Top Traders Unplugged

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00:00 – Opening and introductions
01:29 – Overview of guests and themes: EM, volatility, and AI
03:10 – Keith DeCarlucci on EM FX, commodities, and volatility trades
14:13 – Relative value in equity vol and tail-hedging strategies
21:20 – Patrick Casley on portfolio construction and convexity
32:24 – Reassessing 60/40, nominal illusion, and macro correlations
39:44 – The new regime: long assets vs limited diversifiers
44:39 – Hari Krishnan on AI, options, and the future of volatility
56:06 – Upside skew, real assets, and structural market shifts
01:05:21 – Closing remarks and disclaimers

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01:27 – Introduction to Vlad Tenev
05:11 – Big announcements from Robinhood
09:15 – Tenev's favorite commodities
12:13 – Lets talk about options!
18:20 – How AI can benefit options trading
21:56 – Short selling is coming to Robinhood
25:44 – The path to making Robinhood more resilient
28:02 – The great transfer of wealth
31:17 – How Robinhood differentiates themselves from other platforms
33:35 – Creating a broader army
37:23 – What is Robinhood most excited for going forward?

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IT's TRUE – most CIO's read 50+ books each year – get your copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

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59:42 – Introduction to the series
02:21 – Where did options come from and where are we going?
10:20 – The purpose and mechanisms of the VIX decomposition tool
18:55 – The history of the VIX index
23:20 – The beginning of a volmageddon
26:24 – A comparison between 2 recent volatility events (August 2024 and April 2025)
35:03 – Key indicators for understanding risk in markets
42:23 – The current state of 0DTE options
50:29 – The optimal way of using VIX and hedge options

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IT's TRUE – most CIO's read 50+ books each year – get your copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

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02:24 – A recap on our previous conversation
06:22 – What has changed about their strategy since our last conversation (in 2020)?
10:28 – How does farmland investing actually generate income?
12:32 – How does farmland investing work and operate?
15:28 – Geopolitical volatility – How FarmTogether deals with tariffs
19:00 – How different types of crops carries different types of risk
23:22 – A deep dive into the volatility behind farmland investing
27:40 – What is a fair level of volatility to expect from farmland investing?
30:49 – The tech side of agriculture – where are we heading?
33:58 – Major changes in agriculture on the horizon
40:22 – How much money has been allocated to farmland investing today?
41:58 – Are institutions sleeping on farmland investing?
43:40 – Liquidity and fees – what can you expect from farmland investing?
46:00 – Sustainability and profitability – 2 sides of the same coin
49:08 – How FarmTogether deals with drought and limited water supplies
52:26 – How political pressure impacts agriculture
56:12 – Are we entering an agricultural supercycle?
58:56 – How the billionaires are approaching farmland
01:00:26 – The most important question(s) to ask in farmland investing
01:03:59 – The biggest challenge for family offices today

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00:02 – Introduction to the UGO series
01:26 – Introduction to Rick Santelli
05:16 – The first trade Santelli ever made
06:32 – The historical performance of gold
08:39 – Why did Santelli move to interest rates?
10:28 – How technology impacts the way we invest
13:30 – A shadow Fed president
14:46 – How Alan Greenspan changed everything
18:47 – We are starting to pay the price of overspending
22:04 – Money printing – a daisy chain of a closed circuit
23:50 – How do we get out of debt and how does it end?
29:06 – How do you invest wisely in today's economy?
36:48 – Cost of credit: The lurking financial threat
39:03 – How young people should set themselves up for retirement

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IT's TRUE – most CIO's read 50+ books each year – get your copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

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00:11 – Introduction… setting the stage
03:01 – Understanding Options and Market Dynamics
09:47 – Market Dynamics and the Role of Administration
11:41 – Market Volatility and Structural Changes in Trading
19:00 – The Impact of Structural Changes on Market Volume
26:13 – Understanding Market Dynamics and Asset Allocation
30:23 – The Impact of Interest Rates on Investment Strategies
34:21 – Understanding Zero DTE Options and Their Market Impact
39:50 – Economic Outlook: Tariffs and Interest Rates

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IT's TRUE – most CIO's read 50+ books each year – get your copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

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02:01 – Introduction to Jim Bianco and Bianco Research
06:36 – The big macro picture view
16:02 – The financial inequality is at an all time high
22:51 – The power of generational wealth
24:07 – The imbalance of politics – something has to change
27:47 – Why we will see a major shift in how we invest soon
30:19 – How the economy is changing
36:10 – What defines a strong economy?
40:58 – What is Trump talking about?
45:36 – The outlook of the economy
53:33 – The core of the political problems in the US
55:16 – How to benefit from the current market volatility

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IT's TRUE – most CIO's read 50+ books each year – get your copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

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01:28 – Introduction to Razvan Remsing and Aspect Capital
06:50 – A critical time for portable alpha products
18:25 – The evolution of the sophistication of investors
25:44 – Why trend following is the magic sauce to your portfolio
33:07 – Are investors sleeping on portable alpha strategies?
37:07 – The state of the CTA space from a global macro perspective
45:14 – The total portfolio approach
52:48 – Razvan's perspective on replication strategies
58:14 – Key advice for working with clients

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IT's TRUE – most CIO's read 50+ books each year – get your copy of the Ultimate Guide to the Best Investment Books ever written here.

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02:04 – Introduction to Mike Green
07:39 – How and why 0DTE options have changed the investing landscape
17:23 – Implied volatility is changing – what does it mean for investors?
25:18 – How periods of relative stability impact investor behaviour
31:03 – The unwind of passives – is the system under pressure?
39:51 – What are prices actually telling us?
43:31 – Why this cycle might be different
48:52 – What makes a long lasting investor?
54:17 – A deep dive into passive flows
57:18 – Individualism in investing – are we becoming too separated?

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04:02 – Introduction to Yoav Git
06:16 – The background behind Graham, Rob and Yoav's relationship
12:15 – What is common about people working at Man AHL?
15:47 – Should you focus on single or multi asset classes?
24:58 – The state and outlook for fixed income and
29:47 – Liquidity and how it plays a role in alternative markets
36:09 – Are investors misunderstanding liquidity?
37:28 – How do you actually measure and think about liquidity?
39:50 – Why are CTAs not widely represented in portfolio?
49:14 – How to understand and master execution
58:01 – Research and technology in systematic trading
01:02:36 – “My love for you is like a magnitude 6 earthquake, your sharpe ratio makes me
tremble in size”
01:05:00 – Are we at a turning point for trend following?

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