TradingLife Podcast with Brad Jelinek

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Me ranting about crypto banning

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

This is episode talks about one of the most important things I have learned during my trading journey, the importance of getting to know yourself on a deeper level.

Today I talk about how it’s important to understand that trading is an artistic process and sometimes it’s OK to get out and get back in.

Today I talk about why I like to use more than just charts when I trade.

I discuss how regulatory pressure is hurting Ethereum and Bitcoin seems better positioned until that clears up.

I talk about uranium, corn, corporate debt, high-yield debt, the stock mkt, and oil relative to other assets.

I talk about my interest in the EV trend and a cool resource I’m using to help me research.

Today I talk about how I was able to resist trading despite it being a busy day because I wasn’t feeling well and I was distracted.