Trading Story: Trading Interviews, Tips & Inspiration For Newer Traders
100 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 141 ratingsTrading Story aims to bring NEWER traders practical & inspiring trading interviews and tips. Plus, it chronicles the host's journey to becoming a a consistently profitable trader. New episodes released 2X per week.
Trading Story provides: encouraging stories of real life struggles and triumphs in the market, tips for anyone looking to make a part-time or full-time income trading, practical strategies to use in your trading today, knowledge bombs to guide you to consistent returns, simple explanations for sometimes-complex trading concepts, and takeaways, worth every minute. For FREE.
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116 - A New Real Estate Investing Project
June 20, 2017 18:22 - 10 minutes - 5.72 MBHope things have been going well for you guys. Hope you're progressing in your life and your side projects, especially if you're still tackling trading or real estate investing. Trading and investing is a great gig if you can make it work and I'm hoping you guys are doing well in these and every area you're working on. On my end, I just got back from a vacation to Disneyland with my family. It was the 2nd time my family has been there and a good time was had by all in Anaheim. We also vi...
115: Joe Fairless On Growing A Multi-Million Dollar Real Estate Portfolio
June 12, 2017 07:00 - 37 minutes - 18.2 MBJoe Fairless is a real estate investor. Joe invests in multi-family real estate with his partners now but he used to work in a NYC ad agency as their youngest VP. Joe hosts the world's longest running daily real estate podcast, Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever Show. Joe Fairless, welcome to the Trading Story podcast. Final Thoughts on Joe Fairless Interview We did it again - one more week of expecting something related to trading and you got to hear from another real estate ...
114 - Rod Khleif on Losing $50 Million & Coming Back Stronger In Real Estate Investing
June 05, 2017 07:00 - 44 minutes - 21.3 MBRod Khleif is a 30+ year veteran real estate investor. He has owned over 2,000 single or multi-family units in his investing career. Rod is an an author, philanthropist and podcaster with over 1,000,000 downloads to his very popular podcast, The Lifetime Cashflow Podcast which can be found at RodKhleif.com. ---- Resources Mentioned In Podcast Rod Khleif's Resources Free Book on Multi-Family Investing: Text "rod" to 41411. 29 Fatal Mistakes Many Apartment Buyers Make: RodKhleif.c...
113 – Five Lessons Learned When I Failed At Trading
May 29, 2017 07:00 - 21 minutes - 10.7 MBPersonal Update Focused on trading forex for 5 months: Apiary Fund & ProAct Traders Focused on trading futures for 2 months with another mentor. Paused all trading activities in November 2016. Two years focused on trading. I’m now focused on a new project: real estate investing. Lessons Learned Trading Mindset: Mini-business, chart patterns, persistence. Cutting Losses: Cutting the losses of a passion that hadn’t panned out. Letting Winners Run: Kept working on my marketing busi...
112 - The Finalish Trading Story Podcast
April 14, 2016 07:00 - 21 minutes - 10.1 MBThanks for joining me. Big announcement: This is the Finalish episode of the Trading Story podcast. This is an ad lib episode with minimal notes. This is a looking back & looking ahead podcast.
111 - Trading Forex Poles with Scott Barkley
April 11, 2016 07:00 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBScott Barkley is president and co-founder of ProAct Traders, a professional forex trading mentorship and home of the 1-year Fast Tracker program. He's been trading full-time for 14 years. He lives in the Austin, Texas area with his wife and he sometimes babysits his daughter's golden retriever. He is also my personal trading coach.
110 - 6 Mistakes Traders Make Picking an FX Broker with Justin Hertzberg
April 07, 2016 07:00 - 58 minutes - 27 MBJustin Hertzberg is a currency trader and also President and CEO of Forest Park FX, a CFTC-registered introducing brokerage firm. On this episode, we're going to be discussing the mistakes people make when shopping for forex brokers. He lives in sunny Boca Raton, Florida with his wife and boy-girl twins.
109 - VWAP Trading with Zach Hurwitz
April 05, 2016 07:00 - 49 minutes - 22.8 MBZach Hurwitz is an independent equities trader, trading coach, consultant to emerging hedge funds & proprietary firms, VWAP specialist. Founder of TheVWAP.com.
108 - Trading FX with Joel Kruger
March 31, 2016 07:00 - 48 minutes - 22.3 MBJoel Kruger is an FX trader and the founder JKonFX.com. He's been trading 10+ years and has come to specialize in global macro trading. He has appeared on Bloomberg television and other financial networks. Joel's website received top honors by FXStreet for “Best Buy Side Analysis” and “Best Video” in 2014.
