Stock Trading University
by Follow the Money Radio
Learn to trade stocks in just a minute a day! Hosted by a veteran stock trader (24 years exp.) and trading coach, Jerry Robinson. We hope you enjoy this completely free teaching series brought to you by Followthemoney.com, an online leader in trading and investing education. Interested in receiving Jerry Robinson's top daily trading idea by email or text? Learn more here: https://followthemoney.com
Episodes
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90. What is Technical Analysis?
Welcome to episode 90 of the Stock Trading U podcast! In this episode, I want to focus on one of the most important concepts in trading known as technical analysis. While it sounds like an intimidating phrase, technical analysis is simply the study of charts for the purpose of both discerning the...
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89. What is Position Trading?
Welcome to episode 89 of the Stock Trading U podcast! Once again, back in episode 3 of this podcast series, I discussed three popular trading styles, which included position trading, day trading, and swing trading. In our last episode (#88), I briefly explained the concept of day trading. And...
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88. What is Day Trading?
Day trading is a very short-term trading style that seeks to earn profits from a trading position within the course of a single trading day. Because the day trader opens and closes out his trading positions before the market’s close each day, this allows the day trader to avoid overnight risk.…
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87. What is Swing Trading?
Swing trading is a short-term trading style that seeks to earn profits from a trading position over the course of a few days and at most up to a few weeks. The goal is of swing trading is to generate small but consistent profits by adhering to a set of strict money management rules. When coaching...
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86. A Word On Margin Trading
On today’s episode, I want to provide some guidance for margin trading. When a trader buys a stock on margin, it means that he/she is buying a security with borrowed money from their brokerage firm. In essence, buying on margin gives the trader leverage to buy more shares of a security than one...
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85. Three Hot Trading Niches To Consider
On today’s episode, I want to share three popular trading niches that you may want to consider.
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84. The Odds Are Stacked Against You
When you place a trade, don’t forget that on the other side of your computer screen are some of the brightest minds on Wall Street and they can spot an amateur trader based on his actions in a split second. If you don’t walk into the market with a plan, you could easily lose money.
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83. What Is Your Trading Niche?
Once you have settled upon trading as a new income stream for your future, it is vital to determine what your specialty or trading niche will be. And the easiest ways to determine your initial trading niche is to take an inventory of both your strengths and weaknesses, as well as your interests.
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82. Three Books Every Trader Should Read
In this episode, Jerry Robinson shares three books about trading stocks that belong on the bookshelf of every new and aspiring trader.
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81. The “Risk Percentage” Technique (Part 2)
In this episode, you will learn a simple real-world example of how to use the "Risk Percentage" technique, which is a popular way that traders can determine their position size.
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80. The “Risk Percentage” Technique (Part 1)
There are many position sizing techniques in the trading world, but today I will focus on the "Risk Percentage" technique.
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79. Position Sizing Principles
There really is a science behind position trading that, if used properly, can optimize your trading profits and protect you from catastrophic losses.
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78. The Importance of Position Sizing
Position sizing is extremely important as it one of the primary methods that you can use to maximize your gains and to prevent your trading losses from wiping out your account.
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77. Discipline is the Key
As a full-time trend trader, I can tell you that the trading lifestyle is wonderful. As a trader, I can work from anywhere and I get to work when I want. However, the key to being able create this lifestyle is discipline.
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76. Overcome Your Trading Fears (Part 2)
Change your perspective to conquer irrational fears.
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75. Overcome Your Trading Fears (Part 1)
The key to overcoming fear in trading is to develop a trading plan and stick to it.
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74. Are You Afraid to Trade?
Fear is a destructive emotion that clouds our judgment when trading and its presence is a clear indication that the trader has failed to stick to, and internalize, his trading plan.
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73. Develop a Winning Mindset
Olympic athletes know the power of controlling their thoughts. Likewise, successful day traders, swing traders, and position traders believe in their abilities. They believe they will succeed and expect success.
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72. Two Vital Keys for Trading Success
From my personal experience, I have found that nearly every trader who fails to earn consistent profits in the markets lacks two very important keys for trading success.
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71. Avoid Stock Market Message Boards
In this session, I want to provide you with a simple piece of advice, especially if you are just getting started as a trader: Beware of stock market message boards and chat rooms.
