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  • Introduction

    00:00

  • When he started trading, and his style

    00:33

  • How easy it is to short stocks with Trade The Pool

    02:53

  • Reflecting on his losses from swing trading

    05:55

  • Alex’s dashboard

    06:50

  • How he scales and size into trades

    08:15

  • Alex’s strategy to exit trades

    09:35

  • Risk management

    10:39

  • The big drop he had during his evaluation

    12:21

  • Building a cushion or a buffer

    13:20

  • Alex’s thoughts about Trade The Pool

    14:20

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Alex's 20K Funded Journey: A Lesson in Shorting

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Join us as Alex shares his journey from multiple evaluation attempts to becoming a funded trader with Trade The Pool, focusing on his shift from longing breakouts to short selling small-caps. Could you be Trade The Pool’s next funded trader?

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Duration: 15 min 16 sec

Release: 12.12.2024

Views: 719

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