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After A Wild August, I'm Starting Autumn With No Expectations
Friday, August 30, 2019 - 2:22pm | 691Read More...Call it an August miracle. After falling into the red by more than -$10,000 in the first half of the month, I’ve managed to rally back by $50,00 in the back-end of the month to hit my monthly benchmark with just one day to spare in the month. Not only am I on my largest and longest trading...
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From Red To Green: Managing Risk As Momentum Makes A Comeback
Friday, August 23, 2019 - 12:53pm | 546Read More...Warrior Trading is a content partner of Benzinga. This article did not go through the Benzinga Newsdesk. After more than a month of struggle and strife in my trading accounts, momentum has finally started to reappear. Last week kicked off my first substantial green-streak since I returned from...
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Another Case For Consistent Trading
Friday, August 16, 2019 - 1:03pm | 746Read More...Warrior Trading is a content partner of Benzinga. This post did not go through the Benzinga Newsdesk. Well, it took a half a month of struggles, but this Thursday marks the first time in August that I’ve hit my daily $2,000 daily goal. While this is typically a common occasion at most times,...
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Three Tips For Traders Struggling With The Summer Slowdown
Friday, August 9, 2019 - 12:40pm | 636Read More...As expected, summer is turning out to be a rough period for trading. Unfortunately, between the final weeks of July and the first few days in August, I’ve been grappling one of my longest dry-streaks in recent memory. For context, the last time I hit my $2,000 daily was about two weeks ago....
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Trading The Cruelest Month
Friday, August 2, 2019 - 1:03pm | 374Read More...Like clockwork, summer has hit its stride and the market has hit a wall. The past few weeks have seen my P/L narrow to a pinpoint as momentum has all but disappeared in the opening days of August. Overall, while I am green over this past week, it’s only by about $650. Part of this is just the...
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Signs Of A Cold Market
Friday, July 19, 2019 - 1:20pm | 855Read More...I’m back in the States and, just as the weather is starting to really heat up, the market has decided to go lukewarm. After starting off the week basically flat with a mid-sized red day on Monday and a mid-sized green day on Tuesday, I was hopeful that I could at least find enough traction...
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What To Do When Momentum Suddenly Shifts
Friday, July 12, 2019 - 1:36pm | 607Read More...I’m nearing my final day in Italy and, as with most vacations, it feels like I’m leaving just as I was really starting to get used to my Mediterranean surroundings. That’s certainly how it’s felt in my trading account. I spent the first few trading days abroad either...
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Make Trend Your Friend With This Volume-Focused Trading Tool
Friday, July 5, 2019 - 12:50pm | 589Read More...I hope everyone in the States had a fun and safe Independence Day. I’m still in Italy with my remote setup, although the truncated week has put a damper on trading activity. I’m obviously not the only trader on vacation. Given July’s notoriously slow trading environment, I wanted...
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Having Trouble Finding Good Setups? Try Looking For This Pattern
Friday, June 28, 2019 - 12:57pm | 534Read More...As I write this, I’m in the process of packing up for a week’s vacation in Italy. That packing, of course, includes my mobile trading station. I’m hoping to lose some of the weakness we’ve experienced in the market recently somewhere over the Atlantic. In any case, it will...
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Advice For New Traders When Momentum Dries Up
Friday, June 21, 2019 - 5:00pm | 537Read More...After a handful of weeks of strong momentum, I’m now looking at logging my first red week of June. As of this writing, I’m down by about -$18,000 on the week with just one more trading day to go. The loss of momentum is unfortunate, but not devastating. I had luckily built a large...
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Why Consistent Trading Doesn't Always Lead To Consistent Results
Friday, June 14, 2019 - 12:31pm | 705Read More...Like May, June is turning out to be another strong trading month with solid momentum and great follow-through. Two weeks in and I’m already well above my $40,000 monthly target, which means the next two weeks are just icing on the cake. In fact, I had my best day of the year this week,...
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3 Foolproof Strategies To Minimize Risk
Friday, June 7, 2019 - 1:51pm | 779Read More...After coming off an incredible May that saw me post more than $80k in profits—the second best month of trading in my career—I’m attempting to exercise some discretion in the early days of June. While I still attempted to build a cushion on Monday with a couple of bigger positions...
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Lessons Learned From May's Multiple Personality Market
Friday, May 31, 2019 - 2:29pm | 561Read More...May is simply turning out to be a multiple personality month. After a strong start that helped me surpass my monthly benchmark in a week, momentum suddenly stalled and I was struggling to even meet my $2,000 daily goal. Now, in the closing days of May, momentum has suddenly returned in force, and...
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Secondary Offerings Put A Pause On May's Momentum
Friday, May 24, 2019 - 1:46pm | 699Read More...After a strong first half to the month, our May momentum has started to peter out this week, which is part of the reason I’m unfortunately still short on my weekly $10,000 goal. This isn’t too disappointing since I remain green on the week and—because of the strong follow-through...
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Learning When To Pick Your Battles Starts With Winning Setups
Friday, May 17, 2019 - 12:07pm | 781Read More...Good news and bad news this week. Despite May putting in some solid days of trading, I unfortunately had my first daily loss for the month, and it was a fairly big one at over $6,000. Still, May has been a good trading month in spite of some persistent chop. I’m up about $50,000 over the...
















