Trader Interview: Sean McLaughlin @chicagosean
I’m starting a trader interview series. The series will not be a long form, exhaustive list of questions…
What Frequency of Trades is Best for a System?
When evaluating trading systems, how do you decide what frequency of trades is best? It seems like an…
Exiting Trades Too Early or Late? Here’s Why…
I came across this question on the DayTrading subreddit the other day. How do you stop exiting positions…
Creating a SPY Trading System
Let’s say you’re designing a trading system to trade the SPY every day by buying (or selling short)…
How Do You Fix “Trading on Tilt”?
Mike Bellafiore asked this question on Twitter yesterday. It’s a great question that almost every trader deals with…
Why Trade-Ideas Paper Trading Is Such a Big Deal
(Try out Paper Trading for cheap during the Trade-Ideas Test Drive.) Here at Trade-Ideas we’re in the process of…
American Presidents, the Stock Market, and Political Bias
(Alternate Title: A Toolkit for Making Political Opponents Look Bad Using Stock Market Data) This tweet came across my…
Should you re-enter trades that have stopped out?
Here’s a difficult trading situation that often confounds new traders or even experienced ones that are experiencing a…
Takeaways from Mike Bellafiore’s Discussion on Stopped Out Trades
Mike Bellafiore from SMB Capital wrote a tweet a few days that sparked a lot of replies from…
My Approach to Trading with Bigger Size
Going from an initial trading strategy concept to actually trading it with meaningful size is a long and…