Chat With Traders
Chat 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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076: Saul Knapp – Insight From a Former-Risk Ma...
Saul is an energy spread trader, a prop firm owner, and a former-risk manager. During this interview we discuss all three topics, plus how he got his start as a runner on the LIFFE exchange at 16yo.
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075: Dan Aisen – The Mechanics of a Dark Pool, ...
Dan Aisen is one of the co-founders of IEX, and one of Forbe's 30 Under 30 in Finance (2015). In this episode we discuss the mechanics of a dark pool, high-speed traders, and making markets "fair".
63 min
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074: John Walsh – Pocketing $100k From a Tradin...
John's a position trader from London, UK. In 2012 he won 1st place (and £100k prize money) in a City Index trading comp which was broadcast on national television. During out chat we discuss John's experience, his transition from being a day trader, his
44 min
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073: Charlie Bathgate – What to Emulate From Pr...
Charlie's been surrounded by professional traders ever since he came into this world—in this episode he shares many of his observations about what makes traders successful and how the best execute on a high level. Other topics discussed include; trading
64 min
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072: Rob, @DiscoveryTrader – Why Risk Managemen...
Rob is a pure order flow scalper, mostly active in US Treasury Futures. He embraces the idea of "gambling", but also places a huge importance on risk management (more so than anything else), which we discuss at lengths.
71 min
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071: Eric Hunsader – Rigged Markets, Stealing a...
Eric Hunsader from Nanex, is well-known for speaking out against the issues surrounding high frequency trading and how the big boys on Wall Street are exploiting gaps in the market micro-structure.
60 min
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070: Jeff Davis – Specializing, Automating and ...
Jeff specializes in the S&P futures, trading a mean reversion strategy built upon data and statistics. Throughout his career he's been heavily involved in developing and deploying algorithmic strategies.
74 min
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069: John Carter – How an Aggressive Trader Thi...
John's an options & futures trader, and has been involved in markets for 25 years. We discuss how he overcame boom 'n bust cycles, trader development, technical analysis, and his $1.4M trade on Tesla.
64 min
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068: Mikael Syding – From “Schoolyard Hippie” t...
Mikael's an ex-hedge fund manager & value investor, with interests in artificial intelligence and health 'n wellbeing. We discuss his top 3 lessons learnt from 15yrs in finance, risk management, how he spots growth opportunities in the market, and the way
64 min
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067: Jerry Parker – The Turtle Traders Story, F...
Jerry is one of the original Turtle Traders, a (somewhat secretive) trading group formed in the mid 80's under the guidance of a big-time commodities trader. Today, he remains the founder of Chesapeake Capital and a die-hard trend follower.
59 min
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066: Dan Shapiro – Blocking Excess Noise, Estab...
Dan is a day trader from NYC who will tell you what you need to hear (not what you want to hear). Learn how Dan was able to remove excess noise from the market and establish a trading process, plus his views on the current state of prop trading.
64 min
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065: Brett Steenbarger – How to Master Trading ...
High-profile trading psychology coach, Brett Steenbarger, shares: How to break bad trading habits and introduce new best practises, why traders must be adaptable, plus how to set and measure goals, and more...
59 min
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064: Nick Radge – The Casino Edge, Mean Reversi...
Nick Radge; an equities trend follower and momentum trader of 30 years. Our conversation covers mean reversion strategies, why trade frequency matters, how to develop robust trading systems and more.
59 min
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063: Nicola Duke – Strong Determination, Preser...
Nicola's a professional swing trader from the UK, actively tracking 36 futures and forex markets – who takes a technical and systematic approach to trading. We discuss mentors, determination, strategy and more.
42 min
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062: Tracy, @ChiGrl – Pairing Technicals & Fund...
Tracy is a technical & fundamental trader, with a focus on the energy sector. We discuss why fundamentals matter when trading oil, the impact of oil prices on a macro level, and skill-sets for success.
39 min
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061: Ari Pine – A Scientific Trading Perspectiv...
From making markets to hedge funds to software dev, Ari Pine has traded markets from all angles. During this interview, we talk; process over outcome, positive expectancy and the law of large numbers.
70 min
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060: Peter Tuchman – 30 Years on the NYSE: A Le...
He's seen it all. Peter has traded as a broker on the floor of the NYSE, for the past 30 years. We discuss; the role of a broker on the floor today (and the history) & his most memorable moments.
77 min
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059: Daniel Goldberg – Being Alert to Market Co...
With two decades of trading experience, Dan speaks about; the value of a well-rounded awareness for market conditions, how new prop traders are trained and gain access to financial backing, and more.
72 min
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058: Paul Singh – Planning and Preparation: Fai...
Paul is a long-time swing trader and day trader who got his start during the 'dot com boom'. We discuss; trade planning, micromanaging, light-bulb moments, and more...
51 min
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057: Jesse, @PsychoOnWallSt – $500k of “Beginne...
Jesse is a hybrid between a day trader and a swing trader, of equities. We discuss; how he made and lost $500k in a matter of months, how he has seen increased profitability as a part-time trader, his main motive for trading, and more...
60 min
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056: Matt Zimberg – The Makeup of Successful Tr...
Matt Zimberg is the founder of Optimus Futures – discussing; discipline of great traders, how to develop your own methodology, managing expectations, finding the right broker & platform, and tips for simulated trading.
83 min
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055: Nathan Michaud – Trading Momo Stocks, and ...
Nate shares; how he made and lost (close to) $1M in his early 20's, how he trades small-cap stocks with surging momentum, how to scale up for larger gains, and the challenges linked to short-selling.
64 min
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054: Rishi Narang – Components of a Black Box, ...
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.
84 min
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053: BTCVIX – The Wild West of Trading: Inside ...
BTCVIX is an active short-term Bitcoin trader, sharing deep insight to the world of cryptocurrencies, and the opportunities within this volatile environment.
60 min
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052: Ernie Chan – How Quant Strategies Are Crea...
Ernie has upwards of 15 years applying machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques to the domain of finance and trading – working with multiple prop firms and hedge funds across his career. He's also the author of two highly-regarded books,
60 min