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Weekly_393_Oct_08_2008

The Fate of the "Average" Investor

The Next Big Indicator 

How Did I Get Here?

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_392_Oct_01_2008

Monthly Market Update 

More Market Madness

See Ya Next Week

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_391_Sept_24_2008

How ETF Strategies Work in Extraordinary Conditions by 

All-Time High Volatility: What’s a Trader or Investor to Do?

It Is Simply Enough

Ken Long

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_390_Sept_17_2008

Blueprint to Success

Online Trading Platforms – The Tools of the Trade Part II

Melita Hunt

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_389_Sept_10_2008

What to Do with Conflicting Parts 

The Commodity Swoon Continues – A Visual Take

Getting Into Perspective

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_388_Sept_03_2008

Monthly Market Update 

Traders’ Business Planning: Protecting Your Tools – Starting with Your Computer

Time to Relax

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_387_Aug_27_2008

Personality Parts

Gold Prices at a Decision Point

Out of Energy 

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_386_Aug_20_2008

Position Sizing Basics, Preface to the Definitive Guide to Position Sizing

Understanding Your Core Issue, Part Two An Amazing Twist to Van's Story

The Bowl of Light

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_385_Aug_14_2008

E-Mini Futures – A Lot to Love and a Few Things to Respect

Understanding Your Core Issue, Part One: Van Shares His Story

How Do I Show Up?

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_384_Aug_06_2008

Implications of a Secular Bear Market Part II

The Tools of the Trade

Time to Dream

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_383_July_30_2008

Monthly Market Update 

Trading and Learning with the Pro's Pro

Natter Natter Natter

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_382_July_24_2008

The Implications of a Secular Bear Market 

Trading Tip: Oil and Gas –Crudely Speaking, PT X

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_381_July_17_2008

E-Mini Futures Watching

Trading Tip: Oil and Gas –Crudely Speaking, PT IX

Celebrating Life

D.R. Barton, Jr.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_380_July_09_2008

Achieve Balance in Your Trading 

Trading Tip: Oil and Gas –Crudely Speaking, PT VIII

Change of Identity

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_379_July_02_2008

Monthly Market Update, Including Market Conditions

Trading Tip: Oil and Gas –Crudely Speaking, PT VII

Transitioning to Transformation

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_378_June_25_2008

What Happens When You Wake Up?

Trading Tip: Oil and Gas –Crudely Speaking, PT VI

Attachment

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_377_June_18_2008

Enjoy Bumping Into Walls

Trading Tip: Oil and Gas –Crudely Speaking, PT V

There Is Always Something to _________ About.

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_376_June_12_2008

Do You Move Toward Your Goals or Away from What You Don’t Want?

Trading Tip: Oil and Gas –Crudely Speaking, PT IV

Yesterday, NOW or Tomorrow? 

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_375_June_04_2008

Monthly Market Update 

Trading Tip: Oil and Gas –Crudely Speaking, PT III

Always Something to Do

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_374_May_28_2008

Make Friends with Your Inner Interpreter

Trading Tip: Oil and Gas –Crudely Speaking, PT II

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_373_May_21_2008

A Dialogue with Van about Market Type

Trading Tip: Oil and Gas –Crudely Speaking

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_372_May_15_2008

My Trip to Vietnam

Trading Tip: Part V, The Nobel Laureate and the Rice Trader – Psychology’s Role in Trading Strategies

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_371_May_07_2008

Monthly Market Update 

Trading Tip: Part IV, The Nobel Laureate and the Rice Trader – Psychology’s Role in Trading Strategies

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_370_Apr_30_2008

Understanding Market Type 

Trading Tip: Part III, The Nobel Laureate and the Rice Trader – Psychology’s Role in Trading Strategies

Unfinished Projects

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_369_Apr_23_2008

YOU are the Holy Grail

Trading Tip: Part II, The Nobel Laureate and the Rice Trader – Psychology’s Role in Trading Strategies

Libby Adams, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_368_Apr_16_2008

Big Financial Meltdowns Come from Dysfunctional Beliefs About the Markets

Trading Tip: The Nobel Laureate and the Rice Trader – Psychology’s Role in Trading Strategies

 Expect the Worst

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_367_Apr_09_2008

Self-Assessment for Traders

Tax Tip: Urban Myth and Taxes

 New: Van's Glossary of Trading Terms

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

Jim Crimmins

 

Weekly_366_Apr_03_2008

Market Update for April 2008, 1-2-3 Model in Red Light Mode

Trading Tip: More on Bail Outs

The Reality Boot

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_365_Mar_26_2008

Systematic Trading: Strengths and (Gasp!) Weaknesses

Tax Tip: Looking to Duck the Wash Sale Rule? Don’t Use Your IRA

Hoarder or Chucker?

