Why I Don’t Trade During the Holidays
David Mitchell • December 8, 2020
We have a lot of things we could worry about if we wanted to focus on those things, but you know what I like to focus on? Who is in control. God is sovereign.
I don't like to trade during the holidays. So just from a little bit before Thanksgiving, all the way through Thanksgiving, all the way through Christmas until I don't know, the first week in January, I'm not in the market normally. And there's some exceptions to that, but normally that's what I do, I just don't like to trade. Now, there's some reasons for that. First of all, the big players actually are human beings and they go home for vacations around Thanksgiving and Christmas and so the volume is a lot lower on Wall Street and stocks can tend to just kind of go flat. Not much happening. Not nearly as much news either. Of course that's what drives the market so it gets quieter.
Now the other thing is, it's also safer not to trade when volume is low. The reason for that is because the big boys are gone and you've got less volume, so the retail traders, the ones that don't know what they're doing, sometimes they're jumping around buying things they shouldn't be buying. It's just not a good environment for trading. But the main reason I don't like to trade is because I like to spend time with my family. Now, listen, why create time freedom if you're not going to take the freed up time and use it to know the Lord better, spend more time with the Lord and more time in the Scripture, spend more time with your kids, if you have grandkids more time with your grandkids, and your spouse? That's what the time freedom's for. I like to use this time for family.
Now here's a great thing to do also during time off during the holidays: you could do a lot of paper trade charting. Why is that important? Because it gets your eye used to seeing these patterns. You get better and better at recognizing patterns as you look at charts.
But what else could we use our time for during the Christmas holidays? Well, what about thinking about what Christmas is all about? One of my favorite passages to look at this time of year is Isaiah, Chapter 9, Verses 6 and 7. It's a real familiar passage, but I want us to take a closer look at it. It says, "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this."
When you think about the Christmas season, we need to think about who Jesus Christ is. He is not only the virgin born Son of God, all of the fullness of the Godhead bodily, but He is Wonderful, He is our Counselor. You know, when we look around, we think about things, I don't know what side you stood on during the election, I know this, half the country is thrilled to death right now, half the country is depressed right now. It would have been that way no matter who won, right? At the time of this writing, our country is divided and we've got the COVID pandemic still going on, in fact, heating up a little bit worldwide it seems like. But at the same time, we've got the hope of at least three vaccines mentioned already. And that all affects the stock market too, doesn't it? Yeah, the market's been up because of that, even in the midst of COVID.
We have a lot of things we could worry about if we wanted to focus on those things, but you know what I like to focus on? Who is in control. God is sovereign. He's in control over everything. I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas and spend a lot of that free time you have thinking about what and WHO Christmas is all about, Jesus Christ.
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Today we’re going to be talking about three types of traders. Over the past 15+ years we’ve trained a lot of traders through our courses, and more recently our memberships and mentorship programs. And throughout that process we’ve noticed that at the end of the day you can reduce all the various trading styles and personalities into three main groups or types of traders. My hope is by sharing these with you, it will help you identify which group you’re in, and how to advance forward in light of that.
By Ben Mitchell
•
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•
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The long-term investing industry hasn’t really changed that much in the last 50 years as far as their message goes: ”Don’t worry about bear market crashes, just stay the course…” Many people argue that the average person on the street would be way better off if they just bought the S&P 500 and held it rather than trying to buy and sell individual stocks themselves. Well, that may be absolutely true if you have zero trading skillsets. But if you do have the kind of trading skillsets that TRADEway teaches, then the old line philosophy of buy and hold isn’t the best strategy for you. In today’s episode we’re talking about some common myths that buy-and-hold-ers propagate. Let’s get into this important discussion…
By David Mitchell
•
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•
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•
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We all know that feeling… A trade is going well and you’re feeling elated anticipating taking profits. And then out of seemingly nowhere, it tanks. Man, it’s frustrating! And if this has happened to you–maybe once, maybe many times–just know, you’re not alone. You might be wondering, why did this happen? It turns out there are three common reasons why trades stop working. Once you learn these three reasons it will be easier for you to analyze your past trades and figure out what went wrong. But more importantly, once you learn these three reasons why trades stop working, you’ll be better able to prevent a trade from going south in the first place, because you’ll start to recognize the warning signs. So let’s dive in. Here are three most common reasons why people’s trades stop working.
