This legendary feat serves as the anchor for a recent viral X post by veteran trader Ryan Scott (aka The Flow Horse). Ryan’s post (linked below) argues a provocative truth: despite the cynics, it remains entirely possible to build a fortune in the markets. But if the opportunity is real, why do so few actually succeed?

In this episode, we welcome back veteran trader Matt "Pax" Kenah to dissect this debate. We explore the deep psychological, mental, and behavioral hurdles all traders face, specifically focusing on the challenges of transitioning to a home-trading environment and the discipline required to become one of the elite few who truly thrive.

Links:
Ryan Scott (Horse) @TheFlowHorse - The Post: You Can Make a Fortune Trading - Don't Let Anyone Tell You Otherwise

Find out more about Matt and the PAX group at https://thepaxgroup.org/
You can follow Matt on Twitter at https://twitter.com/paxtrader777

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this episode, we explore how performance coaching transforms traders’ mindsets, sharpens decision-making under pressure, and builds routines that sustain a long-term edge.

Hosts Steven Goldstein and Mark Randall sit down with performance coach and professional trader Andrew Menaker to examine the psychological shifts that drive lasting improvement in trading performance.

While many view trading as a technical challenge—charts, systems, strategy—Andrew argues the greatest gains come from transforming the person behind the P&L. Through coaching, traders develop self-mastery, which produces clearer decision-making, healthier risk-taking, and greater resilience—leading to significant improvements in performance.

Andrew Menaker Links: 

Website: https://andrewmenaker.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-menaker-phd-b2870323/ 

X: https://x.com/Andrew_Menaker/ 

AlphaMind Links 

Website: https://alpha-mind.net 

Email: info@alpha-mind.net 

X: https://x.com/AlphaMind101 

Linkedin - AlphaMind Hosts: 

Mark Randall: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markrandallconsultancy/ 

Steven Goldstein: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-goldstein-060a4913/

 AlphaMind Newsletter: https://alphamind101.substack.com/

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Since starting his trading journey in 2009, Josh has gained extensive experience and knowledge, helping others make informed trading decisions and improve their returns through market profile techniques. 

Recommended by fellow retail traders for his inspirational work, Josh shares valuable insights in this episode, where we explore and discuss a variety of topics, including trader process, trader behaviour and mindset, as well as the Market Profile tool itself. To learn more about Josh, visit his website, Trade With Profile - detail below: 

Enjoy the episode!

Links: 

Trade With Profile: https://www.tradewithprofile.com/

X: @joshschuler

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamjoshschuler/

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

We are honoured to welcome back one of our favourite guests, Linda Raschke—a veteran trader who first gained prominence when featured in one of Jack Schwager’s early Market Wizards books. With a career spanning over 40 years, Linda has experienced great success, overcoming numerous challenges along the way. She shares many of these experiences in her excellent autobiographical book, Trading Sardines.

As you will hear, Linda is passionate, honest, and candid, bringing a light-heartedness and humour that enhances her profound insights. This interview builds upon previous conversations, offering valuable perspectives to both new and experienced traders—challenging them and encouraging deep reflection on their trading journeys.

Linda Social Media
Twitter: @LindaRaschke
Website: LindaRaschke.net
Book: Trading Sardines: https://lindaraschke.net/trading-sardines/

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Over the years, Mark—also featured in Jack Schwager’s Market Wizards—has been a top request from our listeners. We’re thrilled to finally sit down with him and explore the mindset, perspectives, and strategies that have powered his remarkable 45-year trading career. 

In this episode, Mark generously shares his personal journey, starting from very humble beginnings. Growing up in poverty, dropping out of school early, and initially pursuing a career in music, Mark's path was anything but conventional. He recounts his early years filled with failures, blow-ups, and account losses—a recurring pattern in his first five years in the markets. Yet through perseverance, he developed the processes, mindset, and attitudes that ultimately created his success.
 
Mark’s story is an inspiring testament to resilience, process development, and a winning philosophy—one he now shares broadly through his writings, mentoring, and educational programs. His insights have helped countless traders start with their own capital and realize their dreams of success. 

We’re honoured to present this in-depth conversation with Mark Minervini, whose experience and wisdom continue to inspire traders worldwide. 

