The Stock Trading Reality Podcast

Mar 03 2025 520 ep. 57 mins 3.5k

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Let's talk all things trading! No hype. No nonsense. Just a brutal look at the world of trading and what it takes to find success. Hear the ups and downs of trader's journey and the realistic side of what it takes to find consistency and profit.

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I've Started a LIVE Stream! Come Hang Out!

Mar 03 2025 11 mins

This is more a public service announcement than anything else, but I want you to all be aware that I have begun live streaming during the lunchtime portion of the day. This is free and open to everyone and anyone. You don’t need to be a premium member and you don’t even need to be a subscriber to my YouTube channel (but if you’re not… come on!!!). What’s the live stream a

What is the BEST Indicator? | STR 518

Feb 24 2025 11 mins

I started claytrader.com back in 2013, so yeah, I’ve been asked quite a few questions over the years. The question that has got to be one of the most popular is this: “Hey Clay, what is the best indicator?” or, slightly varied, “what is your favorite indicator?”. While I can’t say there is anything wrong with this question per-se, it does open the doors to some potentia

STOP Shorting Stocks! (do this...) | STR 517

Feb 17 2025 19 mins

Listen. I've lost count of how many stocks I have shorted over the years. It is a whole lot! As much as it pains me to say it (as it reveals a mistake on my part), I have wasted soooo much time over the years with shorting stocks. To be fair, when I first got started the abundance of new approaches to the market didn't exist; however, I stuck with shorting stocks way longer than I

A Bad Critique of Prop Firms | STR 516

Feb 10 2025 20 mins

Let me say this upfront. I have no problem if you don't like prop firms and believe there to be better ways of going about growing as a trader. With that being said, I've seen some pretty bad critiques of prop firms that I would argue are arrived upon with logic filled with blind spots. While I'm not going to argue for prop firms per-se, I do want to make sure you, as a listener, a

The Dirty Dog | STR 515

Feb 03 2025 10 mins

In this episode, to those of you who are beginners and just getting started in the world of day trading, I want to introduce you to someone you will, without doubt, experience in your day trader journey. Who do I need to introduce you to? The dirty dog! Over my years of coaching other traders and running the YouTube channel, I’ve found that while it may not be the most popular wa

Are You a Stupid Person?| STR 514

Jan 27 2025 14 mins

I don’t mean to be mean, but there are times where genuine care is just being blunt with someone… and that’s what I need to do in this situation. I’m not sure how else to say it other than I am seeing some very stupid people out there in the trading world. Are you one of them? Be honest. No judgements on my part as I used to be King Stupid back in the day when I first got s

Daily Max Loss. Good? Bad? | STR 513

Jan 20 2025 11 mins

The daily max loss. A risk management rule that has a whole lot of opinions surrounding it. I recently made a YouTube video discussing how a futures prop firm eliminated this rule. In sharing my thoughts, I received some interesting comments and wanted to address one in particular as I believe it opened the doors to explain a deeper reasoning for my logic. Whether you are trading s

Hold or Sell? Here's the Answer... | STR 512

Jan 13 2025 8 mins

Throughout my years as a trader and coach/teacher, I’ve come to discover a very simple (yet very powerful) question. When people ask me one of the most common questions ever, “Should I hold or sell?”, I respond with something that exposes several issues. In this episode I hope to accomplish one of two things. Either you are the person who needs to be, politely, smacked in the

3 Reasons For Futures Trading | STR 511

Jan 06 2025 15 mins

If I were forced to give a one word arguement for futures trading, it would be this: flexibility. Futures trading is not a Holy Grail area of the market where you money begins to rain down from the sky; however, it is an area of the financial markets that give a whole lot of flexibility. This flexibilty can be explained via three reasons on why you should at least consider learning

Potentially Really Bad Trading Logic... | STR 510

Dec 30 2024 16 mins

Are you thinking of getting into trading or have been struggling? Perhaps you’ve had a form of logic cross your mind via your own thoughts or via the input of someone else that, quite frankly, is really low grade and bad. To be fair, under certain circumstances and contexts, the logic used by some is totally accurate and applicable; however, if you are operating under the proper