Chat With Traders
484 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.9K ratingsChat With Traders is your key to the minds of trading's elite performers. Start listening to learn how a diverse mix of traders went from zero to hero, how they successfully trade markets today, and get their best tips 'n pointers for profitable performance, plus much more. Note: You are responsible for your own trading decisions—this is not financial advice.
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115: Adam Grimes – What Hand Traders Can Learn From System Traders, and Vice Versa
March 09, 2017 10:53 - 1 hourAdam Grimes has been a trader for more than 20-years, he’s traded all major asset classes, across various timeframes. He’s traded independently, with a prop firm, and he’s run other trading businesses also. The main focus of this episode is to explore some of the things which discretionary traders can adapt from quantitative traders, and vice versa—meaning, what things can quants take from those who rely on discretion. Then in the later part of this episode, Adam lays out a solid framework wh...
115: Adam Grimes – What hand traders can learn from system traders, and vice versa
March 09, 2017 00:53 - 1 hour - 145 MBAdam Grimes has been a trader for more than 20-years, he’s traded all major asset classes, across various timeframes. He’s traded independently, with a prop firm, and he’s run other trading businesses also. The main focus of this episode is to explore some of the things which discretionary traders can adapt from quantitative traders, and vice versa—meaning, what things can quants take from those who rely on discretion. Then in the later part of this episode, Adam lays out a solid framewo...
114: Brannigan Barrett – The Process of Becoming a Bigger (and Better) Trader
March 02, 2017 09:20 - 1 hourBrannigan Barrett is a futures day trader—who trades a total of eight markets, across; bonds, equity indices, currencies and commodities. He was previously a trader at prop firm, Futex, but is now part of Axia Futures. The subjects we cover during this conversation, include; how to progressively become a bigger (and better) trader, how a “dogfight” attitude has helped Brannigan’s trading career, how he prepares going into major news announcements, his daily process for journaling and being re...
114: Brannigan Barrett – The process of becoming a bigger (and better) trader
March 01, 2017 23:20 - 1 hour - 94.3 MBBrannigan Barrett is a futures day trader—who trades a total of eight markets, across; bonds, equity indices, currencies and commodities. He was previously a trader at prop firm, Futex, but is now part of Axia Futures. The subjects we cover during this conversation, include; how to progressively become a bigger (and better) trader, how a “dogfight” attitude has helped Brannigan’s trading career, how he prepares going into major news announcements, his daily process for journaling and being...
113: Benjamin Small – Normalizing Bitcoin, and Exploring the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem
February 23, 2017 09:07 - 1 hourBenjamin Small is an electrical engineering PhD. He’s worked in quantitative research roles since 2006, at UBS, Citadel, Credit Suisse and the stock exchange, IEX. Today though, Ben is head of market structure at Gemini—the world’s first fully licensed and fully regulated Bitcoin exchange, which is based in New York. During this chat, we get into; payment for order flow and high frequency trading, why there’s an incentive to normalize Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency ecosystem, potential outcomes ...
113: Benjamin Small – Normalizing Bitcoin, and exploring the cryptocurrency ecosystem
February 22, 2017 23:07 - 57 minutes - 80.7 MBBenjamin Small is an electrical engineering PhD. He’s worked in quantitative research roles since 2006, at UBS, Citadel, Credit Suisse and the stock exchange, IEX. Today though, Ben is head of market structure at Gemini—the world’s first fully licensed and fully regulated Bitcoin exchange, which is based in New York. During this chat, we get into; payment for order flow and high frequency trading, why there’s an incentive to normalize Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency ecosystem, potential outc...
112: Jorge Soltero – Reminiscences of a Trader at Hull Trading Co.—and a Sell-Side Career
February 16, 2017 09:00 - 1 hourJorge Soltero began as a floor trader in Chicago, where he was an options market maker. A few years into his career, he landed a position at Hull Trading Company (the renowned firm of legendary trader, Blair Hull). After Hull Trading was bought by Goldman Sachs in 1999, Jorge became more of an institutional trader—not only working at Goldman, but later, UBS and Merrill Lynch too, where he specialized in options and ETFs. Listening to this episode you’re going to hear about; the culture of tra...
