{"id":42860,"date":"2015-12-15T16:25:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T21:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=42860"},"modified":"2015-12-15T16:25:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T21:25:03","slug":"meet-mr-excuse-trader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/meet-mr-excuse-trader","title":{"rendered":"Meet Mr. Excuse trader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*inspired by 18 years of trading<\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"358\" data-orig-width=\"479\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-orig-height=\"358\" data-orig-width=\"479\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/41.media.tumblr.com\/5b9475dcfd066299d4a22044a41d5f88\/tumblr_inline_nzf5qhtosg1slheli_540.png\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>I lost money because of that damn Jim Cramer!<\/p>\n<p>No you lost money because <i>you<\/i> followed his advice on a trade not best for you.<\/p>\n<p>I lost money because the damn Fed keeps inflating prices.<\/p>\n<p>No you lost money because <i>you<\/i> didn\u2019t follow the trend created by the Fed keeping rates low.<\/p>\n<p>I lost money because SMB made a video offering a short idea in that stock.<\/p>\n<p>No you lost money because <i>you<\/i> made a trade without edge.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I lost money because the risk manager at my firm won\u2019t give me enough room.<\/p>\n<p>No you lost money because <i>your <\/i>results dictated how much risk the firm would extend and <i>you <\/i>didn\u2019t trade within those parameters.<\/p>\n<p>I lost money because Citron downgraded my stock.<\/p>\n<p>No you lost money because <i>you<\/i> did not adequately plan for a downgrade.<\/p>\n<p>I lost money because my significant other keeps giving me a hard time.<\/p>\n<p>No you lost money because <i>you<\/i> let your relationship affect you or <i>you <\/i>decided to stay in one not in your self-interest.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I lost money because our head trader called out a buy and the darn stock went down.<\/p>\n<p>No you lost money because <i>you <\/i>did not make a trade your own.<\/p>\n<p>I lost money because <i>I<\/i> made a bad trade.<\/p>\n<p>Huh? You must be a professional trader.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Happy Holidays!<\/p>\n<p>*no relevant positions&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smbu.com\/premium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42776 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/joinpremium.gif\" alt=\"joinpremium\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Banners', 'clicked', 'SMBU Premium GIF');\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*inspired by 18 years of trading I lost money because of that damn Jim Cramer! No you lost money because you followed his advice on a trade not best for you. I lost money because the damn Fed keeps inflating prices. No you lost money because you didn\u2019t follow the trend created by the Fed keeping rates low. I lost &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/meet-mr-excuse-trader\" 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":[4807,3534,144],"class_list":["post-42860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-comments-2","tag-excuse","tag-meet","tag-trader","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>Meet Mr. Excuse trader | 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\/meet-mr-excuse-trader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet Mr. Excuse trader | SMB Training\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"*inspired by 18 years of trading I lost money because of that damn Jim Cramer! 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