Chat With Traders

By Tessa Dao

What's Chat With Traders about?

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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Chat With Traders episodes:

04.03.2024
278: Ben Greenfield - Elevate Your Mental Game With Better Brain Power
Unlock the secrets to superior mental sharpness and explore groundbreaking strategies to boost your cognitive function, from nutrition hacks and exercise tips to innovative biohacking techniques. Ben Greenfield, a renowned expert in the health and fitness sphere, reveals his top...
03.14.2024
277: Garrett Drinon - Musician Turned Trader Trains Algos to Find Unicorns
The lure of the markets seduced a successful musician into full time trading at a prop firm. Collaborating with other traders, Garrett Drinon learned the market signals, and other ingredients which go into great setups. Wanting to expand his reach,...
02.20.2024
276: Will Gogolak - Contextualization Within a Framework of Conditional Probabilities
As a risk officer with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Will Gogolak was setting margin requirements and saw a wide variety of traders’ accounts and what separated the winning traders from the losing ones, before leaving to pursue his own trading...
02.07.2024
275: William Lam - The Best Operating System for Elite Performance: Our Minds
Experiencing the noticeable communication differences between his childhood culture and his new home in the U.S., William Lam was driven to become aware of how his limiting thoughts imprinted from his family drove unhealthy unconscious actions. Learning how to shape...
01.23.2024
274: Gary Norden - Keeping the Lost Art of Order Flow Trading Alive
A humble beginning as a gopher in the intense trading pits of Japanese warrants was shocking for Gary Norden when he was a teenager. As this volatile market was beginning its meltdown, Gary saw how easily star traders lost immense...
01.10.2024
273: James Fishback - THIS TIME It’s Different…or Is It
James is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Azoria Partners, a global macro investment firm. Prior to Azoria, he served as the Head of Macro at Greenlight Capital, a two-billion-dollar hedge fund led by David Einhorn. He is also...
12.26.2023
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12.12.2023
272: Erik Smolinski - Marine Corps Discipline Crushes the Markets
Growing up poor and living in violent neighborhoods didn’t stop Erik Smolinski from being motivated and curious. Erik only needed to hear a few words about investing including the power of compounding from his high school instructor to light the...
11.30.2023
271: Tom Basso - The Sweet Balance Between Risk and Reward
Experiencing the brutal bear market of 1973-74 impressed upon Tom the necessity to find ways to hedge risk. This began a multi year long quest to find the right combination of uncorrelated assets, technical indicators and adjust the weightings as...
11.09.2023
270: What Keeps You in the Game of Trading?
Every now and then, we like to switch things up and take a break from our usual program. Today, we present a special episode for that purpose. So, what keeps you in the trading game? The voices you hear in...
10.25.2023
269: Rob Hanna - Reducing Anxiety and Drawdowns through Quantifiable Edges
The shock of his first major losing year in 2004 as a discretionary trader, propelled Rob Hanna to find quantifiable statistical advantages that would help mitigate the fluctuations in his equity curves. Knowing the dangers of curve fitting, in trying...
10.05.2023
268: Bryan Holdford - Is Loss Control All It Takes to Become Consistent?
Paying to take and pass the Series 7 license as a teenager in the 1980’s led Bryan Holdford into the high commission world of stocks and options without mentors or the internet. Starting with investment newspapers Bryan tried many trading...
09.21.2023
267: Dan McDermitt - An Edge with Correlations Across Time Frames
Stinging losses with mutual funds in 2008 drove Dan to become an active manager of his portfolio. Enticed by the legalization prospects of marijuana, he dived into learning the fundamentals and technicals of the sector. Learning how these stocks traded...