112: Jorge Soltero – Reminiscences of a trader at Hull Trading Co.—and a sell-side career
February 15, 2017 23:00 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBJorge Soltero began as a floor trader in Chicago, where he was an options market maker. A few years into his career, he landed a position at Hull Trading Company (the renowned firm of legendary trader, Blair Hull). After Hull Trading was bought by Goldman Sachs in 1999, Jorge became more of an institutional trader—not only working at Goldman, but later, UBS and Merrill Lynch too, where he specialized in options and ETFs. Listening to this episode you’re going to hear about; the culture o...
111: David Bush – Strategy Objectives, Statistical Significance, and Market Behavior
February 09, 2017 08:13 - 1 hourReturning to Chat With Traders for a second time is David Bush—first on episode 23. David began as a discretionary trader, more than 20-years ago, but over time he’s developed into a quant trader. And he’s exceptionally good at what he does; David’s been the first place winner of two (real money) trading competitions in recent years. Last time David was on we spoke fairly extensively about his path as a trader and a high-level overview of his process. This time around we covered plenty of new...
111: David Bush – Strategy objectives, statistical significance, and market behavior
February 08, 2017 22:13 - 1 hour - 107 MBReturning to Chat With Traders for a second time is David Bush—first on episode 23. David began as a discretionary trader, more than 20-years ago, but over time he’s developed into a quant trader. And he’s exceptionally good at what he does; David’s been the first place winner of two (real money) trading competitions in recent years. Last time David was on we spoke fairly extensively about his path as a trader and a high-level overview of his process. This time around we covered plenty o...
110: George, @RollyTrader – Learning to Trade, Momentum Setups, and Becoming a Venture Capitalist
February 02, 2017 08:36 - 1 hourOn this episode, I’m joined by George—who goes by @RollyTrader on Twitter. George is an Australian equities trader, with a momentum/swing trading type of approach. In the past, George has held a few finance-related positions, but since late-2009 he’s mostly traded independently. During the interview, George and I got speaking about; lessons he learned early on, the effect that coaching and mentoring has had on his trading, specifics about the setups George trades, and also, his involvement wi...
110: George (@RollyTrader) – Learning to trade, momentum setups, and becoming a venture capitalist
February 01, 2017 22:36 - 1 hour - 92.9 MBOn this episode, I’m joined by George—who goes by @RollyTrader on Twitter. George is an Australian equities trader, with a momentum/swing trading type of approach. In the past, George has held a few finance-related positions, but since late-2009 he’s mostly traded independently. During the interview, George and I got speaking about; lessons he learned early on, the effect that coaching and mentoring has had on his trading, specifics about the setups George trades, and also, his involveme...
109: Edward Thorp – The Man Who Beat the Dealer, and Later, Beat the Market
January 26, 2017 05:50 - 1 hourI’m not sure how to best say this, but Edward Thorp, is kind of a big deal… Not only in the world of financial markets, but he’s also a household name amongst the gambling scene. He’s the man who beat the dealer, and later, beat the market. It was during the late-50’s and early-60’s, when Ed, a math genius and professor at MIT, took on the challenge of discovering a way to get an edge playing gambling games such as blackjack, roulette and baccarat. Long story short; Ed won—and he’s now consid...
109: Edward Thorp – The man who beat the dealer, and later, beat the market
January 25, 2017 19:50 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBI’m not sure how to best say this, but Edward Thorp, is kind of a big deal… Not only in the world of financial markets, but he’s also a household name amongst the gambling scene. He’s the man who beat the dealer, and later, beat the market. It was during the late-50’s and early-60’s, when Ed, a math genius and professor at MIT, took on the challenge of discovering a way to get an edge playing gambling games such as blackjack, roulette and baccarat. Long story short; Ed won—and he’s now c...
