TradingLife Podcast with Brad Jelinek

Staying alive in a busy market

I discuss what I’m doing to stay alive in this market. I also talk about how it’s making me reflect on my longer-term asset allocation plan.

The corona market and me

I talk about where I’m at with my trading so far this year and then get into what I expect from the market after the corona virus.

Build your trading network

Trading can be a solitary pursuit but when you work to build up your network of like-minded individuals you will move closer to realizing your potential.

Keep the ball in the court

I talk about one of my recent tennis matches and compare it to Trading. The importance of making your strengths even stronger and keeping the ball in play.

My mistakes over the last 18 months

I finished my trade review. Now I go into some of the mistakes I made and how I’m going to use them to get better.

Trade review is key

I talk about my trade review process for the last 18 months and I share some lessons and how to do it yourself.

TradingLife Podcast with Brad Jelinek (Trailer)

Making money after earnings

I talk about how being aware of a narrative around a stock can create some great trades after earnings especially in emotional Stocks. I also discuss the power of stupid news when trading macro.

Is the risk going to break you?

Today I talk about a really important topic. Checking in with yourself financially and emotionally BEFORE an adverse move happens and to gauge if you can tolerate your positions moving against you.

Taking more drastic measures to break old habits

I talk about an approach I’m using to break my habit of staring at the market all day. I’m trying to integrate some new things into my day and get more deep work done without being distracted.

Changing the Rules like Curry and Harden

I discuss how to embrace your way of learning and not fight the path you’re on. I make comparisons to Steph Curry and James Harden who are also artists in their craft.

Allocating capital swing vs day trades

I talk about some of the things I am bumping up against as I try to scale and grow. Specifically how to evaluate the risk and the position sizing for day trading versus swing trading.

Entropy and mitigating disorder

I discuss why you have to take a conscious approach to structuring things that are important to you or else they will veer towards disorder.

I made a mistake, now what?

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.

Stupid News Podcast

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.

Earnings season and making the job easier

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.

Structuring macro trades

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.

Edge Trading Group Interview #3

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.

Stop using price alerts?

I discuss why you may

Sizing and the depths of being a trader

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.

How to become profitable

I discuss how I did it when I started trading futures and how I’m approaching it now in stocks.

Edge Trading Group Interview #2

We discuss how you can develop a process and then get into wide ranging Q&A.

Bullet Journal Update

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.

Are you forcing or flowing?

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.

Trades I’m in this week

I discuss Kellogg, bitcoin, and gold. I talk about the reasoning for each of these trades.

My career is stuck, now what?

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.

Thinking through being impulsive

I discuss why being impulsive is a good thing and a bad thing. The key is understanding when you’re vulnerable.

Reading, learning, growing...for what?

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.

Trading using only a chart pattern

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.

How can you learn from other traders?

I talk about the long journey of discovering what you are good at while also learning from others who are successful.