March 7th Webinar @ BMT: Trade Management Techniques

Posted on March 11, 2013 by FuturesTrader71 1 Comment

This webinar was the 5th of a series that I did by invitation on Big Mike Trading. This video is 2 hours long. The following are the topics covered: What is Trade Management? How is it different than Risk or Money Management? Mechanical versus Arbitrary Trade Management Holding for a target: How difficult could that be? [...]

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February 6th Client-Only Webinar @ Stage 5: Dealing with Execution Issues

Posted on February 11, 2013 by FuturesTrader71 No Comments

This webinar was put on for Stage 5 Trading‘s* clients as a result of some questions and some private discussion in that chat room. The topic is an impromptu discussion of trading execution issues. This does not refer to technical issues with software. Rather, this seeks to address the common problem of having a plan, [...]

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November 1st Webinar @ BMT: Open Q&A

Posted on November 5, 2012 by FuturesTrader71 No Comments

This webinar was the 4th of a series that I did on an invitation by Big Mike Trading. This video is 2 hours long. It covers many questions on auction theory, volume profiling, trader issues, etc. Here is the video:  

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A Little R & R

Posted on August 28, 2012 by FuturesTrader71 No Comments

We hope you are all surviving what has been one of the lowest volume August trades in a long time. It seems like everyone is away on vacation. In the spirit of always taking trades in the direction of the prevailing force in the market, we going to be taking a vacation too. We will [...]

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Trader Spotlight – A Look At Jodie’s Performance

Posted on August 1, 2012 by FuturesTrader71 4 Comments

Trader Spotlight Recording – Jodie – A brokerage client Date: Friday, July 20th, 2012 Time: 2:30 PM Chicago Time Duration: 59 mins Jodie is a Stage 5 Trading *brokerage client and part of our brokerage community. As a specialized service to our clients, we consistently do group Webinars to discuss the markets, trading, various issues and [...]

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May 30th Webinar @ BMT: Putting the Pieces Together

Posted on June 17, 2012 by FuturesTrader71 No Comments

This webinar was the 3rd that I did on an invitation by Big Mike Trading. This video seeks to put together some of the key pieces to putting together a viable trading plan and approach. The video is 1 hours and 42 minutes long. This video is covers a portion of the types of education and [...]

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May 10th Webinar: Trader Spotlight Recording – Chris the Prop Trader

Posted on May 10, 2012 by FuturesTrader71 1 Comment

Trader Spotlight Recording – Chris the Prop Trader Date: Thursday, May 10th Time: 3:30 PM Chicago Time Duration: 42 mins This recording was announced during the posting here. Chris trades professionally for a futures trading firm here in Chicago.  He has traded with this firm since April 2011.  Prior to trading Futures Chris had spent [...]

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Trader Spotlight – An Interview with a Futures Prop Trader

Posted on May 9, 2012 by FuturesTrader71 1 Comment

Trader Spotlight Invitation – Chris the Prop Trader Date: Thursday, May 10th Time: 3:30 PM Chicago Time Duration: 45 mins This is a trader spotlight with a prop trader who trades agricultural futures and who has recently made the turn to greater consistency. The focus of this talk is on his process and what he [...]

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April 21st Webinar @ BMT: Trading on the Hard Right Edge

Posted on April 25, 2012 by FuturesTrader71 1 Comment

This webinar was the 3rd that I did on an invitation by Big Mike Trading. This video covers some key aspects of how I trade the hard right edge of the chart. The video is 2 hours and 8 minutes long. In it, I also demonstrate some aspects of my trade entry and trade management using [...]

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April 17th Chat: Mid-Day Market Impromptu Discussing Troublesome Habits

Posted on April 18, 2012 by FuturesTrader71 1 Comment

This chat was an impromptu that took place during trading hours and was originally intended for my brokerage clients; but I figured that everyone probably has the same issues. Traders continue to take on excessive risk and not pay attention to daily loss limits and trade against the prevailing trend incessantly. Here is the video:  

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