Happy October! It’s been way too long. Your hosts Rob Booker and the producer Jason Pyles are grateful to be back in the saddle again on The Traders Podcast after a requisite hiatus. Thanks for sticking with us. In Episode 640, Rob discusses a trading issue that he and other traders have struggled with: What...

Welcome to the Traders Podcast Episode 639! Boy are we glad to be back. Today your host Rob Booker, who’s 50% improved from a 7-day fever from the depths of you-know-where, regales us with his heroic recovery. And, he catches up with Jason on his summer and the rap. Understandably, Rob hasn’t been discretionarily trading...

Welcome to the Traders Podcast Episode 638! Today your host Rob Booker indulges a current event question from Jason about Elon Musk’s recent investigation-stirring tweet. This guy lives in the future. For traders it begs the question, “What kind of trader would a future-dweller be?” A trader oriented in the future who is sitting on...

Has your trading plateaued? Do you feel stuck in a rut? Traders commonly become impatient with the process because they just don’t feel like success is happening fast enough. How long should it take to become profitable? Many traders want to know how long until they can trade for a living. In Episode 637 of...

What is your No. 1 goal in trading? To make money? No. In Episode 636 of The Traders Podcast, your host Rob Booker explains why your No. 1 “secret goal” as a trader is to reduce drawdown. Rob says a trader’s primary responsibility is to reduce drawdown and cut your losses. You want to avoid...

Sometimes the events of the news don’t have to be strictly financially related in order for us to glean some truth about trading. In Episode 635, your host Rob Booker and the producer Jason Pyles discuss the recent, heroic rescue of the boys trapped in a cave in Thailand. We talk about pressure and deadlines....

Continuing on with our interview series, Episode 634 of The Traders Podcast brings you the wisdom of Scott Heywood. He talks about his primary trading goal of just surviving to trade tomorrow and next week! Scott says he doesn’t consider himself a trend trader or even a counter trend trader. He doesn’t make his decisions...

Welcome back to The Traders Podcast! Your host Rob Booker continues his interview series with the great trend trader Raghee Horner! She talks about the importance of having a short memory when it comes to good trades (as well as the bad ones). Raghee encourages the listeners to not take a stop-loss personally. In fact,...

In Episode 632 of The Traders Podcast, your host Rob Booker poses a number of interview questions for guest Scott Welsh to answer at his leisure. In this show, we ask what it means to “beat the market”? Better yet, how does one beat the market? For Scott Welsh, beating the market means creating a...

In a very unusual episode of The Traders Podcast, your host Rob Booker talks with the producer Jason Pyles about some of the themes of trading, including the perpetual pursuit of more time, money and influence. Traders are also commonly subject to disappointment, heartbreak, depression, confusion, anger and self-sabotage. Traders are also full of hope...