http://www.tradethemarkets.com/members/Day_Trading__Online_Trading_Blog_John_Carter.cfm John's Blog. John discusses health related situations as well as some trade setups he's taking and developing, as well as his experiences in working with interns he's training and general day to day life as a trader, father and employer. en-us webmaster@tradethemarkets.com http://www.tradethemarkets.com/members/Day_Trading__Online_Trading_Blog_John_Carter.cfm?ID=76 Tuesday, July 14, 2009 It’s been a few weeks since my last post. In my last blog entry I discussed how, while listening to Mark Douglas speak in Chicago, “I was beginning to feel si http://www.tradethemarkets.com/members/Day_Trading__Online_Trading_Blog_John_Carter.cfm?ID=73 Wednesday, June 17, 2009 through Tuesday, June 23, 2009. Hey everyone. This blog is multiple entries over the past week. Let's take a look . . . Ah, options expiration day. I'm taking t http://www.tradethemarkets.com/members/Day_Trading__Online_Trading_Blog_John_Carter.cfm?ID=72 Monday, June 15, 2009 It's a little after 4:00pm central and the markets have closed, and I think today was a reality check for a lot of people. I've been talking about a looming June 18/19 "cycle http://www.tradethemarkets.com/members/Day_Trading__Online_Trading_Blog_John_Carter.cfm?ID=71 Friday, June 12, 2009 This is my second shot at writing this blog entry. After I completed it the first time around, all 1200 words, I went to copy and paste and the blogging software (Blo http://www.tradethemarkets.com/members/Day_Trading__Online_Trading_Blog_John_Carter.cfm?ID=70 June 10, 2009 I've been making a living this week buying gold futures near 950.00 and selling them at 960.00. They are very range bound and rallying during the Asia session, then selling off durin http://www.tradethemarkets.com/members/Day_Trading__Online_Trading_Blog_John_Carter.cfm?ID=69 June 9, 2009 Today's market action was uneventful for stocks. The volatility is in commodities and currencies. With the dollar puking today there were many commodities that made new highs while c http://www.tradethemarkets.com/members/Day_Trading__Online_Trading_Blog_John_Carter.cfm?ID=68 June 8, 2009 I'm back from the LA Traders Expo. I landed at 7:00pm Sunday night and spent some time with the family before doing videos. After the employment numbers on Friday, the USD jumped up http://www.tradethemarkets.com/members/Day_Trading__Online_Trading_Blog_John_Carter.cfm?ID=67 June 4, 2009 What a great and crazy day today. I woke up this morning and spent a few hours making slides for our presentations which started at 10. I know in theory I should be doing that earlie http://www.tradethemarkets.com/members/Day_Trading__Online_Trading_Blog_John_Carter.cfm?ID=66 June 3, 2009 Wow time does fly! It's 11:15PM out here in California, and it was a full day at the Trade Show. I'm tired so this may be quick. Travel days are always interesting. I had a multi http://www.tradethemarkets.com/members/Day_Trading__Online_Trading_Blog_John_Carter.cfm?ID=65 June 2, 2009 Ok I guess this blog is a good thing because I don't think I would have made it to the workout this morning had I not had the face the "blog of shame" tonight for missing my workout. http://www.tradethemarkets.com/members/Day_Trading__Online_Trading_Blog_John_Carter.cfm?ID=64 I spend a lot of time talking about the markets on this site but I'd like to start using this blog to talk about life outside of the markets. I do believe that our habits outside of the markets help http://www.tradethemarkets.com/members/Day_Trading__Online_Trading_Blog_John_Carter.cfm?ID=30 Okay I've been slacking on my blog just a bit. The traveling, trading and training really can take up that precious spare time! Since I haven't done a blog entry since Febr http://www.tradethemarkets.com/members/Day_Trading__Online_Trading_Blog_John_Carter.cfm?ID=7 Do I start with "Dear Diary?" This blog seems to be a good way to work off some of my jet lag from coming into Sweden today for a two day talk. On the plane today I was thinking about "trading and