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Jim Crimmins

Melita Hunt

Weekly_364_Mar_19_2008

Thinking about Systems Thinking

Trading Tip: The Inside Scoop on the Bear Stearns Deal

Brake before You Break

Ken Long

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_363_Mar_12_2008

Does Efficiency Improve Stock Performance?

Trading Tip: Fed Tosses Credit Market a Life Preserver:  What Are the Market Implications?

Honesty versus Policy

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_362_Mar_05_2008

Market Update for March 2008, 1-2-3 Model in Red Light Mode

Trading Tip: Lessons from a Money Mosh Pit

Those Were the Days

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_361_Feb_27_2008

ETFs, Not Just for Buy and Hold!

Trading Tip: MACD in Its Most Useful Form.

Finding Fault

Ken Long

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_360_Feb_20_2008

ETFs Combine the Best Features of Stocks and Mutual Funds While Avoiding Some of Their Problems

Trading Tip: The Dirty Little Secret about MACD

Seriously, Can’t We Laugh About This?

Ken Long

 

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_359_Feb_13_2008

Why Would Anyone Give Workshops if They Can Trade Well?

Trading Tip: Grain Markets Explode and Then...

Whose Plan Is It Anyway?

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_358_Feb_06_2008

Market Update; 1-2-3 Model in Red Light Mode

Trading Tip: Uncertainty - The Ugliest Word in Trading and Investing – Part VI 

Frog Genie

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_357_Jan_30_2008

Some Will Love You—Others Will Hate You.  So What!

Trading Tip: Uncertainty - The Ugliest Word in Trading and Investing – Part V 

Einstein Returns

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_356_Jan_23_2008

Lies, Damned Lies, and Government Statistics

Trading Tip: Uncertainty - The Ugliest Word in Trading and Investing – Part IV 

A Quote from Einstein 

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_355_Jan_16_2008

Commitment

Trading Tip: A Caution About Bottom Picking

How Do You Feel

Edward Pomicter, MD

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_354_Jan_09_2008

What Is an Efficient Stock?

Trading Tip: A Look at the Markets and What's a Trader or Investor to Do?

The Feeling Cycle

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_353_Jan_02_2008

1-2-3 Model in Red Light Mode-Market Update

Trading Tip: The Ugliest Word in Trading and Investing, Part III

All About Me

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_352_Dec_19_2007

Getting What You Really Want 

Trading Tip: The Ugliest Word in Trading and Investing, Part II

Over Planning 

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_351_Dec_12_2007

Why the Housing Sector Collapse Is Wonderful

Trading Tip: The Ugliest Word in Trading and Investing

Take the Time

Porter Stansberry

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_350_Dec_05_2007

1-2-3 Model in Red Light Mode

Trading Tip: Everybody Hates the Dollar – It’s Time to be a Buyer

Part of the Territory

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_349_Nov_28_2007

Using Buy and Hold with Real S&P 500

Trading Tip: Learning from My Own Mistakes

Quick to Judge

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_348_Nov_21_2007

Using Buy and Hold as a Comparison

Trading Tip: Lessons from “The Blow-Up Artist”

Two Paths

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_347_Nov_14_2007

What’s Happening in Today’s Market

Trading Tip: Volatility Returns

One Day

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_346_Nov_07_2007

Market Update for November 2007

Trading Tip: When to Get Out BEFORE Your Stop Is Hit 

The Fine Factor

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_345_Oct_31_2007

Historical Testing of Efficient Markets Part III 

Trading Tip: Markets Drive On as Fed Sticks to Script – What Next?

Psychology 101

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_344_Oct_24_2007

E-Mini Futures – Lessons from Legends

Trading Tip: People Think It’s All About Prediction But It Is NOT! 

Setting Boundaries

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_343_Oct_17_2007

E-Mini Futures, Why They Have Grown So Fast

Trading Tip: Self-Sabotage Revealed 

Update on Melita

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

 

Weekly_342_Oct_10_2007

Historical Testing of Efficient Markets, Part II

Trading Tip: Bubbles Bubbles Everywhere

Update on Melita

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

 

Weekly_341_Oct_03_2007

Market Update for October 2007; 1-2-3 Model in Yellow Light Mode

Trading Tip: Systematic Trading II – What Style Is Right for You?

