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Clear all filters- Chat With Traders1h 1m
From the Copper Pits to Crypto Derivatives: How Trading Edge Evolves · Sam Gaer
Sam Gare, a veteran former NYMEX CIO who exited traditional finance to specialize in crypto derivatives, is leveraging his "burn the boats" strategy to exploit structural market inefficiencies such as volatility mispricing and convexity opportunities. Despite a recent $20 billion liquidation event and legislative delays, Gare identifies multiple contrarian signals indicating a market bottom and forecasts Bitcoin exceeding $100,000 by year-end. To capture these opportunities, his firm Monarch Asset Management is transitioning from off-the-shelf AI tools to in-house Large Language Models designed to process the overwhelming volume of institutional market data.
- Chat With Traders54 min
The Shift to Systematic Trading — Building Backtested Confidence · Dave Mabe
Veteran trader Dave Mabe explains his transition from discretionary to a fully systematic gapping breakout framework, demonstrating how automation can scale annual trade frequency tenfold while increasing profits five times. He warns that maintaining capital size during drawdowns is critical, as reducing exposure often deepens losses and delays recovery, while advocating for forward testing with small positions to validate system logic. Mabe further emphasizes the necessity of developing uncorrelated strategies and leveraging AI tools for code generation to avoid over-optimization and ensure robust, long-term performance.
- Chat With Traders58 min
The One That Shows Up — The Identity You Practice · John Assaraf
John Asareff, founder of NeuroGym and serial entrepreneur, distinguishes between superficial interest and deep commitment by explaining how subconscious identity blocks like the "financial thermostat" prevent goal achievement despite conscious intent. He outlines a neuroscientific framework where over 95% of behavior relies on automatic neural patterns that require specific tools like the Innercise methodology and identity visualization to rewire the brain for success. This approach enables individuals to override fear-driven amygdala responses and align their internal self-image with external financial realities, transforming abstract desires into executable habits through rigorous mental conditioning.
- Chat With Traders57 min
From Early Crypto to 0DTE Options: Fast Money, Fast Reality · Jamaal Ghauri
Near-Philadelphia trader Jamal Ghori founded a private multi-strategy hedge fund with nearly $50 million in assets by evolving from early crypto speculation into a sophisticated options trader following a catastrophic 2021 account blowup. His fund currently deploys four distinct approaches, including a flagship Zero Days to Expiration SPX butterfly strategy that leverages gamma heat maps and market maker tools to achieve a 52% win rate. Although the firm's 580% 2024 performance included a single outsized gold options trade, Ghori emphasizes strict risk management and defined-loss strategies to mitigate the discipline challenges inherent in high-leverage derivatives trading.
- Chat With Traders1h 6m
Liquidations, Leverage, and Market Structure Under Stress · Doug Colkitt
Former Citadel HFT professional and crypto market maker Doug Colquitt analyzed the historic $20 billion October 10, 2025 liquidation event, attributing the cascade to siloed margin structures, synthetic leverage, and opaque auto-deleveraging protocols. Drawing on this trauma, Colquitt is developing Ambient Finance and the Fogo chain to launch a transparent, open-source perpetual DEX that separates clearing from trading and utilizes dual-flow batch auctions to mitigate predatory high-frequency tactics. Beyond this technical overhaul, he projects that regulatory shifts will soon enable Real-World Asset tokenization to fundamentally replace traditional brokerage settlement rails with faster, mobile-native alternatives.
- Chat With Traders1h 26m
Battling Irrational Markets · Vincent Bruzzese (aka Hari Seldon of Real Day Trading)
Vincent Bruzzese, Hari Seldon, Tessa, Ian Cox
Statistics professor and professional trader Brzezinski characterizes the current market as an irrational, historically hated rally driven by stretched valuations and predicts an inevitable correction triggered by earnings shocks or inflation. He urges traders to abandon emotion-driven strategies for defensible, data-backed approaches that prioritize the broader SPY trend, emphasizing that consistent profitability requires two years of disciplined study before risking capital. With a portfolio currently holding shorts on Tesla and longs on Apple and Oscar Health, Brzezinski also promotes treating trading as a business with strict risk management while planning to launch the "Tradecraft" podcast to educate aspiring practitioners.
- Chat With Traders1h 0m
Winning Through Losing: When 30% Is Enough · Diego Cortes Lopez
Diego Cortes Lopez, Diego Ivan Cortes Lopez, Oliver Velez, Tessa, Ian Cox
Diego Cortez Lopez, a 24-year-old digital nomad and former tennis prospect, pivoted from failing futures scalping to profitability in large-cap day trading after adopting Oliver Velez's methodology in late 2022. His rule-based approach targets the first 60 minutes of the session to execute high reward-to-risk reversal trades on a 30–40% win rate, utilizing specific support and resistance levels without relying on volume indicators. This disciplined strategy has enabled an exponential account growth trajectory since 2022, allowing Lopez to sustain a live-trading career across Southeast Asia while mentoring a select group of peers.
