Jason Leavitt Interview - Chat With Traders Podcast Episode 017 - Investing Shortcuts

Jason Leavitt Interview – Chat With Traders Podcast Episode 017

Like many who got into trading, Jason had no formal education in the field. Actually, prior to trading full time he was waiting tables in a restaurant and bartending. Jason is mainly a swing traders. He likes to ride trends from a few weeks or a few days. Sometimes it’s a matter of months when his goal is to take out a big chunk of the move, although it’s the market movement that dictates his holding time.

 

During this interview, he talks about this and more, including all the wildly successful independent traders he has met, and the one trait they all have in common.

 

What’s Covered in This Interview:

  • How in the span of less than three years Jason went on to become a full time trader when he was just waiting tables.
  • The two type of trades Jason focuses on and as a result how he can capture major price swings.
  • The types of trades Jason is willing to take, such as influencers like the overall market and sectors.
  • Jason’s process of broadly scanning hundreds of stocks, and how he uses quality setups by narrowing it down to a few stocks.
  • How Jason relates trading to baseball and how traders can get better statistics and judge their performance.
  • The common trait successful traders have, the ones who make upwards to a few million dollars yearly.
  • The common traits new traders have who aren’t doing so well.
  • Jason relates trading to baseball through a clever analogy, to describe how you can achieve better stats, and how you should track your performance. Jason hints that if you can get this right, the money should be able to take care of itself.
  • The common trait wildly successful independent traders have who make anywhere from a few hundred thousand dollars to a few million dollars every year.

 

 

Links and Resources:

  • leavittbrothers.com -Learn more about Jason and his trade idea subscription service, use this link to get one month access for $15 (usually $99).
  • @JasonLeavitt – Follow Jason on Twitter.
  • TC2000 – John uses this charting and scanning software to look for trades.

 

Aaron Fifield

Author Aaron Fifield

Aaron Fifield is a developing trader, and host of the Chat With Traders podcast. Each week he interviews successful traders and financial thought-leaders to extract their best insights, which is listened to by thousands. On the trading front, Aaron is learning how to code and is pursuing algorithmic trading systems.

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