HOW TO TRADE IT
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Tom Sosnoff is one of the people that created thinkorswim—the well-known Options trading platform. After college, Tom got a job with a boutique brokerage firm. He went through their training program and ultimately ended up leaving and moving to Chicago, where he’s...

Troy Noonan started trading after he got a brochure in the mail entitled “Head and Shoulders.” He gave the head and shoulders trading pattern a shot and shorted the British Pound against the Dollar. As luck would have it, he caught the same trade that became known as...

According to Agnieszka Wood, 80% of trading is having the right mindset. Trading psychology can have a huge influence on your performance as a trader, which is why it is important to address the make an active effort to protect yourself from common psychological...

Valerie Fox graduated from college and started climbing the corporate ladder. She was thriving, being promoted, and getting raises. She was doing well, but she hit a point where she didn’t feel fulfilled. As she looked to the future, she realized she didn’t want 50–60...

Mike Shorr got a job as a clerk and within six months became a junior trader. He was at the Board of Trades in the treasury 10-year pit. He went out on his own, and after two years with a partner, they were acquired by a start-up. He ran that group from 1999–2002 in...

Stephen Vettorel was thrown into managing a portfolio when his father passed away while he was in college. Throughout the learning process, he noticed that “buy and hold” and “be diversified” wasn’t how portfolio managers were running their personal accounts. Stephen...

John Meli’s dad was a racecar driver. So John grew up believing that he had no limits. If someone else could do something—so could he. John worked in construction and things were going well until the recession hit in 2008. He went from making $16,000 a month to barely...

Doc Severson has been trading since the mid-90s. According to him, that’s when it was relatively easy to make money. Stocks were discounted compared to today’s prices. When 2000 hit, he realized he didn’t know what he was doing. Everyone is a genius in a bull market....

Mercedes started in Commerce Banking in Germany because she’s always loved the financial markets. She moved into personal development because she has a keen interest in how reality is created. So she studied the wisdom traditions. She worked in seminars with...

Al grew up on the East Coast. He didn’t know he was poor until he was 4 years old. He saw people with fancy cars and boats. He never got what he asked for for Christmas. He could never buy the toys he saw shopping. He decided he didn’t like being poor. So his goal...