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Market Shots

Some investors are flying high

Three of North America's top online trading educators say that being a pilot is good background for successful online trading.

Larry Pesavento, who has been trading for 50 years, and Rick Swope and A.J. Monte, known as "The Market Guys" on the PBS show television Wealth and Wisdom, say pilots have an edge over others when it comes to online trading.

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Posts tagged with: Rick Swope

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1 La Maison, Dublin Ireland

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Rick Swope

I have to open this review with a bit of a mea culpa; reviewing a French restaurant in Dublin does not take away from the extraordinary choices of great Irish fare that we enjoyed!  However, on our last night in country last week, our good friend Tony Macken steered us toward La Maison on a [...]

3 Question from The Market Guys’ Five Points for Trading Success

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Rick Swope

Q:   Hey in your book “5 points to trading success” mistake 8:unrealistic expectations paragraph 3, 1st sentence “The 1st & most realistic expectation from trading the markets is simply to outperform the broad market”. Does this apply to investments too, if so what time frame would you compare your portfolio to the broad markets, [...]

4 Q&A from the April 9 webinar

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Rick Swope

Q:  Must there be a specific increment between my buy and where i place my sell stop? (Brian)
A:  You can place your sell stop below the entry price in any increment - down to the penny. 

0 Q&A from 10/30 Webinar

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Rick Swope

Q:  Bearing in mind that ‘amateurs open the market and pros close it’, if you see a pivot point after the close, should you wait until the last hour of the following day before putting the trade on? - Andrew
A:  We often trade in the last 15 min of the day. So if we see [...]

1 More Options Q & A

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Rick Swope

Q:  I just recently suffered a layoff and I’m a little tired of working for someone else and moving from job to job. Is trading stocks and options something i can do for a living?  - Andrew
A:  You can trade for a living but you must be prepared to treat it like a real business.  You [...]

5 Q&A from the Sept. 25th Options Trading for Beginners

Posted on September 27, 2008 by Rick Swope

Q: If I want to sell before the option expires, can I choose when and does the writer have to buy it back? - John
A:  You can choose to sell your option at any time prior to expiration. 

1 Q&A from September 23rd Introduction to Trading Webinar

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Rick Swope

Q:  So is now a good time for short trades (with stocks going down)? - Tom. B
A:  It is always a good time for short trades.  We don’t consider a market - or parts of the market - to be good or bad.