You can learn more about Mark, his services, and his educational programs—including his Master Trader Program and Superperformance Workshop at the links below:

Website: www.minervini.com  
X: https://x.com/markminervini
Master Trader Program & Superperformance Workshop Details: https://mtp.minervini.com/  
Review of the Master Trader Program: https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/67f3a87b5ea94c2111bbc838/6845ba2f8a93f372dca3466a_mtp-review.pdf 

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Blayn began his trading journey facing the common hurdles many new private and retail traders encounter—initial losses, steep learning curves, and the pursuit of
consistency. Recognizing the potential of automation and systematic strategies
in today’s landscape, he has shifted his focus toward building multiple
automated trading systems. Using a disciplined, low-risk approach, he is now
starting to see the rewards of his efforts. 

What makes this conversation particularly fascinating is gaining insights from
someone who is starting out in a very different environment—one shaped by the
technological advancements and abundant resources of the 2020s. The
opportunities, tools, and access to information available today create new
doors and perspectives that simply weren’t possible even a decade ago, or when
most of us began. 

We hope you enjoy this fresh, insightful discussion with Blayn Marshall.

You can learn more about Blayn at www.blaynmarshall.com and catch his trading insights on his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@Blayntrades.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Peter’s trading career began in 1974, and since then, he has established himself as a true legend in the financial markets — regularly sharing his insights, perspectives, and wisdom on social media to benefit traders of all levels.

In this episode, the podcast hosts, Mark and Steven, together with Peter brings together a combined over 130 years of experience, engaging in a mutual dialogue on the realities of trading, including exploring  the highs and lows, market triumphs and disasters, and lessons learned. 

This interviews runs approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes, however this episode of the AlphaMind podcast covers the second half of this interview.

In this special two-part episode of the AlphaMind podcast, we sit down with legendary trader and market veteran Peter Brandt for an in-depth discussion on the attitudes, mindsets, and emotional challegnesrequired to succeed in trading.

Peter’s trading career began in 1974, and since then, he has established himself as a true legend in the financial markets — regularly sharing his insights, perspectives, and wisdom on social media to benefit traders of all levels.

In this episode, the podcast hosts, Mark and Steven, together with Peter brings together a combined over 130 years of experience, engaging in a mutual dialogue on the realities of trading, including exploring  the highs and lows, market triumphs and disasters, and lessons learned.

This interviews runs approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes, however this episode of the AlphaMind podcast covers the first half of this interview, but stay tuned for Part 2, coming soon.

Learn more about Peter and connect with him on social media at :
Factor LLC author and founder website: https://www.peterlbrandt.com
Bitcoin Live contributing author https://bitcoin.live?aid=106
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterLBrandt
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/factorco

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Peter’s trading career began in 1974, and since then, he has established himself as a true legend in the financial markets — regularly sharing his insights, perspectives, and wisdom on social media to benefit traders of all levels.

In this episode, the podcast hosts, Mark and Steven, together with Peter brings together a combined over 130 years of experience, engaging in a mutual dialogue on the realities of trading, including exploring the highs and lows, market triumphs and disasters, and lessons learned. 

This interviews runs approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes, however this episode of the AlphaMind podcast covers the first half of this interview, but stay tuned for Part 2, coming soon.

Learn more about Peter and connect with him on social media at :
Factor LLC author and founder website: https://www.peterlbrandt.com
Bitcoin Live contributing author https://bitcoin.live?aid=106
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterLBrandt
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/factorco

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this episode, we explore the often-overlooked physiological dimension of trading with Dr. Tracy Gapin, founder and CEO of the Gapin Institute. As a leading expert in men's health and performance, Dr. Gapin specializes in helping senior executives, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and athletes enhance their health and performance.

We delve into the critical relationship between mental and physical health, highlighting how internal processes significantly impact healthy cognitive function. A well-functioning cognitive process boosts trading productivity by facilitating clear market interpretation and fostering objectivity in decision-making. It reduces stress and anxiety, enabling more effective judgments and execution. Furthermore, it increases resilience in the face of setbacks, assists in managing risks and emotions, encourages acceptance of outcomes, and promotes detachment from ego—key components for continuous improvement and adaptability.

Prioritizing your well-being also offers additional benefits: it can lead to a longer, healthier life, creating a true ‘win-win’ scenario.

Join us for an insightful discussion that could transform your trading journey.

To learn more about Dr. Tracy Gapin and the Gapin Institute, visit Gapin Institute Website. 

Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracygapin/ 

You can also view Dr Gapin's TEDx talk at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io33LOfVxxo

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Originally hailing from the NJ/NYC area, Rick began his career as an investment banker at JPMorgan before being recruited as an event-driven analyst at First New York. After a stint helping launch a hedge fund with a portfolio manager, he later moved to the National Bank of Canada to focus on event-driven ideas and merger arbitrage. After the 2008 financial crisis, he returned to First New York, transitioning from analyst to trader.

