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By Adrienne Toghraie, Trader's Success Coach, TradingOnTarget.com -- The markets feed off depressed, weak, complaining and / or angry people. Then it becomes a double whammy when those surrounding a trader have to experience these emotions. Often, they give the trader a negative response that adds to the dynamics of the negative environment. […]

By Dr. Mircea Dologa, MD, CTA -- Trading Elliott waves seems to be an anguishing experience for many uninitiated traders. It shouldn't be so hard! The reality is that any trader can trade these waves. […]

By Todd Krueger -- This is the second part in a multipart series of articles designed to highlight some very unique but under-used tendencies of the Elliott Wave methodology. As stated in the previous article, this series of articles is aimed at the more advanced trader. […]

By Richard L. Muehlberg of DayTradingWithLinesInTheSky.com -- Remember what you are trying to do as a lines trader. You are trying to shift your money to each day's "best, cleanest" (hottest) trade(s). You may be long or short one market or sector one day, then long or short another market or sector another day. […]

By Teresa Lo -- In keeping with the spirit of New Year's resolutions and putting your best foot forward, traders will appreciate these two lists. They share a common theme in that they support a trader's desire to remain a market participant for the long haul. Happy New Year and Trading Success!. […]

By Fausto Pugliese -- In my experience teaching thousands of individuals to day trade, I've found that the ultimate determining factor in success is not experience, analytical ability or risk tolerance. The secret ingredient in 99 percent of trading success stories is discipline. […]

By Jim Shane, President, TurnSignal Inc. -- Trading is easy. All you need is a computer, a charting service and a brokerage account to fulfill your dreams. Right? […]

By Dr. Mircea Dologa, MD, CTA -- Although it was used for the first time by Dr. Alan H. Andrews in the 1960s, the charting instrument known as the pitchfork hadn't yet begun to perform to its fullest ability to do so. But, in the last 20 years, it has been used in profitable trading techniques. […]

By Mark Braun -- Let's take a look at this daily chart of February YG, the NYSE-Liffe mini gold contract. You can see just by glancing at the chart that this is consolidating with a pattern of higher lows and lower highs. […]

By Roger Felton, President of Felton Trading and developer of DivPro -- Remember the movie, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", where Paul Newman kept asking, "Who are those guys?" Had he been a trader, he might very well have asked the same thing about the mysterious group of elite traders known as the Top Ten Percent (of the world […]

Newt Gingrich says his policies would expand America's independence from energy imports to the point where gasoline might go back to $2 a gallon (right now it averages about $3.60). Liam Denning discusses on The News Hub. Photo: Reuters […]

With the Dow hitting 13000 Tuesday for the first time since May 2008, Simon Constable talks to MarketWatch's Dave Callaway and SmartMoney's Jack Hough and Brett Arends on where stocks are likely to head from here. Photo: Getty Images […]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average pierced the 13000 level for the first time in almost four years, but traded largely below the mark and ended the day in positive territory. Jonathan Cheng has details on The News Hub. Photo: Getty Images […]

The Dow topped the 13000 level on Tuesday for the first time since May 2008. Paul Vigna has details on Lunch Break. […]

What's your tax rate going to be when you retire, and is a Roth IRA for you? In this edition of MarketWatch's Retirement Adviser, Andrea Coombes talks with Ed Slott, host of IRAHelp.com, and Jack Nuckolls, head of private client tax services at BDO. […]

Got an IRA? Higher taxes are looming. In this edition of MarketWatch's Retirement Adviser, Andrea Coombes talks with Jack Nuckolls, head of private client tax services at BDO, and Ed Slott, host of IRAHelp.com, about ways to manage IRAs and taxes. […]

What are the most common IRA mistakes savers make? In this edition of MarketWatch's Retirement Adviser, Andrea Coombes talks with Ed Slott, founder of IRAHelp.com, and Jack Nuckolls, head of private client tax services at BDO, about costly errors. […]

Dealing with a client who thinks they've found a hot new investment is discussed by Kevin Noblet, managing editor for wealth management at Dow Jones Newswires. […]

The Dow pushed higher for the second day, closing at a 52-week high, after European leaders signaled progress toward an agreement on a bailout for Greece. Steven Russolillo has details on The News Hub. Photo: AP […]

The steadily declining unemployment rate might be good for the economy, but SmartMoney's Jack Hough says it might not be good for stocks. Photo: AP. […]