Line Your Own Pockets

By Dave Mabe and Michael NaussBusiness Investing

Line Your Own Pockets episodes

April 14, 2025 Turning A Trading Weakness into an Advantage
We discuss how Dave turned a trader's frustrating bad habit into a positive workflow for creating new trading edge. This is a great case study for the power of a positive mindset and a desire to get better.

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Before you go!
The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
40 min
April 07, 2025 How To Trade When Everything is Moving
You're trading a strategy - you're comfortable with the number of trades. And then BOOM - one day the entire market is moving and your system generates 10x the number of trades it normally does.
How do you react? Michael and I discussed the first time this happened to me and how best to respond to prepare for the next time.

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Before you go!
The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
46 min
March 31, 2025 Do You Chase Trading Perfection?
Do you let the quest for perfection get in the way of trading success? It's more common than you might think. We discuss where this tendency comes from and how to let go of it to make progress in your trading.
"From the surface, every rabbit hole looks like a pile of money." - Dave
Here's a link to the book Michael mentioned: Golf Is Not A Game Of Perfect
The Monkey Trap via Robin Hanson.

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Before you go!
The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
43 min
March 24, 2025 Make Trading Real when Things Are Going Well
When you're trading part-time and doing well, your trading can seem almost like a video game. Here's actionable thing I tell the traders I coach to do that keeps them motivated to improve even when their trading is going great.

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Before you go!
The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
25 min
March 17, 2025 Take Your Best Trades With Bigger Size
35 min
March 10, 2025 Profitable Traders Keep A Journal
If there's one thing profitable traders do consistently, it's keeping track of their results. Winners keep score! We discuss the do's and don't's of journaling and the things you can safely skip because they're a waste of time.

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Before you go!
The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
48 min
March 03, 2025 What NOT To Automate In Your Trading Business
Just because you CAN automate doesn't necessarily mean you SHOULD automate it.

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Before you go!
The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
33 min
February 24, 2025 Edge Erosion
32 min
February 17, 2025 Position Sizing Is Sexy
Book on Kelly Criterion: Fortune's Formula

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Before you go!
The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
46 min
February 10, 2025 Sizing Up a Trading Strategy
You finally have a serious trading edge. And you know it. How should you think about sizing up?

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Before you go!
The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.
I hope to see you there!
43 min