Q6: Delaney Mackenzie – Your Quantitative Trading Questions Answered
January 23, 2017 23:05 - 1 hourThroughout this series, which has been a window into the workflow of professional quant trading firms, we’ve encouraged you to submit questions and requests for further clarification. So, in this episode, being the final installment, Delaney answers as many of these questions as possible (within 80-mins). -- Sponsored by DataCamp.com – Once you commit to learning how to program—specifically for data science and quant research, your next best step: Visit DataCamp to start any course, free! L...
108: John Netto – Being a Versatile and Adaptable Trader, While Testing Your Comfort Zone
January 19, 2017 09:11 - 55 minutesJohn Netto, a former U.S. marine, describes himself as a high velocity, cross-asset class trader. He connects the ability to be versatile, adaptable, and interpret large amounts of information to be his greatest edge—for making lucrative returns. These are all things we cover during the interview, which includes discussion about; process, research, strategy, macro, and market regimes. We also talk about the benefits of stepping outside of your comfort zone, why there’s a need to embrace growi...
108: John Netto – Being a versatile and adaptable trader, while testing your comfort zone
January 18, 2017 23:11 - 52 minutes - 73.1 MBJohn Netto, a former U.S. marine, describes himself as a high velocity, cross-asset class trader. He connects the ability to be versatile, adaptable, and interpret large amounts of information to be his greatest edge—for making lucrative returns. These are all things we cover during the interview, which includes discussion about; process, research, strategy, macro, and market regimes. We also talk about the benefits of stepping outside of your comfort zone, why there’s a need to embrace gr...
107: Anthony Saliba – A 40-Year Trading Career Fueled by Necessity—the Mother of Invention
January 12, 2017 08:44 - 1 hourFor the great, Anthony Saliba, his initial 13-years in the field were spent as a market maker on the CBOE floor, where he made approximately $9,000,000 before 30 years old (and that was during the 80’s). At which point, he was one of the traders featured in Jack Schwager’s first Market Wizards’ book. Since then, Anthony’s continued to scale up—making major moves, both, through trading and through various business ventures. We spoke for close to two hours; about his experience on the floor, a ...
107: Anthony Saliba – A 40-year trading career fueled by necessity—the mother of invention
January 11, 2017 22:44 - 1 hour - 149 MBFor the great, Anthony Saliba, his initial 13-years in the field were spent as a market maker on the CBOE floor, where he made approximately $9,000,000 before 30 years old (and that was during the 80’s). At which point, he was one of the traders featured in Jack Schwager’s first Market Wizards’ book. Since then, Anthony’s continued to scale up—making major moves, both, through trading and through various business ventures. We spoke for close to two hours; about his experience on the floo...
106: Turney Duff – A Wall Street Trader’s Tale of Spectacular Excess
January 05, 2017 08:12 - 1 hourTurney Duff was a hedge fund trader on Wall Street who lead a truly excessive lifestyle. In 2013 he released a book about his experiences—titled, The Buy Side. And currently, Turney is a consultant on the Showtime TV series, Billions. On this episode we cover everything, from what it was like to trade more than one billion dollars at Galleon Group—which was the hedge fund run by Raj Rajaratnam, currently serving an 11-year prison sentence for partaking in one of the largest insider trading ri...
106: Turney Duff – A Wall Street trader’s tale of spectacular excess
January 04, 2017 22:12 - 1 hour - 103 MBTurney Duff was a hedge fund trader on Wall Street who lead a truly excessive lifestyle. In 2013 he released a book about his experiences—titled, The Buy Side. And currently, Turney is a consultant on the Showtime TV series, Billions. On this episode we cover everything, from what it was like to trade more than one billion dollars at Galleon Group—which was the hedge fund run by Raj Rajaratnam, currently serving an 11-year prison sentence for partaking in one of the largest insider trading...
