I talk a lot about mindset. You must be patient, control your emotions, and put in the work to study and prepare. More importantly, you must maintain a disciplined mindset throughout your trading journey. These attributes separate the 10% of […]

It’s natural to be concerned by what’s happening in the Middle East. It’s a volatile situation. Turmoil like this takes on a life of its own. Given the extreme range of outcomes now possible, rational analysis has little value. It’s […]

Prices are heating up back up again. CPI came out hotter than expected on last Wednesday, with the headline number (includes all items) rising 3.5% over the prior 12 months. That was higher than the previous months print of 3.2% […]

Growing up on a Midwestern farm in the 1970s and 1980s doesn’t scream tech guy, but that’s where it started for me. In first grade, I got my first computer—a TI-994A—amid corn fields and cattle in rural Michigan. I learned […]

As traders, we focus a lot on technicals. By technicals, I mean analysis based on the price chart and other information about a trade, such as volume. Moving averages, volume-weighted average price (VWAP), Fibonacci retracement and extension, and indicators like […]

Things are looking spooky in the Middle East. At 12:30 on Thursday, the S&P began a sustained 107-point dive straight through to the close on fears that Iran would attack Israel. Between Russia and Ukraine, China and Taiwan, and Israel […]

Nothing gets me fired up to trade like a short squeeze in the making. The 200%, 500%, or even 1,000% percent pops* you hear about don’t happen without the panic-buying of short sellers caught on their back foot. You can […]