107 - Writing Trading Plans with Justine Pollard
March 28, 2016 07:00 - 47 minutes - 21.6 MBJustine Pollard is a professional stock and CFD trader. She's been trading for over 25 years, is a trend follower, and specializes in trading plans. Her book, Smart Trading Plans, is published by Wiley. She blogs at smarttrading.com.au.
106 - The One Thing in Trading
March 24, 2016 16:00 - 11 minutes - 5.43 MBHope things are going well and progressing with you guys on the trading side. This week, I took 3 positions: all net losers. I had a deadline on another project so I didn’t spend as much time as I would like. Such is life. But one thing I did was grab another book that I recommend. It’s not a trading book, per se. It’s more of a business success book that has plenty of application for those of us learning to trade. I’m about half-way through the book now to be up front. It’s a short read – ...
105 - Lazy Gap Trading with David Frost
March 21, 2016 07:00 - 46 minutes - 21.6 MBDavid Frost is a full-time trader. He's a Wall Street veteran and has been trading for 20 years. When he's not trading, he's coaching his son's baseball team. He specializes in gap trading and publishes some of his results at lazygaptrader.com.
104 – Brandon’s Trading Results: Feb 2016
March 17, 2016 07:00 - 10 minutes - 4.88 MBIf you listened to last week’s episode – episode 102 – I bemoaned the fact that my trading results in February were less than to be desired. At the beginning of the month, I opened up my live trading account. To be open, it’s a small account ($500). But it’s enough to give me a taste for losing and gaining real dollars. It’s something my trading coach recommends, so that’s why I did it. In addition, the point is to gain consistent pips. If I can’t make gains in a small account, then what bu...
103 - Consistent Options Income with John Richardson
March 14, 2016 07:00 - 47 minutes - 22 MBJohn Richardson is a full-time options trader. He's been trading since late 1980s. He's traded stocks, futures, forex, and options. He's the owner of consistentoptionsincome.com and he resides in sunny, San Diego, California.
102 - Tweaking Your Trading When Things Aren’t Working
March 10, 2016 08:00 - 17 minutes - 8.1 MBWhat do you guys do when things aren’t working out for you? Whether that’s in a relationship you thought was supposed to be great, but it isn’t happening. Or maybe you tried a church or religion and it didn’t meet your expectations. Or perhaps a supposed dream job turned into a nightmare. And what about your trading? What do you do if you’re trading isn’t working as advertised. You bought into a system, but the system is generating negative returns. What do you do when that happens? Someth...
101 - Regulating Emotions in Trading with Houston Truong
March 07, 2016 08:00 - 46 minutes - 21.4 MBHouston Truong has been trading for about 10 years. He runs a trading blog http://thetradingedge.org, where he focuses on trading setups and trading psychology. He hails from Montreal, Canada, where he lives with his wife and two children.
100 – Finding a Trading Coach with Brandon Clay
March 03, 2016 08:00 - 52 minutes - 24.2 MBI really appreciate Marko taking the time to interview me for the podcast. He was pro and I’m glad we had the chance to connect. As Marko mentioned, he’s a ‘face in the crowd’. And Marko may represent many of you guys out there interested in hiring a trading coach. Admittedly, this is one guy’s opinion. But hopefully it gives you another perspective as you’re thinking about going with a trading service or coach. As for the takeaway of the podcast – that would sound a little strange. Me pull...
99 - Trading Psychology 2.0 with Brett Steenbarger
February 29, 2016 08:00 - 50 minutes - 23 MBBrett Steenbarger has been involved in the financial markets since the 1970's. He is a futures trader and is a performance coach with various hedge funds and proprietary trading firms. He earned his PhD in Clinical Psychology and is a Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at SUNY Upstate Medical University. He is the author of Trading Psychology 2.0.
98 - The Iceberg of Trading Success
February 25, 2016 08:00 - 15 minutes - 7.24 MBMetaphors are very helpful things. Metaphors can really cement ideas into our heads. The best teachers are the teachers who can take an abstract, but real concept and give it some form with an accurate metaphor which aptly describes that idea. Some of the most well-known metaphors, also called ‘word pictures’, are: ‘beating a dead horse’, ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’, ‘elephant in the room’, ‘kicked the bucket’, or ‘800-lb gorilla’. None of these expressions literally mean what is sai...
