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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068: Mikael Syding – From “Schoolyard Hippie” to European Hedge Fund Manager of the Decade (to AI Enthusiast)
April 14, 2016 09:20 - 1 hourFor this episode, we have our very first guest from Sweden—big shout out to Sweden! I spoke with Mikael Syding; a value investor who spent 15 years in the hedge fund business, and in 2009, he was awarded European Hedge Fund Manger of the Decade before retiring shortly after. During the interview, I ask Mikael to share his three greatest lessons for traders and investors, how he spotted growth opportunities, and I also ask him how his views on money have changed over the span of his career, pl...
068: Mikael Syding – From “schoolyard hippie” to European Hedge Fund Manager of the Decade (to AI enthusiast)
April 13, 2016 23:20 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBFor this episode, we have our very first guest from Sweden—big shout out to Sweden! I spoke with Mikael Syding; a value investor who spent 15 years in the hedge fund business, and in 2009, he was awarded European Hedge Fund Manger of the Decade before retiring shortly after. During the interview, I ask Mikael to share his three greatest lessons for traders and investors, how he spotted growth opportunities, and I also ask him how his views on money have changed over the span of his caree...
067: Jerry Parker – The Turtle Traders Story, Following Major Trends and Managing Investors Money
April 07, 2016 08:15 - 1 hourWe have a very special guest on the podcast right now; Jerry Parker. For those who don’t know, Jerry is one of the original widely-recognized, Turtle Traders. The Turtles were a small (somewhat secretive) group of traders who were mentored and trained by Richard Dennis, a big time commodities trader, in the 80’s. It’s an interesting story and you’ll hear more about this in just a moment. Today, Jerry remains the founder of Chesapeake Capital, which is a commodity trading advisor, and he has w...
067: Jerry Parker – The Turtle Traders story, following major trends, and managing investors money
April 06, 2016 22:15 - 58 minutes - 82.3 MBWe have a very special guest on the podcast right now; Jerry Parker. For those who don’t know, Jerry is one of the original widely-recognized, Turtle Traders. The Turtles were a small (somewhat secretive) group of traders who were mentored and trained by Richard Dennis, a big time commodities trader, in the 80’s. It’s an interesting story and you’ll hear more about this in just a moment. Today, Jerry remains the founder of Chesapeake Capital, which is a commodity trading advisor, and h...
066: Dan Shapiro – Blocking Excess Noise, Establishing Your Process and Getting Screen Time
March 31, 2016 07:37 - 1 hourThis week we have returning guest, Dan Shapiro, who was first on episode 32. And after receiving a lot of really great feedback from that interview, I knew I would have to have him back on, so here we are… Dan works on an intraday timeframe and predominately trades high beta stocks. He’s been trading for 16 years, and during this time has experienced the extreme highs and lows that this business can throw at you. For a good part of his career, Dan was heavily involved in the prop world, but n...
066: Dan Shapiro – Blocking excess noise, establishing your process and getting screen time
March 30, 2016 21:37 - 1 hour - 89.7 MBThis week we have returning guest, Dan Shapiro, who was first on episode 32. And after receiving a lot of really great feedback from that interview, I knew I would have to have him back on, so here we are… Dan works on an intraday timeframe and predominately trades high beta stocks. He’s been trading for 16 years, and during this time has experienced the extreme highs and lows that this business can throw at you. For a good part of his career, Dan was heavily involved in the prop world, bu...
065: Brett Steenbarger – How to Master Trading Psychology and Introduce New Best Practises
March 24, 2016 08:50 - 1 hourFor this episode, I interviewed a very special guest; Dr Brett Steenbarger (after many, many requests from listeners). Brett is a very well known trading psychology coach, and has consulted to some of the biggest names in the industry. He’s also a respected author who has now published four books, some which have been recommended reading by previous guests on this podcast. During our conversation, I asked Brett how to break bad trading habits and introduce new best practises, to explain why t...
