Author: James

A part of trading success involves choosing the right broker(s) for your needs. Here’s a list of brokers I currently use, followed by a list of ones I’ve used in the past. I’ll give advantages and disadvantages to each one. I’ll also note that I’m not an affiliate for any of these brokers, so I […]

January was a very slow month. The smallcap market, which is the market I primarily trade, was dead. There were very few opportunities that fit within my strategies. I missed some multi-R winners the first week of January. After that, things were just dead…very little would pop up on my Scanz software or on Stockfetcher. […]

One thing I’ve learned over the past year is that a lot of people don’t understand money flows and the differences between negative, zero, and positive sum games. If you’re going to invest in any sort of asset, or trade any sort of market, you need to know how money is flowing through it. You […]

You’ll often hear traders talk about “conviction” on a trade, and even mention sizing in when conviction is high. But should conviction dictate your trading decisions? Defining Conviction Conviction can be defined as “a strong belief or opinion” or “the feeling of being sure that what you believe or say is true.” Now, there’s nothing […]

2021 was an interesting trading year for me. It was a year I started off with a bang and ended with a whimper. It was my best year ever in terms of absolute $ profits. However it wasn’t my best year in terms of percentage returns on my capital. Also, pretty much all the money […]

In 2011, while browsing Yahoo Finance, I was served an ad for Jammin’ Java. However, this ad wasn’t for their coffee. It was for their stock. Jammin’ Java was company trading on the Over The Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) under the ticker symbol JAMN. The company sold Marley Coffee … yes, a brand of coffee […]