Thanks for checking out my “About me” page – let me give you a quick background on who I am and what this site is about.
My name is Brian Lund and I’m the guy behind bclund.com.
I’m 44 years old, live in Southern California, married with two wonderful children. I also like beer.
I’m a principal in a start-up online broker and have been trading, drumming, and running businesses for over 25 years.
My Blog
bclund is about the intersection between markets, trading, and life. Do you like life? Do you like trading? If the answer is “yes” to either of those questions, this blog is for you.
There are many parallels between life and trading, and chances are you have already learned much about trading through your life experiences; you just may not know it. I create a narrative that ties the two together in a way that I hope “demystifies” trading, and helps to make you more successful at it.
Along the way you will have to put up with my odd sense of humor, as well as my interest in punk rock, pop culture, literature, music, and hard-core porn (ah…just seeing if you are paying attention).
You may think at times that I am funny, obnoxious, insightful, rude, or just an A-hole, but hopefully you won’t be bored.
Either way, one thing I will always be is honest. Get a sense of what I am talking about by checking out the “Best of bclund” page.
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If you follow @bclund you’ll get a variety of things. First off you will get some insights into my thoughts about the markets and trading – the stuff that is too short to put into a blog post.
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(Note: If you are new to my blog, I post about all sorts of things. Sometimes it involves something extremely personal, like creating a 30K baby or my Monster Trades. Other times it deals with hot ex-porn stars who trade stocks. And sometimes it’s about how to avoid “suicide”. But a good place to start is The Best of bclund. If you like what you read, please tell a friend. If you don’t, please tell two friends.)
Hi bclund
Thanks for the enlightening article on Trader 1.
I have had some misfortune recently, I dont blame markets but blame myself for that. I could have come out on top but was too complacent. I am trying to re-organize myself. I recently saw your video you posted on Nasdaq 100. It has some good tips for a novice like me. Just wondering what trading platform you generally use? Cos I am on a very basic one and it does not have all the features, etc.
Thanks.
Sohail
Glad you liked the post.
I use Interactive Brokers with Button Trader on top of it.
I will be doing a blog post soon on tips for novice traders, so keep an eye out for it.
Thanks for reading Sohail
Hi Brian
I loved your video about DB’s on the stream. I believe I remember you from my earlier days in Zanger’s chat room before it became a Zoo. I am glad I found your blog and twitter stream and look forward to following your work.
Enjoy your weekend
Bruce
Hi Bruce,
Yes that is me, I am still in Dan’s chat room daily.
Thanks for the kind words. Perhaps the video was a bit over the top, but I just get very upset when people mislead others. Especially when it comes to trading where people can really get hurt.
Thanks for checking out my blog.
Hi Brain,
Long time listener, first time caller in a way. Love your episodes in “Trades That Didn’t Suck” Videos. Thank you for doing that. It has helped me greatly. In your videos you often said you put in a buy-stop orders, do put in as market or limit order? And do you use hard stops?
Vinh
Hi Vinh, thanks for the nice words about TTDS videos.
When I put a buy stop in I will usually put a two-tick offset on it, so it is a buy stop limit order.
For stops on open positions, I enter a stop in on Button Trader which is an API that lays over Interactive Brokers. So the stop is hard in the sense that I enter it, but soft in the sense that it is held by BT. This is the best of both worlds I believe because I can have an active stop, but not one sitting on the exchange where it can be hunted. Of course there is always the risk of a connection loss, but in my experience with BT that is negligible.
Thanks for reading.
I look forward to your blogs. I have been musing about East coast vs West Coast as long as I have had a driver’s license. West coasters honk politely a few seconds after the light changes: East coasters lay on the honk the instant the light changes and two seconds later are pushing the car in front of them into the intersection. All the while, the East coaster is thinking why did that car even stop for this light?
I don’t know, I am a West Coaster and I used to throw pennies….LOL.
Thanks for reading Warren.
New to your blog, referred by Bobby Rich. You are fantastic… Made me laugh on a day where I have too much to do, and not enough money to do it.
How can I subscribe?
By the way, I do the weather. Trying to grow my concept. If you put in your zip code you will receive the best forecast through me, via the national weather service. http://www.YourOnlineWeather.com
This is not why I’m sending you this note. Couldn’t find the subscribe button?
Thanks,
Gary Kelley
San Diego, CA.
Average guitar player
Thanks for reading Gary. Here is the link to subscribe….
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