065: Brett Steenbarger – How to master trading psychology, and introduce new best practises
March 23, 2016 22:50 - 59 minutes - 82.7 MBFor this episode, I interviewed a very special guest; Dr Brett Steenbarger (after many, many requests from listeners). Brett is a very well known trading psychology coach, and has consulted to some of the biggest names in the industry. He’s also a respected author who has now published four books, some which have been recommended reading by previous guests on this podcast. During our conversation, I asked Brett how to break bad trading habits and introduce new best practises, to explain ...
064: Nick Radge – The Casino Edge, Mean Reversion Strategies, and How to Develop Robust Trading Systems
March 17, 2016 08:52 - 1 hourFor this episode I spoke with returning guest Nick Radge, who was originally on episode number 4. But in case you missed it; Nick is a systematic trend follower and momentum trader, most active in Australian and US equity markets. This time around, we discussed mean reversion strategies and why they may appeal to certain traders, the importance of trade frequency when developing a system, which then leads into the characteristics of a robust trading system. One of my own ‘top takeaways’ from ...
064: Nick Radge – The casino edge, mean reversion strategies, and how to develop robust trading systems
March 16, 2016 22:52 - 59 minutes - 83.2 MBFor this episode I spoke with returning guest Nick Radge, who was originally on episode number 4. But in case you missed it; Nick is a systematic trend follower and momentum trader, most active in Australian and US equity markets. This time around, we discussed mean reversion strategies and why they may appeal to certain traders, the importance of trade frequency when developing a system, which then leads into the characteristics of a robust trading system. One of my own ‘top takeaways...
063: Nicola Duke – Strong Determination, Preserving Mental Capital, and Professionally Trading Futures
March 10, 2016 09:14 - 45 minutesHere we are, episode 63 and I have another brilliant (and very experienced) guest lined up for you this week. Her name is Nicola Duke, or @NicTrades on Twitter. She’s a professional swing trader from the UK, actively tracking 36 futures and forex markets – who takes a technical and systematic approach to trading. Some of the highlights from our conversation… Hearing about how Nicola’s typical trading day used to start 1:30am, learning that her mentor never showed her a single setup, the conce...
063: Nicola Duke – Strong determination, preserving mental capital, and professionally trading futures
March 09, 2016 23:14 - 42 minutes - 59.1 MBHere we are, episode 63 and I have another brilliant (and very experienced) guest lined up for you this week. Her name is Nicola Duke, or @NicTrades on Twitter. She’s a professional swing trader from the UK, actively tracking 36 futures and forex markets – who takes a technical and systematic approach to trading. Some of the highlights from our conversation… Hearing about how Nicola’s typical trading day used to start 1:30am, learning that her mentor never showed her a single setup, th...
062: Tracy, @ChiGrl – Pairing Technicals & Fundamentals, and The Life of a Hardcore Crude Oil Trader
March 03, 2016 09:38 - 42 minutesFor this episode, I spoke with a trader who has spent many years in the financial hub of Chicago; Tracy – otherwise known as @ChiGrl on Twitter. Tracy is a technical intraday trader, but also tracks fundamentals very closely. She solely focuses on the energy sector and has an obsession with crude oil... During our interview, Tracy shares her story about how she up and left LA to chase her desire of becoming a trader. And how she wound up at a “hack-shop” brokerage, which is best described as ...
062: Tracy (@ChiGrl) – Pairing technicals & fundamentals, and the life of a hardcore crude oil trader
March 02, 2016 23:38 - 39 minutes - 55.4 MBFor this episode, I spoke with a trader who has spent many years in the financial hub of Chicago; Tracy – otherwise known as @ChiGrl on Twitter. Tracy is a technical intraday trader, but also tracks fundamentals very closely. She solely focuses on the energy sector and has an obsession with crude oil... During our interview, Tracy shares her story about how she up and left LA to chase her desire of becoming a trader. And how she wound up at a “hack-shop” brokerage, which is best describe...
