Howard Lindzon. best known as the co-founder of StockTwits, is a trader, entrepreneur, hedge fund manager, investor and an angel investor.
Howard discusses his early career back when he was in the back office of a brokerage firm. He also talks about his strategy concerning high growth stocks and how innovative technology can really change trading within the next 5 to 10 years. Howard also dives into the idea of buy low and sell higher and what angel investments he’s been involved with.
What’s Covered in This Interview:
- How a trader’s pain tolerance and risk profile usually shapes a person’s career as a trader or investor.
- Why traders can just sit on the sidelines and give more time to look at pitches and see which ones are good.
- Howard’s methodology for trading high growth momentum stocks.
- Howard’s advice on how to identify stocks that can potentially be big market winning trends.
- Why stocks will usually climb higher if they break into all time highs and some telltale signs that a trend may be ending.
- Howard’s opinion on experts in the field and only uses his own instincts, price and volume around a catalyst.
- How Howard came up with the idea of StockTwits and how new traders can benefit from this community.
- How trading may change for retail traders within the 5 to 10 years because of innovative technology and innovation.
- Why traders should aim to destroy the market.
- What Howard’s first angel investment was, including how he came across the opportunity and what niches attract him the most.
Links and Resources:
- StockTwits – Think of this site Howard co-founded as Twitter for traders and investors.
- RobinHood – This is brokerage startup that has commission free trades that Howard’s invested in.
- The StockTwits Edge: 40 Actionable Trade Setups from Real Market Pros – Howard co-authored this book with Philip Pearlman and Ivaylo Ivanhoff (EP 024).
- HowardLindzon.com – Howard’s personal blog for over 7 years.
- @HowardLindzon – Follow Howard on Stocktwits.
- @HowardLindzon – Follow Howard on Twitter.
