Chat With Traders is your key to the minds of trading's elite performers. Start listening to learn how a diverse mix of traders went from zero to hero, how they successfully trade markets today, and get their best tips 'n pointers for profitable performance, plus much more. Note: You are responsible for your own trading decisions—this is not financial advice.
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Cody Yeh Podcasts
Busting myths around wealth, we uncover the truths often overlooked. We’re on a mission to break down the misconceptions that often hold us back from achieving true financial success. Are you tired of financial myths holding you back from achieving your dreams? Want to learn how to build wealth without compromising well-being, family, or health? If you're nodding along, you're not alone – that's why we're here. The Wealth Busters Podcast is here to help you discover the path to building your ...
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Main St. Finance is here to take personal finance and Wall Street investing and break it down to its basics so that all people can achieve an advanced understanding of the American financial system. You can then use that knowledge to better take control of your finances to manage budgeting, taxes, investments, retirement, and more.
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306 · Michael Katz - Prop Goes the Trader
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55:07Online funding prop firms have captured the attention of traders in recent years. In this episode, the CEO of Trade The Pool, Michael Katz, joins the podcast to answer key questions and offer perspective from inside one of the leading firms. The conversation explores how these firms operate, what they mean for traders, and the common debates surrou…
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305 · Julian Komar - When Story, Fundamentals, and Technicals Align
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1:30:42Growing up in Germany without a financial background, Julian Komar became fascinated by stocks as a teenager. He moved past complex German trading products to concentrate on U.S. equities. Specializing in momentum and growth stocks on the daily timeframe, he blends fundamentals, technicals, and story analysis to uncover opportunities that put him i…
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304 · Kyle Ng aka JadeCap - $4.5M with Process, Patience, and Prop Firms
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1:18:13From academic struggles at SUNY Albany to holding the world record for the largest prop firm payouts—roughly $4.5 million in total, Kyle Ng a.k.a. JadeCap’s journey started out like many aspiring traders. Sparked by a childhood friend's success in forex about 14 years ago, he found his way into the financial markets. Like many traders, he went thro…
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303 · Chris Vermeulen - From Tick to Trend, Day Trading to Wave Riding
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1:08:39What happens when a teenager growing up without TV in rural Canada stumbles across CNBC in a college dorm and sees people making $100,000 in a day? For Chris Vermeulen, that moment changed everything—and kicked off a 25-year journey of trading triumphs, painful losses, and profound strategy shifts. In this episode, you'll meet a trader who’s lived …
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302 · Dylan Maltman - Go Where Orders Flow
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1:11:51Dylan Maltman, an intraday futures and forex trader and founder of Apex Capital, must have had exceptional clarity starting at a young age. Introduced to the markets in a high school presentation by a prop firm, Dylan caught the passion for the potential of the markets and persuaded his way into a position at the firm. Learning about back testing, …
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301 · Erik Smolinski - Trading Earnings Volatility with Options
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1:21:55Erik Smolinski returns to Chat With Traders after his first appearance on episode 272, joining Tessa for a trader-to-trader conversation about the intricacies of options trading, a topic Erik is deeply passionate about. In this episode Erik digs into one of Tessa’s own options strategies, offering thoughtful feedback and sharing his expertise and e…
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300 · Patrick Petersson - We Should Not Die as Traders
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1:25:33In this episode we catch up with Patrick Petersson, who returns two years after his first interview on Chat With Traders on episode 260, where he shared his incredible story of overcoming hardship to attaining success in trading as a professional trader. Patrick has become best known for his intuitive, price-action, news-based, scalping trading sty…
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299 · Michael Martin - Intersection of Emotional Intelligence and Tactics
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1:33:54Michael Martin, raised in a hardworking blue-collar community, embraced the same ethic. An entrepreneur at heart, he hustled from cutting grass when he was 12 to working all types of jobs including golf caddying and waiting at restaurants to starting businesses. Determined to transition into the white-collar working world and being at the right pla…
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298 · Christian Mayer - The Power in Fixed-Sized, Non-Compounding Plays
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1:05:33Christian Mayer, with an institutional trading background, transitioned from equities to forex, focusing on fixed sized mean-reversion strategies with fundamental correlations where structural edge is statistically likely. His initial losses led him to a research and systematic-driven approach, and back testing. He trades with fixed position sizes,…
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297 · Cody Yeh - Slow, Medium, and Fast Money Strategies
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1:11:35A former engineer turned successful options trader, real estate investor and entrepreneur, Cody Yeh shares his incredible journey from the 9-to-5 grind to achieving financial freedom through smart investing and calculated risk-taking. We unpack his options trading strategies, mindset hacks for building wealth, and how he helps others escape the rat…
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296 · Dr. Brett Steenbarger - Playing to Your Strengths
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1:06:43Few people understand the minds of traders like Dr. Brett Steenbarger. As a psychologist who trades actively himself, he brings a rare combination of clinical expertise and practical experience to the world of financial markets. You might know him from his dynamic presentations at SMB Capital, where he breaks down the psychology of trading with rem…
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295 · Steve Ruffley - Animal Speed, Size, and Being Right at the Right Time
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1:11:24Steve Ruffley transitioned from a highly competitive trading floor environment to trading professionally as a retail trader. His entrance into trading was unplanned - a mix of ambition, timing, and the right connections. After leaving university early, he took a finance job and then moved to Gibraltar, where he met traders running a new trading flo…
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294 · Ross Haber - Stock Leaders and Timeless Strategies Still Effective Today