061: Ari Pine – A Scientific Trading Perspective, Process Over Outcome, and The Law of Large Numbers
February 25, 2016 09:27 - 1 hourAri Pine has many years of real market experience on his side, and during this time he’s traded a whole range of markets in various positions and roles… Some of those include; working at J.P. Morgan, developing risk management software, trading for a long volatility hedge fund, making markets in gold and silver options, and even giving presentations to the Chinese stock exchange. Moving forward to current times, Ari is now in charge of building out a quantitative trading group – approaching t...
061: Ari Pine – A scientific trading perspective, process over outcome, and the law of large numbers
February 24, 2016 23:27 - 1 hour - 97.5 MBAri Pine has many years of real market experience on his side, and during this time he’s traded a whole range of markets in various positions and roles… Some of those include; working at J.P. Morgan, developing risk management software, trading for a long volatility hedge fund, making markets in gold and silver options, and even giving presentations to the Chinese stock exchange. Moving forward to current times, Ari is now in charge of building out a quantitative trading group – approach...
060: Peter Tuchman – 30 Years on the NYSE: A Lesson in History with Wall St’s Most Photographed Man
February 18, 2016 09:24 - 1 hourHere we are at episode 60, and my guest is Peter Tuchman, aka the ‘Most Photographed Man on Wall Street’. Peter is a broker on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, and he’s worked there for the past 30 years. So as you could imagine, he’s seen massive shifts in the landscape of trading (especially on the floor), and has been in the thick of it for many significant market events. During our interview, Peter shares some of his most memorable moments – reflecting on the crash of ’87, and wh...
060: Peter Tuchman – 30 years on the NYSE; a lesson in history with Wall St’s Most Photographed Man
February 17, 2016 23:24 - 1 hour - 107 MBHere we are at episode 60, and my guest is Peter Tuchman, aka the ‘Most Photographed Man on Wall Street’. Peter is a broker on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, and he’s worked there for the past 30 years. So as you could imagine, he’s seen massive shifts in the landscape of trading (especially on the floor), and has been in the thick of it for many significant market events. During our interview, Peter shares some of his most memorable moments – reflecting on the crash of ’87, ...
059: Daniel Goldberg – Being Alert to Market Conditions, and Trading Within a Prop Firm
February 11, 2016 09:48 - 1 hourThis weeks guest is Daniel Goldberg, an active trader and partner at Futex – a proprietary trading firm located in London, UK. Dan has been involved with financial markets since 1995 (straight out of college), and got his start as a book-runner on the exchange floor. He later became a pit trader, and was also there for the transition to electronic markets. These days, Dan plays a major role in training new traders to the firm, and predominantly focusing on two markets; Bunds and Euro Stoxx. S...
059: Daniel Goldberg – Being alert to market conditions, and trading within a prop firm
February 10, 2016 23:48 - 1 hour - 100 MBThis weeks guest is Daniel Goldberg, an active trader and partner at Futex – a proprietary trading firm located in London, UK. Dan has been involved with financial markets since 1995 (straight out of college), and got his start as a book-runner on the exchange floor. He later became a pit trader, and was also there for the transition to electronic markets. These days, Dan plays a major role in training new traders to the firm, and predominantly focusing on two markets; Bunds and Euro Sto...
058: Paul Singh – Planning and Preparation: Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail
February 04, 2016 09:15 - 55 minutesThis week I spoke with Paul Singh, a long-time trader who has been doing this since his college days. Over the years he’s traded stocks, options and futures, but now tends to focus purely on stocks. In fact, Paul actually began trading during the ‘dot com boom’ and quickly racked up huge profits – he was living large in a penthouse, his neighbors were professional athletes, and all was good …until the bubble burst, and that’s when he returned to square one. So, during this interview we discus...
058: Paul Singh – Planning and preparation; failing to plan is planning to fail
February 03, 2016 23:15 - 51 minutes - 72.4 MBThis week I spoke with Paul Singh, a long-time trader who has been doing this since his college days. Over the years he’s traded stocks, options and futures, but now tends to focus purely on stocks. In fact, Paul actually began trading during the ‘dot com boom’ and quickly racked up huge profits – he was living large in a penthouse, his neighbors were professional athletes, and all was good …until the bubble burst, and that’s when he returned to square one. So, during this interview we d...