97 - Top 3 Things Learned Chatting with 50+ Traders with Aaron Fifield
February 22, 2016 08:00 - 45 minutes - 21.1 MBAaron Fifield is a developing algorithmic trader from Down Under. He's also the host of the popular podcast, Chat with Traders. We cover lessons he's learned chatting with over 50 traders and how his trading has shifted over the past few years.
96 - Day Trading for Dummies
February 18, 2016 08:00 - 15 minutes - 7.06 MBWho among us hasn’t had that well-meaning soul try to steer us clear from day trading? I remember working at Dell in the early 2000’s. I had a fairly easy job at the time. It was an internal support job where we took calls from sales people and tried to answer questions that they didn’t know. At times it was the easiest job I ever had. These were the early days of the internet. And sometimes, for hours on end, I would have 1, maybe 2, three-minute calls per hour answering simple questions a...
95 - Swing & Position Trading Stocks with Toni Turner
February 15, 2016 08:00 - 45 minutes - 21 MBToni Turner is president of Trendstar Trading Group and runs ToniTurner.com. She is the author of a best selling book, "A Beginner's Guide to Day Trading Online, 2nd Edition." as well as other books. She's been a guest on CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox Business and has contributed to numerous financial publications including TheStreet.com and Weiss Incorporated. She speaks regularly on trading and investing topics throughout the country.
94 - Learning to Trade is a Bumpy Journey + Personal Update Jan 2016
February 11, 2016 08:00 - 17 minutes - 8.01 MBA couple days ago, I had the privilege of speaking with another podcast listener. This guy, who will rename anonymous and who happens to be from Germany. I have a special affinity for Germany. I’ve only been to Germany one time, way back in 1990 just after the Berlin Wall fell. My family and I were visiting Austria and we were in Saltzberg. We had the chance to checkout Berchtesgaden, just over the Austrian border in Germany. That was where Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest was located. Being a history ...
93 - Credit Spreads & World Travel with Mark Dannenberg
February 08, 2016 08:00 - 35 minutes - 16.5 MBMark Dannenberg was a senior executive at a Fortune 500 company. He has 26 years of experience in trading options. He's also an author and speaker and loves teaching newer traders about options at OptionsMoneyMaker.com. When he's not trading, he's hanging out with his family, and riding his motorcycle along the Pacific Coast Highway.
92 - Three Goods to Look for in Your Trading Coach
February 04, 2016 08:00 - 17 minutes - 7.92 MBThree things or three ‘goods’ to look for in your trading coach. These are things that I look for in a trading coach and things that you may want to consider if you’re at the point of hiring a trading mentor. 1. Good trader 2. Good teacher 3. Good person Bonus: Good Life (Are they living the life you want to live?)
91 - Charles Miles on Gartley Patterns in Forex
February 01, 2016 08:00 - 49 minutes - 22.6 MBCharles is a trading coach at Trade Empowered and is currently a part-time trader. He's also the President and Head Trader at Trade Katz based in Lenexa, Kansas, USA.
90 - What is Algorithmic Trading?
January 28, 2016 08:00 - 12 minutes - 5.65 MBAlgorithms are everywhere. Algorithms are running grocery stores like Walmart with air conditioning controlled from corporate in Bentonville, Arkansas. They’re help determine what you’re likely to buy next on Amazon.com and serve you relevant ads just before you buy that trading book. Perhaps the most ubiquitous algorithm is Google’s. Google’s algorithm, in theory and according to their engineers, attempts to provide the best search results for their users search query and even un-typed int...
89 - Bert Mouler on Algorithmic Trading & Machine Learning
January 25, 2016 08:00 - 43 minutes - 20.2 MBBert Mouler is the founder and CEO of Profluent Capital where they manage funds using algorithmic trading strategies. He also works in cryptocurrency mining, currency hedging, and more.
88 – Writing Trading Rules by Failing
January 21, 2016 08:00 - 17 minutes - 7.88 MBSometimes on these shorter episodes, I get personal. I start that uncomfortable (at least for me) naval gazing and let you into the inner sanctum of a developing trader’s mind. Hopefully it’s not too personal, but my intent is for it to be real. And then at other times, we review a particular area of the market or an area of life as a newer trader – be it something about forex or goal setting or how to pick a trading market. This episode is more of a hybrid between the two: this episode is ...
