The New Traders Podcast

By Rob Booker

Short essays on trading from Rob Booker. The basic trade is against yourself. Never let a small loss become a huge one. And other things you already knew.... more

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The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.

The New Traders Podcast episodes:

May 12, 2026 21: The market does not owe you entertainment
The trades you take when nothing is happening are mostly the trades you regret
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12min
May 11, 2026 20: You might not be addicted to trading. You might be addicted to simulating progress.
A short essay about a category error, which is a fancy way of saying you might be doing the wrong job.
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0min
May 08, 2026 19: The pigeon, the profit target, and the stretched rubber band.
A short essay about why traders fuss with their orders, which is, I'm sorry to report, mostly for our own benefit.
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12min
May 07, 2026 18: Press the edge. Plan in reverse. Answer the phone.
A short essay about sizing up winners, working backwards from specific dates, and the quiet rule that makes either one worth doing at all.
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17min
May 06, 2026 17: When you find an edge, your job is not to get cute.
A short essay about how traders spend years looking for something that works and then, having found it, become oddly embarrassed to keep doing it.
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14min
May 05, 2026 16: Break-even is a gift, and control matters more than perfect entries.
A short essay about why the best question in trading is not where to get in, but whether you are still the one running the thing.
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13min
May 04, 2026 15: The lesson keeps following you because your process leaves the same door open.
A short essay about the difference between recognizing a lesson and actually having learned it, which is, I am sorry to report, a larger difference than it sounds.
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11min
May 01, 2026 14: Jungle cats don't pounce on everything that moves.
A short essay about why the same lesson keeps needing to be learned, and why the learning, when it finally happens, looks suspiciously like not doing anything.
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12min
April 30, 2026 13: The trade you keep making is the one you don't notice.
Most losing trades aren't about the setup. They're about the second decision.
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12min
April 29, 2026 12: Ambition is sacred, but it still needs a calendar.
On noble ambition, the calendar test, and the uncomfortable discovery that the daily shape of professional work is much less flattering than the fantasy of it.
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9min

FAQs about The New Traders Podcast:

How many episodes does The New Traders Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.