Today we had quite a few new trial members in the live trading room… we ended up with 4 trades, all winners for about 5-8 point profit potential. Check out this video…

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It’s 3 weeks to Costa Rica, baby!  A couple of my traders bet me that I couldn’t hold off on shaving until we leave for Costa Rica… so, I’m gonna be looking a little scruffy the next few weeks. Also, pay attention to this week’s lesson… I’ve been talking to a lot of traders lately [...]

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This week, the CME made a change to the way the tick data for stock index futures is relayed. Basically, they stopped bundling orders, which increased the amount of “ticks” (or transactions”) by about 250%. Watch this quick video to see how it could affect you:

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Many traders are their own worst enemies. I’ve seen new traders take a great trading system and destroy it. But how? The answer lies in their self-talk. Webster defines self-talk as “one’s constant internal conversation.” Whether you realize it or not, you’re always talking to yourself. And the conversation going on in your head often [...]

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As many of you know, I had a chance to visit the Chicago Board of Trade last week… and it was awesome!  Visiting the S&P 500 pit has been on my to-do list ever since I started trading.  Apparently, the trading pits were a lot crazier back in 2002 (when E-minis were just becoming popular). [...]

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Well folks, here we go… into the December 09 futures contract. That’s right, only one more contract left in the decade. Can you beleive 2010 is almost here? Jeez… Today was slow (as expected), but we still have a few great trading opportunities! We had two of our CT Trades that played out for a [...]

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Hey traders, what a sweet day in the markets! The volume and volatility is alive and kicking.  We had a couple nice shorts to participate in this HUGE move down today.  Watch the video to set the setups… BETTER VIEWED IN FULL SCREEN: 09/01/2009 from Chris Dunn on Vimeo.

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Happy Friday all you money-printing, S&P trading rascals!  Apparently, not paying attention to the morons on CNBC and staying disciplined with our trading strategy is still paying off… and huge!  I’m so proud of my “Mentoring Club” traders who are consistently averaging 75%-94% winning ratios! A message from Emini Academy Mentoring Student, Jim Steel: Here [...]

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Happy Thursday fellow traders, shakers, and movers… Today was another “money printing” day in the Emini S&P. We had 4 setups with a 75% win ratio that netted 7.75 points. I don’t have a lot of time to write in the post (taking the girlfriend out to eat), so I’ll just post the video…

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