057: Jesse, @PsychoOnWallSt – $500k of “Beginner’s Luck” and How to Thrive as a Part-Time Trader
January 28, 2016 09:01 - 1 hourThis week, I have a really interesting guest on the podcast; his name is Jesse, but in the Twittersphere he goes by @PsychoOnWallSt. (a play on the cult film American Psycho) A couple things you should know about Jesse is; he made $500,000 in 90 days trading marijuana penny stocks, and then lost it all just as quickly – one wild story… He went from part-time to full-time trading, and for now, has returned to part-time trading with the results confirming this was a profitable move. He describe...
057: Jesse (@PsychoOnWallSt) – $500k of “beginner’s luck” and how to thrive as a part-time trader
January 27, 2016 23:01 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBThis week, I have a really interesting guest on the podcast; his name is Jesse, but in the Twittersphere he goes by @PsychoOnWallSt. (a play on the cult film American Psycho) A couple things you should know about Jesse is; he made $500,000 in 90 days trading marijuana penny stocks, and then lost it all just as quickly – one wild story… He went from part-time to full-time trading, and for now, has returned to part-time trading with the results confirming this was a profitable move. He des...
056: Matt Zimberg – The Makeup of Successful Traders & Observations From a Veteran Broker
January 21, 2016 09:20 - 1 hourThis weeks guest is Matt Zimberg – the founder of Optimus Futures, a boutique brokerage firm. Matt has been deeply involved in the business of trading since his early 20’s, and while he’s no longer an active trader – he is extremely insightful on the subject. Keeping in mind, he has extensive conversations with many traders every day; from absolute beginners to those trading 7-figure accounts and upwards. In particular some of the topics we covered during this interview, include; the make-up ...
056: Matt Zimberg – The makeup of successful traders & observations from a veteran broker w/ Optimus Futures
January 20, 2016 23:20 - 1 hour - 116 MBThis weeks guest is Matt Zimberg – the founder of Optimus Futures, a boutique brokerage firm. Matt has been deeply involved in the business of trading since his early 20’s, and while he’s no longer an active trader – he is extremely insightful on the subject. Keeping in mind, he has extensive conversations with many traders every day; from absolute beginners to those trading 7-figure accounts and upwards. In particular some of the topics we covered during this interview, include; the mak...
055: Nathan Michaud – Trading Momo Stocks, and Scaling Up for Larger Gains w/ Investors Underground
January 14, 2016 11:27 - 1 hourThis week on the podcast I interview Nathan Michaud of Investors Underground. Nate has been a day trader since 2003, and the stories from his first few years in the game are enough to make your head spin. After experiencing major highs and lows, both financially and psychologically (all covered during the interview), he’s gone from strength to strength playing small-cap momentum stocks. Over the next 60 minutes you’ll learn about; Nate’s approach to fast moving stocks, the additional risks li...
055: Nathan Michaud – Trading momo stocks, and scaling up for larger gains w/ Investors Underground
January 14, 2016 01:27 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBThis week on the podcast I interview Nathan Michaud of Investors Underground. Nate has been a day trader since 2003, and the stories from his first few years in the game are enough to make your head spin. After experiencing major highs and lows, both financially and psychologically (all covered during the interview), he’s gone from strength to strength playing small-cap momentum stocks. Over the next 60 minutes you’ll learn about; Nate’s approach to fast moving stocks, the additional ris...
054: Rishi Narang – Components of a Black Box, Humans Versus Computers, and High Frequency Trading
January 07, 2016 09:36 - 1 hourTo start the year with a bang, I have a very special guest on the podcast this week, who I’d like you to meet – his name is, Rishi Narang. Rishi has an impressive background, and has been involved with financial markets for over 20 years now. He originally started out as an analyst at Citibank, prior to co-founding TradeWorx with his brother Manoj Narang (a fintech company, turned high-frequency hedge fund). Since 2005, Rishi has been the Founding Principal at T2AM – a fund of funds, which sp...
