Success in the financial markets comes from having consistently large profits while maintaining consistently small losses. There is no other secret sauce or magic formula. The randomness of the market is decisive. It often will reward bad habits and sloppy trading by offering large profits to gamblers. It may often seem to you that the market rewards impulsiveness and punishes disciplined traders. The only way to bind your risk management, technical knowledge, and psychology together...

First and foremost, please join me in welcoming Tiffany to the Bear Bull Traders team. Tiffany has been trading with us for over 3 years, and her recaps show what a great trader she is! We are all excited to have her join us! If you wish to welcome Tiffany yourself, please feel free to contact her at [email protected] I would like to invite you all to the first Success Webinar by our very own Jarad: Different...

I have an important announcement to share with you today, as well as some news, so please forgive me for this longer than usual email. Firstly, I would like to invite you all to our Success Webinar this week, featuring our very own Peter: From the Beginning: Setting Up a Training Plan Wednesday, July 8, 8pm ET Webinar Room (lifetime members only) In this webinar, Peter will review a recommended training plan for your first few years of trading. The...

First, I would like to wish a Happy Canada Day to all of my Canadian friends and family in our community. I came to this amazing country as an international student. The government of Canada offered me a generous scholarship, in the midst of a financial crisis, and supported me during my 5 years of PhD studies. It then accepted me as a permanent resident and now protects me as a citizen. I am forever...

I will be climbing in the Canadian Rockies from June 27 to July 8. I’ll be certain to post pictures in my Twitter and Instagram accounts of my climbs as well as of the amazing beauty that the Rocky Mountains have to offer. Should you be in the area, I’d love to connect with you. I’ve posted this informal invitation in the forums. Let’s chat and find a day or two for a meetup. Please...

I hope it was an amazing week for you and that everyone reading this roundup was able to keep it all green. 84 days after the stock market hit rock bottom on March 23rd, the S&P 500 was up 44.5%. This is more powerful than the surge we saw after the Great Recession’s lows of March 2009. In addition, last week, the Nasdaq made an-all time high, the first such peak in the middle of...

I hope you have all had a great week and were able to keep it green. What a crazy week it was on Wall Street! On Monday and Tuesday, the markets were up and it felt like the new bull rally had begun. By Thursday however, all hell broke loose and the market experienced a big selloff two days in a row. Let’s recap the week together. Monday was an amazing day for the market. The...

To be a successful and competitive athlete, you need to master what Nike calls the 5 facets of training: Movement, Mindfulness, Recovery, Nutrition and Sleep. I really believe that to be successful in any career or endeavor, you need these same 5 facets, albeit with a little bit of tweaking specific to the situation. There is nothing in the world more comparable to trading than highly competitive professional athleticism. Borrowing on the concept introduced by...

I hope you’ve had a great first week of June. If this week has taught us anything, it is that the markets are future looking: they are more concerned with what is about to happen rather than what is happening at the moment. The market had an incredible rally, which was primarily due to the release of far better than expected economic data. The U.S. economy added 2.5 million jobs for the month of May,...

I hope you are all well and have had a green week. This week marked the last trading week in May. Yes! We are officially 5 months into 2020. Whether you had a good month or not, there is an old saying on Wall Street that some of you may have heard before, “Sell in May and go away.” I know many of you want to know if there is any truth to this. Well,...