Chat With Traders

331 · Jeff Holden - How Top Prop Traders Find and Scale Their Edge

Jeff Holden was once a kid watching his father get laid off during a department cut, realizing early on that he never wanted to be at the mercy of unpredictable market sh

330 · Steve Quirk - From Chicago Pit Trader to Robinhood Exec

Steve Quirk began his career in 1987 on the fast-paced trading floors of Chicago, surviving the historic market crash that wiped out $1.7 trillion worldwide.From navigati

329 · Peter Brandt - How a 50-Year Veteran Thinks About Risk Management

Peter Brandt entered the commodity trading business in 1976 with ContiCommodity Services, survived years of market shifts, and turned a passion for price action into a le

328 · Paul Scott - Why Technical Analysis is Just Retail Noise

Paul Scott entered the high-stakes trading floor of the London Metal Exchange at just 16 years old, survived years of trading under survival-mode pressure, and turned old

327 · David Capablanca - From Skid Row Showers to Short Selling Master

David Capablanca pursued architecture for a decade, culminating in studying under a Pritzker Prize winner at UCLA, before a life threatening brain tumor, massive medical

326 · Jason Berry - This Market Wizard Only Had 5 Losing Months in 14 Years... Here's How

Jason Berry co-founded Positive Equity in 2008. Built alongside partners and traders who raised the bar, the firm operates trading floors in Ireland and Croatia. Over a 1

325 · Jack Schwager & George Coyle - The 3 Timeless Rules Shared by 100 Years of Market Wizards

Jack Schwager and George Coyle team up to look at what it takes to master the markets, combining classic wisdom with how modern financial markets work today.After studyin

324 · Peter Robbins - The Hard Truths of a 50 Year Trading Career

Peter Robbins is the author of The Trader’s Journey. He entered the financial markets 50 years ago with nothing but a dream, his friend, and a parental signature to trade

323 · Alex Temiz - Starbucks Barista to 8-figure Short Selling Strategy

Alex Temiz turned a $2,000 account into over $16 million in trading profits, starting from nothing as a part-time Starbucks barista. In this episode, he breaks down the r

322 · Stephen Kalayjian - What 43 Years in the Markets Teaches You

Steve Kalayjian started his journey on the floor of the American Stock Exchange in 1983, a time when the noise of the pits was the only heartbeat of the market. Over the

321 · Eduardo Briceño - $1,900 Small Cap Trader Hit $2.9 Mil in Profits

Eduardo Briceño came to America from Venezuela with nothing but a dream, survived years of trading under survival-mode pressure, and turned $1,900 into $2.9 million in pr

320 · Stefan Stadie - Sports Betting and Prediction Markets - Through a Trading Lens

Stefan Stadie is a professional sports trader at Kero Sports whose work sits at the intersection of equities, sports betting, and prediction markets. After starting his

319 · Sam Gaer - From the Copper Pits to Crypto Derivatives: How Trading Edge Evolves

Sam Gaer’s career spans several major shifts in market structure — from the open-outcry pits of COMEX to high-frequency trading and now crypto derivatives. Sam began his

318 · Dave Mabe - The Shift to Systematic Trading — Building Backtested Confidence

When Dave Mabe backtested his strategy, it outperformed his own discretionary trading — and changed how he approached everything. In this episode, we discuss gapping brea

317 · John Assaraf - The One That Shows Up — The Identity You Practice

In this episode, Ian sits down with John Assaraf, entrepreneur, behavioral neuroscience educator, and founder of NeuroGym, for a conversation about the invisible forces t

316 · The Turning Points That Shaped Great Traders

Over the years, we’ve recorded hundreds of conversations with traders across different markets, strategies, and generations. And while no two trading paths look the same,

315 · Jamaal Ghauri - From Early Crypto to 0DTE Options: Fast Money, Fast Reality

We’re joined by Jamaal Ghauri, a trader and fund manager who began his journey unusually early — first exposed to crypto markets as a teenager during Bitcoin’s early adop

314 · In the Middle: The Demons We Trade With

A quiet, end-of-year reflection on the middle stage of trading — where progress is subtle, patterns are familiar, and the real work happens internally. Sponsor of Chat W

313 · Doug Colkitt - When Crypto Markets Break: Liquidations, Leverage, and Markets Under Stress

In this episode, we examine what actually happens when crypto markets break — how leverage builds beneath the surface, liquidity disappears, and liquidation cascades turn

312 · Vincent Bruzzese - Battling Irrational Markets - and the Battle Within

Returning guest Vincent Bruzzese — trader, former statistics professor, poker player, and former Hollywood behavioral analyst — joins Tessa for a candid discussion about