054: Rishi Narang – Components of a black box, humans versus computers, and high frequency trading
January 06, 2016 23:36 - 1 hour - 116 MBTo start the year with a bang, I have a very special guest on the podcast this week, who I’d like you to meet – his name is, Rishi Narang. Rishi has an impressive background, and has been involved with financial markets for over 20 years now. He originally started out as an analyst at Citibank, prior to co-founding TradeWorx with his brother Manoj Narang (a fintech company, turned high-frequency hedge fund). Since 2005, Rishi has been the Founding Principal at T2AM – a fund of funds, whi...
053: BTCVIX – The Wild West of Trading: Inside the Realm of Bitcoin Speculation
December 31, 2015 10:08 - 1 hourThis week I interviewed a short-term Bitcoin trader, who goes by the alias of BTCVIX. As you can imagine, this episode is a little different – this is an area (or should I say, a market) we haven’t yet explored on the podcast, in past interviews. With that being said, I found this discussion to be really interesting and I’m certain you will also. Some of the topics we spoke about include: Why VIX went from initially trading stocks and options, into the Wild West – Bitcoin markets. We spend ...
053: BTCVIX – The Wild West of Trading; inside the realm of Bitcoin speculation
December 31, 2015 00:08 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBThis week I interviewed a short-term Bitcoin trader, who goes by the alias of BTCVIX. As you can imagine, this episode is a little different – this is an area (or should I say, a market) we haven’t yet explored on the podcast, in past interviews. With that being said, I found this discussion to be really interesting and I’m certain you will also. Some of the topics we spoke about include: Why VIX went from initially trading stocks and options, into the Wild West – Bitcoin markets. We ...
052: Ernie Chan – How Quant Strategies Are Created, Scrutinized and Introduced to the Market
December 24, 2015 09:15 - 1 hourThis week I had the great pleasure of speaking with Dr Ernest Chan, from Toronto (Canada). While many traders in the quantitative arena will already be familiar with Ernie, here’s a brief intro… You could say, Ernie had somewhat of an unconventional introduction to trading – he started out on a research team at IBM, using machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques, teaching computers to understand human languages – before joining a prop trading group. Today, Ernie has upwards of ...
052: Ernie Chan – How quant strategies are created, scrutinized and introduced to the market
December 23, 2015 23:15 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBThis week I had the great pleasure of speaking with Dr Ernest Chan, from Toronto (Canada). While many traders in the quantitative arena will already be familiar with Ernie, here’s a brief intro… You could say, Ernie had somewhat of an unconventional introduction to trading – he started out on a research team at IBM, using machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques, teaching computers to understand human languages – before joining a prop trading group. Today, Ernie has upwa...
051: Bryce Edwards – Tracking ‘Stocks in Play’ and Acting on Order Book Activity, Intraday Momentum
December 17, 2015 08:38 - 53 minutesI have a brilliant guest on the show this week who I can almost guarantee you’ve never heard of, he generally likes to fly under the radar, but thankfully for us he did agree to an interview – his name is Bryce Edwards. Bryce is an Australian equities trader, he takes a discretionary approach, making his money from intraday price movements and goes home flat at the end of each day. During the interview we walk through the 10+ years in the build up to Bryce becoming a profitable trader – he’s ...
051: Bryce Edwards – Tracking ‘stocks in play’ and acting on order book activity – intraday momentum
December 16, 2015 22:38 - 50 minutes - 69.2 MBI have a brilliant guest on the show this week who I can almost guarantee you’ve never heard of, he generally likes to fly under the radar, but thankfully for us he did agree to an interview – his name is Bryce Edwards. Bryce is an Australian equities trader, he takes a discretionary approach, making his money from intraday price movements and goes home flat at the end of each day. During the interview we walk through the 10+ years in the build up to Bryce becoming a profitable trader – ...