- Chat With Traders55 min
Prop Goes the Trader · Michael Katz
Michael Katz, CEO of Trade the Pool, outlines the firm's evolution from a traditional brick-and-mortar concept into a global online platform that connects U.S. equities traders with substantial capital while mitigating personal financial risk. By utilizing a hybrid C-Book execution model and data-driven rule adjustments, the company achieves a significantly higher evaluation pass rate of 20–25% compared to retail averages, alongside an 85% success rate for funded traders reaching payout phases. With upcoming features including copy trading and algorithmic integration, Trade the Pool aims to solidify its position as a primary provider of U.S. stock funding by expanding beyond its current Israeli headquarters to serve a diverse international clientele.
- Chat With Traders1h 27m
When Story, Fundamentals, and Technicals Align · Julian Komar
Based in northern Germany, veteran trader Julian Comar discusses his 20-year evolution from complex European certificates to a disciplined U.S. equity breakout strategy centered on a three-layer analysis of technicals, fundamentals, and market narratives. Comar emphasizes that emotional execution errors are the primary cause of failure, detailing his risk management protocols which limit sector concentration to three stocks after suffering a 17% single-day drawdown during the January 2024 AI volatility. His framework prioritizes institutional liquidity and relative strength ratings above 90, while his community program at JulianComar.com promotes individualized skill development over blind system copying to help traders master the psychology required for long-term profitability.
- Chat With Traders1h 7m
From Tick to Trend, Day Trading to Wave Riding · Chris Vermeulen
Chris Vermeulen, a retired full-time trader at age 27, has evolved from high-frequency day trading to a low-activity position strategy that executes only five to twelve trades annually based on market cycles and price action. His approach prioritizes risk management by shifting dynamically between major ETFs like the SPY and cash during periods of high volatility, explicitly rejecting the "buy and hold" mantra as a danger to retirement portfolios. As of 2025, Vermeulen anticipates a potential bear market extending into 2026 and maintains a 60% equity and 40% cash allocation while leveraging his educational platform, TheTechnicalTraders.com, to guide investors through cyclical market shifts.
- Chat With Traders1h 10m
Go Where Orders Flow · Dylan Maltman
In Episode 302 of Chat with Traders, hosts Tessa and Ian Cox interview Dylan Maltman, founder of Cape Town-based Apex Capital Management, about his evolution from a prop firm trainee to a quantitative futures and forex specialist. Maltman details his firm's algorithmic strategy, which leverages order flow analysis on major CME sectors to achieve Sharpe ratios exceeding 3 while maintaining drawdowns below 0.72 percent. The discussion concludes with Maltman's emphasis on building custom methodologies over buying black-box systems and his advice that new traders must prioritize process mastery and patience to overcome the initial learning curve of profitability.
- Chat With Traders1h 21m
Trading Earnings Volatility with Options · Erik Smolinski
Options trader Eric Smolenski outlines a consistency-focused philosophy that distinguishes between statistical outcomes and individual trade results while adapting to a market regime shift driven by daily SPX expirations and volatility spikes. He details specific earnings strategies, such as pre-event volatility expansion and post-announcement drift, which rely on rigorous position sizing capped at 1% portfolio loss to mitigate risks inherent in complex derivatives. Smolenski further emphasizes the integration of AI for statistical analysis and factor identification rather than automated execution, rejecting "fast money" narratives in favor of process-driven trading that tolerates ego suppression and thesis abandonment.
- Chat With Traders1h 25m
We Should Not Die as Traders · Patrick Petersson
Patrick Petersson, Tessa, Ian Cox
Patrick Peterson returns to "Chat with Traders" for a milestone episode to critique the trading industry's reliance on complex theories and unreliable prop firm payouts, advocating instead for simple, actionable education on risk management during high volatility. The discussion highlights his evolution from an isolated trader to a community-focused mentor who prioritizes psychological resilience and personal accountability over rigid strategies or simulated profits. Peterson concludes by outlining his strategic shift toward securing passive real estate income to support his trading capital while pausing formal mentorship to focus on raising his son and preparing for hedge fund regulation.
- Chat With Traders1h 3m
The Power in Fixed-Sized, Non-Compounding FX Plays · Christian Mayer
Christian Mayer, Tessa, Ian Cox
Christian Mayer, a Munich-based systematic Forex trader and runner-up in the World Cup Trading Championships, presents a low-frequency mean reversion strategy focused on structurally correlated currency pairs like CAD/NOK. His approach prioritizes capital preservation through fixed, non-compounding position sizing and wide stop losses to navigate extended drawdowns without relying on discretionary risk management. Mayer aims to democratize access to his robust quantitative methodology by launching GlobalEthicsAnalytics, offering transparent educational resources and copy-trading services designed to withstand institutional market noise.
- Chat With Traders1h 9m
Slow, Medium, and Fast Money Strategies · Cody Yeh
Former engineer Cody Yee implements a capital preservation-focused investment framework that divides portfolios into three equal parts: an active "Set and Done" strategy, a "Warren Buffett Cash Flow" approach, and a long-term "Buy and Hold" bucket. By strictly prohibiting margin usage and relying on a team of ten analysts to screen institutional holdings, Yee targets 10–20% annual returns while hedging against political shocks and anticipating a market reset within the next four years. Although he expects a near-term recession and potential S&P 500 decline to 5,200, his methods allow for aggressive cash deployment during volatility while protecting smaller accounts from total loss.