Now, with well over a decade of trading his own capital, Rick shares invaluable insights into his trading style, the risks he navigates, and the fears that accompany being a self-directed trader. Join us as we explore the intricacies of Rick's trading journey and the lessons learned along the way. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the mind of a skilled trader.

Rick has also started a substack about a positioning experiment that has garnered a small following. - You can find out more about that at this link: https://offthetape.substack.com/p/macro-positioning-330-softs-and-wti

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this episode Anna, shares inspiring stories and expert advice, that can help helps listeners make sense of how setbacks can lead to breakthroughs, equipping them with the tools to navigate the volatile world of trading successfully. 

To more about Anna visit her website at https://www.annafuhrmann.ch/de or reach out to her directly at ​fuhrmann.counseling@gmail.com .

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

We explore how different intelligences play a pivotal role in trading success. Through an insightful discussion with AlphaMind co-host Mark Randall as the interview guest, we highlight how cultivating these diverse intelligences can enhance trading performance and lead to more informed decision-making. 

Whether you’re a seasoned trader or just starting out, this episode provides valuable insights into how understanding and harnessing different types of intelligence can elevate your trading game. 

Tune in for an enlightening conversation!

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

When I started trading, I, too, wanted to gain without experiencing pain. Over the years and through many challenges, I learned that true success lies in engaging with the discomfort that comes from taking risks.

Success in trading extends beyond analysis, systems, and methods. While being competent in these areas is essential, they are only foundational. Achieving game-changing success requires a deeper understanding of trading and an awareness of what you are up against.

To transform your trading, you must develop advanced skills, comprehend market challenges, and navigate the complex systems at play. This involves recognizing the three intertwined challenges of trading:

1. Your understanding of the external market environment.
2. Your self-awareness and engagement with your internal environment.
3. Your process for achieving specific outcomes as you navigate both of the above environments.

Whether you're a beginner or seasoned trader, this episode offers valuable insights into "Developing Yourself as a Trader," a field rarely explored yet so crucial to success.

As part of this episode, we highlight our new High Performance Trader Learning Programme launching in March, the first ever comprehensive programme looking as Trader Development. We are running this through our educational partner, the Society of Technical Analysts. For course details, visit: https://www.technicalanalysts.com/education/sta-courses/ and scroll down for more information.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this episode, we focus more closely on what it takes to be a trader at the personal, psychological, and behavioural levels. As Jason says, it's not so much about what's on the outside, but what's on the inside that matters.

Listeners, whether you are beginners or experienced traders, will find invaluable guidance from Jason, including understanding how your analysis fits in with what you are trying to achieve as a trader when taking risks, being realsitic about your returns and performance, dealing with discomfort, learning from the past, and mustering the courage to take a contrarian position when your analysis supports it. Join us as we delve into the mind of this exceptional trader whose unconventional strategies continually reshape the dynamics of the trading world.

You can find out more about Jason at the Crowded Market report at this link:  https://www.crowdedmarketreport.com/about/
Crowded Market Report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Crowded_Mkt_Rpt
Crowded Market Report on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cmr-publishing/

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this episode, Peter shares stories from his work with clients, using real experiences to highlight trading challenges. To ensure confidentiality and discretion, the identities and contexts have been anonymised and changed, allowing you to relate and empathise while protecting client privacy.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Chris is the founder of TheTechnicalTraders.com, a platform offering Asset Revesting signals and education on technical analysis, position management, and risk management strategies. He is also the author of "Technical Trading Mastery" and his latest book, "Asset Revesting," which explores this groundbreaking investment style.

With his philosophy rooted in capital preservation over the traditional buy-and-hold strategy, Chris argues that diversification might be risky for mature investors. Instead, he suggests focusing on rising assets while avoiding those in decline, using technical analysis to spot and confirm trends. This approach can help investors achieve above-average returns while minimizing risk.

In today's episode, Chris shares his unique investment strategy, emphasizing how capital preservation should come first, followed by growth. With extensive experience advising over 20,000 self-directed traders, Chris provides insights into making money in all market conditions with reduced risk. Tune in to discover this exciting yet logical method that promises to transform your investment approach.