050: Aaron Fifield – Zach Hurwitz speaks with Aaron about his development as a trader, Pt. 2
December 09, 2015 22:12 - 2 hours - 225 MBYou may recall for episode 25 I invited Zach Hurwitz back onto the podcast (after being a featured guest on episode 011), to grill me about my own trading progress – well we’re another 25 episodes on now, so I thought it’d be a good point to check in with you and give another update on how I’m tracking… To do this, Zach joins me again for the big 5-0 – and you’ll find the first part is mostly Zach asking questions for me to answer, then we switch it up, and during the later part I fire qu...
050: Aaron Fifield – Zach Hurwitz Speaks with Aaron About His Development as a Trader, Pt. 2
December 09, 2015 22:12 - 2 hoursYou may recall for episode 25 I invited Zach Hurwitz back onto the podcast (after being a featured guest on episode 011), to grill me about my own trading progress – well we’re another 25 episodes on now, so I thought it’d be a good point to check in with you and give another update on how I’m tracking… To do this, Zach joins me again for the big 5-0 – and you’ll find the first part is mostly Zach asking questions for me to answer, then we switch it up, and during the later part I fire questi...
049: Haim Bodek – Exposing the ‘Cheats’ on Wall Street, with HFT Whistle-Blower & Market Structure Mastermind
December 03, 2015 10:08 - 1 hourThere’s a very special guest on the podcast this week, who I’m excited to introduce… His name is Haim Bodek, although some refer to him as ‘The Algo Arms Dealer’ (and I totally understand why). Haim began his trading career at Hull Trading, a prestigious firm well known for driving forward innovation in the domain of automated trading. Following Hull, Haim then went into significant roles at Goldman Sachs, and UBS – which are all discussed during the interview. But to further set the scene, i...
049: Haim Bodek – Exposing the ‘cheats’ on Wall Street, with HFT whistle-blower & market structure mastermind
December 03, 2015 00:08 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBThere’s a very special guest on the podcast this week, who I’m excited to introduce… His name is Haim Bodek, although some refer to him as ‘The Algo Arms Dealer’ (and I totally understand why). Haim began his trading career at Hull Trading, a prestigious firm well known for driving forward innovation in the domain of automated trading. Following Hull, Haim then went into significant roles at Goldman Sachs, and UBS – which are all discussed during the interview. But to further set the s...
048: Linda Raschke – Trading a Framework of Your Own, and Using Models to Study Price Behavior w/ a Market Wizard
November 26, 2015 09:56 - 52 minutesThis week on the show I interviewed Linda Raschke – an active trader since 1981, when she started out on the floor of the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange as an options market maker. In 1992, Jack Schwager interviewed Linda for his second installment of the Market Wizard series; The New Market Wizards. Since then, Linda has traded for several hedge funds, and in 2002 she began one of her own – which has been ranked 17th out of 4,500 hedge funds for ‘Best 5 Year Performance’ by BarclaysHedge. D...
048: Linda Raschke – Trading a framework of your own, and using models to study price behavior w/ a Market Wizard
November 25, 2015 23:56 - 49 minutes - 67.9 MBThis week on the show I interviewed Linda Raschke – an active trader since 1981, when she started out on the floor of the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange as an options market maker. In 1992, Jack Schwager interviewed Linda for his second installment of the Market Wizard series; The New Market Wizards. Since then, Linda has traded for several hedge funds, and in 2002 she began one of her own – which has been ranked 17th out of 4,500 hedge funds for ‘Best 5 Year Performance’ by BarclaysHedg...
047: Timothy Sykes – The Hustle ‘n Grind: Beyond the Big Money, Fast Cars and Exotic Trips
November 19, 2015 09:52 - 1 hourThis week I interviewed Timothy Sykes (of Profit.ly). If you’re not already familiar with Tim (for some strange reason), he’s made quite a name for himself as the penny stock guru, who trades, teaches and flaunts big piles of cash on Instagram. And before you can get a word in sideways, he’ll also gladly remind you that he does have ‘millionaire students’! I really enjoyed this conversation with Tim, because we covered many substantial topics that do play an important role in a traders’ succe...