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1:16:36Ross Haber’s trading philosophy is built on growth-focused strategies, heavily influenced by William O'Neil. Combining both technical and fundamental analysis, Ross emphasizes the importance of identifying leaders in strong market sectors and adapting to market cycles. Optimizing the use of relative strength, moving averages, and volume analysis, a…
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293 · Rick Bandazian Jr. - The Art of the Wait: Merger-Arbitrage Killer Moves
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1:06:27Rick Bandazian Jr., a seasoned trader with over 15 years of experience in event-driven and merger-arbitrage strategies, reflects on transitioning from an analyst at JP Morgan and First New York Securities to establishing himself as an independent trader. Rick emphasizes his deep expertise in anticipating market moves based on nuanced corporate acti…
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292 · Laurens Bensdorp - Running 55+ Systematic Trading Strategies Simultaneously
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59:40Laurens Bensdorp's trading journey began with years of losses as a discretionary trader. Frustrated by inconsistent results and mounting stress, he embarked on a mission to develop systematic trading approaches. His goal was simple but ambitious: create reliable systems that would deliver steady returns while minimizing losses. This transformation …
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291 · Sam Miesse - Small Cap Quant Trader Grows $10K into $3.8M in 3 Years
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1:09:47Inspired by the impact of predictive analytics on sales at Sam Miesse's tech company, he became interested in applying quantitative analysis to the small cap market. Spending nearly 2 years collecting data and observing how money moved into and out of many small cap stocks convinced him that there were repeating patterns which could be statisticall…
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290 · Mark Ritchie II - Price-Action, Swing Trading Equities from the Long Side
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58:02Mark Ritchie II shares insights from his trading journey, shaped by disciplined risk management and a strong focus on price action and fundamentals. Growing up with a renowned trader father, Mark’s passion for trading developed later in life through hands-on experience. He prioritizes finding stocks in long-term uptrends, identifying low-risk entri…
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289 · Alfonso Peccatiello (MacroAlf) - Beyond Being Right - A Shift to Framework Thinking
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1:06:29Alfonso Peccatiello’s (also known as MacroAlf on X) approach to the financial markets is rooted in macroeconomic insights, identifying market imbalances, and disciplined risk management. Having managed a $20 billion fixed-income portfolio, Alf has seen firsthand how understanding market dynamics and timing can unlock significant value. His strategi…
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288 · Steve B - When Confluences Align, Confidence Follows
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1:07:17We caught up with Steve B, a seasoned professional independent trader with 10+ years of experience in the financial markets we got to know closely through the Chat With Traders Community. Steve teamed up with our community cohost and mentor at the time, Patrick Petersson (featured on episode 260) to run the CWT Community Live Trading Room. They mai…
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287 · Robb Reinhold - Consistency Beats Intelligence Every Time
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1:08:03We're joined today by Robb Reinhold, the Head Trader at Maverick Trading. Robb shares insights from a captivating trading experiment that's sure to intrigue both novice and experienced traders alike. The Flat Earth Trading Society experiment was a year long experiment testing the power of consistent position management and following a systematic tr…
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286 · Jason Shapiro - Overcrowded Trades: What Everyone Else is Not Seeing
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1:00:35There’s Contrarian Trading and then there’s Consistent Contrarian Trading. Can you really make money by consistently going against the crowd? Does it take a certain type of personality to be able to trade this way? Jason Shapiro was featured in “Unknown Market Wizards” by Jack Schwager and he returns to Chat With Traders for an update after two yea…
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285 · Greg Magadini - Cashing in Through Exploiting Volatility
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1:20:31Greg Magadini began his career as a proprietary trader for DRW Trading and Chopper Trading in Chicago and traded with SMB Capital as well. He later took a bold step, venturing out to trade his own book, bootstrapping crypto volatility with options and turning $50,000 into a staggering $1.3 million in consistent profits over nine years. In addition …
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284 · Sam Daghash - Rising Above a Trader’s Inner Turbulence
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1:21:12We often hear that having “Discipline” is the key to trading success. But many of us traders continue to struggle developing discipline and good habits for trading no matter how hard and how long we’ve tried. Could there be a deeper reason for this? As fellow human traders, we are commonly faced with our own programming that we are often unaware of…
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"How to invest your first $1,000 in 2024!" - Eric Pan of Ericnomics
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48:28Hey everyone! Welcome back to another episode of Wealth Busters! Today, we hang out with Eric Pan, better known as Ericnomics, a personal finance whiz with over 200,000 followers on Instagram and TikTok. Eric’s got an impressive background in traditional finance, hedge funds, and crypto, and now he’s sharing his journey with us. We chat about every…
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"Every Canadian wants to go to the States!" - Erwin Szeto
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1:00:46Hey everyone! Welcome back to another episode of Wealth Busters! Today, we've got Erwin Szeto, a top real estate investor and podcast host, joining us to chat about the ins and outs of the real estate game. We dive into everything from the challenges of being a landlord in Canada to the exciting opportunities waiting in the US market. If you're loo…
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"I was Homeless and Now I am a Real Estate Millionaire" - Ray Glymph
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44:50Join us in this inspiring episode as Ray Glymph shares his incredible journey from facing homelessness to owning 140 doors in real estate. We dive deep into Ray' strategies, setbacks, and successes along his path to becoming a real estate mogul. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction and initial question about becoming homeless. 01:14 Continuation of the di…
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283: Trading Football Dreams for Stock Market Touchdowns
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57:27Michael shares his journey from aspiring NFL athlete to successful day trader. After a sports injury dashed his football dreams, he turned to day trading, teaching himself the ropes and overcoming early financial losses with the encouragement of his entrepreneurial mother. His trading strategy evolved over the years, focusing on short-selling highl…
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