This blog is designed to help new traders and those who have yet to become profitable understand what it takes to become consistently profitable. It’s a good idea to read the Introduction to Preston’s Mentoring Blog and to watch the 01/29/20 video “Consistently Profitable Trading: It Does Exist” prior to reading this entry. This blog …
This blog is designed to help new traders and those who have yet to become profitable understand what it takes to become consistently profitable. It’s a good idea to read the Introduction to Preston’s Mentoring Blog and to watch the 01/29/20 video “Consistently Profitable Trading: It Does Exist” prior to reading this entry. Becoming a …
Trouble With The Learning Curve: How I Finally Overcame Mine Read More »
This blog is designed to help new traders and those who have yet to become profitable understand what it takes to become consistently profitable. It’s a good idea to read the Introduction to Preston’s Mentoring Blog and to watch the 01/29/20 video “Consistently Profitable Trading: It Does Exist” prior to reading this entry. This blog …
Just Give Me The Golden Goose: The Search For What Doesn’t Exist Read More »
This blog is designed to help new traders and those who have yet to become profitable understand what it takes to become consistently profitable. It’s a good idea to read the Introduction to Preston’s Mentoring Blog and to watch the 01/29/20 video “Consistently Profitable Trading: It Does Exist” prior to reading this entry. This blog …
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This blog is designed to help new traders and those who have yet to become profitable understand what it takes to become consistently profitable. It’s a good idea to read the Introduction to Preston’s Mentoring Blog and to watch the 01/29/20 video “Consistently Profitable Trading: It Does Exist” prior to reading this entry. Becoming a …
This blog is designed to help new traders and those who have yet to become profitable understand what it takes to become consistently profitable. It’s a good idea to read the Introduction to Preston’s Mentoring Blog and to watch the 01/29/20 video “Consistently Profitable Trading: It Does Exist” prior to reading this entry. This blog …
This blog is designed to help new traders and those who have yet to become profitable understand what it takes to become consistently profitable. It’s a good idea to read the Introduction to Preston’s Mentoring Blog and to watch the 01/29/20 video “Consistently Profitable Trading: It Does Exist” prior to reading this entry. Becoming a …
It was when I saw that Etrade commercial with the dogs on the boat that I decided to become a coach and mentor. It wasn’t the dogs, it was the message: “Don’t Get Mad, Get Etrade.” It made me cringe when I thought about all the new traders coming into this new zero-commission environment and …
After the market review, Preston Girard shares the story of navigating the path to consistently profitable trading. Enjoy!
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The stock market is shacking off a lot of uncertainty indicating no short term reason to expect sideways or bearish price action. We’re at 33% long exposure to long equities (with a normal range of 15% to 50%). Chasing strength in the stock market is a bit risky at this point, but we can turn …
I used to be one of those investors on the hunt for the best strategies and the next big “edge” in the market. I wanted to find what was working and then scale it up to huge size for massive profit. But I soon realized that big size also means big risk. So I was …
How much do you think a great trader makes each year, on average? 20%? 80%? 200%? What if I told you it’s not like that at all? Professional traders and money managers sometimes talk about percentages, but this is not the real game they play. Percentages are just a measuring tool for comparison. You cannot transfer “%” …
You can use recent historic volatility to help you be more consistently profitable in your trading and investing. This video will show you proof using 20 years of market data. This is a simple tool that you can begin using immediately to take less risk and have more consistent returns. Send me an email with …
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In this session, Dorian Punj shares some power insights and a unique opportunity. Where to invest for more consistent, diversified income How to use dividends to fund your options trading strategies Exactly where to live to pay the lowest taxes (even zero) The career plan for traders who are committed to trading big and legally paying no taxes
While Beyond Meat (BYND) continues to dominate much of the Wall Street’s attention, another food stock has come up on our value watch radar. BYND is currently priced at 13 PB (Price to Book Value); which is down from an inflated 40 PB after its IPO. Meanwhile B&G Foods (BGS) is currently priced at a …
We all want high returns on our money right? Of course, we do. But how do we measure what is “high” and what is high enough to be worth our time, effort, and risk?Traders and investors seem to get excited about all sorts of levels of profit. Some are excited when a short term CD …
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Easily, the #1 question received from traders is How can I be a more consistent trader? Consistency is the thing on the minds of traders more than anything else about trading. Yeah… even more than profits. Why? Because traders have seen profits. They aren’t unaware of what it’s like to win. They are, however, often …
I often reference the concept of True Diversification to my clients and fellow traders. Which often brings back questions about the meaning of that term. First we’ll contrast true diversification to traditional diversification, which is simply owning/investing in a lot of different things. True diversification goes beyond “owning” and brings in short selling, income strategies, directional, multiple time frames, multiple strategy types, …
Do you find deploying a strategy challenging? I do. This may be because I have to accept the strategy as it is today, not the perfect, pristine baby first imagined. These last couple of weeks I have spent working on both SSJ and SSK to get them prepared for release. After trading the SSJ live …
Many thanks to Bruce Bitner for sharing highlights from his personal trading journal from the past week. I hope you gain insights about what it’s like to explore edges and develop trading strategies. Enjoy!-Andrew Falde I’ve read that sharing your trading journal was a good thing but have resisted…. until now. I will apologize up …
Session Contents: Tips to rapidly model options strategies in minutes rather than days or weeks. A new “quick ratio” for evaluating the performance of your rapidly modeled strategies to know if you should spend more time studying the strategy or move on to something else. A discussion on the benefits and challenges of market neutral …
Have you ever quit a strategy only to see the next trade win? I have. As humans and traders, most of us will feel less satisfaction from a winning trade than we feel dissatisfaction from a similar sized loss. This is the well discussed concept of loss aversion, also known as Prospect Theory, introduced by …