87 – Robb Reinhold on FX Pyramiding & Drift Racing
January 18, 2016 08:00 - 41 minutes - 18.8 MBRobb Reinhold is a full-time trader and a principal at Maverick Trading. He’s been trading stocks, options, forex, futures, etc. since 1997. He’s a published author of Maverick Trading: Proven Techniques to Create Generational Wealth and he also runs the training at Maverick Trading, a proprietary trading company that helps train new traders in the markets.
86 - Preview of the Trading Story Podcast in 2016
January 14, 2016 08:00 - 16 minutes - 7.5 MB4 things to expect from the podcast in 2016: Weekly awesome trading interviews, helpful tips for newer traders, personal trading updates from Brandon, and useful email updates along the way.
85 - Michael Lamothe on Stock Trading with CANSLIM
January 11, 2016 08:00 - 51 minutes - 23.6 MBMichael Lamothe is the founder and CEO of Chart Your Trade, a website dedicated to providing traders/investors with an array of robust tools, analysis, webinars, and forums to assist them in their trading journeys. His vision for ChartYourTrade.com is to not only teach fellow traders his trading methodology, but to also inspire them to work toward achieving financial freedom.
84 - Six Reasons to Swing Trade Stocks in 2016
January 07, 2016 08:00 - 14 minutes - 6.7 MBOn Monday, we introduced our podcast’s first sponsor, K Capital Advisors. If you haven’t heard Kyle Fisher’s interview on Monday, you probably should. This episode is a follow-up to Kyle’s trading methodology. But even if you don’t hear Kyle’s interview, you should get some value out of this episode. Kyle’s approach to the stock market is swing trading. And it perfectly aligns with the target audience of the Trading Story podcast audience. Our audience is smart, they believe in the dream o...
83 - Swing Trading Stocks with Kyle Fisher
January 04, 2016 08:00 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MBKyle Fisher has been trading for 10 years. He runs KCapitalAdvisors.com, a stock trading advisory firm where he provides small cap stock signals for swing traders. He focuses his practice on swing trading which is one of the reasons I wanted to chat with him today. He has earned his MBA from University of Massachusetts and is working on his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is a full-time trader.
82 - Goal Setting for Traders...With a Twist
December 31, 2015 08:00 - 14 minutes - 6.81 MBHere we are at the end of another year. Lots to be thankful for, much to look forward to. If 2015, wasn’t what you had wished for or even if it was, the end of the year is a good time to reflect. And it’s also a great time to think ahead. That’s why I wanted to dedicate an entire podcast episode to goal setting…with a twist. First off, it’s about goal setting. No surprise there, you’ll see a lot of podcasts about that. Second, it’s specifically about goal setting for traders. You’ll see f...
81 - Peter Davies - Order Flow Trading and Living in Thailand
December 28, 2015 08:00 - 44 minutes - 20.6 MBPeter Davies has been trading for 10 years. He specializes in a different sort of trading than most are familiar with - order flow - and also teaches it to other traders. Originally from the the UK, he now hails from Thailand.
80 – Personal Reflections on Trading & the Podcast in 2015
December 24, 2015 08:00 - 15 minutes - 7.3 MBSo this podcast episode is sort of like that trip to Colorado for me. Except, it’s a more public reflection on my past year. These are my reflections about my year, especially as it relates to trading and this podcast. So maybe you’ll have a chance to learn from my experience. Some of this will be a repeat material from a few other podcasts, but some of it is very new. But I want to get you guys caught up on my personal trading from January until December in 2015.
79 – Étienne Crête & 6 Essential Attributes of Successful Traders
December 21, 2015 08:00 - 32 minutes - 15.1 MBÉtienne Crête is a forex trader and a fellow trading podcaster. He blogs and podcasts over at DesireToTrade.com where he interviews other traders and business owners about success. He has a great perspective on what it takes to become successful in trading and he’s still in college.
78 - Three Takeaways from the Book, "Wall Street's Just Not That Into You"
December 17, 2015 13:56 - 14 minutes - 6.57 MBOn the last episode of the podcast, I spoke with Roger Davis on his book, Wall Street’s Just Not That Into You.” I read most of the book in preparation for the interview, and it was a helpful perspective for us as traders. I thought the book was good enough to showcase some of Davis’ extended thoughts from the book for the benefit of the Trading Story podcast listeners. There are a couple of extended quotes from the book in this episode. But they are worthy excerpts. So without further ado...
77 – Roger Davis on Why Wall Street’s Just Not That Into You
December 14, 2015 08:00 - 37 minutes - 17.1 MBRoger Davis is a former Wall Street broker and he's now the CEO of Woodridge Wealth Management. He's also the author of "Wall Street’s Just Not That Into You", where he highlights an alternative approach to investment management. He now lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and two children.
