Today's email is about my good friend, Ron G.

Ron was part of our first Mastermind and now is a huge pillar of the Rake Trades team.

He transitioned into trading full-time not too long ago and is now also helping our students reach their trading goals.

Recently, we got the chance to sit down and dive into his journey…

Here’s a quick preview of what we discussed:

• Ron’s upbringing, growing up in rural Ohio and working on farms.
• How Rong pursued welding and received 13 certifications, but saw his older coworkers looking miserable, which motivated him to explore trading.
• Prior experiences in the corporate world and his family's waste management business helped shape his desire for financial freedom and his pursuit of trading.
• His initial success with options trading during the COVID-19 market bottom, but then lost money consistently for the next 10-11 months.
• We dove into his approach to trading, which involves finding relative strengths or weaknesses in individual names and trading them on a day-to-day basis.
• How he uses a laddering system to build a cushion for trading and defines his initial risk by knowing where he'd stop out and how much he'd be risking if the stop were to hit.
• The importance of having a support system and a good relationship with parents in an untraditional career like trading.
• And much more!

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