Tradinglife With Brad Jelinek

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.

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.