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By Dave Huber
•
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•
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By Ben Mitchell
•
October 13, 2025
What do you do if you’re excited about learning how to trade in the stock market but your spouse has reservations? Today we’re going to be talking about how to integrate the skill set of trading into the family, and providing some suggestions about how to share your excitement for trading with your spouse. Here at TRADEway we teach families how to take advantage of one of the most dynamic markets in history, the US stock market. But you can’t incorporate something like stock trading into your household unless there is a shared mission between husband and wife. So what do you do if you want to give stock trading a try, but you’re not sure if your spouse is “all in” on it? That’s what we’re going to talk about today.
By Ben Mitchell
•
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Today we’re going to be talking about three types of traders. Over the past 15+ years we’ve trained a lot of traders through our courses, and more recently our memberships and mentorship programs. And throughout that process we’ve noticed that at the end of the day you can reduce all the various trading styles and personalities into three main groups or types of traders. My hope is by sharing these with you, it will help you identify which group you’re in, and how to advance forward in light of that.
By Ben Mitchell
•
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By David Mitchell
•
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By David Mitchell
•
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By Dave Huber
•
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We all know that feeling… A trade is going well and you’re feeling elated anticipating taking profits. And then out of seemingly nowhere, it tanks. Man, it’s frustrating! And if this has happened to you–maybe once, maybe many times–just know, you’re not alone. You might be wondering, why did this happen? It turns out there are three common reasons why trades stop working. Once you learn these three reasons it will be easier for you to analyze your past trades and figure out what went wrong. But more importantly, once you learn these three reasons why trades stop working, you’ll be better able to prevent a trade from going south in the first place, because you’ll start to recognize the warning signs. So let’s dive in. Here are three most common reasons why people’s trades stop working.
By Dave Huber
•
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We all know that feeling… A trade is going well and you’re feeling elated anticipating taking profits. And then out of seemingly nowhere, it tanks. Man, it’s frustrating! And if this has happened to you–maybe once, maybe many times–just know, you’re not alone. You might be wondering, why did this happen? It turns out there are three common reasons why trades stop working. Once you learn these three reasons it will be easier for you to analyze your past trades and figure out what went wrong. But more importantly, once you learn these three reasons why trades stop working, you’ll be better able to prevent a trade from going south in the first place, because you’ll start to recognize the warning signs. So let’s dive in. Here are three most common reasons why people’s trades stop working.
By Dave Huber
•
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By Dave Huber
•
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Can you imagine what it would feel like to be steadily improving your trading week after week, month after month? Consistently improving your trading over time isn’t rocket science, but it sure can feel that way–especially if your profits have been inconsistent so far. Today, I’m sharing three simple ideas you can use to improve your trading. If getting to a place where you’re seeing consistent profits is something that’s been on your mind for a while, then be sure to listen to today’s episode all the way through because I think you’ll be surprised at just how simple improving your trading can really be.
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•
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By Ben Mitchell
•
October 13, 2025
What do you do if you’re excited about learning how to trade in the stock market but your spouse has reservations? Today we’re going to be talking about how to integrate the skill set of trading into the family, and providing some suggestions about how to share your excitement for trading with your spouse. Here at TRADEway we teach families how to take advantage of one of the most dynamic markets in history, the US stock market. But you can’t incorporate something like stock trading into your household unless there is a shared mission between husband and wife. So what do you do if you want to give stock trading a try, but you’re not sure if your spouse is “all in” on it? That’s what we’re going to talk about today.
By Ben Mitchell
•
September 29, 2025
Today we’re going to be talking about three types of traders. Over the past 15+ years we’ve trained a lot of traders through our courses, and more recently our memberships and mentorship programs. And throughout that process we’ve noticed that at the end of the day you can reduce all the various trading styles and personalities into three main groups or types of traders. My hope is by sharing these with you, it will help you identify which group you’re in, and how to advance forward in light of that.
By Ben Mitchell
•
September 29, 2025
Today we’re going to be talking about three types of traders. Over the past 15+ years we’ve trained a lot of traders through our courses, and more recently our memberships and mentorship programs. And throughout that process we’ve noticed that at the end of the day you can reduce all the various trading styles and personalities into three main groups or types of traders. My hope is by sharing these with you, it will help you identify which group you’re in, and how to advance forward in light of that.