What podcasts say about Shake Pryzby
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What Shake Pryzby has said on podcasts
19 statements · 8 positive · 3 negative · 1 mixed · 7 neutral
Shake’s momentum strategy targets 150% margin exposure concentrated in high-beta stocks.
“Strategy I'm going to tell you about today is just the pure momentum risk on strategy where I'm trying to be 150% invested on margin, concentrated in the highest of beta names.”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 1:10
Oversized trades increase traders’ emotional decision-making.
“Having too much size in a trade will only increase your emotional decision-making.”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 1:22
Shake will hold entirely cash during unfavorable trading periods.
“I'll hold 100% cash for weeks while other traders continue to enter stock.”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 2:07
The strategy should only be activated when its objective trend conditions are present.
“The trend filter is binary. This isn't feel, right? So I have to see these things out of the market in order to put this strategy on.”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 10:26
The strategy requires consistently low VIX conditions.
“The VIX has to be consistently low because this strategy relies a lot on moving average trading.”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 10:56
Higher VIX levels reduce the reliability of moving-average support.
“The higher the VIX gets, the less moving averages are respected, right?”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 11:00
Intraday entry tactics enable Shake to take larger portfolio positions.
“I'm utilizing intraday levels of entry tactics in order to have larger portfolio positions.”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 14:17
Shake uses 20–40% portfolio positions with roughly 0.5–1.5% account risk per trade.
“I'll quantify this at greater than 20% up to 40% while maintaining strict risk parameters, typically a half percent account risk per trade. up to one and a half percent.”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 14:21
A position must gain distance from entry on day one to justify a 40% weighting.
“I need that distance. I need to be up in the trade in day one to hold that 40% portfolio weighting.”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 15:08
Stock selection accounts for 75% of trading success.
“Name selection is 75% of the battle.”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 19:26
A stock’s movement is typically attributed 40% to market, 30% sector, and 30% company factors.
“A stock is typically 40% the market, 30% the sector, 30% itself.”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 20:28
Market and industry conditions determine 60% of a stock’s move before company analysis.
“The implication here is 60% of a stock's move is decided before you ever analyze the company.”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 21:32
Power earnings gaps usually initiate large stock moves.
“The power of power earnings gaps is it's usually the genesis of the start of a large move”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 22:26
Software stocks are expected to rise for the remainder of the year.
“I believe they're set to go higher the rest of the year.”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 23:14
Shake buys one share to keep promising stocks on his active radar.
“What I've begun doing the last few years is buying a single share of stock.”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 57:15
Achieving 150–200% annual returns requires tolerating roughly 10% down days.
“In order to have these 150, 200% years that all the best momentum traders are going to have, You have to be willing to have kind of these 10% down days”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 58:03
Shake reported a 73.5% portfolio gain and 7.74% maximum drawdown.
“I had a 73.5% portfolio gain. My max drawdown was only 7.74%.”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 58:19
Shake recommends fewer positions, fewer losses, and greater commitment to selected names.
“I want to be taking less losses. I want to be focused on less names, and I want to commit. commit more so to the names”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 1:08:39
Traders should eliminate FOMO-driven chasing from their process.
“ridding your life of FOMO is another message I'd really like to leave with traders.”
Open the episode · The Dynamic Sizing Strategy of a Top Swing Trader | Shake PryzbyListen at 1:56:17
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