Hey Traders, Let me ask you something: Have you ever been tempted by a dividend stock with a sky-high yield? Maybe you thought, “Wow, this is paying out 12%, 15%, even 20% — I can’t lose!” But then a few months or years down the line, that stock crashes, and you’re left holding the bag. […]
A Structured Weekly Strategy Could Keep You Calm and Focused
Jack Carter | December 16, 2024
Hey traders, Let’s be real — trading can feel overwhelming sometimes. Especially when you get caught in the trap of trying to trade too much — too many tickers, too many trades, too many strategies. Then there’s the constant question of when to get in. And right when you’ve got that figured out, the next […]
Trading Too Much? It Could Be Costing You.
Jack Carter | December 12, 2024
Hey traders, We’ve all been there — you’ve got your charts up, watching multiple stocks bounce around, and you can’t resist the urge to click that buy or sell button one more time. After all, more trades mean more chances to win, right? Wrong. Here’s the truth they don’t tell you: Overtrading can quietly drain […]
3 Big Mistakes Traders Make When Selling Options
Jack Carter | October 7, 2024
Hey traders, If you read my series last week on two big events early in my trading career that turned Maybe now you’ve decided to sell options. Good call. But just like any other strategy, there’s a right way and a wrong way to do it. Over the years, I’ve seen countless people try their […]
When the Market Surprises You: Adapt, Don’t Panic
Jack Carter | August 30, 2024
Hey traders, In our industry, you see it all the time: Past performance is not indicative of future results. All trading carries risk. And this week, the year’s hottest stock proved that to a lot of people when it reported earnings. Not only was NVDA among the year’s hottest stock, but they blew out earnings […]
Always Double-Check Your Trades (A Costly Lesson)
Jack Carter | June 27, 2024
When I told you about my ADM trade yesterday, it reminded me of another time I made a similar kind of mistake in my trading. It happened years ago when I was about to head out on a much-needed motorcycle trip. I was in a hurry to get out the door, eager to hit the […]
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Jack Carter | June 26, 2024
Have you ever heard the saying “out of sight, out of mind”? Let me tell you about the time that saying came back to bite me in the you-know-what. It must have been 5 or 6 years ago. I had just placed a trade on a stock I had traded a lot: Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM). As […]
The Dangers of Young Success
Jack Carter | May 27, 2024
You can’t give a young kid that much money — it goes straight to their head. I learned this lesson the hard way, back when I was just starting out and experiencing my first taste of real success. Picture this: I had just started working at a brokerage firm, and thanks to my Series 7 […]
The Short That Almost Killed Me
Jack Carter | May 24, 2024
Let me tell you about the short that almost killed me. It was back in the mid-’90s, around 1996 or 1997. I had my own hedge fund in Boulder, Colorado. We were doing about 100 trades a day, so I was always taking shots at different trades. If a trade didn’t go my way, I’d […]
My Most Painful Lesson
Jack Carter | May 16, 2024
Hey Traders, Smart traders learn from the mistakes of others… But try telling that to this young, mullet-headed Indiana boy in the early 80s. That’s me, I was a brand-new stock broker working in New York City and the holidays were coming up. Like any young kid who had been away from home for a […]