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Do You Have The Mental “Flexibility” Required For Successful Day Trading?

Do you have the mental “flexibility” required for successful day trading?Do you ever feel like you get “locked in” to a trading concept and can’t shake it?  If so, you might find this video helpful. In it, I go bar-by-bar through a potential trade example from this morning.  We discussed it in real-time during our […]

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NQ Trend Day: 3 Specific Trade Entry Strategies

NQ Trend Day:  3 Specific Trade Entry StrategiesThe NQ pushed to all-time highs today.  Were you able to grab at least a piece of this move today?  If not, you might find this video helpful. In it, I talk about 3 specific trade entry strategies.One deals with specific support levels.  One deals with buying on […]

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Four Specific Clues To Today’s Turnaround In the S&P

Four Specific Clues To The Turnaround In the S&PAfter intense sell-offs on Thursday and Friday, the market had an impressive rally today.  As a day trader, were there any clues that could better help you make sense of a potentially tricky day?  I certainly think so, and in this brief video, I really focus in on […]

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3 Clues To The Massive Sell-Off Today (in-depth breakdown)

3 Clues To The Massive Selloff (in-depth breakdown)​There was a major selloff in the stock indices today (S&P down 2.5% / dow down 700 points / etc).  So, in this video, I do an in-depth breakdown of 3 clues that helped make sense of the day.  Fair warning:  it’s a 20+ minute video and it’s pretty detailed…so […]

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2 Strategies To Avoid Getting “Trapped” Buying on Highs or Selling on Lows

2 Strategies To Avoid Getting “Trapped” Buying on Highs or Selling on LowsMost of us have gotten “trapped” buying the dead high or selling the bottom of a market.  Few things are more frustrating than thinking you’re hopping on a runaway train only to see it stop and reverse almost immediately.So, are there any strategies […]

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Context First. Then (and only then) Trade Setup.

Context First.  Then (and only then) Trade Setup. ​Think about how you first started to learn trading.  You were probably taught, or tried to figure out, the ‘perfect’ trade setup.  Heck, you might be years into this and you’re STILL trying to find the perfect trade setup.  What if there was a better way? I’m not saying […]

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How An Understanding Of Support and Resistance Concepts Can Help Your Day Trading

How An Understanding Of Support and Resistance Concepts Can Help Your Day TradingIn this video, I look at a few examples (from CL, GC, and ES) and discuss how an understanding of support & resistance concepts can help your day trading.Topics: – The idea of “context first”, rather than being a robotic setup follower. – The different […]

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Five Tips For Dealing With This Massive Intra-Day Volatility

Five Tips For Dealing With This Massive Intra-Day Trading VolatilityThe past several trading sessions have been some of the most volatile in history.  This volatility is a double-edged sword, of course.  There is great opportunity but also great risk.  In other words, it’s common to be “right” on the direction of a trade but still […]

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