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Rookie Trader, welcome to the Rookie Corner.
If you are a brand new trader, start here on the Rookie Blog. Coach Greg Holmes will teach you how to become a professional trader.
Rookie Blog: Procrastination Costs Money!
September 2, 2021
By Greg Holmes
Two lessons here: First, discipline is paramount to successful trading; second is keep procrastination at bay.
Rookie Blog: The Power of Bitcoin
August 26, 2021
By Greg Holmes
Good Day Rookie Bloggers! For those of you who know me or have at least interacted in some of the content, I have been involved with you probably know that I am more conservative about trading than maybe some of the other coaches in our community and there fore it may seem somewhat strange thatREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: Plans Wrecked? Stay Calm and Trade On!
August 19, 2021
By Greg Holmes
Good Day Rookie Bloggers, this week we are going to focus on one of the most important parts of trading and that is planning or more importantly having a plan for each trade. Here at Tackle, we are big fans of making plans for trades and this is because we have learned over our manyREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: Summertime Blues
August 12, 2021
By Greg Holmes
Good Day Bloggers! This week I am going to test your observation skills. There will be a lot of “have you noticed?” type thoughts today. Have you noticed the large moves in your favorite equities? I have noticed that some of my favorite stocks have moved much more in the daily time frame than IREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: Which Way Did He Go?
August 4, 2021
By Greg Holmes
Welcome to the Rookie Blog! This week I want to talk about strategy selection. I was having a conversation with one of my trader buddies the other day and we were looking at the same chart. We both came to the logical conclusion that this chart was bullish. This is not uncommon that two tradersREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: Turmoil Like it or Love it?
July 29, 2021
By Greg Holmes
Good Day Rookie Bloggers, In the blog last week we talked about an increase in volatility or another way to put it would be an increase in turmoil, market turmoil. This turmoil can do a couple of things to traders it can make this salivate or it can make them cringe. Whatever side you resideREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: Hammer or Wrench?
July 22, 2021
By Greg Holmes
Good Day Rookie Bloggers! This week in the blog I want to talk about the tools in our trading toolbox. When I talk about the tools I am speaking about the concept of strategy selection and all that goes into it. It’s great to find a stellar technical setup but how does one know whatREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: Market Mania!
July 15, 2021
By Greg Holmes
Good Day Rookie Bloggers! This week we are going to talk about the current market conditions that we are seeing and what it means for our trading. Although it would be great to believe that our trading systems will work in all market conditions this is not always the case or more aptly put, thereREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: The Two-Headed Monster
July 8, 2021
By Greg Holmes
This week I want to talk about the two-headed monster inside of all of us when it comes to trading. The monster I am referring to is the trader we WANT to be and the trader we HAVE to be.
Rookie Blog: Birds of a Feather!
June 24, 2021
By Greg Holmes
Hello Tackle Traders! I had a question come to me this week in regards to covered calls? What are they and what are they good for? Of course there were lots of follow up questions like how to I build one, how do I manage one, how do I close one etc? These are allREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: The Fed Has Spoken!
June 17, 2021
By Greg Holmes
So today was Fed day or more apptly put the day the Fed was talking about rates and the policy outlook going forward. Usually these meetings are little more than window dressing as it seems the street already knows what is going to happen. The most intriguing fact about these meetings is the intepretation ofREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: Speculation Anyone?
June 10, 2021
By Greg Holmes
Good day all, In this week’s blog I want to talk about something that I have held off talking about for as long as I could. For anyone who knows me, you would know that I tend to err on the side of being conservative when it comes to investing and trading. I prefer toREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: Money Burning A Hole?
June 3, 2021
By Greg Holmes
Hey Rookie Bloggers! This week I am going to run a scenario by you that may seem somewhat familiar. This scenario can cause even the most disciplined trader to make a mistake. This scenario is one that typically comes along after the markets have had an extended run in either direction. When this scenario popsREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: The Debit Spread
May 27, 2021
By Greg Holmes
In this week’s Rookie Blog we are going to talk about the Debit Spread. We have had some inquiries from our members on how these trades are made and how to manage them as they progress to their natural conclusion. We will first look at the makeup of the trade and then extoll the virtuesREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: The Team
May 20, 2021
By Greg Holmes
In last week’s blog we talked about when bears attack and what we need to do when that happens. We talked about looking at levels of support and resistance and being observers of the market as opposed to being prediction machines. As I spoke about this wisdom came from one of my mentors, he wasREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: When Bears Attack!
May 13, 2021
By Greg Holmes
The markets are sliding and the traders are running for cover! When we see this kind of market action this conjures up all kind of nasty images in the minds of traders. The most common images for anyone who has been around the trading world is probably that of a bear attacking its prey whichREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: Defense Wins Championships!
April 22, 2021
By Greg Holmes
The last couple of days have shown us some red candles before having a solid bounceback. For all the mega-bulls this is great news and as it seems it is mostly expected as it appears the market will never go down again. It is not surprising that a lot of folks feel this way, especiallyREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: Choose the path of Light!
April 15, 2021
By Greg Holmes
Good day all, if you have been watching the markets recently you might have noticed that things have not been as cut and dried from a directional perspective as perhaps they were a couple of months ago. We have had some changes in both magnitudes of price movement as well as the volatility of thoseREAD MORE
Rookie Blog: Stretch Armstrong Problems
April 8, 2021
By Greg Holmes
We are going way back in time for today’s visual for the blog. Lets be honest here, who remembers Stretch Armstrong? I have to admit that it was definitely a part of my childhood and that should give you a solid indication of my actual age
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