As traders, our tools of the trade are watchlists and scanning tools. But how do you assemble a watchlist? How do you decide which securities to trade?

Just when you begin to think that comfy trends are permanent, suddenly, everything changes. All that ‘flation’ in the system explodes...prices soar...or collapse, and markets are hit.

Toni Hansen is still expecting the market to head back into the highs from July, but the pace of the buying is likely to be a lot slower.

The Fed lowered the Fed Fund and Discount Rate 50bps. There is a likelihood of more cuts down the road, but perhaps not with the same crushing blow.

How do you make a lot of money in this kind of finance-driven economy? Simple. You sell things to rich people.

The move which resulted from Tuesday's economic news will make it easier for the Nasdaq to retest July's highs, and the S&Ps and Dow have a decent shot as well.

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the index, bonds and currency futures markets for September 19.

Everyone wants to know what the Maestro was really thinking.

The FOMC caught investors off guard when they went through with not only a 50bp cut to the federal funds rate, but also a 50bp cut to the discount rate.

Toni Hansen cautions against keeping a lot of level IIs or data streams up and running during the Fed announcement, since they can quickly become bogged down and begin to post inaccurate quotes.