Rebel Traders™ Podcast - Stock Market Trading Strategies, Insights & Analysis with Sean Donahoe & Phil Newton

With all the current turmoil in the middle east, the markets have not been happy for the last couple of days. The VIX spiked to previous channel highs, the SPY, DJI, and R2000 all shedding ground but STILL within reason and their established channels. So, what is a trader to do...? Well, after a market breakdown and looking at the motion of the market ocean, we looked at some ways to smooth out tr...

The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away. No no no , the other senate... Something about the infrastructure then - Not a single Star Destroyer in sight. Alright, there's a definite Star Wars theme going on here... TK421 has left his post and...

Is that trade you are looking at a Donkey or a thoroughbred racehorse ready to gallop to victory? Well, do you know which one of the two tends to make the most money?  In this week's show, the Rebel Traders break down how to identify which is which, how to profit from each and why you should roll up your sleeves, check its teeth, hooves and make sure this MF is ready to roll...

In this week's Podcast, we're doing something a little different... Something that crossed our desk and landed in our mailbox that made both Phil and Sean pause, sit up, and reflect on their own journies, trials as well as ups and downs...   There's a little of each of us in what we're about to share that is powerful, insightful and there are so many things wrapped in this episode that you need to...

There is an old stock market saying that "If you wait long enough, you'll always be right..." However, how much time is too long?    Do you want to wait 17 years to be right like the dotcom recovery of the NASDAQ? Or the multi-month COVID crash?   The Rebel Traders dive in on how to treat time as either an ally or an enemy and how to figure out what side of the fence you should be on and the oppor...

What are the charts telling you vs what the financial news networks and so-called experts telling you? What is the ACTUAL story your seeing laid right there before you in the last 200 bars? There is a real story to be told in every chart, even the single chart Warren Buffet's watched for the last 40+ years. It's all there if you know what to look at and in this week's show, we're stepping back in...

A quick top-of-the-morning overview of the markets while everyone panics. Opportunity, no-panic for Rebel Traders and an overview of when the indexes are NOT the markets and a wee spike of Volatility we called 2 weeks ago.

There is a huge spate of "New Experts" who get things arse-backwards and upside down. This is causing a HUGE issue for traders who are just starting out and looking for the right info to make informed and intelligent decisions. So, in this week's show, Sean and Phil reset the base, ground the wires and lay the foundation of Rebel Trader success and how you can find the best opportunities in the ma...

Fleeting moves make for clicks and attention in the news but for traders it just creates noise and confusion. We tackle a few recent examples and how to raise awareness, apply filters and eliminate doubt, risk and confusion with some "In the market LIVE examples" and how to turn other peoples panic into cold hard profits. It's all in the day of a Rebel Trader and this is HOW we do it... Yep, it's...

Far too many traders are waiting for something. A clue, a confirmation, an invitation, a sign... Perhaps a gold embossed, hand-gilded card delivered on a silver platter by the Queen's personal butler who was brought out of retirement for one last tour of duty as a personal favor before he sailed back off into enjoying the twilight of his years... A card that has the tears of angels for a watermark...

Did you zig when you should have zagged? Did you know that even the same trader trading the same strategy can see different performance across different accounts? I'm not talking about a missed trade or two or a little slippage now and then. It can be as simple as when an account is started relative to the current cycle of the strategy. Well, in this week's episode we're going to talk about what h...

Indexes are nothing more than a visual snap shot of a small sample of stocks that gives you a flavor of what may be happening. Never has that been more relevant than these past few weeks. The indexes are flat... Completely flat... As a pancake. However, Individual stocks and some sectors are firing off like Elon to Mars. So, Sean and Phil and going to cut through the noise, zero in on the target a...

Think about this for a minute… Every strategy, no matter how bizarre will work at some time, even if by PURE luck. However, there is a secret to being long-term successful in ANY business and especially in the markets. In this weeks' Rebel Traders, Sean and Phil break down the key elements to removing the noise, the BS and focusing on the long-term success of strategies that are proven in the mark...

