Trader's Workshop
27 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 86 ratingsAdam H Grimes, of Talon Advisors and MarketLifeTrading, is a best-selling trading author, blogger, musician, wandering chef, and all-around trouble-seeker. In this podcast, he shares his thoughts on trading and investing. Whether you trade stocks, currencies, or commodity futures, are a daytrader or long-term investor, focus on fundamental or technical analysis, are a quant or a discretionary trader--there's something here for you. Adam will draw from a wide range of experiences and perspectives, will challenge many of your notions, and will help you be the best trader you can be. Yes, you can trade for a living; you can change your life with the markets. But getting there is a lot harder than most people expect. Adam has walked that road and can help you do it, too.
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Episodes
Ep. 2_02 - From the MarketLife Archives: Trading Acts of God--managing trades and risk in market extremes
March 18, 2020 21:37 - 41 minutes - 56.3 MBlearn to trade, trading education, swing trading, technical analysis, investing, futures, currencies, fx, macro, daytrading
Ep. 2_00 - What I've been up to and new market volatility
March 16, 2020 22:59 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBlearn to trade, trading education, swing trading, technical analysis, investing, futures, currencies, fx, macro, daytrading
Ep. 024 - Why you need to get a frog (and more Q&A)
January 29, 2019 06:13 - 34 minutes - 47.6 MBAdam answers reader's questions on risk, losses, event risk, money management... and you'll find out why you need to get a frog.
Ep. 023 - Q and A (and Adam rambles...)
December 20, 2018 17:13 - 40 minutes - 56.3 MBReader's questions on trade review, trading goals, best intraday setups, and focusing on a few markets vs. trying to trade everything. Oh, and Adam rambles a bit about a bunch of other topics (like in most podcasts)
Ep. 022 - Music and markets
November 30, 2018 04:50 - 54 minutes - 74.5 MBA look at the connections that might (or might not) exist between music and financial markets, and thoughts on developing skills in both.
Ep. 021 - Learning to trade: Digging in
November 16, 2018 04:35 - 45 minutes - 62.7 MBIn the second episode with Alex, we talk about some more of the doubts a new trader might have, and the answers point us to some sobering realities about probabilities, risk management, and the limits of our knowledge.
Ep. 020 - Q and A: Winning or losing?
November 06, 2018 05:28 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MBAdam shares some thoughts from a recent coaching session in which a winning trader feel like a losing trader! The answers and ideas drive to elements of performance, trading psychology, and maintaining the edge.
Ep. 019 - The Trader's Journey #1 (with Alex)
October 26, 2018 14:41 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MBThe first of a new mini-series in which Tom and I teach a new trader from the very beginning. In this episode, we discuss the tension between technical and fundamental approaches and how Alex should get started learning.
Ep. 018 - Trading markets under stress (2/2)
October 21, 2018 05:57 - 34 minutes - 48.1 MBReading price structure and market action and understanding market emotion to help navigate challenging, volatile markets.
Ep. 017 - Trading markets under stress (1/2)
October 16, 2018 03:44 - 27 minutes - 37.7 MBUnderstanding volatility and how price moves can give us some insights into what we should be doing when volatility hits markets.
Ep. 016 - Randomness: why it matters and how to understand it
October 11, 2018 12:00 - 36 minutes - 50.1 MBIt's hard to fully embrace randomness. Understanding why this is true (because our brains aren't wired to accept it) points us to the source and solution of many of our trading problems.
Ep. 015 - Pulling the trigger: where, how, and why
October 08, 2018 12:00 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MBSetups and analysis are interesting, but it all comes down to where we actually get in and out of trades. Here's how to do it.
Ep. 014 - What's luck got to do with it?
October 04, 2018 12:00 - 30 minutes - 42.5 MBSome thoughts about luck and the very real impact it has on our trading results.
Ep. 013 - Daytrading to swing trading: what I had to re-learn
October 01, 2018 12:00 - 28 minutes - 38.7 MBThere are some very important ways in which daytrading and position trading are different. These differences point us to some important elements of trader psychology and key points in trader development
Ep. 012 - Q&A: Desperate to succeed
September 27, 2018 17:14 - 34 minutes - 47.7 MBA developing trader asks how to build on his success and how to nail down his edge. The answer touches on psychology, need, and the realities of expected returns
Ep. 011 - Types of trades: with or countertrend?
September 24, 2018 12:30 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBThoughts on simplifying types of trades into two categories, and how this can shape the trader's mindset and approach.
Ep. 010 - First steps in learning technical analysis (Tom and Adam)
September 21, 2018 12:00 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBAnother of those "beginner's episodes" that isn't just for beginners--how to start climbing the mountain of technical analysis
Ep. 009 - Market intuition
September 19, 2018 12:00 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBDeveloping and evaluating your market sense and intuition
Ep. 008 - Just do it (Adam and Tom)
September 17, 2018 14:00 - 41 minutes - 56.6 MBThose first steps in trading, and the key to getting experience: thoughts for a new trader
Ep. 007 - What kind of trader are you?
September 14, 2018 04:50 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBThinking about what we can trade, how we can trade it, and why
Ep. 006 - Conspiracy Theories
September 11, 2018 22:23 - 31 minutes - 42.7 MBHow and why people believe some crazy things, and how you can guard against errors in your own thinking.
Ep. 005 - How to think (part 2)
September 09, 2018 05:30 - 41 minutes - 57 MBA continuation of the previous episode, looking at standards of proof and why what we believe matters.
Ep. 004 - How to think
September 06, 2018 17:00 - 28 minutes - 39.3 MBThough the title is a bit tongue in cheek, the content is important: how to think about trading problems in the framework of probabilities and statistics. Answering the question: "Does it work?"
Ep. 003 - How to get started
September 04, 2018 18:22 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MBIn this episode for beginning and struggling traders, I discuss the mindset and mental framework behind successful trading
Ep. 002 - What I got right
September 03, 2018 05:19 - 27 minutes - 37.2 MBContinuation of ep. 1, but all of this is not black and white...
Ep. 001 - What I got wrong
August 30, 2018 22:32 - 31 minutes - 43 MBlearn to trade, trading education, swing trading, technical analysis, investing, futures, currencies, fx, macro, daytrading