105: Brendan Poots – How a Former Punter Pioneered a Premier Sports Betting Hedge Fund
December 29, 2016 08:33 - 1 hourBrendan Poots is the founder of sports betting hedge fund, The Priomha Group, who mainly bet on football, cricket, golf and also horse racing and tennis. Priomha setup shop in Melbourne (Australia) in 2010, and more recently, have expanded with a second location in Gibraltar (Europe). From inception up to the release of this episode, Priomha’s Cloney fund has returned a little over 220%. From listening to our discussion, you’ll gain great insight to how Brendan runs his operation—from getting...
105: Brendan Poots – How a former punter pioneered a premier sports betting hedge fund
December 28, 2016 22:33 - 58 minutes - 81.1 MBBrendan Poots is the founder of sports betting hedge fund, The Priomha Group, who mainly bet on football, cricket, golf and also horse racing and tennis. Priomha setup shop in Melbourne (Australia) in 2010, and more recently, have expanded with a second location in Gibraltar (Europe). From inception up to the release of this episode, Priomha’s Cloney fund has returned a little over 220%. From listening to our discussion, you’ll gain great insight to how Brendan runs his operation—from ge...
104: Alex, @AT09_Trader – An Appetite For Risk, and Hitting Hard When Opportunity Arises
December 22, 2016 06:25 - 1 hourAlex (@AT09_Trader) is a 22-year old, discretionary day trader, who’s seen great results in the few years he’s been grinding away at this. He trades small caps, and he trades aggressively—as you’ll soon hear, Alex is far from conservative. This conversation was recorded on the 16th of November (2016), right around the time when the madness in the shipping sector was unfolding. So we got talking about the ticker DRYS and how Alex racked up a $40k loss a day or two before our interview (althoug...
104: Alex (@AT09_Trader) – An appetite for risk, and hitting hard when opportunity arises
December 21, 2016 20:25 - 57 minutes - 79.9 MBAlex (@AT09_Trader) is a 22-year old, discretionary day trader, who’s seen great results in the few years he’s been grinding away at this. He trades small caps, and he trades aggressively—as you’ll soon hear, Alex is far from conservative. This conversation was recorded on the 16th of November (2016), right around the time when the madness in the shipping sector was unfolding. So we got talking about the ticker DRYS and how Alex racked up a $40k loss a day or two before our interview (alth...
Q5: Max Margenot – Good (and Not So Good) Uses of Machine Learning in Finance
December 20, 2016 00:58 - 56 minutesMachine learning is a hot topic right now, with a lot of people wondering how it could be used in finance and trading. Used naively, machine learning poses a great deal of risk. We’ll discuss why that’s the case and also some good ways to use it carefully. -- Sponsored by DataCamp.com – Learning to code can be challenging, but with A-grade courses at your fingertips, things are a whole lot easier. Visit DataCamp start today—sign up for free! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...
103: Dave Bergstrom – Escaping Randomness, and Turning to Data for an Edge
December 15, 2016 07:50 - 59 minutesOn this episode, I’m joined by a quant trader who works at a high frequency trading firm—though you might be surprised to hear, he started out on the same path that many retail traders do—his name is; Dave Bergstrom. The thing that makes Dave unique from most traders who’ve been on this podcast previously, is how he uses data-mining techniques to develop trading strategies. Though data-mining, in trading, often has a negative connotation attached to it, Dave believes this stems from bad pract...
103: Dave Bergstrom – Escaping randomness, and turning to data for an edge
December 14, 2016 21:50 - 55 minutes - 77.8 MBOn this episode, I’m joined by a quant trader who works at a high frequency trading firm—though you might be surprised to hear, he started out on the same path that many retail traders do—his name is; Dave Bergstrom. The thing that makes Dave unique from most traders who’ve been on this podcast previously, is how he uses data-mining techniques to develop trading strategies. Though data-mining, in trading, often has a negative connotation attached to it, Dave believes this stems from bad pr...
Q4: Scott Sanderson – Portfolio Optimization: Risk Preferences In, Trades Out
December 12, 2016 22:41 - 1 hourWhen one has a price model that they think will work well for forecasting returns, the next step is to actually trade it. This isn’t that simple for a variety of reasons. For one thing, you need to define how much risk you’re okay with taking on in a portfolio, and then try to maximize your returns while staying within those boundaries. This is the foundation of modern portfolio theory—we’ll discuss some real life issues with this. -- Sponsored by DataCamp.com – Wanna learn how to code? The...
