The 4 Reasons Investors Underperform — and How to Fix Them | Don Vandenbord

🔍 Get Your Free Month of Deepvue Here: https://deepvue.com/podcast/🎙️ Join the TraderLion Discord: https://discord.gg/TraderLion📚 Order The Trader's Handbook Here: https://go.traderlion.com/uilGP📘 Get your FREE 115-page Ultimate Trading Guide: https://go.traderlion.com/uihtcDon Vandenbord, founder of Revere Asset Management, takes the 2025 TraderLion Conference stage to break down the four real reasons most growth investors underperform — and the systematic rules he uses to fix each one.Drawing on more than 30 years of trading and the lessons of watching his father-in-law lose half his nest egg in the dot-com bust, Don walks through Revere's "Growtection" framework: a trend-following, multi-timeframe system designed to keep clients in leaders during uptrends and pull them out before drawdowns get ugly.You'll see his Trend Gauge, the RG8 growth-ETF basket, his R-A-I-R and R-V-A-B exposure rules, his RPRP position-sizing logic, the EZ8E trim system, and a real portfolio walk-through of the 2025 tariff tantrum — every entry, every exit, every reason.What You'll Learn✅ The 4 reasons most growth investors underperform — and the fix for each✅ Don's Trend Gauge for timing market exposure across 3 timeframes✅ How he uses the RG8 (8 growth ETFs) to read true risk-on / risk-off✅ Why "leave a runner" is the rule that pays for itself over a career✅ How to size positions so a normal correction doesn't shake you out✅ The R-A-I-R and R-V-A-B rules for systematically adding exposure✅ A full walk-through of how Revere navigated the 2025 tariff tantrumEnjoy!- The TraderLion TeamConnect with Don Vandenbord🌐 Website: https://revereasset.com📺 YouTube: https://youtube.com/@RevereAsset💼 Firm: Revere Asset Management — GrowtectionTimestamps:0:00 - Welcome & Introducing Don3:30 - Why Risk Management Is Priority #15:30 - Revere & The Growtection Framework8:00 - The Last Three Bear Markets Mapped9:30 - Why Investors Get Frustrated: The 4 Reasons11:30 - Problem 2: Improper Entries (R-Sizing + RVAB)13:30 - Problem 3: Shakeouts (RPRP + Honest Stops)15:30 - Problem 4: Not Taking Profits ("Feed the Ducks")19:30 - Properly Varying Beta as a Form of Alpha23:00 - The 8 EMA, 21 EMA & 10-Week Trail System27:00 - Trend Gauge Walkthrough (Tariff Tantrum)33:00 - Calculating Portfolio Risk Daily38:00 - Why Hold S&P 500 as a Core Position44:30 - The 2025 Tariff Tantrum Portfolio Walk-Through50:00 - 55-Trade Stats: Beating the S&P 2-3x54:30 - Ideal Position Count: 6 to 10 Names59:30 - The RG8 Growth-ETF Index1:09:00 - Stochastic Pyramiding Entries1:18:00 - Reading Earnings Gaps1:23:00 - Where to Find Revere