, Linda Raschke has become one of the industry's most sought after voices for traders looking to improve their skills in everything from trading commodities to e-mini futures. In this week's exclusive Big Saturday Interview, Larry Connors, CEO of TradingMarkets, interviews Linda about the tools, methods and strategies that have worked and continue to work for short-term traders in a variety of markets.

Gamma Trading Options Part I: Adjusting Exposure to the Market
Professional money manager John Netto has made a career out of taking calculated risks. In this article, you will how to trade one of his favorite strategies, Gamma Scalping. Through John's Gamma Scalping strategy, you will be able to dynamically adjust your risk exposure while you are in the trade.

Market Forecasting Tutorial: Gauging Sentiment, Part 1
Every short-term trader should have some concrete sense of where the markets are headed over the next several months. In Part 1 of this article from veteran Wall Street professional Mike Stathis, you'll learn how to apply economic data and sentiment measures to formulate your own forecast of what the future holds for the markets as well as the economy in general.

How to Beat the Bear Market
Where there's a bear market, there can also be a bull market...if you trade ETFs. Learn from John Nyaradi how to find opportunities in ETFs that move inversely in relation to the S&P 500 and well as ETFs for bullish commodities such as gold and oil.

How to Detect the Institutional Buying and Selling That Moves Stocks
Most successful day traders and short-term traders know that the biggest moves in the markets are driven by institutional buying and selling. In this article from trader Pascal Willain, you will learn how to take advantage of the edge that comes from riding the coattails of the institutions.

Popular Past Articles

Tom DeMark: Dedication and Discipline: Marketing Timing with Tom Demark, Part 2
Tom DeMark has worked with many of the most revered money managers in our industry ranging from George Soros to Paul Tudor Jones. In Part 2 of this recent Big Saturday Interview, Tom explains that even though he is known for his technical indicators, his main area of focus is market timing strategies. Read this article and gain insights on how Tom determines when the market is ready to make the next big turn and how this impacts the decision making of every trader and investor.

Day Trading Monster Stocks
Find out professional stock trader Sam Patterson's special technique for finding stocks that are poised to move fast.

Good luck and successful trading!

Eddie Kwong
Executive Vice President
TradingMarkets