Connect With Chris 

Email: chris@TheTechnicalTraders.com 

Website: TheTechnicalTraders.com

Social Media links: 

Website: https://TheTechnicalTraders.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheTechnicalTraders/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheTechTraders 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/TradingTechnicalAnalysis/ 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheTechnicalTraders 

Blog:  https://thetechnicaltraders.com/investor-research-insight/ 

Chris’s Books:

Technical Trading Mastery: 7 Steps To Win With Logic : Amazon Book Link

Asset Revesting: How To Exclusively Hold Assets Rising In Value, Profit During Bear Markets, And Continue Building Wealth In Retirement – Amazon Book Link

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Greg’s journey into trading kicked off at Gazprom in London, where he laid the foundation for an impressive career in the energy sector. He further honed his expertise at the independent Prop Trading firm, Manadara, focusing on energy derivatives and market-making. 

This episode takes a deep dive into Greg's experiences, including the founding of Onyx, which aims to create a pioneering energy derivatives market-making business. Join us as Greg shares his disciplined approach to trading, highlighting the vital importance of risk management and strategies for effectively leveraging market liquidity. 

Greg emphasizes that successful trading is not simply about being right or wrong; it's about cultivating reliable processes supported by a thorough understanding of the markets. He discusses how Onyx prioritizes investing in the right talent and nurturing their growth, focusing on aligning individuals with the organization’s culture and mindset rather than just their qualifications. From identifying and selecting the right talent to providing mentorship during the crucial early stages of induction, Greg offers insights into developing a thriving trading team.

Greg also talks about Onyx’s plans for the development of the energy markets by offering new products they are opening and offering to the retail markets, enbaling retail and professional traders them to gain greater and broader access to the energy markets. 

Tune in for invaluable perspectives that can transform your understanding of trading in the ever-evolving world of markets!

Company Webpage : https://www.onyxcapitalgroup.com/
Podcast and Webpage: ‘World of Oil Derivatives’: https://onyxcapitalgroup.com/world-of-oil-derivatives

Social Media
Twitter/X: https://x.com/Onyx__Edge
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/onyx-capitalgroup/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onyxcgroup/?hl=en 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@worldofoilderivatives

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In the early stages of his trading career, Pradeep experienced the classic rollercoaster ride that many new traders face, marked by significant wins followed by devastating losses. Although he had a strong appetite for risk, the emotional toll of this tumultuous trading style began to negatively impact his mental well-being. Recognizing the need for a change, Pradeep drew on his robust background in business and logistics to restructure his trading approach. He developed favoured setups and adopted a strategy of taking partial profits, and hitting singles, which involves compounding multiple small wins. 

In this insightful episode, Pradeep shares his journey and the wisdom he’s gained along the way. He discusses the classic mistakes that many traders make, such as failing to establish a clear trading process and falling victim to the ‘island mentality’ whereby they focus on getting rich quickly with dreams of an island home and luxury cars, instead of mastering the more mundane yet essential art of consistently making money.

Join us for this enlightening discussion filled with valuable lessons from Pradeep Bonde, as he offers practical advice to help traders navigate their own journeys in the ever-evolving trading landscape.

To know more about Pradeep and Stockbee, visit: https://stockbee.biz/
You can also follow Pradeep on X at @PradeepBonde

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this dynamic conversation, we explore how performance coaching serves as a vital catalyst for traders, empowering them to unlock substantial improvements in their trading performance. Kim-Ann shares with us the critical role of coaching in enhancing self-awareness and facilitating personal discovery, helping traders achieve their fullest potential while navigating the complexities of the financial markets.

We'll also confront a pressing issue—the hesitation many traders and trading firms feel when it comes to seeking coaching and performance enhancement. As we compare this mindset to the culture in other high-performance arenas, particularly elite sports, we highlight a stark contrast. In sports, engaging with coaches is the norm, while many in trading continue to struggle with the belief that they must not seek additional help.

This episode further examines the self-sabotaging attitudes that often prevail, especially among men, who may dismiss the idea of asking for help. Despite compelling evidence from research showing the transformative impact and impressive return on investment of performance coaching—the median ROI is around 700%, though in almost a fifth of cases it was around 5000%*—the trading industry has yet to foster a robust culture of continuous improvement.

Discover invaluable insights and perspectives that challenge the status quo and encourage both traders and firms to embrace performance coaching as a powerful avenue for growth and success. Tune in now to learn how investing in coaching can lead to profound and transformative outcomes!

