About Blain Reinkensmeyer
My name is Blain Reinkensmeyer and I am the guy behind Stock Trading To Go. I have a huge passion for investing and run this site full time. I also manage the community for financial startup Covestor and teach 3 – 6 year olds how to place ice hockey.
At the age 19 I decided that school was not the right path for me and departed with only one year of a college education. From that point on I dedicated my life to the pursuit of passion, and believed that through hard work I could one day do what I loved each and every day. Now 22 years old I have finally made it.
Making a full time income from the internet is hard work but quite a thrill. I wake up each morning and walk five feet to my computer to start my day. I have the pleasure of working in my shorts and eating a bowl of cereal at noon. With the internet your success is a direct result of how hard you work, so I often work 12 hour+ days.
The reason I started this website in 2007 was to have a place to share my ideas, thoughts, and lessons from investing in the stock market. This site still serves the same purpose today.
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I have come to the belief that there are no limits in life. I truly believe anything is possible if the desire is great enough. The power of passion, writing down goals, and hard work all working in clear sync is quite a site to be seen. Simply put, the world makes way for those who know where they are going.
**Last updated January 2009**
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Brian,
Everything you do to do good for someone will be returned to you twice better!!! Continue being a good man. I am a father of 3 and has started to build my life after serving the war in Iraq and other countries. I am still alive to this day because I wanted to build a future for my sons. I am glad you are there to assist folks like us who wants to learn and build our life financially. Good Luck and Keep on doing good things. I sure will use every info you sent out there.
Hey, I get what you say about starbucks!
I have become a helpless denizen of the starbucks parlour since i got to shanghai.
For me though it’s coffee of the day, every time!
Our paths will cross soon. head out to phoenix. keep up the hard work
Thanks for the comments on the emomsathome.com video that I did for them.
I see you are into stocks!! Me too, well I kind of lost way recently.. Oh well, so is this your full time job?
Anyway I have an accounting degree & MBA.. So I understand the excitement of it.. But only when you make money
Nick
You are the man bro!!!
Love the blog Blain – thanks – keep it up
I’m loving the blog Blain. Awesome yet simple design. Keep it up.!
Very inspirational – it’s nice to connect with like-minded young entrepreneurs. And good seeing you on Facebook!
I was like you nearly 40 years ago but didn’t then have the internet, computer charting, online trading, etc. But I’m not trading full-time, blogging and writing a book. I’m very jealous of you and wish I were young, like you, all over again.
Very interesting story. I wish you all the best! I am kind of in the same boat as you.
Hi Blain
My name is Mike and it will be my first time trading. Im not really sure what i am getting into but im gonna give it a try. I currently live in california im 32 and just making it things fall in my lap quite a bit and i admire your way of thinking and have many dreams going myself. I just recently signed up with a free account on sharebuilder you motivate me and hope to fare far better may the best man win.
Truly Hillbilly Herman
See.. you had the guts to do what you loved. I’m still stuck here at school at 25 getting a PhD in Engineering. Although I love engineering, I constantly take time out to catch up on the markets and trade. I was always told that I wasn’t a business man and should stay out of that area so I did. Biggest mistake of anyone’s live is to have someone dictate to you what you can and can’t do.
I feel your pain. I was up 180% in 4 months of trading only to have it taken from me in a matter of hours. There are some days where you’re flying high.. and then there’s most other days..
OK this may sound weird but im related to you Blain Reinkensmeyer i am Alex Reinkensmeyer and i live in OR You might know my dad Samuel Reinkensmeyer????
Bye!
I will be back… you have something good going here!
Blain, I can’t believe you are only in your 20s! You sound very wise beyond your age.
Blain, is there a place where I can learn the various terms you use, such as resistance, etc.?
Thanks
Jim
Emailed you,
Blain,
Are you familiar with http://www.WallStreetSurvivor.com?
This is a real-time bid/ask stock trading game featuring 20,000 active users each month and a growing community of contributors on the forums.
We are looking for some knowledgeable people like yourself to contribute content, drive traffic, and become a “personality” on the site.
Email me and I will give you my phone number so we can discuss.
Hi Blain,
Keep doing things as you’re doing now but be in charge of your head at all times while you’re trading & I’m sure you will make it into a top man.
Wish you lots of luck too.
Rod
Dear Blain,
I hv a question here regardg d bid/ask price of a stock:
Example :XYZ stock
last trade:14.62
prev clse:15.73
open:15.26
bid:14.35×100
ask:N/A
I’m I right 2 say dat I can oni enter a trade according 2 the bid price of $1435 for 100 stks? or I can simply ignore it & place a limit order of my preferred price say $14 per stk?
I hv an a/c with E-trade & hv’t done any entry trade yet.
Pls advise.
Thank you.
You can place limit buy orders below the current ask price, it just wont get filled until that price is hit. So in your example assuming the ask lets say is $14.36 and the bid is still $14.35. Well if we place a buy limit order at $14.00 even, the order will stay alive but will not get filled until the ask touches $14.00 or lower. If we wanted to buy at that very second then we would need to place our buy limit order at $14.36 or simply use a market order. Hope that helps!
I read your EPIC Insights and I have a question: Why don’t you incluide the amount of fees by concept of buy/sell of actions and options in your Portfolio Composition and Performance?. If you want to know the real performance of your portfolio should take into account the fees, I think so.
Best regards,
Luis
I will have Sean email you Luis, thanks for writing in.
Hi – Could you please clarify something to me. If the relative abnormal trading volume is +100% would you expect the cumulative abnormal return (price) to be also positive? I am doing an analysis and I am getting very conflicting results. Could you please explain what does a positive relative abnormal trading volume mean as opposed to negative and its relationship with abnormal returns.
Thanks
Hi Rach, I just emailed you. Please check your mailbox.
Excellent work on your site. I agree one must focus on what one wants in life.
Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to investing.