This trading blog will be the real deal journal documenting each and every trade I make. Whether going long the shares or shorting a call spread you’ll get my rationale and decision making as it happens. You’ll get to see my mistakes or successes on each trade. In the future I will attempt to provide this blog in video format each day but for now work doesn’t afford the time off during market hours to prepare and post.
In any case, I hope you enjoy. They are meant to highlight many of the steps required to become a proficient options trader or trader in general.
HOWEVER, do not mistake these blog posts as recommendations for you to ever buy or sell a security. I DO NOT suggest you follow my trades. You must perform your own due diligence or consult a registered advisor prior to taking any investments. The information provided here is for educational enjoyment and my own transparent record keeping procedures.
In my last post I mentioned placing a pin in the discussion about finding trades after Fib levels were identified. In today’s post were going to pull the pin and continue our conversation about high probability trades.
Read morePlacing High Probability Trades using Fibonacci Levels
Two things I love; trading and sports. The similarities between the two cannot be overstated. Each requires focus, skill, practice, and most of all, strategy. We can learn a lot about successful trading just by studying our favorite teams or players. Let’s discuss, in brief.
So, I messed up big time this week. Yes, you read that right. I lost my shorts and I’m kicking myself for it. However, it wasn’t without a silver lining and I’m eager to share that with you momentarily. First, let me walk you through my poorly timed and executed long call trade in Apple.
Read moreI made a bad options trade and it taught me something unexpected!
Let’s talk about options adjustments. That mythical term that new options traders hear all about but are never actually made privy to. Well, take heart, I was right there not so long ago. I searched aimlessly for someone sharing their strategy on options adjustments but all I found were countless “gurus” claiming that to be consistently profitable you have to make proper options adjustments. Followed with…so buy this course…and so on…
The title should have tipped you off that this post will indeed discuss timing and more specifically, emotionally charged trade timing. That’s a head scratcher but let’s get into this because I know all to well (wink wink) just how important trade timing can be.