Risktory: The Story Of Risk

On today’s episode, something a little different. One of the most popular Risktory episodes of 2021, or ever, really, has been the episode ‘Make it make sense… Gamestop’ where I documented how a bunch of Reddit bros went up against Wall Street and stripped wealthy investors of over a billion dollars through a stock trading strategy called short-selling. Ever since that episode first aired in February 2021, I’ve been inundated with questions about stock trading strategies. And I’ve found it interesting that most, if not all, of the questions were, and are, around minimizing loss and maximizing yield. And how to avoid the former and how to chase the latter.And you might be thinking, that’s weird. Why are people messaging a podcast based in risk and history about stock trading strategies. Don’t worry, it flummoxed me too at first. But then I figured it out.Stock trading strategies are – at their core – pure risk management. Depending on your objective, there is likely to be a stock trading strategy that,