Public Webinar – Convergent Trader Spotlight w/Anthony Crudele
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“I don’t know how someone could be in this business and expect their first entry to be so good that they never add to that trade when it is against them”
– Anthony Crudele
Trader Profile – Anthony Crudele
Futures Trader & Talk Show Host
Style: Outright Futures Daytrader
Key Products (in official exchange symbols): ES, ZF, TN, DX, GC, ZB
Trading Time Frame: 60 minute bars for bias, 5 or 3 minute to trigger
Trading Holding Period: As long as it takes to get a target. Usually intraday.
Favorite Setup: A mean reversion in the direction of the high time frame taken in a low time frame
Recent Aha Moment: Blockchain technology will revolutionize the future – struck in an interview with the CEO of Kraken
Relevant Resources
Anthony’s recommendation for pre-market reading: Reuters Morning Call Newsletter
Anthony’s talk show: FuturesRadioShow.com
Key Takeaways
“I don’t know how someone could be in this business and expect their first entry to be so good that they never add to that trade when it is against them”
Recommended Starting Capital: $25,000.
“I believe that you need to be able to trade 3 contracts of the product at full exchange margin plus room for losses. For the ES, this would be $25,000.”
Duration for Trader Profitability:
“No less than a year. I don’t believe they have seen enough in a shorter amount of time.”
Top Required Characteristic of a Trader:
“Super Competitive but when they lose, they are willing to accept it”
Crypto Holdings: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin
Crypto Trading Style: Same as futures but longer time frame
Bullish/Bearish Crypto: Definitely bullish long term
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