047: Timothy Sykes – The hustle ‘n grind; beyond the big money, fast cars and exotic trips
November 18, 2015 23:52 - 1 hour - 112 MBThis week I interviewed Timothy Sykes (of Profit.ly). If you’re not already familiar with Tim (for some strange reason), he’s made quite a name for himself as the penny stock guru, who trades, teaches and flaunts big piles of cash on Instagram. And before you can get a word in sideways, he’ll also gladly remind you that he does have ‘millionaire students’! I really enjoyed this conversation with Tim, because we covered many substantial topics that do play an important role in a traders’ ...
046: Hans Dederle – Trading the Open, Hunting Greed in the Market & Obsessing About Quality Over Quantity
November 12, 2015 09:56 - 50 minutesThis week I interviewed Hans Dederle, the founder and president of Honza Financial – an options trading asset management firm (located in Florida). Hans originally started out as an accountant, before becoming a stock broker, following that he began to trade independently and now, trades other peoples money as well. He’s been doing this for just over 8 years now, and one of the things I really liked that come about during our discussion, was how Hans has a laser focus on quality over quantity...
046: Hans Dederle – Trading the open, hunting greed in the market & obsessing about quality over quantity
November 11, 2015 23:56 - 46 minutes - 64.7 MBThis week I interviewed Hans Dederle, the founder and president of Honza Financial – an options trading asset management firm (located in Florida). Hans originally started out as an accountant, before becoming a stock broker, following that he began to trade independently and now, trades other peoples money as well. He’s been doing this for just over 8 years now, and one of the things I really liked that come about during our discussion, was how Hans has a laser focus on quality over qua...
045: Jack Litle – Global Macro Trading, the Nature of Probability, and When to Place ‘Big Bets’
November 05, 2015 09:08 - 1 hourMy guest on the podcast this week is Jack Litle of MercenaryTrader.com. Jack is a global macro trader who originally started out as an international commodity broker – today, he now has more than 17 years of market experience and is a very competitive trader. He’s also a keen poker player, and believes there are many crossovers between poker and trading (which of course, makes for some interesting conversation during this episode). Also during this episode, we speak about how Jack thinks of t...
045: Jack Litle – Global macro trading, the nature of probability, and when to place ‘big bets’
November 04, 2015 23:08 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MBMy guest on the podcast this week is Jack Litle of MercenaryTrader.com. Jack is a global macro trader who originally started out as an international commodity broker – today, he now has more than 17 years of market experience and is a very competitive trader. He’s also a keen poker player, and believes there are many crossovers between poker and trading (which of course, makes for some interesting conversation during this episode). Also during this episode, we speak about how Jack thinks...
044: Michele Koenig – Lessons From a Decade of Swing Trading, and How to Overcome Early Failure
October 29, 2015 09:39 - 1 hourLet me introduce you to my guest for episode 44 – Michele Koenig of Trade on the Fly, from Montana (at the very top of the United States). Michele is primarily a swing trader of technical chart patterns, but also takes an occasional intraday position when she spots an opportunity. During our discussion we spoke about a whole range of really interesting topics. To start with we covered Michele’s first few years when starting out, where she had some early success, then shortly after, lost alm...
044: Michele Koenig – Lessons from a decade of swing trading, and how to overcome early failure
October 28, 2015 23:39 - 1 hour - 91.8 MBLet me introduce you to my guest for episode 44 – Michele Koenig of Trade on the Fly, from Montana (at the very top of the United States). Michele is primarily a swing trader of technical chart patterns, but also takes an occasional intraday position when she spots an opportunity. During our discussion we spoke about a whole range of really interesting topics. To start with we covered Michele’s first few years when starting out, where she had some early success, then shortly after, los...