09.06.2023
266: Mark Bennell - Mind Your Business: Be Like An Employee
An engineer at the core, Mark Bennell, a Private Trader who has been trading full-time for 15 years breaks down what it really means to “Treat Trading As a Business” and why this mindset was incredibly important in turning his...
08.16.2023
265: Peter Stolcers - Taking a Top-Down Approach to Day Trading
Seeing and feeling the intensity and chaos of the trading pits back in the 1980’s, Pete knew immediately that trading was the career he had to have. Starting as a floor runner making $5/hr to later trading full time for...
08.02.2023
264: Gabriel Bullo - Contest Winner: One Trader's Unwavering Dedication
Growing up poor in the Philippines, Gabriel sought a way to supplement his income. Dealing with the emotional challenges of giving up his profits in his long-term positions, he switched to trading to have a sense of greater control of...
07.18.2023
263: Andres Granger - Making it in South Korea & Exploiting Market Inefficiencies in Crypto
Seeking financial opportunities overseas just before the Great Financial Crises, Andres Granger was motivated to learn how to trade after falling victim to a Ponzi-like trading scheme. He worked hard and diligently studied order flow and scalping while trading Futures...
07.06.2023
262: Henrik Johansson & Patrick Petersson - Recap: Beginner Trader to Funded Trader in 60 Days
This is a special episode of a recording of a recent discussion that occurred within the Chat With Traders Community on a Zoom call. The discussion centers around Henrik Johansson, a beginner fellow trader, who embarked on a journey to...
06.20.2023
261: Humbled Trader - Lamborghini Money Quest Teaches Valuable Lessons
First seduced by advertisements of easy money, Shay a.k.a. Humbled Trader learned that she had to find her own way of trading. Taking the skills she learned as a special effects artist in Hollywood, she created the popular Youtube channel...
06.06.2023
260: Patrick Petersson - Breathing In, Breathing Out Intuitive Hits on the Markets
Growing up in a family and culture strongly critical of trading as a profession, Patrick Petersson opened his first trading account on his 18th birthday and risked his reputation and family money to follow a deep growing passion he had...
05.16.2023
259: Lukas Frohlich - Executing Agenda Trading Strategy for Stratospheric Returns
Lacking education, mentors or money, Lukas Frohlich, known to many as The Short Bear, became fascinated with financial markets when only 13 years old. Saving everything he could from jobs, he started trading before he could even legally drive a...
05.01.2023
258: Alexander Moreno - Snowballing Losses and the Courage to Come Clean, Heal & Rebuild
Dedicating significant hours to books and market analysis, Alexander Moreno sought regular counsel from a seasoned trading mentor. After refining his abilities through months of paper trading, he ventured into live trading, reaping consistent profits as planned. This success bolstered...
04.11.2023
257: David Capablanca - Crafting the Art of Shorting Scams
Deep in debt after finishing Architecture school, David Capablanca, originally from Miami and host of the Friendly Bear Podcast, desired an alternative career with independence, freedom and potential for high earnings. Naturally drawn to a contrarian psychology, he zeroed in...
03.28.2023
256: Louisa Nicola - Supercharging the Brain and Body with Peak Performance Habits
After an accident ended her career as a professional athlete, Louisa Nicola became a Neurophysiologist and human performance coach, in order to understand and share what improves and degrades the brain’s short term performance and long term viability. Adopting certain...
03.14.2023
255: Vincent Bruzzese (aka Hari Seldon) - From Working in Hollywood to Burning the Gambler's Mindset
As a former poker player, heavy gambler, and professor of statistics, and after having had a successful professional career in the movie industry in Hollywood, Vincent Bruzzese (aka Hari Seldon of Real Day Trading group) took his poker skills and...
02.21.2023
254: Christian Carreon - Kidney Disease, Poverty, and Jail Time to Going All In On the Markets