102: Eugene Soltes – Unraveling a $65-billion Ponzi scheme and notorious cases of insider trading
December 07, 2016 22:51 - 1 hour - 120 MBEugene Soltes is an author and finance professor at Harvard Business School. Over the past eight years, give or take, he’s spent a lot of time with many big-time executives and professionals who have been convicted of major financial crimes, such as; cooking the books, fraud, Ponzi schemes, and insider trading. What initially began as nothing other than self-interest has materialized into a 464-page hardcover book, which was released in October this year (2016). The book is titled, Why T...
102: Eugene Soltes – Unraveling a $65-Billion Ponzi Scheme and Notorious Cases of Insider Trading
December 07, 2016 22:51 - 1 hourEugene Soltes is an author and finance professor at Harvard Business School. Over the past eight years, give or take, he’s spent a lot of time with many big-time executives and professionals who have been convicted of major financial crimes, such as; cooking the books, fraud, Ponzi schemes, and insider trading. What initially began as nothing other than self-interest has materialized into a 464-page hardcover book, which was released in October this year (2016). The book is titled, Why They D...
Q3: Jonathan Larkin – Seeking Alpha? Try MORE Alpha Factors
December 05, 2016 22:01 - 51 minutesIn practice, no one trading model will ever be that good on its own. Luckily statistics has come up with a lot of theory about how you can combine weaker models to create better overall predictions. We’ll discuss how to combine many different trading signals into overall models and some of the practical considerations in doing so. -- Sponsored by DataCamp.com – For new and intermediate programmers, DataCamp have an evergrowing library of interactive courses that’ll help you to become a data...
101: Siam Kidd – Latching Onto Trends, Strategic Business Moves, and Breaking the Norm
December 01, 2016 08:05 - 1 hourMy guest for episode 1-0-1 is Siam Kidd, from Norwich in the UK. He’s a former-air force pilot, turned retail trader. He’s also a serial entrepreneur, and on a quest to dramatically improve the schooling system. We got to chat about his shaky beginnings as a trader, his rock bottom moment, and how he trades currency pairs—using a technical-driven approach, with the goal of catching major trends when they happen. During the later half, I ask Siam about why he got into business, how he’s found ...
101: Siam Kidd – Latching onto trends, strategic business moves, and breaking the norm
November 30, 2016 22:05 - 1 hour - 157 MBMy guest for episode 1-0-1 is Siam Kidd, from Norwich in the UK. He’s a former-air force pilot, turned retail trader. He’s also a serial entrepreneur, and on a quest to dramatically improve the schooling system. We got to chat about his shaky beginnings as a trader, his rock bottom moment, and how he trades currency pairs—using a technical-driven approach, with the goal of catching major trends when they happen. During the later half, I ask Siam about why he got into business, how he’s f...
Q2: Jessica Stauth – Seeking Alpha? Try Alpha Factors
November 28, 2016 22:27 - 1 hourFactors are at the core of a modern quant equity workflow. This episode introduces the notion of alpha and risk factors at a high level, and delves into some of the use cases which include: understanding how the market is moving, understanding how a portfolio is exposed to sources of risk, and turning ideas for price forecasting into encapsulated alpha factors. -- Sponsored by DataCamp.com – DataCamp is the ultimate go-to for learning data science and stats, using programming languages Pyth...
100: Bao, @Modern_Rock – Overcome Adversity, Dominate a Niche, Become ‘the House’
November 24, 2016 09:55 - 1 hourMy guest for this special milestone (being episode 100!) is someone who I’ve been attempting to bring on since before episode one was even released… Folks, I’d like to introduce you to Bao—or better known as @Modern_Rock on Twitter. Bao is an independent day trader, and a former-Silicon Valley software engineer, who made the large majority of his fortune trading stocks on the OTC bulletin board market. His story emphasizes; anyone with the will to succeed, even amongst adversity, can become u...
