Mar 19, 2026 · 59 min · 13 segments
Russ was a guest on the My Retirement Trading YouTube channel with Michal Brownstein, and this is that conversation. We covered a wide range of topics from Russ' backstory, mistakes, stocks he's…
And then really didn't have any kind of intentionality about the finances, my wife and I.
And I'm gonna learn the stock market and be like the Wolf of Wall Street and start trading.
But by then, I'll be able to replace my income and So like naturally, like most people, I started with penny stocks because why would you buy a share of Johnson and Johnson at 100 bucks or whatever? And I could buy a thousand shares of some biopharma company that nobody's ever heard of that, you know, could like a lottery ticket.
I liked it a little bit better, but you learn about your investor DNA, they called it.
There's, for those of you that don't know, if you want to be a swing trader, you're supposed to have your entries and your exits before you even make that first purchase.
And because of that, you know, I didn't sell when I was supposed to, or I didn't buy things.
And then really didn't have any kind of intentionality about the finances, my wife and I.
And I'm gonna learn the stock market and be like the Wolf of Wall Street and start trading.
But by then, I'll be able to replace my income and So like naturally, like most people, I started with penny stocks because why would you buy a share of Johnson and Johnson at 100 bucks or whatever? And I could buy a thousand shares of some biopharma company that nobody's ever heard of that, you know, could like a lottery ticket.
I liked it a little bit better, but you learn about your investor DNA, they called it.
There's, for those of you that don't know, if you want to be a swing trader, you're supposed to have your entries and your exits before you even make that first purchase.
And because of that, you know, I didn't sell when I was supposed to, or I didn't buy things.
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