Today’s invited guest blogger is “Forex” Joe Atkins the Chief Strategist of OU Forex Trading.  Joe is mainly focusing on forex in this article, but the principals can be applied to all markets. Please check out the article today. Feel free to comment below, and see a preview of the Forex project Joe’s been working on for the past three months.

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Our self-esteem, or self-worth, is often based on our failures and successes in life. I challenge each of you to generate an honest appraisal of yourself before making a commitment to take back full responsibility of your financial affairs.

Some people have faced a few key failures in life and have never recovered, while it seems that people with high self-esteem take pride in how they have faced adversity and lived through adversity.

How did you fare in

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My wife and I just got back from cruising the Maine coastline and we were blessed with great weather and calm seas. When I got back to my summer home and had access once again to the internet, I immediately started looking through the MarketClub charts. It was then that I realized that it has been sometime since I last did a video on the Dollar Index.

Watch Dollar Index Video Here

Since we are heading back to our home in Maryland on Wednesday, this will be my last video postcard from Maine.

So let’s get started.

The last time I made a video of this index was a little over two months ago. In that video our “Trade Triangle” technology predicted that we would see further weakness in the Dollar Index. Guess what? This market has weakened substantially

I’ll get right to it…this post from Bill Poulos from Profits Run is excellent! We’ve all been in this situation, where we look for a great methodology for our trading style, look at published winning percentages, and then cry when it completely blows up your account…yes we’ve ALL been there! In Bill’s new article he helps you figure out the solutions. Bill’s expertise really comes through in this article and he’s just released his “Risk Eraser” technique video so check it out today!

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While doing research on the current state of the Forex trading landscape, I discovered something surprising.

Losing Forex traders appear to be enamored with ‘winning percentages’ when selecting a forex trading method.

The irony in that statement should be obvious — if the ‘winning percentage’ of the forex method is so important, how can these traders still be net losers?

Because, I believe, winning percentage is the

If over the past six months or so it has seemed as if you were partying like it was 1999 it might be time to reevaluate your stance.  One thing that we have been taking a closer look at lately is the pricing of risk.  Obviously when investors think that risks are low they will demonstrate risk seeking behavior.  We have seen this as the SP500 has climbed 56.6% from the March lows to the highs on 8/28/09.  With a rise like that you would think that 2008 never happened, of course if you believe that then you also believe  in a land of make believe with money trees, the fountain of youth, and SI models for all of us.

Of course some investors counter saying that while things could be better we are seeing the beginning of a recovery.  They then say that while the market will likely climb slower,

Well the simple answer comes in the form of two geometric triangles. I call them my “Trade Triangles” and that’s exactly what they do, they spot, and alert you to potentially winning trades.

It is all in this video, Watch it here. No registration required.

I could go on and tell you a lot more about our “Trade Triangle” technology, but I thought I would let a few of our members tell their story testimonials

After you read their stories you can go to and try a

30 day risk free trial to MarketClub. It comes with my personal guarantee

With MarketClub and our “Trade Triangle” technology on your side you will never miss another major move in stocks, futures, precious metals or foreign exchange.

Today I’m going to be looking into why weekly charts are so important in the Forex market.

I will use the EUR/USD as the example and deeply investigate the buy signal we received on this cross on Monday, July 27th. Although it’s too early to tell if this signal will be profitable, it is certainly a signal you must take if you are a disciplined follower of MarketClub’s “Trade Triangle” technology.

You can watch this video with my compliments and there is no registration requirements. I would love to get your feedback about this video on the MarketClub Trader’s blog.

All the best,

Adam Hewison President, INO.com Co-Creator, MarketClub

In the currency market, the dollar moved lower against the euro. Late Friday, the euro was trading at $1.4215 vs. $1.4194 on Thursday. MarketWatch reported that the dollar lost ground to the euro after closely watched surveys indicated the 16-nation eurozone partially braked a fall in output in July.

The Munich-based Ifo Institute’s July German business climate index rose for the fourth-consecutive month in July, posting a reading of 87.3. Economists had forecast a rise to 86.5 from 85.9 in June.

Also, the preliminary Markit euro-zone composite purchasing managers’ index for July increased more than forecast.

The euro saw a modest jump versus the dollar after the data.

“All positive, but let’s not get carried away,” wrote strategists at Brown Brothers Harriman. “Germany’s Ifo index … is on the rise … but remains very low on a historical basis and Germany’s economy is still on track to contract by at least 5% this

In the currency market, the dollar inched up against the euro. Late Thursday, the euro was trading at $1.4194 vs. $1.4214 on Tuesday. On the economic front, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported yesterday that resales of U.S. single-family homes and condos climbed 3.6% in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.89 million, the highest level since October.

Meanwhile, the inventory of unsold homes on the market fell 0.7% to 3.82 million in June. This is reportedly a 9.4-month supply at the June sales pace, down from 9.8 months in May.

“The housing market appears to be healing,” said Lawrence Yun, the NAR’s chief economist. Yun said that inventories would have to be at a seven-month supply to get price stabilization. He said prices could stabilize “around the end of the year.”

The NAR report sparked a debate about whether the housing market has really turned a corner.

Some

In our last post we discussed our views on deflation and how it will  be around  longer then most investors think.  Most people are stuck on the idea that hyper inflation is just around the corner and that you must be buying gold, most other commodities, and Asian stocks and at the same time short the US Dollar, Japanese Yen, US Treasuries, and US stocks.  Eventually this may be the right stance, but for now we think, along with the market, that it is the wrong view for the short and medium term.

The main issue stems from the idea that because the government has printed a gazillion dollars that we MUST have hyper inflation tomorrow.  The reality is that until that money is actually in circulation it will not cause inflation.  If you look at the financial situation of most banks it is obvious that