*link to research article mentioned:  

Featured Guest: Kim Ann Curtin

·       Website: thewallstreetcoach.com 

·       Social-media handles @kimanncurtin on all social media platforms (X, LI, FB, Instagram & TikTok) 

·       Executive Coaching: TheWallStreetCoach.com

·       Discord Room: TraderHeroJourney.com

·       Kim’s book: Transforming Wall Street

·       Kim’s retreats: The Ho'omana

·       Kim’s Podcast: iTunes or YouTube

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Join hosts Mark Randall and Steven Goldstein as they embark on a dialogue discussing the relevance of systems thinking in trading and market navigation. Drawing from their experiences and insights from Peter Senge's influential work, "The Fifth Discipline," they emphasize the significance of systems thinking in fostering a culture of learning.

The discussion also delves into the "Beer Game simulation," introduced by Senge, shedding light on the complexities of systems and how a systemic thinking approach enhances understanding and navigation. This crucial topic underscores the importance of interconnected systems, collaborative problem-solving, and holistic decision-making in trading and investing within dynamic market landscapes.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this compelling episode, we welcome back the duo behind Tradeciety and the brilliant online trader journaling tool, Edgewonk: Rolf Schlotmann and Moritz Czubatinski. These two trader journaling experts know all about the challenges and benefits of trader journaling, including the personal challenges that arises in committing to an activity that many acknowledge as incredibly beneficial but which they too often neglect. This neglect is akin to an athlete shying away from their full training routines, which eventually sees them losing out to those athletes who do fully embrace their full training routines.

This episode delves deep into the art of journaling and its capacity to enhance peak performance. Rolf and Moritz also provide valuable insights into the evolution of Edgewonk, a tool that has facilitated the creation of nearly 60,000 individual trading journals. They share how traders leverage their cutting-edge platform and provide a glimpse into the forthcoming enhancements planned for Edgewonk.

We are thrilled to extend an exclusive offer to AlphaMind listeners: a $20 discount on Edgewonk by using the voucher code "alphamind20" during checkout.

Find out more about Tradeciety and their learning and development programmes for traders at: https://tradeciety.com/

Find our more about Edgewonk at https://edgewonk.com or email info@edgewonk.com.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Simon takes us on a profound journey into the world of winning, success, and the complex interplay between our identities and the risk of losing oneself in the relentless pursuit of greatness. Drawing parallels between the realms of sports and everyday life, he sheds light on the delicate harmony between ego, self-perception, and their impact on individuals operating at peak performance levels, particularly in crucial decision-making moments. Our exploration extends beyond elite athletes to encompass the necessity of excellence in trading and investing activities, uncovering the shared principles of an elite mindset across diverse fields.

Join us as Simon emphasizes the transformative power of actions over mere thoughts, unveiling the path to inner peace, joy, and fulfilment by reconnecting with oneself at the core. Delve into the profound influence of the subconscious mind on our behaviours and discover the essential strategies for harnessing its potential to ascend to championship levels.

You can find out more about Simon on https://www.simonmundie.com/

Simon’s new book is called Champion Thinking: How to Find Success Without Losing Yourself and is available on Amazon at this link

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this episode, Tom delves deep into the essence of trading, shedding light on the importance of action over mere analysis and prediction. He underscores that while analytical skills are paramount, their true value lies in their effective application.

Tom further elucidates his thinking by talking about his concept of ‘situational analysis’, emphasizing its pivotal role in his trading methodology and advising fellow traders to prioritize this aspect in their work. Additionally, he shares invaluable insights into his personal routine, emphasizing the significance of maintaining optimal mental and physical well-being through exercise and nutrition.

Tune in as Tom Hougaard imparts his wealth of wisdom and practical strategies, including his renowned 'Rule of 4', hid 'Schoolrun' and his ‘Skyscraper’ which he uses to add further size to this trades when moving with the momentum

This podcast is designed to challenge and inspire you to introspect on your own practices and strategies, fostering growth and development in your trading journey.

Website: https://tradertom.com/

Telegram Channel: https://t.me/TomHougaard

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TraderTom

Live Trading: https://tradertom.com/live-trading/

Ticket for Tom’s upcoming US & Canada Events: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/tom-hougaard-46097921353

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Patrick, on the other hand, embarked on his trading journey later in life after a successful career at the BBC. Drawing from his unique background, Patrick seamlessly integrates his experiences into his role at the Adamis Principle, where he collaborates with Beat and others to train aspiring traders. His transition into trading as a second career has provided him with a distinct perspective, complemented by his exceptional communication skills honed during his previous professional endeavors.