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70. It's Time to Invest in Yourself
Let me teach you the basics of stock trading and provide you with real-time actionable trading ideas each day.
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69. The Four Stages of a Stock Cycle
The better you understand where a stock is within this four-stage cycle, the more profitable your trading will become.
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68. The Contraction Stage
The contraction stage is easy to spot on a chart as the price appears to be locked in a downtrend setting lower highs and lower lows.
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67. The Distribution Stage
The third stage of a stock cycle is known as the distribution stage. This is a period of selling by large institutions and other smart money investors and marks the beginning of the decline of the underlying stock price.
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66. Buying Stocks on Pullbacks
Don’t make the mistake of chasing a stock if you miss its initial breakout. Instead, look to buy on the pullbacks.
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65. The Expansion Stage
The best swing traders spend their time looking for stocks that have just recently moved out of the accumulation stage and into the expansion stage.
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64. The Stock Accumulation Stage
In today's session, Jerry Robinson explains the basics of the stock accumulation stage.
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63. Stock Cycle Analysis
Most stocks move in cycles. In this session, you will learn the four basic stages that compose the average stock cycle.
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62. Design Your Trading Lifestyle
In this session, Jerry Robinson explains one of the greatest benefits of trading.
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61. The Proper Trading Mindset
In this session, Jerry Robinson explains why smart traders refuse to allow emotional extremes to sideline them on their way to trading success.
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60. Keeping a Trading Journal
In this session, Jerry Robinson explains the items that he includes in his daily trading journal.
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59. Start a Trading Journal
In this session, Jerry Robinson explains the importance of starting a trading journal.
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58. What is the "Smart Money?"
In this session, Jerry Robinson explains how he uses technical analysis to track what the "smart money" is doing at all times.
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57. Avoiding the Wash Sale Rule
In this session, veteran trader Jerry Robinson explains what you should know about the "Wash Sale Rule."
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56. The All-Important PEG Ratio
In this session, Jerry Robinson introduces one of his favorite fundamental ratios: the PEG ratio.
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55. A Pitfall of the P/E Ratio
In this session, veteran trader Jerry Robinson explains one pitfall of using the P/E ratio when attempting to select a stock.
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54. An Introduction to Leveraged ETFs
In this session, veteran trader Jerry Robinson explains the basics of leveraged ETFs.
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53. The Power of Inverse ETFs
In this session, Jerry Robinson explains the benefits of using inverse ETFs, especially for new traders.
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52. The Risks of Shorting Stocks
In this session, Jerry Robinson explains the potential pitfalls of shorting stocks.
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51. How to Short a Stock (Part 2)
In this session, Jerry Robinson explains how to profit from shorting stocks.
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50. How to Short a Stock (Part 1)
In this session, veteran trader Jerry Robinson introduces the concept of selling short.
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49. Using Order Expirations
In this session, Jerry Robinson explains the difference between the two most common trade expiration types.
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48. Understanding Bracketed Orders
In this session, veteran stock trader Jerry Robinson introduces an advanced order type known as the bracketed order.
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47. All About Stop Loss Orders
In this session, Jerry Robinson summarizes three different types of stop loss orders.
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46. How a Trailing Stop Loss Order Works
In this session, you will be introduced to the trailing stop loss order.
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45. Using Stop Limit Orders
In this session, veteran trader Jerry Robinson explains how stop limit orders work.
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44. Stop Loss Orders Are Not Perfect
In this session, veteran stock trader Jerry Robinson shares a very important lesson on the popular "stop loss" order.
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43. Using Stop Loss Orders
Now that we understand what a stop loss order is, its time to learn how to use them.
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42. Understanding Stop Loss Orders
A stop loss order is a specific order type that instructs your broker to automatically sell your stock if it falls to a price as specified by you.
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41. Introducing the Limit Order
Limit orders help traders and investors manage their entry price into a stock.
About this show
Learn to trade stocks in just a minute a day! Hosted by a veteran stock trader (24 years exp.) and trading coach, Jerry Robinson.
We hope you enjoy this completely free teaching series brought to you by Followthemoney.com, an online leader in trading and investing education.
Interested in receiving Jerry Robinson's top daily trading idea by email or text? Learn more here: https://followthemoney.com
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