A Shift in Priorities

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

Weekly_340_Sept_26_2007

Deeper Understanding of the 1-2-3 Model: A Conversation with Van Tharp

Trading Tip: Systematic Trading – What Does That Mean for You?

Follow Your Bliss

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

Weekly_339_Sept_19_2007

A Look at Stock Data

Trading Tip: The Market Always Has Another Trick — Prepare for the Unexpected

Photos to share

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_338_Sept_12_2007

Managing Your Investment Strategy

Trading Tip: An Iceberg Lurking Under the Surface of the Credit Markets, Conduits and Big Banks Part Two

The Wise Woman’s Stone

Ken Long

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_337_Sept_05_2007

Market Update 1-2-3 Model In Yellow Light Mode

Trading Tip: Conduits and Big Banks: Making Things Purposefully Obtuse

Fluff Words

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_336_Aug_29_2007

The State of Day Trading

Trading Tip: The Easiest Lesson of Successful Investing

Changing Beliefs

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Steve Sjuggerud

Melita Hunt

Weekly_335_Aug_22_2007

What’s Going on in the Markets?

Trading Tip: Markets Are Still Deciding Their Direction – It’s Okay to Stand Aside,

Back to Basics

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_334_Aug_15_2007

Efficiency Portfolio Update

Trading Tip: Market Mayhem – What to Do In Volatile Non-Directional Markets

Freedom Fighters

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_333_Aug_08_2007

Monthly Market Update

Trading Tip: Blue Roses and Perfectionism

What's Love Got to Do with It?

Van Tharp, Ph.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_332_Aug_01_2007

When Goals Fall Flat, Part Two

Trading Tip: Market Juncture?

What It All Means

Dr. John Eliot

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_331_July_25_2007

When Goals Fall Flat, Part One

Trading Tip: When Electronic Systems Fail:  Is Your “Disaster Plan” Up to Date?

What is Self- Work

Dr. John Eliot

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_330_July_18_2007

Market Efficiency Portfolio

Trading Tip: Some Help for Day Traders (and others): The Uptick Rule is Dead!

Flat Mel

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_329_July_11_2007

Striving to be a Quitter

Trading Tip: Hidden Gems in Barchart.com; Top Notch Internet Resources Part XII 

It Could Be Worse…

Ed Pomicter, M.D.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_328_July_03_2007

Monthly Market Update  

Trading Tip: More No-Cost Charting; Top Notch Internet Resources Part XI 

Who Do You Admire?

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_327_June_27_2007

Market Efficiency Portfolio Update

Peak Oil – Opening a New Can of Worms

Three Different Worlds

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_326_June_20_2007

The Highest Yields on the Planet

Trading Tip: More No-Cost Charting Top; Notch Internet Resources Part X

Vacation or Bust!

Dr. Steve Sjuggerud

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_325_June_13_2007

Playing the Commodities Boom

Trading Tip: Obscure News; Top Notch Internet Resources Part IX

Egg on Your Face

Darrell Jobman 

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_324_June_06_2007

Monthly Market Update  

Trading Tip:  Current Market Update

But We’re Southern Y’All…

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_323_May_30_2007

An Unfair Deal – Just What We Like 

Trading Tip:  The Big Two of Charting

Are You Bored or Boring?

Steve Sjuggerud

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_322_May_23_2007

Taming the Turtle, Part Two

Trading Tip:  More Online No-Cost Charting

Birthday Bash (with photos!)

Curtis Faith

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_321_May_16_2007

System Development – What are You Really Thinking?

Trading Tip:  Online No-Cost Charting

Those Hustle Bustle Days

Melita Hunt

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_320_May_09_2007

Market Efficiency Portfolio Update

Trading Tip:  Internet Resources for Futures

Unplugged but Still Connected 

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Melita Hunt

Weekly_319_May_02_2007

Market Update. Yellow Light Mode

Trading Tip: D.R.'s Favorite Internet Resource

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_318_April_25_2007

Taming the Turtle, Excerpt from Way of the Turtle

Trading Tip: Top Notch Internet Resources III

Curtis Faith

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_317_April_18_2007

Market Efficiency Portfolio Update

Trading Tip: Top Notch Internet Resources

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_316_April_11_2007

Haste Makes Risk When It Comes to Filing Federal Tax Returns

Trading Tip: Where to Go for Good, No-Cost, Online Financial Info

Jim Crimmins

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_315_April_04_2007

Market Update. Yellow Light Mode

Trading Tip: Directionless Market – Now What?

