You won’t ever catch me skydiving.
Jumping out of a perfectly good airplane at 8,000 to 14,000 feet in the sky? No thanks. Not for me.
Tell the truth, I only barely like getting on airplanes when I’m NOT planning to jump out of them.
I’m what you might call “risk averse.”
And that makes it really difficult to trade in turbulent markets like these.
Because everywhere you look right now, there’s risk.
There’s risk from tariffs (seriously, what’s going on?!)
There’s risk from China…
There’s even now risk of a government shutdown in a few days.
And according to analysts from Raymond James, while that usually doesn’t rock the markets much, it’s certainly not going to help in our current environment…
“Historically, government shutdowns have had limited market reaction,” they wrote to clients this week. “That is likely to remain the case, but adding to the significant amount of uncertainty coming out of DC is unwelcome in the current market climate.”
“Significant amount of uncertainty coming out of DC” feels like an understatement, doesn’t it?
When President Trump isn’t busy giving government-sponsored PSAs for Tesla, he’s certainly not spending his time making his trade or tariff policy any clearer.
And if you’re “risk averse” like me, that can lead to some really difficult conditions trading the market.
So what can you do to survive through times like these? Here are a few tips I’ve learned in my brief time trading that I think are really helpful:
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Follow the experts
We’ve assembled a team of the best experts in the world specifically to help traders in all market conditions.
Whether it’s Nate or Graham or Jack, or Geof or Jeffry or any of our guys, they’re all here, giving their time and opening their accounts to trade and commiserate with you.
And don’t overlook that last part: I’m so thankful that these guys are completely honest about their successes and failures. It makes me realize that losing is a part of trading, even for the very best, and you have to be prepared for it if you want to be successful.
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Limit your exposure
Here’s an idea our experts have been kicking around a lot lately: simply don’t spend as much time in the markets.
That doesn’t mean “don’t trade.”
It means trade strategies that keep you in the markets for less time, so you’ve got less exposure to those huge downward swings.
Strategies like Nate’s Overnight Options, or Chris Pulver’s Daily Profit Plays, or Geof Smith’s Starting Gate Trade Alerts — all of these approaches are built to get you in and out of the markets quickly, which is a huge asset when the markets look as ugly as they do right now.
I’m not an expert on 0DTE (zero day to expiration) options, but they’re something I want to learn a lot more about, too.
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Take your time
Don’t rush into anything.
Don’t trade just to trade.
The worst thing you can do right now is force anything.
There’s no clock on the markets. There’s no timer telling you “get in now or get left behind.”
Don’t let your eagerness to get into the markets be the enemy of good decision making.
Be patient, take your time, and let things fall into place — even if it means keeping cash on the sidelines.
If Warren Buffett is keeping cash on the sidelines right now, believe me, it’s ok for you to as well!
Hope these few quick tips help you find your bearings in a dispeptic market. If I find any trades, I’ll let you know over on Telegram.
To your prosperity,
Stephen Ground
Editor-in-Chief, ProsperityPub
P.S.: One trade I might enter this week is Nate’s Two-Way Trade, specifically calibrated to take advantage of markets like these. Learn more about it here.
