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Gail Mercer
About Those Binary Options
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Whether you're a scalper, an intraday trader, or a longer-term trader, binary options can provide several types of trading opportunities and can work in any type of market condition. What are they and how can you trade them? Find out here...
AUTHOR: Gail MercerDATE: MAR 2017SUBJECT: Options
AUTHOR: Gail MercerDATE: NOV 2016SUBJECT: Options
AUTHOR: Gail MercerDATE: FEB 2016SUBJECT: Options
AUTHOR: Gail MercerDATE: DEC 2016SUBJECT: Options
AUTHOR: Gail MercerDATE: SEP 2014SUBJECT: Options
AUTHOR: Gail MercerDATE: SEP 2012SUBJECT: Trading Forex
Empowering Traders With The Russell 2000 by Gail Mercer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Ever thought of trading the Russell 2000?
Here's how retail traders could benefit from
trading this index.
New traders are drawn to the emini Standard
& Poor's 500 like bees to honey. Go
into any live trading room and chances are
that the moderators are teaching traders
to trade the emini S&P 500 because it has
more liquidity than any other market. In
Figure 1 the average annual
volume is compared between
the following emini indexes:
emini S&P 500, Dow Jones
Industrial Average (Dji a), Na sDa q 100,
S&P MidCap 400,
and the Russell 2000. It would
be a logical assu...
AUTHOR: Gail MercerDATE: MAR 2011SUBJECT: Trading Techniques
Empowering Traders To Trade Commodities by Gail Mercer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...With more and more products being added
to the marketplace, how do you decide what to
trade? Here's a look at what you should
consider before trading the commodities.
New traders are often overwhelmed at the
number of different instruments they could
trade. Should they trade stocks, indexes,
exchange traded funds (Et fs), spot forex, o
currencies? What are the market
hours? What are the tick values?
What is the slippage for any given
instrument? What is a good profit
target for the market they choose?
What stop should they use? So
many questions to ask and so
many...
AUTHOR: Gail MercerDATE: APR 2011SUBJECT: Trading Commodities
Looking At Other Markets by Gail Mercer
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Looking At Other Markets by Gail Mercer
Most new traders gravitate to the S&P mini because of its average price range. But here's a look at daily price movement in the currency futures vs. that of the S&P 500. Which one has larger price movements?
any new traders begin their trading experience on the mini indexes, with a primary focus on the mini Standard & Poor's 500, as either a scalping trader or an intraday trader. Their daily profit target is normally between three to five points (at $50 per point). Sounds reasonable, right? Wrong!
For an experienced scalping trader, this could be done...
AUTHOR: Gail MercerDATE: MAY 2010SUBJECT: Forex Focus