When you chart out your technical analysis and the trade setup has a promising reward risk ratio, along with solid support underneath, you've planned out where to put the stop-loss and you simply just feel good about the trade, but then everything goes wrong on the trade and you find [...]

Expanding on previous episodes, Ryan talks in more detail about the benefits of keeping various strategies and time frames in separate accounts and what that looks like from swing trading, to dividend stocks, to long-term trading. In addition, Ryan talks about the importance of cash as a position in uncertain [...]

What are the key elements of journaling your trades and keeping track of them? In this podcast episode, Ryan discusses the particulars for journaling and some of the unique aspects of his methods that will help you better understand your short-comings as a trader. Click here to subscribe: https://shareplanner.com/tradingblock

Back on May 18, 2023, Ryan published a podcast episode that discussed whether shorting stocks was dead, and whether we should only be focused on being long or in cash. In this podcast, Ryan revisits this question and whether shorting is STILL dead. Click here to subscribe: https://shareplanner.com/tradingblock

In uncertain times for the stock market, is going all cash as a flight to safety a poor decision? Or should one toughen up and trade through those periods of difficulty? In this podcast episode, Ryan will address the merits of going cash and making sure your long exposure is [...]

Is right now the time to consider buying into the bond market as prices are hitting their lowest levels in over a decade? In this podcast episode, I give you my take on how I am playing the bond market right now, using a very slow and steady approach. Click [...]

The ARM IPO came out this week, hailed as the next Nvidia, and retail traders bought it with vengeance. But are buying stock IPOs a wise move for traders? Should you buy ARM IPO or the future Instacart IPO? In this podcast episode, I'll talk about whether this is the [...]

Let's face it, there are times in life where it is simply bad to be swing trading. A loved one dies, you're going through divorce, or the financials just don't support it - either way it is important to recognize this, and when to wait for better seasons of trading, [...]

A lot of famous investors have said to buy what you know, but is that the best advice? What if you have friends telling you that "you've gotta buy this stock!" - or "I know somebody who knows somebody!". Can we trust what our experience is with a company to [...]

Ryan talks to the idea of chasing different stock market themes whether it is the cannabis rally, or solar, or much bigger themed rallies like AI or Fed tightening. Which ones should you avoid and which ones should you swing trade? Click here to subscribe: https://shareplanner.com/tradingblock

As swing traders, should we be following all of the economic reports, or simply ignoring them? Are they noise that indirectly impacts our outlook on the market for the worse, and thereby negatively impact our trading decisions? In this podcast, Ryan speaks to whether we should just be focused on [...]

Trading can be a daunting task, especially for part-time swing traders juggling other responsibilities. In this episode, I break down conditional orders, specifically OCO (Order Cancels Order) and OSO (Order Sends Order) orders, to help part-time swing traders maximize efficiency and effectiveness, even though they can't always be in front [...]