Growing up poor with kidney disease as an immigrant from Mexico, Christian Carreon’s trauma with health issues and family financial instability resulted in the drive and hunger for financial success and security through redemption in the markets. Despite suffering through...
02.08.2023
253: Patrick Boyle - Lessons from Financial History and False Expectations in the Markets
Patrick is a finance professor, author, quant hedge fund manager and a connoisseur of financial history. As a young investor in Utility stocks, Patrick’s hunger to learn and apply the lessons of financial history helped him to maintain composure during...
01.24.2023
252: Yvan Byeajee - From Emotional Turbulence to Trading with Composure
Growing up poor with learning difficulties, Yvan Byejee’s early trading failures drove him to understand his own emotional turbulence and instability in the mind through deep inner work. With a heightened sense of mindfulness, he embraced uncertainty and became systematic in...
01.08.2023
251: Kasper Vandeloock - High School Dropout Turned Quant Trader, Entrepreneur (Pre & Post FTX Collapse)
The FTX collapse, arrest of Sam Bankman Fried, and the subsequent collapse of the crypto market opened new opportunities for Kasper Vandeloock, as some players were forced to exit the market. Note: There are 2 parts to this interview. Part 1 was...
12.19.2022
250: Sunny Harris - Methodical Day Trader Thrives Through 4 Market Crashes and Still Going Strong
As a highly driven, methodical stock and futures day trader, Sunny Harris didn’t survive the four major market crashes, she thrived through them. A strong believer of technical analysis, back testing, and systematic trading, this vivacious Southern California trader and entrepreneur...
12.06.2022
249: Jack Kellogg - Valet Driver Turns $20K into $11Mil over 6 years After Wipe Out
Starting out juggling multiple jobs as a valet driver, firefighter and entrepreneur, Jack Kellogg at 18 years of age about 6 years ago dreamed of financial freedom, became laser-focused on saving money and learned everything he could about the stock...
11.22.2022
248: David Sun - Systematic Options Trading - Minimize Risk, Optimize Edge
From Electrical Engineer to Hedge Fund Manager, David Sun, previously on TastyTrade as a Rising Star guest went on to start his first hedge fund in 2018, and then went on to add a second one in 2021. Learn about one...
11.08.2022
247: Djamal Adib - Stop Loss Hunting and Dancing with the Smart Money in Forex Trading
It's about time we have a discussion on Forex Trading, but this is not your average Forex Trading discussion. Some Forex traders may be unaware of how stop loss hunting and market manipulation is done by the smart money. Like many...
10.26.2022
246: Uri Klarman - Thought Provoking Opportunities in DeFi with Crypto Tech Wizard
Seeing the great potential and opportunities available in decentralized finance and the crypto currency universe, Uri Klarman left academia with a PHD in computer networks and later specialized in Blockchain research. He started a company that would help crypto traders...
10.11.2022
245: Jason Shapiro - The Mind of a Tape Reading Contrarian Trader
Jason Shapiro has been a trader for 30 years and was interviewed in the Unknown Market Wizards book by Jack Schwager. From early on Jason was a rebel who avoided group think and sought out contrarian trading opportunities in overhyped, or...
10.03.2022
244: Ian Cox – From Stocks to Options to Crypto - New Host Joins CWT
Ian Cox, new host from Seattle, Washington joins Tessa on Chat With Traders. Trading and investing since the mid-90s, Ian eventually worked his way towards success which afforded him early retirement, financial and time freedom. Of course it wasn't all smooth...
09.27.2022
243: Moritz Seibert – Extreme Edge: Exploiting a Structural Inefficiency
This episode won’t be for everyone… It contains no chatter about how to read charts, how to pick the direction of stocks, or even, how to handle your trading psyche. However, for some, this episode will spin minds and bend preconceived notions...
09.13.2022
242: Kris Sidial - Volatility Shocks: Positioning for Convex Payouts