100: Bao (@Modern_Rock) – Overcome adversity, dominate a niche, become ‘the house’
November 23, 2016 23:55 - 1 hour - 108 MBMy guest for this special milestone (being episode 100!) is someone who I’ve been attempting to bring on since before episode one was even released… Folks, I’d like to introduce you to Bao—or better known as @Modern_Rock on Twitter. Bao is an independent day trader, and a former-Silicon Valley software engineer, who made the large majority of his fortune trading stocks on the OTC bulletin board market. His story emphasizes; anyone with the will to succeed, even amongst adversity, can bec...
Q1: Delaney Mackenzie – You Don’t Know How Wrong You Are
November 21, 2016 20:40 - 1 hourThe worst case in finance is when you think you’re right, but you’re actually wrong. This can be especially dangerous when you’ve used some methodology or statistics to justify a decision, but are unaware of all the subtle biases that can cause false results. In this episode we’ll cover many of the ways that you can be wrong without knowing it in trading and finance. -- Sponsored by DataCamp.com – For learning how to program, DataCamp is easily one of the top resources available—their onlin...
099: Brynne Kelly – What Happens on a Merchant Trading Desk—with an Energy Veteran
November 17, 2016 07:44 - 1 hourMy guest for this episode is Brynne Kelly; an electricity, natural gas, and crude oil trader who’s spent the majority of her career on merchant trading desks, for the likes of BP amongst others. She has also been a prop trader and has experience as a hedge fund portfolio manager. A few of the key topics we hit on include: Brynne’s responsibilities as head of trading desks, how she taught, trained and managed newer traders, and an overview for how Brynne trades relationships using fundamentals...
099: Brynne Kelly – What happens on a merchant trading desk—with an energy veteran
November 16, 2016 21:44 - 1 hour - 103 MBMy guest for this episode is Brynne Kelly; an electricity, natural gas, and crude oil trader who’s spent the majority of her career on merchant trading desks, for the likes of BP amongst others. She has also been a prop trader and has experience as a hedge fund portfolio manager. A few of the key topics we hit on include: Brynne’s responsibilities as head of trading desks, how she taught, trained and managed newer traders, and an overview for how Brynne trades relationships using fundament...
098: Peter To – How Successful Day Trading Can Fly in the Face of Conventional Wisdom—with a Former Poker Player and Ex-Prop Trader
November 10, 2016 07:21 - 1 hourBefore day trading equities, Peter To played a lot of online poker and did fairly well for himself. He then dabbled in markets as an investor, but was soon attracted to OTC stocks after discovering a strange inefficiency… In this episode we spend quite a bit of time talking about Peter’s prop trading experience, both the good and the bad. Trading nihilism and doing everything you supposedly shouldn’t do, why Peter accepts he’s not a “cold blooded assassin” and does trade with the influence of...
098: Peter To – How successful day trading can fly in the face of conventional wisdom—with a former poker player and ex-prop trader
November 09, 2016 21:21 - 1 hour - 107 MBBefore day trading equities, Peter To played a lot of online poker and did fairly well for himself. He then dabbled in markets as an investor, but was soon attracted to OTC stocks after discovering a strange inefficiency… In this episode we spend quite a bit of time talking about Peter’s prop trading experience, both the good and the bad. Trading nihilism and doing everything you supposedly shouldn’t do, why Peter accepts he’s not a “cold blooded assassin” and does trade with the influence...
097: Derek Wong – How to Think About Strategies Like a Quant and Diversify Like a Boss
November 03, 2016 06:09 - 1 hourOn this episode, I have our very first guest from China; Derek Wong—he is the Director of Systematic Trading and Options at a private fund in Shanghai. Initially though, Derek got his start in the agricultural pits at the CBOT, then following on from this, he’s worked at various quant shops in Chicago, South Korea, and now days, mainland China. After discussing Derek’s backstory, we talk; emerging markets, cultural differences of Chinese investors, convergent and divergent strategies, diversi...
