Benzinga's 'Big Beat' Shares His Trading Strategy

Steven Orr, Benzinga's senior vice president, recently shared his insights on the trading industry. Orr is known as "Big Beat" in the office and in the financial world. His interest in trading started at a young age. “My parents asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up; I wanted to be a stock broker,” he says. His fascination with finance persisted, and he studied commodities: “I learned corn, wheat, soybeans, pigs, hogs, things of that nature, and of course the stock market.” Orr took a brief detour into politics, but has since resumed working in the finance space. Traders must always have a thesis, Orr says. The thesis may entail macroeconomics or simple concepts like trading off important levels. Read more: https://bit.ly/2LcKsGJ