Season 3
#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…
#87 DeFi Panel of Experts: The Crypto Revolution Explored
March 19, 2022
For anyone 30 or younger, the world of DeFi (Decentralised Finance) is their world. Some in their 30s are clued up, but to most, DeFi and the world of Cryptocurrencies is something of a mystery. To those over 40, DeFi is lar…
#86 Sam North: What is it that Successful Traders do Differently to Succeed?
Feb. 26, 2022
Sam North both trades for himself and mentors’ other traders for eToro, the world’s largest social trading and multi-asset brokerage company, where he is their trading school lead. In this great chat with the AlphaMind Podca…
#85 Sources of Trading Edge
Feb. 20, 2022
When it comes to trading, finding your trading edge and learning how to sharpen your trading edge, are what ultimately define whether you succeed or fail. We believe there are 3 main sources of edge for traders, and that the…
#84 Tom Canfield - Letting Go
Feb. 5, 2022
Contrary to common belief, it is not market knowledge, analytical skills, or some special system or secret indicator that are the key differentiators of success in financial markets. The true differentiator is the ability to…
#83 Mike Bellafiore - Striving for Excellence in Prop Trading
Jan. 21, 2022
Mike Bellafiore is co-founder of SMB Capital , one of the world's leading Proprietary Trading firms, based in New York City. Mike has authored two outstanding and highly popular trading books, One Good Trade: Inside the Hi…
#82 Weaponizing the Trader's Mind - With Mark Randall
Jan. 11, 2022
Your Brain and your mind are your greatest asset as a trader, together they are most powerful weapon in your arsenal. But are you using them effectively, optimally, and to their fullest effect? Your capital, your systems, yo…