What do you choose? Why do you trade? What do you want from trading? Well, as always, and in a CHANGE of pace... Sean and Phil and going to flip the script and twist things up in a new and unique way. If you want to trade the Rebel Trader way, trade without BS, make trading work for you, then listen to this weeks Podcast because it will be a flamingo in a field full of pigeons (Listen to the show...

Its time to celebrate with 200 rounds under the belt and the Rebel Traders are coming out of the corner strong. Looking for the knock-out combo of analysis, humor, 80's references and a few damned good trades along the way. So, as Bitcoin diving like an Olympic gold medalist on crack and Ethereum crashing like a Chinese rocket and being largely looked over by the news... Despite the partying in Re...

It's all doom and gloom. Turn on the news, someone did something somewhere and we should all PANIC, run around in circles. According to the talking heads, only listen to the attention grabbing, hyperbole and opinions of opposing views that get you nowhere other than confirmation of cognitive bias... Ahhh crap, already starting on the soap-box... Look, want to filter through the noise to find the g...

What kind of trader are you? Seriously, if you say down and mapped it out, what do you REALLY want from your trading? What do you stress about and what stops you from being consistently successful? What do you want long-term? These are the mental checkboxes that a lot of people don't actually consider as their NEEDS and WANTS... All the while, the markets plow on, money changes hands, trades are m...

When it comes to your trades, what's the difference between a dip, a blip or a retracement? What is the context and is it always BTFD? Well, of course, we're going to tackle that with some real world examples that clear the noise, the bullshit and give you a solid foundation of trending... Not only that, we're diving into our portfolio, seeing whats tickling the radar and following up on some trad...

With Netflix taking a dive along with airline stocks, a few opportunities open up when you are focused and not chasing squirrels up trees. Focus and elimination of marketing noise allow you to see the great trades laid out in front of you, if you can cut through the BS. Sean and Phil go through a few strategies they use to eliminate the noise, focus on their "Check Box" mindset and along the way,...

Yeah we may be a wee bit early with singing Christmas songs but earnings season is upon us once more, financial punditry and spin is in full effect. With Bitcoin hitting all time highs, Coinbase doings a different spin on a $100B IPO, Bernie Madoff kicking the bucket and the NASDAQ falling back into sync... It's been an interesting bloody day in the markets. So, the Rebel Traders take their usual...

A lot of retail traders rely on hope, luck, superstitions or the blind following of other people who can tell them what to do. That is NOT the Rebel Trader way... So, put your marbles away, ignore the ticking crocodile and listen up kiddies, it's time for a different hook... (See what I did there?) Sean and Phil are going to break down the FOUR principals for effective production line trading that...

One thing Sean teaches is that it's better to build your business around the life you want and not cram life around the business you have. Well, the same goes for trading and with both Phil and Sean treating trading as a business its all about maximizing your resources, time AND money. In this week's podcast, Sean and Phil break it down as to how they structure their styles of trading AROUND their...

Another week of divergence, the markets uncertain what they are doing and even still, a wealth of opportunity for a Rebel Trader. There's a phrase we use a lot... "If the trade set's up, then the trade goes on." However, what do you do when you are struggling to find a good trade, what happens when there is a less-than-ideal trade on the tables? Are you looking for Bigfoot's footprint or the impri...

In this week's show it's all systems go. The markets are doing their own thing, at their own pace. The VIX is at the lowest end of it's range for a while but Phil has his bear pants on and points to some worrying signs. On top of that, Sean and Phil demonstrate and break down why less is more when it comes to trading, focus and results with a deep dive into smarter trading methods that have served...

As the crash is canceled once again (like we said it would) there are a wealth of bullish trades on the cards and a lot of divergence in the markets. The Dow Jones is doing its own thing, the Nasdaq limping while the SPY and Russel are playing catch up. Interesting times and in this week's podcast we're going to find, filter, and sort the best opportunities and snipe a few moves as well.