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Dueling Trade Plans: Running Both Long and Short Scalps Simultaneously

Yesterday was the first day that we had the 2-min scalping strategy, and it proved to be modestly profitable but extremely encouraging. This morning, I started out doing exactly the same thing;…

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TSLA Machine Gun Pivot on A Choppy day

  In early April, my trading account was around $350. Over the last few weeks, I have been practicing The Strat, and I found my way to Jim Bradley. I had a solid start last week, and I have…

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Two-minute "Green Takes Red" and "Red Take Green" Auto-Traded

Today was the first day that this strategy was fully implemented, and I jumped right in and let it go.  I learned a couple of things, but it still made money and performed beautifully. …

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Small Losses are Winners When Trading The Strat (or anything else!)

In early April, my trading account was around $350. Over the last few weeks, I have been practicing The Strat, and I found my way to Jim Bradley. I had a solid start last week, and I have decided to…

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The Strat 1-minute Trade in BABA Nets 35% Gain

The material and results shared in these posts are made possible by using Trade Unafraid. Trade Unafraid evaluates personalized criteria and selects the most favorable option, allowing traders to…

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Trading Fastly!

Poor grammar, admittedly.  But trading fastly can make the difference between winning and losing. Mark Melnick called a trade in FSLY this morning, and I joined him.  It was a vicious pop…

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Im In Hotel This Morning

I'm in a hotel this morning. Rather than my home setup of three computers and six screens, I'm doing everything on my one laptop without any external monitors. And I'm not sure just how good the…

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A Sweet Example of the Power Of Automated Trading

ZM was very strong, and it was about to break the day's high.  I set up a Quick Trade to enter on the next break of a five-minute candle.  And I used our newly implemented exit strategy…

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Rotten Apple

Apple pulled a fast one this morning.  It looked like a solid one-and-done.  Strong move down in the first minute, closing nearing the low of the candle. Unfortunately for me, it broke the…

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BABA's Big Break

   BABA finally broke 300 this morning. And Trade Unafraid bowled a perfect game. See what I did there?  😄 BABA reached 299.00 on September 2nd, followed by a long, meandering drop…

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The Power of Trading Without Fear

I'm not talking about being foolhardy.  Fear is valuable; it keeps you from getting hurt. What I mean by trading without fear is having the ability to try the same premise again, because it is…

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How Would Trade Unafraid Have Behaved During Yesterday's Reversal?

 It was quite a swift and dramatic drop we saw on October 6th.  Over 5 points in the SPY in 10 minutes.  Many traders holding long positions were taken by surprise. I was not in a…