Podcast Episodes

Sheelah Kolhatkar – How Mastermind Trader, Steven Cohen, Bent Rules and Made Billions

Episode 135

Sheelah Kolhatkar is a writer at the The New Yorker, who was previously a journalist at Bloomberg Businessweek, and prior to that, a hedge fund analyst.

She’s also the author of New York Times bestsel…

Published on 8 years, 5 months ago

BTCVIX – Bitcoin: The Magic Internet Money You Can No Longer Ignore

Episode 134

On this episode, I have a returning guest—who first appeared on episode 53. His name is a mystery, but he goes by the handle: @BTCVIX

Episode 53 was the first time I covered Bitcoin on this podcast, a…

Published on 8 years, 5 months ago

James King – Using Sports Science to Stack Probability in Favor of Trading Success

Episode 133

Up until recently, James King was the Performance Director at a commodity trading firm in London, Mandara Capital. And it was here that he implemented scientific methods to stack probability in the f…

Published on 8 years, 5 months ago

Mark Gardner – Still Adapting After 80,000+ Hours of Screen Time

Episode 132

Mark Gardner began working in the field at 17-years old, straight out of high school. Initially he began with back office duties, before broking on the floor of the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE). The…

Published on 8 years, 5 months ago

Morgan Slade – Strategy Development, Powered by Machine Learning

Episode 131

Morgan’s career as a trader and portfolio manager began 20-years back, and since then he’s worked at many prominent firms and funds—to name just a few; Millburn Ridgefield, Merrill Lynch, Citadel and…

Published on 8 years, 5 months ago

Ben Mallah – How to Own 100’s of Millions of Dollars of Real Estate

Episode 130

Ben Mallah is a trader of a different kind—he doesn’t trade stocks and bonds, he trades in real estate. You could probably call him a property developer, although he doesn’t build from scratch; he bu…

Published on 8 years, 6 months ago

Victor Haghani – Optimal Bet Sizing—Lessons From a Biased Coin Flip Experiment

Episode 129

Victor Haghani began his career at Salomon Brothers in 1984, starting out in a research role before joining their prop trading desk. In 1992, Victor left Salomon to become one of the founding partner…

Published on 8 years, 6 months ago

Andy Kershner – Risk Tolerance, Daily Habits and Trade Critiques

Episode 128

Andy has been an active stock trader since the early 90’s, and in 2001 he founded Kershner Trading Group—a proprietary trading and technology firm in Austin (Texas) and, through a partnership with SM…

Published on 8 years, 6 months ago

Nell Sloane – Becoming a CTA—How to Begin Managing Money

Episode 127

Though not a trader herself, Nell Sloane has been in and around markets and exchanges for roughly 30-years, mostly working in roles that assisted commodity traders and brokers in one way or another.

T…

Published on 8 years, 6 months ago

126: Jonathan (@HF_Trader) – The demeanor of an unstoppable futures trader

Jonathan (@HF_Trader) got into trading after a sports-related injury changed his life trajectory. He was fortunate enough to meet and be mentored, early on, by one of the first people to be hired at …

Published on 8 years, 7 months ago