Tradinglife With Brad Jelinek

I discuss what I’m doing to stay alive in this market. I also talk about how it’s making me reflect on my longer-term asset allocation plan.

I talk about where I’m at with my trading so far this year and then get into what I expect from the market after the corona virus.

Trading can be a solitary pursuit but when you work to build up your network of like-minded individuals you will move closer to realizing your potential.

I talk about one of my recent tennis matches and compare it to Trading. The importance of making your strengths even stronger and keeping the ball in play.

I finished my trade review. Now I go into some of the mistakes I made and how I’m going to use them to get better.

I talk about my trade review process for the last 18 months and I share some lessons and how to do it yourself.

I talk about how being aware of a narrative around a stock can create some great trades after earnings especially in emotional Stocks. I also discuss the power of stupid news when trading macro.

Today I talk about a really important topic. Checking in with yourself financially and emotionally BEFORE an adverse move happens and to gauge if you can tolerate your positions moving against you.

I talk about an approach I’m using to break my habit of staring at the market all day. I’m trying to integrate some new things into my day and get more deep work done without being distracted.

I discuss how to embrace your way of learning and not fight the path you’re on. I make comparisons to Steph Curry and James Harden who are also artists in their craft.

I talk about some of the things I am bumping up against as I try to scale and grow. Specifically how to evaluate the risk and the position sizing for day trading versus swing trading.

I discuss why you have to take a conscious approach to structuring things that are important to you or else they will veer towards disorder.

I made a poor trading decision with too much size and I disobeyed my stop. I explain how this happened and what I’m going to do about it.

Brent Nord and I will be doing a new podcast on one of our favorite strategies. I also talk about my mental state and how to prevent drawdowns.

I talk about how you can make trading easier on yourself. I also discuss expectations going into earnings season and how you can use those to your advantage.

I discuss why commodities may be ready to have their time in the sun. I also talk about how I will structure my macro trades to protect myself and minimize distractions.

Wide ranging interview on trading.  We also get into a specific trade I did and why.  The interview is more on how to think vs what to do.  Proper thinking helps you fish for life.  

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This is a little bit of a deeper episode about some of the things I went through in my lower moments. I also talk about the importance of sizing when you’re doing something new.