TradingLife Podcast with Brad Jelinek

Brad Jelinek

Short form audio discussing life as a trader. My focus will be on how to think, how to learn from mistakes, and how trading relates to so much more than the markets. I will also do some self reflection on my own journey. I’ll bring up market setups, lessons from trading, and trends I’m seeing. I will speak on cryptos, stocks, futures, and certain evolving situations. My goal is to have the content be timeless so listeners can get value regardless of when they tune in.

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Episodes

Stock market observations

I talk about how when we stop climbing the wall of worry, then it’s time to worry. The market is unable to rally on North Korea and good large cap earnings.

Apr 27, 2018•3 min

Take the chains off

Today I discuss exiting trades early and how it’s important to keep track of your thought process as you do so. You are not a robot (yet) and sometimes your intuition can be your best friend. Knowing yourself can be an edge.

Apr 23, 2018•4 min

How to maintain a thought system

Make a thought management system that works for you. That may be audio and screenshots or it may be a simple spreadsheet. The key is doing something that is sustainable!

Apr 20, 2018•2 min

Obsessing over your setup

Today I reflect on my past few weeks where I've gotten a bit obsessive about finding the exact perfect setup (software/technology) when in reality it would be better to just find something that's 80% there and go with it.

Apr 18, 2018•2 min

Inverted yield curve and bank stocks

I talk about the movement towards an inverted yield curve and how it has been a good predictor of recessions and how bank stocks cannot hold the rallies despite record earnings this week.

Apr 16, 2018•2 min

Finding the right partner

I talk about how to find the right partner for your needs and how you learn so much about yourself in that process.

Apr 16, 2018•1 min

What's it really like to be a trader?

I talk about the ups and downs I’ve gone through and some of the lessons they gave me.

Apr 14, 2018•4 min

You think you’re a genius

I talk about the emotional boom and bust cycles and why it’s so important to really check yourself.

Apr 13, 2018•2 min

Using options to augment your idea

I talk about how when I’ve determined a potential floor for a stocking for a few weeks or months sometimes adding options can significantly boost my return.

Apr 13, 2018•3 min

Mastering the expectations game

I talk about how knowing the expectations and how they are built into the price of what you are trading or investing in is potentially the most important thing to look at.

Apr 10, 2018•2 min

Changing location helps your creativity

I talk about how your environment and making some changes can lead to a big increase in creativity.

Apr 10, 2018•2 min

Reinventing yourself is hard but necessary

I go on a bit of a rant about reinventing yourself and how that’s a normal part of every living entity. I also share some personal information about what I’m going through and how it’s not always clear what the next step is.

Apr 09, 2018•4 min

Overcoming the fear of putting a trade on

I talk about overcoming the fear of putting on a trade, why that may happen, and a few different things you can do about it.

Apr 09, 2018•4 min

Trade only when you can have total focus

I talk about how I forced some trades before my birthday breakfast and ended up ruining much of my morning.

Apr 06, 2018•2 min

Recovering from a large loss

I talk about how to go forward after a big loss and a variety of strategies that can help.

Apr 05, 2018•5 min

Connecting with other traders

I talk about how I would go about connecting with other traders and why it’s not easy to do but worth the effort.

Apr 05, 2018•3 min

My challenge and getting past it

I discuss how I’m bumping up against some new territory and it’s causing some tough emotions and I give a strategy for helping with that.

Apr 03, 2018•3 min

Banning everything crypto

Me ranting about crypto banning

Mar 31, 2018•58 sec

Two trading stategies that work

I talk about some very simple strategies I would use and about getting questions from people.

Mar 30, 2018•2 min

Going from stocks to futures

I talk about some things that are different when trading stocks versus trading futures.

Mar 30, 2018•3 min

Determine your time frame ahead of time

I talk about minimizing risk while traveling and about the importance of determining if the trade is a shorter term one or something longer-term. It’s not good to be flipping back-and-forth because you end up getting the worst of both worlds.

Mar 29, 2018•2 min

Holding a loser

I talk about the difference between holding a loser with small size vs big size and some different ways to think about it.

Mar 27, 2018•2 min

3 lessons after mistakes

I’m having a little bit of a tougher morning emotionally and I reflect on three lessons.

Mar 26, 2018•59 sec

Buy before or after confirmation?

I answer a question from a friend about buying before versus after a confirmation.

Mar 25, 2018•3 min

The struggle and some perspective

I discuss how my levels of confidence shift around quite a bit even though I’ve done this for so long. Proper risk control can help financially and a proper perspective can help psychologically.

Mar 25, 2018•4 min

My career win rate in response to a friends question

This is an actual recording I sent to a friend so it's a bit more raw. I talk about my career win % as I answer his question about the feeling he has to get the absolute tops and bottoms in his trade execution. He is observing he wants things to be very structured and I talk about how that can work in practice.

Mar 24, 2018•2 min

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