Episodes
#111 Reminiscences of a Day Trader with David Hale
May 23, 2023
In the enticing world of trading, where money, glory, and glamour beckon, millions are drawn each year, hoping to strike it rich. Yet, only a fraction ever truly succeed, and even those who do often emerge battered, bruised,…
#110 Radical Responsibility in Trading with Mandi Rafsanjani
May 3, 2023
In this episode, we dive deep into the concept of 'Radical Responsibility' with Mandi Rafsanjani, a performance coach who specializes in trading psychology. Mandi defines Radical Responsibility as an extreme form of accounta…
#109 Ken Long: Fear & Greed in Trading
April 19, 2023
This week’s AlphaMind podcast episode on fear and greed in trading features a true expert on the subject - Dr. Ken Long. Though retired from the US Army after 25 years’ service where he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colone…
#108 Cory Mitchell: Trading, The Intuitive Game
March 28, 2023
In this episode, we chat with Cory Mitchell, who has been a successful prop trader for some twenty years. Cory shares his reflections on the development of what it takes to deliver consistent and profitable trading results o…
#107 A US Navy Seal Commander, A Mindfulness Expert, and Self-Compassion
March 14, 2023
The battle for success in trading, is not a battle fought in the market, on your trading screen, or in the dealing rooms of a major trading firm, it’s a battle which takes place in those few inches between your left ear, and…
#106 Simon Mundie: Developing Psychological Flexibility
Feb. 21, 2023
The world of sports and high-performance offer so many great metaphors and analogies for trading, where the mind, and the noises in our head, can become the blocker to the potential people possess. In this episode we talk wi…
#105 Jacob Holm: The Evolution of a Trader
Feb. 7, 2023
Jacob is a young trader from Denmark who is still going through the relative early stages of his trading career. As you will hear in this interview, Jacob has a wise head on young shoulders. Jacob discovered a passion for in…
#104 Jonathan Baird: Macro Fundamentals and Trading
Jan. 24, 2023
We're delighted to welcome back a friend of the show Jonathan Baird, an award-winning money manager and publisher of the Global Investment Letter , who speaks and writes about macro themes in markets based on this his many d…
#103 Mark & Steve: Working With Your Ego in Trading
Jan. 10, 2023
Trading legend Marty Schwartz aka Pitbull said, " the most important change in my trading career occurred when I learned to divorce my ego from the trade ." The ego gets a bad wrap in trading, and often seen as the enemy. Bu…
#102 Matt 'PAX' Kenah: A Futures Trader's Story - Part 2
Dec. 13, 2022
In this 2nd part of this outstanding chat with former Chicago pit trader Matt ‘Pax’ Kenah. Matt takes us to a deeper exploration of his story. We discuss Matt's personal battles, hiss loss caused by the collapse of MF global…
#101 Matt 'PAX' Kenah: A Futures Trader's Story - Part 1
Nov. 30, 2022
Matt “Pax” Kenah: The Life of a Futures Trader – Part 1 Matt “Pax” Kenah is a passionate, straight shooting, former Chicago Floor Trader who still trades and now also mentor traders. In this fascinating interview ,he shares …
#100 Jeff Boccaccio: From IT Consultant to Trader and System Builder
Nov. 16, 2022
In this episode, we talk in-depth with Jeff Boccaccio about his journey from the non-trading world, to the world of trading his own money. Jeff was initially was an IT consultant. This a conversation which covers from a wide…
#99 Sven Fuhrmann: Energy/Power Trader and Hedge Fund Manager
Oct. 24, 2022
Sven Fuhrman: Hedge Fund Manager and Energy Trader The dramatic context of the past couple of years, and the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have awoken many traders and investors to the significance and import…
#98 Tom Basso: Market Wizard's Mr Serenity
Oct. 3, 2022
Tom Basso: Market Wizards Mr Serenity Tom Basso first came to prominence when he was featured in Jack Schwager’s second Market Wizards book “New Market Wizards”. His chapter is called Mr Serenity. In the introduction to the …
#97 Jason Shapiro: 'The Contrarian' Answers Listeners Questions
Sept. 14, 2022
Jason Shapiro returns to the AlphaMind podcast a year after his first episode proved to be one of our most popular to date. Jason featured in Jack Schwager’s brilliant ‘Unknown Market Wizard’ where he was known as ‘The Contr…
#96 Tom Hougaard: Best Loser Wins
Aug. 30, 2022
Tom Hougaard is a ‘high-stakes’ day trader, and author of a superb new book ‘ Best Loser Wins: Why Normal Thinking Never Wins the Trading Game ’, which focuses on the mental battle needed to succeed in trading and the challe…
#95 Robert Carver: Trading, Trading Wisdom, and Trading Systems
Aug. 9, 2022
Listening to Robert Carver will make you a wiser trader. Period. Robert Carver is a treasure trove of trading wisdom, knowledge, know-how and first-hand experience. He has a strong background in economics, has worked as a tr…
#94 Steven Goldstein: 35 Years of Trading Lessons Learned
July 18, 2022
Trading is a job which tests everyone who participates in it to the max. Volatile markets, rapidly shifting trading environments, strong bull markets followed by violent bear markets, fortunes made over years then lost in ho…
#93 Ben Aldridge: Becoming Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
July 6, 2022
What makes you feel uncomfortable? How do you cope with difficult situations which make you feel uncomfortable? Do you shy away from these situations or avoid making tough decisions because of your discomfort? Has it held yo…
#92 Peter Castle - The Zen Trader: How Ancient Wisdom Can Help You Master Your Mind and the Markets.
June 11, 2022
Peter Castle started trading in 1995. Whilst going through the process of learning trading and listening to many of the great trainers and teachers of trading, he noticed how many of themes focused on lessons that had a spir…
#91 Oliver Kell - US Trading Champion 2020: The Journey to Trading Mastery
May 29, 2022
OIiver Kell won the 2020 US stock trading champion with an astonishing return of 941%, almost double the return of the second-place competitor. However, there is a lot more to Oliver than just great trading, his success is b…
#90 Linda Raschke: Trading and ‘The Power of The Mind’
May 16, 2022
Linda Raschke is one of those traders who is quoted often by other traders. That gives you a sense of the respect and regard with which she is held in the trading world. Linda started trading since the early 1980s, and after…
#89 Garth Mackenzie - What Drives Trading Success?
April 23, 2022
In this episode, we discuss with Garth Mackenzie, what he feels drives trading success, what drives his trading success, and what is it about his approach which has contributed to his success thus far. Garth has been trading…
#88 Winning by ‘Learning to Fail Well’
April 4, 2022
The trader and author of the book ‘Phantom of the Pit’ Art Simpson’s said of trading, ‘The Best Loser is the Long-Term Winner’. Trading like poker, and many games entails losing and failing often, many of the greats of tradi…