205: Making A Profit in Gaps & Futures Trading - Latoya Smith-Dean

Making A Profit in Gaps & Futures Trading In episode 205 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Latoya Smith-Dean. She is a full-time futures, stocks, and Forex trader based in Boston, United States. Latoya has been trading for over 10 years. She started trading part-time while having a full-time job in finance. After that, she quit her job to trade full time.  Are you ready for it?  "Rules within a plan should be developed based of your habits and past experience" 29:32 Watch the video interview! In This Episode, You'll Learn... How did Latoya Smith-Dean get involved into trading and her story to full-time trading 02:23 What was Latoya's learning curve from going part-time to fill time trading 11:22 Letoya's current trading style 16:28 How Latoya trades FOREX and futures differently than stocks 19:25 How Latoya found her mentors 19:59 How new traders should go about finding and sticking to a mentor 22:21 The most common mistake new traders make 24:14 Some of the "simple" things that Latoya was missing in her development 25:56 How Latoyamakes sure she is trading in the right times and avoid overstaying 27:08 How hard its to implement strong rules in your plan? 30:28 What are the things that Latoya do in order to stick to her rules 31:17 How to trade when you have kids and other distractions at home 33:46 Where to find and connect with Latoya 37:04 What are Latoya's goals for the future 37:33 Latoya's main motivation for trading and giving back to the community 40:03 Latoya's top piece of advice for developing traders 44:19 And much more! What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! Resources Mentioned  TheProfitRoom  (use coupon code "Etienne" to get a 10% discount) DesireToTRADE's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recomended broker: AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) DesireToTRADE Academy How To Find Latoya Smith-Dean? Twitter Website Email About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes