It's not whether you're right or wrong that's important, but how much money you make when you're right, and how much you lose when you're wrong.
~ George Soros
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Live Feed

Dear Trader,

Are you ready to take your trading to the next level?

Are you ready to engage markets with a depth and clarity of understanding you may have never experienced before?

Perhaps that’s why you’re here.

Or, you might just be wondering:

“What the heck is the Mercenary Live Feed?”

Simply put, the Mercenary Live Feed is:

  • An “over the shoulder” look at the real-time trading decisions of Jack Sparrow and Mike McDermott.
  • Not a “newsletter,” not a “chat room,” and not a “blog” — but a unique hybrid of all three.
  • Like nothing you’ve experienced before.

But really, the Live Feed is even more than the above. Calling it a “trading service” doesn’t do it justice.

To really sense the power of it, you simply have to experience the Mercenary Live Feed for yourself.

(Which is why we offer a free trial! More on that shortly…)

To clarify one thing up front, we are not day traders. Nor are we traditional investors.

No, we are long / short traders with a global macro overlay — dedicated to carving out large chunks of profit from deep, liquid markets, over the course of multi-week or even multi-month time frames.

Our basic strategy: “Long / Short with a Global Macro Overlay.”

Our motto: “Superior returns through risk control.”

Our straightforward trading goal: To deliver market-crushing compound annual returns (well into double digits, with occasional outlier years of 100% or more) — and to do so WITHOUT excessive drawdown exposure via skill, flexibility, and tightly controlled risk management.

There are no guarantees but death and taxes, of course. As grownups we all know this.

But we live and breathe trading — as Mercenary Trader itself attests. We have a combined 25+ years of experience at this game.

And the Mercenary methodology is specifically built from the ground up to achieve aggressive outperformance for nimble amounts of capital (e.g. less than $200 million).

As mentioned, we are not daytraders. And yet, to carry out our plan, we engage and interact with the markets in real time, every single trading day.

We are constantly monitoring inflection pointstaking profits and reducing risk… occasionally adding to positions and increasing exposure… and, of course, hunting for attractive new trade setups.

In carrying this out, all our insights and thought processes — including real executions in real time — are faithfully communicated via the Mercenary Live Feed.

It is truly the ultimate look into the Mercenary mind.

What’s more, the Live Feed has become a vital tool for us too.

As traders who eat heaping helpings of our own cooking, the Live Feed is our critical nerve center for day-to-day operations, including the communication of:

  • New trade setups and position sizing guidelines
  • Chart visuals for new trade entry points
  • Real-time executions and optional fill reporting via text message
  • Intraday color commentary on market action and inflection points
  • “Thesis notes” bullish or bearish on various industries, groups and themes
  • Top down reviews of macro positioning and big picture trends
  • Detailed portfolio summaries and net exposure breakdowns

All of that sounds like a lot. And you’re damn right — we really DO deliver a lot. (Who else gives you all that???)

And yet the Live Feed structure is so simple, straightforward and easy to comprehend, users take to it like a duck to water.

(One described it as “clean, powerful and intuitive.” You can see plenty of other comments on this very page.)

So why not take a step further and see for yourself? We’ll tell you how in a minute. But first:

The following are actual content examples taken directly from the Live Feed (click to open in a new window):

So why do this?

Why share all this valuable research, instead of just keeping the goods to ourselves?

For a few reasons…

First, because of the discipline:

Articulating a viewpoint — clearly and rationally explaining the logic behind a trade — goes far in enhancing clarity of mind. And that clarity of mind makes us better traders.

In performing for subscribers as well as clients, we perform better for ourselves.

Second, because of the camaraderie:

We love hearing from our fellow traders. We love the joys and sorrows, the triumphs and tribulations. When Live Feed members write to us to share their war stories, we rejoice in their successes (and sympathize with their setbacks).

It’s a “band of brothers” thing. We got to where we are through the help of others, and want to extend that same hand.

Third, because our strategies allow this:

The “Mercenary method” is designed to be executed in deep, liquid markets, with the ability to harness substantial amounts of capital.

We do not trade penny stocks or other “illiquids.” We do not traffic in thinly traded options with wide bid-ask spreads. Our multi-week swing trading methodology has ample capacity and is not harmed by sharing signals with a select group of traders.

Fourth — and let’s just be straight here — because of the cash flow:

The ideal situation for a trader is to have substantially all of his or her risk capital available for trading, with minimal concern for “paying the light bill.”

And so for us, the addition of a stable cash flow pipe, via monetization of research we create for ourselves anyway, helps us maintain the detached, objective level of focus that produces optimal trading decisions over time.

And last but not least, we do this because it’s a hell of a lot of fun. Man oh man are we having a blast. (And you, as a valued member of the Mercenary community, are an absolute part of that!)

With all the above said, capacity is definitely limited.

We never want the Live Feed membership base to grow too large, because signal capacity really does become an actionable concern beyond a certain threshold.

And thus, as a safety precaution, we monitor our general fill quality carefully.

If we ever feel that subscriber capacity is nearing the max threshold, we will restrict access to the Live Feed.

This “access restriction” can happen at any time. When it does, the doors will close to new entrants.

Once you are in, though, you’re part of the fold. So if you are interested, the best course of action may be to act now. (All spots filled on a first come, first serve basis.)

As mentioned earlier, the Live Feed is hard to describe in words. You have to experience it for yourself. The best way to do that is through a 14-day free trial with no strings attached.

Simply go here to start your free trial, or click the box to the right.

To your trading success!

Jack & Mike, founders
Mercenary Trader