Ep. 2_02 - From the MarketLife Archives: Trading Acts of God--managing trades and risk in market extremes

learn to trade, trading education, swing trading, technical analysis, investing, futures, currencies, fx, macro, daytrading

learn to trade, trading education, swing trading, technical analysis, investing, futures, currencies, fx, macro, daytrading

Adam answers reader's questions on risk, losses, event risk, money management... and you'll find out why you need to get a frog.

Reader's questions on trade review, trading goals, best intraday setups, and focusing on a few markets vs. trying to trade everything. Oh, and Adam rambles a bit about a bunch of other topics (like in most podcasts)

A look at the connections that might (or might not) exist between music and financial markets, and thoughts on developing skills in both.

In the second episode with Alex, we talk about some more of the doubts a new trader might have, and the answers point us to some sobering realities about probabilities, risk management, and the limits of our knowledge.

Adam shares some thoughts from a recent coaching session in which a winning trader feel like a losing trader! The answers and ideas drive to elements of performance, trading psychology, and maintaining the edge.

The first of a new mini-series in which Tom and I teach a new trader from the very beginning. In this episode, we discuss the tension between technical and fundamental approaches and how Alex should get started learning.

Reading price structure and market action and understanding market emotion to help navigate challenging, volatile markets.

Understanding volatility and how price moves can give us some insights into what we should be doing when volatility hits markets.