Behind the Screens

Anthony Crudele - host of the Futures Radio Show podcast, the Develop Your Edge series, and Trading Futures with Anthony Crudele, joins Ian Blanke to talk Trading "Rules" and Trading "Instincts."

Anthony dives in to how he views "rules" as they apply to trading strategies, entries, and exits, versus what he calls trading "instincts" which should become engrained in any aspiring traders mind. 

Anthony discusses some of his trading "instincts" he has developed over the years, and the process of discovery to get them engrained in his mind. 

On this episode Ian and FuturesTrader71 break down how to develop a trading plan. We cover:

Ian is joined by order flow trader Scott Pulcini. Scott discusses his experience leading up to trading 10% of the daily E-Mini S&P volume, his two big blow up days, and the role negative reinforcement can play.  Scott also digs in to his use of Order Flow, and how ultimately order flow tools helped him get back in to trading. 

On this episode Ian is joined by acclaimed mental game coach Jared Tendler.  Jared has worked extensively with PGA Golfers, poker players, e-sports gamers, and active traders. 

In Jared's latest book, The Mental Game of Trading, he shares his expertise and provides a step by step guide for mastering trading psychology.    

In the episode, Ian and Jared discuss the following topics: 

 Jared also has provided free worksheets, and a free Intuition eBook that listeners can obtain from his site: 

Ian is joined by long time market enthusiast Alex Demosthenes (@AlexDemosthenes) to discuss his love of trading, market making, and reading order flow. 

Ian and Alex cover everything from his ventures in to markets before discovering Futures, including selling Beanie Babies, NFT's, and Crocs, to his dive in to the Futures markets using Order Flow analysis.  Finally we talk about how Alex's passion for markets puts him in a unique position of understanding of the auction supply, and demand.

On this minisode, FuturesTrader71 joins Ian to discuss proper funding.  Topics include funding with the amount (in our opinion) to maximize your life span as a trader and hopefully realize your edge, the inherent leverage built in to Futures contracts, and what it means to be a good risk manager with your funds. 

This may not be the most exciting topic, but in Ian and FT's opinion this episode is a must listen!

On this episode, Ian Blanke is joined by veteran trader Matt "Pax" Kenah. Pax discusses his time trading the big Nasdaq Futures in the pits, transitioning to electronic trading and how he stuck to his 30 second opening range methodology, what makes up a consistent trader in his opinion, and giving yourself time in the markets. 

In this episode of our series of "mini-sodes," Ian is joined by Morad Askar a.k.a FuturesTrader71 (FT71) to discuss focusing on the process of trading versus the outcomes.

We discuss the following key topics:

Understanding process and preparation. What goes in to your process? How do you go back to your process and not get flustered by external factors? How can returning to your process help you with your consistency?

When is there potentially an issue with your process or edge, versus the effort you are putting in to the process, and lastly, disconnecting from a bad day to go back to process.

In this episode Ian is joined by Donald Roberts, the President and CEO of The Small Exchange.  They dive in to his background, one of his funniest trading stories, and the genesis of The Small Exchange.  We also discuss how The Small Exchange has standardized Futures contracts while offering diverse products, keeping cost low for traders, and what goes in to building an exchange to compete with the established order.