Today, we’re talking volatility with Kris Sidial, Chief Investment Officer at The Ambrus Group. His funds’ primary objective is to make outsized returns in the event of a market crash, and it therefore serves as a portfolio hedge for investors...
08.29.2022
241: Jimmy Jude – The Rough ‘n Tumble Life of a Merc Jerk
This episode consists of an extremely raw and unfiltered interview with veteran derivatives trader and self-proclaimed Merc Jerk, Jimmy Jude. As we rewind to the early 90’s, Jimmy relives the rough 'n tumble of CME’s Eurodollar options pit. Telling of power...
08.11.2022
240: John Carter – MORE Aggressive Trading, MORE Million-Dollar Wins
Returning guest and options veteran John Carter has become increasingly aggressive with his trading tactics, and as a result, has booked a multitude of large profits during the past few years. In this sequel to the popular Episode 69, John speaks...
07.29.2022
239: Nicholas Bradburn – My First Year Trading Full-Time
For this fourth episode in the My First Year Trading Full-Time series, we speak to retail trader Nicholas Bradburn. A few years ago, Nick innocently stumbled onto the infamous subreddit Wall Street Bets, which lead to the discovery of options and roaring cannabis...
07.19.2022
238: Public Service Announcement
What does the future hold for Chat With Traders podcast? An evolution is on the horizon. Full details revealed in this episode—featuring Aaron Fifield and Tessa Dao. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
07.11.2022
237: Mary Childs – Biggest ‘n Baddest, Billionaire Bond Trader: Bill Gross
Mary Childs—a financial journalist and co-host of NPR’s Planet Money—is author of The Bond King; a biography about industry titan, billionaire bond trader Bill Gross. Bill co-founded Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco) in 1974, where he would become the worlds’ largest bond...
06.27.2022
236: Lance Breitstein – The Ultimate Day Trader, Pt. 3
The promised and much-anticipated follow-up interview with Lance Breitstein… Lance was formerly a Senior Trader at proprietary firm Trillium. He earned the rank as ‘Top Trader’ in 2020 and 2021 with consecutive 8-figure years, also setting the firms’ all-time PnL record. While...
06.13.2022
235: Chris Cady – A Lifetime Student of Markets
Today, I bring you a man who’s truly seen it all: Chris Cady Having surpassed 40-years as an equity index trader, Chris has lived through every type of market environment imaginable and reinvented himself several times over. But is experience all...
05.24.2022
234: Domer – The Information Edge: Winning in Prediction Markets
While many are only hearing about prediction markets for the first time, for near a decade, anonymous trader Domer (@Domahhhh) has been at the frontier of profiting from outcomes of unknown future events. Political and economic matters are Domer’s specialty, although...
04.28.2022
233: Kenny Sharkness – Blowout Loss Creates a Cold-Blooded Killer
This year I’ve brought you some truly phenomenal traders and it continues, right here… Kenny Sharkness (aka Shark) is one of the greatest success stories to come out of proprietary trading firm SMB Capital. In the span of a decade, he’s...
04.12.2022
232: Nishant Porbanderwalla – Trade Recap: Manic Meme-Stock, Profound Profit
Nishant Porbanderwalla—a senior trader at proprietary firm Kershner Trading Group—is no stranger to the show. In his third appearance on Chat With Traders, Nish recaps how he booked an outsized six-figure profit trading meme-stock NASDAQ: DWAC (Digital World Acquisition Corp). The date was...
03.28.2022
231: James Chen – Obscure Edges, Outsized Alpha
James Chen is an equities trader and a partner at Sydney-based fund BlueLake Partners. Furthermore, he’s a heavy-hitter who operates on a different level to most… For well over a decade, James has been discovering edges and developing trades that the typical...
03.13.2022
230: Oliver Chalk – ETH Mining Experiment; Gateway to Full-Scale BTC Basis Trading
It was early-2017, Oliver was nearing the end of his high school years, when he had discovered Ethereum—or more accurately, the self-described tech-head had strapped together 6x GPU's for the purpose of mining Ethereum. Although the mining rig was only a...