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_314_Mar_28_2007

Market Price Movements 

Trading Tip: Housing Stocks Not Ripe For Value Pickers…Yet

Richard D. Ahrens

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_313_Mar_21_2007

Market Efficiency Portfolio Update

Trading Tip: The Volatility Cometh

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_312_Mar_07_2007

Market Update. Yellow Light Mode

Trading Tip: Overcoming Trading Errors - The Right and Wrong Way

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_311_Feb_28_2007

Things We Can Learn About Trading From One Of Our Greatest Fighter Pilots

Trading Tip: China Coughs and the World Catches a Cold

Ken Long

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_310_Feb_21_2007

Market Efficiency Portfolio Update

Trading Tip: Blinded by the Present Moment

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_309_Feb_14_2007

Trading Like the Pros – Not the “Joes,” Part II

Trading Tip: Trading with a Sense of Humor

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Ken Long

Weekly_308_Feb_07_2007

Market Update. Yellow Light Mode

Trading Tip: Don’t Underestimate the Effect of Overnight Gaps

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_307_Jan_31_2007

Trading Like the Pros – Not the “Joes,” 

Trading Tip: Trading and Christmas Presents VI

D.R. Barton, Jr.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_306_Jan_24_2007

Making Leverage and Volatility Your Allies

The Best Stock Tip I Ever Received

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Steve Sjuggerud

Weekly_305_Jan_17_2007

Market Efficiency Portfolio Update

Trading Tip: Trading and Christmas Presents V, Measure of Performance and Systems

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_304_Jan_10_2007

The Problem with Recommendations

Trading Tip: Trading and Christmas Presents IV

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_303_Jan_03_2007

Market Update. Yellow Light Mode Brings in 2007.

Trading Tip: Trading and Christmas Presents III

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_302_Dec_20_2006

Market Efficiency Portfolio Update

Trading Tip: Trading and Christmas Presents II

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_301_Dec_13_2006

Does Your Curve Climb?

Trading Tip: Trading and Christmas Presents I

John P. Strelecky

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_300_Dec_06_2006

Market Update

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models: Steidlmayer’s Market Profile III

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_299_Nov_29_2006

How to Swim the Forex Ocean…and Not Get Eaten by Sharks

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models: Steidlmayer’s Market Profile II

Kevin J. Davey

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_298_Nov_21_2006

Using Newsletter Recommendations as Sample Systems

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models: Steidlmayer’s Market Profile I

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_297_Nov_15_2006

Market Efficiency Portfolio Update

Trading Tip: If Push Came To Shove, Swing Would Still Be My Thing

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_296_Nov_08_2006

Efficiency Technique Explained

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models:
Value Investing with Benjamin Graham

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_295_Nov_01_2006

Tharp's Monthly Market Update: Period Ending October 31, 2006

Trading Tip: Re-invest Your Investment Returns

Van Tharp, Ph.D

John R. Burley

Weekly_294_Oct_25_2006

Resistance to Issues

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models:
Value Investing with Steve Sjuggerud

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_293_Oct_18_2006

Don’t Be Tempted by Offshore Tax Shelters

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models:
Value Investing--Marty Whitman

Jim Crimmins

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_292_Oct_12_2006

Market Efficiency Portfolio Update Month Three

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models:
Value Investing

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_291_Oct_04_2006

Biases and Developing Your Trading System, Part Three of Three

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models:
Cash Flow is King II

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_290_Sept_27_2006

Biases and Developing Your Trading System, Part Two of Three

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models:
Cash Flow is King

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_289_Sept_20_2006

Biases and Developing Your Trading System, Part One of Three

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models:
Fundamental Analysis– Company Level

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_288_Sept_13_2006

Market Efficiency Portfolio Update

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models:
Macroeconomics

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_287_Sept_06_2006

Tharp's Monthly Market Update: Period Ending August 31, 2006

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models:
Fundamental Analysis

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_286_Aug_30_2006

Mark-to-Market Makes a Magical Difference for Most Traders

Trading Tip: What Are You Willing to do to Succeed?

