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Jack Schwager returns to answer all your trading questions. Jack is a well known expert in the industry, working for some of wall streets leading firms and is also one of the founders of FundSeeder. Plus, he’s the author of the best-selling series of ‘Market Wizards’ books, which I’m sure most traders on this earth…
When I was learning to snowboard, I still remember the first time I got off the lift chair, strapped myself in the board and looked down the mountain. It was really overwhelming and I wondered how I was actually going to get down there without any injuries! My instructor was very comforting telling us ‘Not…
It can be really interesting and exciting to research the markets and test different ideas but at some stage we need to decide if the strategy is ready for live trading. Some traders can get stuck endlessly researching… Trying to find that perfect system… Which comes at a cost. How do we avoid getting bogged…
Jack Schwager needs no introduction. He’s a well known expert in the industry, working for some of wall streets leading firms and is also one of the founders of FundSeeder. Plus, he’s the author of the best-selling series of ‘Market Wizards’ books, which I’m sure most traders on this earth have read! In this chat…
Did you know there are some situations that can cause traders to throw away perfectly viable trading strategies, without even realizing it? Imagine that! Putting all that hard work and effort into building a trading strategy but due to some arbitrary decision we’re making during the strategy creation process, we throw the strategy away… When…
Have you ever wondered what exactly is it that makes a trader successful? Is it based on personality? A specific approach to the markets? Pure luck? Dr Brett Steenbarger is a trader and performance coach, and gets heavily involved in the recruitment process for trading firms. He gets to interview traders, see how they work and…
How many traders do you know that have successfully cornered a market? If you’re not familiar with the term ‘corner the market’, it means to get enough control of a commodity, stock or other asset so that you can manipulate the price. There are a number of documented cases in history where people have tried……
Last week I had to make an emergency trip to the hospital. It highlighted a gap in my trading ‘operation’ (pardon the pun) so I wanted to share that with you so that you can learn from my mistakes. How will your trading handle an emergency? Got A Question, Topic or Guest you want…
Have you ever dreamed of leaving your day job to trade for a living? Or living a life of freedom – travelling the world or hanging around at home, doing whatever you like during the day while you live off your trading profits? When I first started getting into trading I had this grand vision…
“When you have a bad entry, you can always work your way around it, but when you have a bad exit, this is final… This is when the P&L gets printed.” – Laurent Bernut Exits have such a dramatic impact on overall strategy performance, so having a full and proper understanding of the best way to…
I recently received an email asking me where all the trading ideas are. I think every episode provides at least 1 idea of value, but one that stands out in my mind was the chat with Rob Hanna in episode 7. In that episode he share loads of trading ideas. But he also goes one…
One of the appeals of automated trading is… well… the automation (derr). You can ‘set it and forget it’ if you want. However there are some dangers with doing so. About a year and a half ago I went through a period of being a little bit slack with monitoring my strategies and there was one…
Market corrections can be a stressful and challenging time for some traders, but it can also be a time of incredible opportunity. How can we not only protect our trading accounts but also grow our capital even further during market corrections? Our guest for this episode, @Ivanhoff, is author of the book ‘Crash: How to Protect…
Earlier this week I was on a flight from LAX back to Melbourne. As we were sitting on the plane waiting for our departure I overheard a flight attendant say to a fellow passenger that one of the other planes had been struck by lightning causing delays to other flights. At the time I didn’t know…