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Chat With Traders episodes:

278: Ben Greenfield - Elevate Your Mental Game With Better Brain Power

277: Garrett Drinon - Musician Turned Trader Trains Algos to Find Unicorns

276: Will Gogolak - Contextualization Within a Framework of Conditional Probabilities

275: William Lam - The Best Operating System for Elite Performance: Our Minds

274: Gary Norden - Keeping the Lost Art of Order Flow Trading Alive

273: James Fishback - THIS TIME It’s Different…or Is It

Chat With Traders End of 2023 Message

272: Erik Smolinski - Marine Corps Discipline Crushes the Markets

271: Tom Basso - The Sweet Balance Between Risk and Reward

270: What Keeps You in the Game of Trading?

269: Rob Hanna - Reducing Anxiety and Drawdowns through Quantifiable Edges

268: Bryan Holdford - Is Loss Control All It Takes to Become Consistent?

267: Dan McDermitt - An Edge with Correlations Across Time Frames

266: Mark Bennell - Mind Your Business: Be Like An Employee

265: Peter Stolcers - Taking a Top-Down Approach to Day Trading

264: Gabriel Bullo - Contest Winner: One Trader's Unwavering Dedication

263: Andres Granger - Making it in South Korea & Exploiting Market Inefficiencies in Crypto

262: Henrik Johansson & Patrick Petersson - Recap: Beginner Trader to Funded Trader in 60 Days

261: Humbled Trader - Lamborghini Money Quest Teaches Valuable Lessons

260: Patrick Petersson - Breathing In, Breathing Out Intuitive Hits on the Markets

259: Lukas Frohlich - Executing Agenda Trading Strategy for Stratospheric Returns

258: Alexander Moreno - Snowballing Losses and the Courage to Come Clean, Heal & Rebuild

257: David Capablanca - Crafting the Art of Shorting Scams

256: Louisa Nicola - Supercharging the Brain and Body with Peak Performance Habits

255: Vincent Bruzzese (aka Hari Seldon) - From Working in Hollywood to Burning the Gambler's Mindset

254: Christian Carreon - Kidney Disease, Poverty, and Jail Time to Going All In On the Markets

253: Patrick Boyle - Lessons from Financial History and False Expectations in the Markets

252: Yvan Byeajee - From Emotional Turbulence to Trading with Composure

251: Kasper Vandeloock - High School Dropout Turned Quant Trader, Entrepreneur (Pre & Post FTX Collapse)

250: Sunny Harris - Methodical Day Trader Thrives Through 4 Market Crashes and Still Going Strong

249: Jack Kellogg - Valet Driver Turns $20K into $11Mil over 6 years After Wipe Out

248: David Sun - Systematic Options Trading - Minimize Risk, Optimize Edge

247: Djamal Adib - Stop Loss Hunting and Dancing with the Smart Money in Forex Trading

246: Uri Klarman - Thought Provoking Opportunities in DeFi with Crypto Tech Wizard

245: Jason Shapiro - The Mind of a Tape Reading Contrarian Trader

244: Ian Cox – From Stocks to Options to Crypto - New Host Joins CWT

243: Moritz Seibert – Extreme Edge: Exploiting a Structural Inefficiency

242: Kris Sidial - Volatility Shocks: Positioning for Convex Payouts

241: Jimmy Jude – The Rough ‘n Tumble Life of a Merc Jerk

240: John Carter – MORE Aggressive Trading, MORE Million-Dollar Wins

239: Nicholas Bradburn – My First Year Trading Full-Time

238: Public Service Announcement

237: Mary Childs – Biggest ‘n Baddest, Billionaire Bond Trader: Bill Gross

236: Lance Breitstein – The Ultimate Day Trader, Pt. 3

235: Chris Cady – A Lifetime Student of Markets

234: Domer – The Information Edge: Winning in Prediction Markets

233: Kenny Sharkness – Blowout Loss Creates a Cold-Blooded Killer

232: Nishant Porbanderwalla – Trade Recap: Manic Meme-Stock, Profound Profit

231: James Chen – Obscure Edges, Outsized Alpha

230: Oliver Chalk – ETH Mining Experiment; Gateway to Full-Scale BTC Basis Trading

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