Jim Crimmins

Van Tharp, Ph.D

Weekly_285_Aug_23_2006

Perfectionism and System Development

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models:  Donchian Channels and The Turtle Method

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_284_Aug_16_2006

Market Efficiency Portfolio Update

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models: Day Trading Strategies

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_283_Aug_09_2006

Being Over Whelmed and System Development

Trading Tip: ADX as a Market Model

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_282_Aug_02_2006

Tharp's Monthly Market Update: Period Ending July 28, 2006

Trading Tip: Spreads & Pairs, Takeover Arbitrage, Highly Correlated Stock Pairs

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_281_July_26_2006

Procrastination and System Development

Trading Tip: Spreads & Pairs, The Individual Types

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_280_July_19_2006

Van Tharp's First Efficiency Trading System Update

Trading Tip: Spreads & Pairs, The Pros and Cons

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_279_July_12_2006

New Series, Van Tharp's Efficiency Trading System

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models: Spreads & Pairs

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_278_July_05_2006

Tharp's Monthly Market Update: Period Ending June 30, 2006

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models: Parabolic SAR

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_277_June_28_2006

Paper Trading Stinks: Here's a Much Better Way

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models: Momentum Indictors for Divergence

D.R. Barton, Jr.

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_276_June_21_2006

Business Planning, An Important Consideration for Traders, Back-to-Basics Series

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models:  Momentum Indictors for Overbought / Oversold Conditions

Van Tharp Institute

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_275_June_14_2006

Hurricaneomics

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models: Moving Average Crossovers

Darrell Jobman

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_274_June_07_2006

Tharp's Monthly Market Update: Period Ending May 31, 2006

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models: Seasonal Trading

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_273_May_31_2006

Expectancy,  Back-to-Basics Series

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models: Fibonacci Numbers

Van Tharp Institute

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_272_May_24_2006

Money Management / Position Sizing  Back-to-Basics Series

Trading Tip: A Review of Market Models: Elliott Wave Theory

Van Tharp Institute

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_271_May_17_2006

Risk and R-Multiples Back-to-Basics Series

Trading Tip: The Power of Price Discipline

Update to Market Efficiency

Van Tharp Institute

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Van Tharp

Weekly_270_May_10_2006

Systems Development Back-to-Basics Series

Trading Tip: Conviction and Real Money Trading, Part Five

Van Tharp Institute

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_269_May_03_2006

Tharp's Monthly Market Update: Period Ending April 30, 2006

Trading Tip: Conviction and It’s Component Parts, The Power of Conviction, Part Four

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_268_April_26_2006

What Does Van Tharp  Mean When He Says:  "We Only Trade our Beliefs About the Markets" ?

Trading Tip: Details of Conviction, The Power of Conviction, Part Three

Van Tharp Institute

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_267_April_19_2006

Tax Savings for Traders

Trading Tip: Managing Two Time Frames, The Power of Conviction, Part Two

Jim Crimmins

D.R. Barton, Jr.

 

Weekly_266_April_12_2006

PFE, Your Purpose for Existing

Trading Tip: The Power of Conviction, Part One

John Strelecky

D.R. Barton, Jr.

 

Weekly_265_April_5_2006

Tharp's Monthly Market Update: Period Ending March 30, 2006

Trading Tip: When the Market Slops Around

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_264_Mar_29_2006

Interview with Systems Expert, Ken Long, Part Four, Multiple Trading Systems

Trading Tip: Emerging Markets in the Middle East

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_263_Mar_22_2006

Interview with Systems Expert, Ken Long, Part Three, Assessing your Opponent

Trading Tip: Tools and Tips for Short Selling

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_262_Mar_15_2006

Interview with Systems Expert, Ken Long, Part Two, Decision Making

Trading Tip: What Research and Reason Say About Short Selling

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_261_Mar_08_2006

Interview with Systems Expert, Ken Long, Part One

Trading Tip: Is Short Selling Unpatriotic (or Unethical)?

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_260_Mar_01_2006

Tharp's Monthly Market Update: Period Ending February 28, 2006

Trading Tip: Short Selling:  Evil Practice or Capitalism at Its Finest?

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_259_Feb_22_2006

How I Finished 2nd in a World Wide Trading Contest in 2005, Part Two and final

Trading Tip: Passive vs. Active Investing, Part Three and final

Kevin J. Davey

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_258_Feb_15_2006

How I Finished 2nd in a World Wide Trading Contest in 2005

Trading Tip: Passive vs. Active Investing, Part Two

Kevin J. Davey

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_257_Feb_08_2006

The Characteristics of Experts

Trading Tip: Passive vs. Active Investing, Part One

Michael Covel

D.R. Barton, Jr.

Weekly_256_Feb_02_2006

Tharp's Monthly Market Update: Period Ending January 31, 2006

Trading Tip: The Forex, Some Conclusions on Currencies

Van Tharp, Ph.D

D.R. Barton, Jr.