{"id":40905,"date":"2015-05-22T16:23:50","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T20:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=40905"},"modified":"2015-05-22T16:23:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T20:23:50","slug":"ask-anything-can-you-beat-the-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/ask-anything-can-you-beat-the-markets","title":{"rendered":"Ask anything: can you beat the markets?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure data-orig-width=\"523\" data-orig-height=\"299\" class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-orig-width=\"523\" data-orig-height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/41.media.tumblr.com\/05745a0a38512c1e27b7dff7df14fd58\/tumblr_inline_nornkwznrv1slheli_540.png\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hi Mike, <br \/>I have heard that there are roughly 50,000 professional traders and 20M want-a-bes. That&#8217;s about 1 in 40 and even though those are not good odds I am happy to know that it is possible to do. I have struggled with day-trading. But I have found using options trading longer term chart patterns (weeks and months) that I have a great track record. My question is am I just getting lucky or is it truly possible for someone to make consistent returns that are better than the market average?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>@MikeBellafiore<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We did something special here for this question to our Ask Anything section.&nbsp; I answer this question&#8230;. and then&#8230;&#8230; we bring in Hedge Fund Trader and trading author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Performance-Trading-Investing-Bruce-Bower-ebook\/dp\/B00W2B9GOQ\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1429115124&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=bruce+Bower\"><i>Peak Performance Trading and Investing <\/i><\/a>Bruce Bower to answer the same question from his perspective.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this video you will learn:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the importance of finding your time frame, product and style as a trader<\/li>\n<li>the common reasons why many fail, including capitalization<\/li>\n<li>whether you can beat the market ($SPY, $IWM, $QQQ)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We hope you enjoy the video.<\/p>\n<p>*no relevant positions<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.net\/embed\/iframe\/l0mxwhg0gm\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wistia_embed\" width=\"600\" height=\"366\" id=\"wistia_embed\"><\/iframe><script src=\"\/\/fast.wistia.net\/assets\/external\/E-v1.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Performance-Trading-Investing-Bruce-Bower-ebook\/dp\/B00W2B9GOQ\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40656\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/BowerBook1.jpg\" alt=\"bruce bower peak performance\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/BowerBook1.jpg 600w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/BowerBook1-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Mike, I have heard that there are roughly 50,000 professional traders and 20M want-a-bes. That&#8217;s about 1 in 40 and even though those are not good odds I am happy to know that it is possible to do. I have struggled with day-trading. But I have found using options trading longer term chart patterns (weeks and months) that I &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/ask-anything-can-you-beat-the-markets\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3771,58],"class_list":["post-40905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-comments-2","tag-beat","tag-markets","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ask anything: can you beat the markets? | SMB Training<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/ask-anything-can-you-beat-the-markets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ask anything: can you beat the markets? | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi Mike, I have heard that there are roughly 50,000 professional traders and 20M want-a-bes. 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