Tradinglife With Brad Jelinek

I discuss how I did it when I started trading futures and how I’m approaching it now in stocks.

We discuss how you can develop a process and then get into wide ranging Q&A.

I discuss how my Bullet Journal has been going. It’s been something that I think I’m going to stay with because of the psychological relief it provides me. I encourage you to try it.

I discuss the difference between the two and how it’s important to pay attention to your emotional state or else you are going to have to circle back and fix it later.

I discuss Kellogg, bitcoin, and gold. I talk about the reasoning for each of these trades.

I answer a question from a trader who emailed me about being stuck in his career. I also get into my personal experience of how I found my way.

I discuss why being impulsive is a good thing and a bad thing. The key is understanding when you’re vulnerable.

In this episode I reflect on my desire to constantly be learning and growing. Why am I doing these things? Sometimes it can become like a sickness and I can operate out of an energy that’s not productive. It’s important to really understand why you are doing this stuff in order to get the most out of it.

I discuss why it’s unlikely you will be successful over the long term just using a chart. Some people may pull this off but in my experience and from observing others who are successful this is rarely the case. I talk about why.

I talk about the long journey of discovering what you are good at while also learning from others who are successful.

I discuss MO and the recently Morgan Stanley news that drove it lower.

Today I talk about the huge amount of resources we have around us and how much that can shorten our learning curves but how much it can also plug up our brains and cause us to lose our own voice.

I discuss the power of small habits and the beauty of focusing on what works vs what doesn’t.

I discuss when and how I do it.

I discuss how to stay on a roll and what starts to happen when you are about to struggle.

I talk about some of the things I subscribe to and why.

I discuss how keeping track of your energy is as important as keeping track of your finances or your trading results. I share a few ways that I’m trying to do that.

I talk about the trap that winning creates and how my worst decisions will often come after my best ones.

I discuss how I’m spending some time before next year getting my systems organized so I can feel clean and light.

I go on a wide ranging rant about headlines and different themes that could matter for early 2019.