EP 259 | Executing Agenda Trading Strategy for Stratospheric Returns | Lukas Frohlich

Lacking education, mentors or money, Lukas Frohlich, known to many as The Short Bear, became fascinated with financial markets when only 13 years old. Saving everything he could from jobs, he started trading before he could even legally drive a car. He created Youtube and Twitter accounts to share strategies, victories and defeats to help fellow traders improve their game. Obsessed with learning from mistakes, understanding gains and improving his process lead to outrageous gains in 2020 with his Agenda Trading strategy. Changing market conditions propelled Lukas into innovating new strategies quite different from what he started with. His focus, dedication and discipline for self improvement allowed him to branch out in new business areas helping others that go beyond just the trading world.

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Topics & Timestamps:

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0:00 Background
3:20 Early trading and mistakes
7:41 Staying in the game despite mistakes
8:24 January 2020 spectacular returns through a rush of liquidity
12:45 How he pyramided gains
13:55 March 2020 returns of over 600%
15:40 Process for trading setups
19:55 Quantitative process for small caps
22:00 Why he focused on small caps in 2020
25:40 How he avoided any monthly drawdowns in 2020
27:39 Agenda trading is the primary reason for his spectacular returns
28:58 Ended 2020 with returns of over 892,000%
32:00 When he gets out of a position
33:50 Reasons for drawdowns in 2021
36:00 Risk management evolving over time
38:18 Strategies evolve with changing markets
40:35 Technical vs Fundamental approach and importance of each
43:15 Money needed to pump small stocks for successful secondary offering
48:25 The disciplined pursuit of less
50:10 Habits and routine
54:15 Current market conditions
57:40 Naked short selling used by pumpers?
59:20 Impact of Silicon Valley bank on the economy and markets
62:45 Risks facing todays traders
65:00 Mental models
66:30 What Lukas struggles with
70:00 His goals
74:00 Biggest misunderstandings about trading
79:00 Best ways to get in touch with Lukas

See more show notes here:
https://chatwithtraders.com/259

Links & Resources:
- Blogs: https://theshortbear.substack.com/
- Twitter:   / theshortbear  
- YouTube:    / @theshortbear3250  

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