Market Insights: Why Do People Invest In Hedge Funds? [Part 3]
Welcome back! Chris Burgess here, and today, we’re wrapping up our discussion about hedge funds. Now that we know what makes a hedge fund and what a hedge fund does, we can come back to the question asked at the beginning of this series: why would anyone pay a 2% management fee and a 20% […]
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Foundations of Trading: A Trader’s Journey [Part 3]
Welcome to part three of our blog series: A Trader’s Journey, where we are covering the first tier of the Foundations of Trading class program. Today’s blog will cover the teachings in class 3, and if you wish to review our previous blogs in this class, please click on the Foundations of Trading blog category […]
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Market Insights: Why Do People Invest In Hedge Funds? [Part 2]
Welcome back! Last week, we talked about what makes a hedge fund and went through the specific requirements in order for a fund to be considered a hedge fund and if you would like to review part 1 of this series you can do that here. Now that we know what a hedge fund is […]
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Foundations of Trading: A Trader’s Journey [Part 2]
Welcome to part two of our blog series: A Trader’s Journey. We are covering the first tier of the Foundations of Trading class program in this series. In our first blog, which you can review here, we took the first step of your trading journey, explained the differences between traders and investors, and introduced you […]
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Market Insights: Why Do People Invest In Hedge Funds? [Part 1]
In today’s Market Insight blog, I’m writing to you to explain all about hedge funds! Now, the reason I’m writing this post is because there are a ton of misconceptions out there about what a hedge fund is, what it means, and why anyone would pay so much to invest in a fund.First, let’s establish […]
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Foundations of Trading: A Trader’s Journey [Part 1]
Every journey begins with that very first step out your door that puts you on the path to your destination. Even though learning to trade the stock market doesn’t require you to travel hundreds or thousands of miles, it still takes those first steps to get you moving forward to your end goal of consistently […]
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Market Insights: How to Develop a Trading Plan that Wins [Part 4]
Welcome back! Chris Burgess here with part four of our series on designing a trading plan. However, I want to summarize the steps we’ve covered already in this series and leave you with some parting thoughts.As we learned in Part I, the first step to designing a winning trading plan is to decide on your […]
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Beyond FOSO: Iron Condor: A Credit Strategy
Our last blog covered a Debit Strategy called Diagonal Spreads, which Chris Burgess taught in his Options Accelerator class, and you can read here if you wish. Today, we will take a look at the other side of the coin; the options credit strategy called the Iron Condor.As we covered last time, a debit strategy […]
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Beyond FOSO: Diagonal Spreads: A Debit Strategy
Our last blog regarding The Options Accelerator class, which Chris Burgess teaches, covered the first class lesson, which you can review here. I have found a significant difference between covering the introductory classes at Tradesmart University and the more advanced classes like Chris’ Options Accelerator and Alphonso’s Earnings Explosion. The introductory classes, such as our […]
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Cash Flow Trader Blog: Scott Landers Interview
This special edition of the TSU blog features an interview with pro trader Scott Landers. Scott is an expert on many trading systems and strategies, working with hedge funds and floor traders for over two decades. He has come to TSU to bring his favorite trading tips that combine price, time, and volume. I believe […]
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