Emotional trading will destroy one's portfolio. Aiming to hit home runs with every trade is a sure sign that the trader is overly emotional and only cares about fast money. In this podcast episode Ryan explains how chasing after stocks like MicroStrategy (MSTR) without a plan for managing the risk can ultimately ruin a trader's

Short-term bounces aren't meant to go straight up. There is plenty of reason to expect a stock market bounce right now, but it doesn't mean that stocks go straight up with out any resistance or push back. Once there is a meaningful reversal day, whether it is a major rally on strong volume, or a

As January goes, so goes the year! If you've been trading stocks for any length of time, you've probably heard of the January Barometer. You'll hear it quoted endlessly by the media, but let me tell you, that whole expression of "As January goes so goes the year" has zero value to it any longer.

I hate starting the new year on a losing trade. But that's exactly what I got today. Wasn't necessarily a bad trade - I managed the risk like I should, noticed fairly quickly into the trade that the market wasn't going to hold up and got out of the trade with less than half the

The stock market’s Santa Rally has delivered coal (so far) This is one of the problems with buying whole heartedly into seasonal factors, because it only works until it doesn’t and when it doesn’t, like it has done so far since the start of the Santa Rally on Christmas eve, it can wreck havoc on

How to trade a stock split: in this podcast episode Ryan talks about the impact of what an announced forward stock split means for a stock that you are considering swing trading, or may already be trading. Also covered are the risks, and the strategy behind stock splits for investors and traders alike. Subscribe to