Why We Bring Humor to Trading (And Sing About It, Too!)

October 16, 2024 in Announcements, PTR Recording

Learning about trading fundamentals like risk management, proper sizing, and chart reading can feel a bit like memorizing tax codes—essential but, let’s be honest, dry. So, at our trade rooms, we’ve made it our mission to bring in some humor, light-heartedness, and even a bit of musical entertainment to the table.

Enter our AI songs, “Just Suck Less” and “Double Down Donkey.

Let’s take a closer look, and listen, 🎧👂🎶 to these two silly tunes that bring a bit of rhythm and wit to some valuable trading principles:

Just Suck Less: This song is a playful spin on the idea of improvement. Getting better each day can feel like a lot to ask when you’re deep in the charts or managing risk. But what if the bar were lower? Instead of aiming to be perfect, we’re just aiming to “suck less.” Make fewer mistakes, manage losses better, maybe even pull back on impulse trades. It’s a reminder that small, incremental changes add up, and if you’re making fewer mistakes each day, you’re already moving in the right direction.

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Double Down Donkey: This tune is a fun cautionary anthem against the urge to “double down” when things go south—a strategy that too often leads to deeper losses. Whether it’s martingale or simply piling on losing trades, this song highlights the trouble with chasing after bad trades. It’s a catchy reminder to avoid the pitfall of doubling down when it’s time to reassess.

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These songs aren’t just meant to teach—they’re designed to make you laugh, shake your head, and give you something to hum throughout the day. Because while trading can be tough, it doesn’t have to be dull.

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Futures and Options trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them in order to invest in the futures and options markets. Don’t trade with money you can’t afford to lose. This is neither a solicitation nor an offer to Buy/Sell futures or options. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those discussed on this web site. The past performance of any trading system or methodology is not necessarily indicative of future results.

CFTC RULE 4.41 – HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OR-OVER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFIT OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.

ProTrading Room 2021 Year in Review

January 2, 2022 in PTR Recording, Trade Recap

Whew!

What a year, that 2021.

On the speculative front, we started the year with a gamer named Roaring Kitty testifying before Congress, and ended with all things the metaverse, Apex Trader Funding becoming the Robinhood of prop (I want half-off Eddie!), and a micro-ETH futures contract (MET).

In between, we watched the all crypto market cap jump from $1T to over $3T, at its height, (our favorite crypto tickers – HNT, CRO, HEX, VGX), and finished with a 28% return for the S&P.

You can hear all about it in the lead-in to the last trading day of 2021 in the ProTrading Room (PTR.)

Watch the Replay.

 


Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Futures and Options trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them in order to invest in the futures and options markets. Don’t trade with money you can’t afford to lose. This is neither a solicitation nor an offer to Buy/Sell futures or options. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those discussed on this web site. The past performance of any trading system or methodology is not necessarily indicative of future results.

CFTC RULE 4.41 – HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OR-OVER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFIT OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.