76 - How to Talk About Trading with Your Friends & Family
December 10, 2015 08:00 - 13 minutes - 6.16 MBMaybe this year you want to be brave. Maybe you want to broach the trading topic with the uninitiated. Maybe you want to talk about your dream of becoming a successful stock trader, options trader, forex trader, or whatever. Or maybe not. As you probably already know, there are certainly costs associated with each new topic we bring up in our conversations. Regardless of what you decide to do, this episode is all about talking to your friends and family when trading comes up. Here are some ...
75 - The Forex Trading Coach Andrew Mitchem
December 07, 2015 08:00 - 40 minutes - 18.8 MBAndrew Mitchem has been trading forex for 11 years. He's a podcaster, a YouTuber, and has a very cool domain theforextradingcoach.com. When he's not trading, he's practicing karate, flying a helicopter, or hanging with his wife and 5 kids in New Zealand.
74 - How to Find the Right Market To Trade
December 03, 2015 08:00 - 13 minutes - 6.48 MBTrading can be confusing for a new comer. There’s so much to consider when you first start off. All the mechanics of buying and selling, trying to make a million bucks – or just a positive return, understanding what a P/E ratio is, and a host of other unnamed things. But one of the biggest areas of concerns is just getting started: trying to find the right market to trade. How do you know what market you should target, especially when you’re just starting off. Defining a Trading “Market” ...
73 - Mercedes Oestermann van Essen: The Buddhist Trader
November 30, 2015 08:00 - 46 minutes - 21.3 MBMercedes Oestermann van Essen is a trader and trading coach. She specializes in trading psychoology has written several books including The Buddhist Trader. She also runs the website, theBuddhistTrader.com.
72 - Trading & Family: What About the Kids?
November 26, 2015 08:00 - 12 minutes - 5.86 MBYou’ve got this side project going on? You want to trade. And you know that trading takes time, especially at first as you’re trying to dig through a bunch of definitions you haven’t heard before and you’re trying to understand things like ‘Shooting Stars’, and trendlines. You want to make this trading thing work but you don’t want to neglect your family. What do you do with your kids when you think you should be studying charts? What you do with that guilt when you’re stuck in the offic...
71 - Wealthsteading & Trading with John Pugliano
November 23, 2015 08:00 - 49 minutes - 22.9 MBJohn Pugliano has been a trader and investor for over 30 years. He's the founder and money manager at Investable Wealth an investment advisory firm in the state of Utah. He's also a podcaster - been podcasting since July 4, 2014 - at the Wealthsteading Podcast.
70 - Personal Update: Pivoting to a New Forex Strategy
November 19, 2015 08:00 - 15 minutes - 7 MBFirst off, I have to make an apology for this personal podcast. Last week, I gave you guys a review of my results from my trading strategy. And this one will be a little more of the same. We will get back to some practical aspect of trading and I won’t bore you with another self-indulgent monologue next week. Nevertheless, this is one of the core features of the Trading Story podcast: to keep you posted on my personal trading journey. And that’s what this is: part 2 of a personal update.
69 - Zero to Hero Trader Yvan Byeajee
November 16, 2015 08:00 - 38 minutes - 17.9 MBYvan Byeajee started trading in 2007. He's a full-time trader, has lived in France, Canada, and now is now on 6-month visit to the Island of Mauritius off the coast of Madagascar. He wrote a couple of books, including 'Zero to Hero: How I Went from Being a Losing Trader to a Consistently Profitable One". He also blogs at TradingComposure.com.
68 – Personal Trading Results from 2 Months of Demo Trading
November 12, 2015 08:00 - 12 minutes - 5.92 MBIt’s been a few weeks since I gave you guys a more detailed update of my personal trading. If you’ve been listening to this podcast for a couple of months, you know I’ve hired a personal trading coach / mentor in September 2015 – about 2 months ago from the recording of this podcast. It’s Mike Gould over at the Forex Winners Academy. In episode 58, I gave a rather tepid review of Mike Gould’s forex training program. The documentation was lighter than I expected and the time on screen and be...
67 - Daniel Garnier: 21 & Profitably Trading Forex
November 09, 2015 08:00 - 54 minutes - 25 MBDaniel Garnier started trading in 2012. He's focused on the forex market and has been consistenly profitable about a year ago. He's 21 years old and is now broadcasting his Periscope on uploading trading videos on YouTube @DanielGarnier.