097: Derek Wong – How to think about strategies like a quant and diversify like a boss
November 02, 2016 20:09 - 1 hour - 95.3 MBOn this episode, I have our very first guest from China; Derek Wong—he is the Director of Systematic Trading and Options at a private fund in Shanghai. Initially though, Derek got his start in the agricultural pits at the CBOT, then following on from this, he’s worked at various quant shops in Chicago, South Korea, and now days, mainland China. After discussing Derek’s backstory, we talk; emerging markets, cultural differences of Chinese investors, convergent and divergent strategies, di...
096: Nico, @InefficientMrkt – An Eight Year Overnight Success Story, and a Thirst for Momentum
October 27, 2016 07:23 - 1 hourNico (@InefficientMrkt on Twitter) is a day trader with a thirst for momentum. He predominately trades low-priced stocks that have a tendency to move fast and far—and roughly 90% of his positions are on the short side. But the main reason why I brought Nico onto the podcast, is I feel as though he has a story which many traders will be able to relate to, on one level or another… The short of it is; Nico placed his first trade in 2007, made 4x on his starting capital year one, and then slowly ...
096: Nico (@InefficientMrkt) – An eight year overnight success story, and a thirst for momentum
October 26, 2016 21:23 - 1 hour - 93.3 MBNico (@InefficientMrkt on Twitter) is a day trader with a thirst for momentum. He predominately trades low-priced stocks that have a tendency to move fast and far—and roughly 90% of his positions are on the short side. But the main reason why I brought Nico onto the podcast, is I feel as though he has a story which many traders will be able to relate to, on one level or another… The short of it is; Nico placed his first trade in 2007, made 4x on his starting capital year one, and then sl...
095: Adrian, @AdeyF69 – Why it Pays to be Relentlessly Process Driven, and When Stats Count
October 20, 2016 09:06 - 1 hourFor this episode, the trader who I had the opportunity to speak with, and who you’re about to hear from, is Adrian—or @AdeyF69 on Twitter. Adrian was a pro sailor for almost two decades, but for the past six years, he’s been on dry land, taking an income from financial markets as an independent day trader. Adrian primarily trades the Bund and the DAX, though he initially started out in foreign exchange. His trading strategy is influenced by support and resistance areas, volume profiling, orde...
095: Adrian (@AdeyF69) – Why it pays to be relentlessly process driven, and when stats count
October 19, 2016 23:06 - 1 hour - 92.1 MBFor this episode, the trader who I had the opportunity to speak with, and who you’re about to hear from, is Adrian—or @AdeyF69 on Twitter. Adrian was a pro sailor for almost two decades, but for the past six years, he’s been on dry land, taking an income from financial markets as an independent day trader. Adrian primarily trades the Bund and the DAX, though he initially started out in foreign exchange. His trading strategy is influenced by support and resistance areas, volume profiling,...
094: Kenny Glick – Shady Tales From a Real-Life Boiler Room, and Things Profitable Traders Do
October 13, 2016 08:37 - 1 hourMy guest on this episode is a former-stand up comedian, turned questionable stockbroker, turned day trader—folks, I’d like you to meet, Kenny Glick. During the 90’s, Kenny went from the stages of comedy clubs into a hyper-aggressive brokerage firm, which he describes as being identical to scenes from the movie, Boiler Room—and he has some wild stories to share, which you’ll hear very soon. Once Kenny realized his morals were getting in the way of his ability peddle junk stocks, he went on to ...
094: Kenny Glick – Shady tales from a real-life Boiler Room, and things profitable traders do
October 12, 2016 22:37 - 1 hour - 108 MBMy guest on this episode is a former-stand up comedian, turned questionable stockbroker, turned day trader—folks, I’d like you to meet, Kenny Glick. During the 90’s, Kenny went from the stages of comedy clubs into a hyper-aggressive brokerage firm, which he describes as being identical to scenes from the movie, Boiler Room—and he has some wild stories to share, which you’ll hear very soon. Once Kenny realized his morals were getting in the way of his ability peddle junk stocks, he went o...