Episode 4 is now up! In today’s special episode, we’ll talk about our top 5 rules for successful investing and trading.

Don’t worry, these won’t be the usual boring cliches that you hear everywhere else. We all know we’re supposed to “buy quality” or that “the trend is our friend.” We’re going to talk about some best practices today that you almost certainly haven’t heard before. These are really important, too, as these less-discussed items have every bit as big an impact on the success of your investing.

We also field a question from a listener about how to use the volatility index (the “VIX”) as a way to reduce the risk in your portfolio.