Throughout the episode, Beat and Patrick share insights into the nuances of trader development, highlighting the importance of mentorship, practical experience, and continuous learning. Beat's extensive tenure in the markets offers a panoramic view of trading evolution, while Patrick's journey exemplifies the transformative power of mentorship and adaptability.

Their combined expertise provides a comprehensive exploration of the process and reality of trader development, offering invaluable lessons for both seasoned professionals and newcomers alike. From navigating market complexities to fostering a resilient mindset, Beat and Patrick underscore the multifaceted nature of becoming a successful trader in today's dynamic landscape.

Join us as we embark on a thought-provoking journey with Beat Nussbaumer and Patrick Reid, uncovering the intricate tapestry of trader development and charting a course for success in the ever-evolving world of markets.

You can learn more about Beat and Patrick at these links:
Beat Nussbaumer
Email: beat@macrobeat.co.uk
Website: https://macrobeat.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MacrobeatL

Patrick Reid
Email: patrick@adamisprinciple.com
Website: https://www.adamisprinciple.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamisprinciple

Patrick and the Adamis Principle will be holding a free masterclass on 'HOW TO TRADE A CENTRAL BANK' on the 2nd May at 2pm GMT - Link Below.
https://patrick-reid.mykajabi.com/masterclass-2nd-may-2024

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

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Steve is still active in all these fields, and now is involved with one of the new breed of Online Prop Trading firms called Tradeday, where prospective traders have to pass an exam prior to being giving a small sum of capital to trade. 

In this interview with Mark and myself, Steve shared a lifetime of experience, including reflections on how best to use Technical Analysis and apply it into your work as a trader. 

This is one of those interviews where you’ll hear great insights which could be valuable to you in your own work as a trader. This includes:  

·      Understanding the edge of doing and applying good Technical Analysis, whereas most people are doing bad technical analysis which then undermines their trading, 

·      He also shares some insights about the challenges traders face after they’ve been successful on a simulated environment, versus the trading they do with real money after having passed a prop trading entry test.

·      The emotional challenges of trading and dealing with losses and setback, and how this impacted Steve’s personal life. 

You can find out more about Steve and Tradeday at the following links. 

Steve Miley
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevemileymarketchartist/

Trade Day
 Website: https://tradeday.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tradeday/
Twitter:https://twitter.com/TradeDayFunding

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

As the former Head of Global FX Trading at TD Securities, Mohammad brings a wealth of experience to the table. In this captivating episode, he shares invaluable insights and knowledge that will challenge and inspire traders of all levels.

Drawing from his extensive experience, Mohammad discusses the profound impact of macroeconomic events on trading decisions, coupled with his nuanced understanding of liquidity, sentiment, and market dynamics at the micro level.

We explore a myriad of topics, from Mohammad's reflections on his trading journey to his candid perspectives on navigating the financial markets. He offers frank insights into his career trajectory, reflecting on how experience has shaped his approach and what he would do differently given the chance.

Moreover, Mohammad's expertise extends beyond trading floors. He now curates a remarkable newsletter, collaborating with leading traders from investment banks to hedge funds. From his base in Canada, he extends this valuable resource to both institutional and retail traders alike, bridging the gap between professional insights and private trading communities.

Tune in to this episode and uncover the secrets of successful trading with Mohammad Ali.

You can subscribe for Mohammad's Purity Macro Newsletter at : https://puritymacro.substack.com/

You can follow Mohammad on
Twitter at this link: https://twitter.com/macroali1
Linkedin at this link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammad-h-ali-cfa-340751a

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

With an illustrious career spanning over four decades in the financial markets, Mark initiated his journey as one of the pioneering traders on the LIFFE London Futures Exchange. Over time, he transitioned into pivotal roles, spearheading broking and sales divisions at major investment banks, lending him a wealth of experience and expertise in the field.

Mark's reflections on our podcast discussions shed light on indispensable lessons for traders as they gear up for the challenges and opportunities of 2024.

You can also hear this episode on our Youtube Channel at this link: https://bit.ly/3J54QWx

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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

This episode marks Jason's third appearance on the AlphaMind podcast, each visit sparking some fascinating feedback and gratitude from our listeners. Once again, Jason generously shares insights into his distinctive trading philosophy, shedding light on the nuanced approach that sets him apart in the trading landscape.

Listeners, whether novices or seasoned traders, will discover invaluable guidance from Shapiro: courageously embrace discomfort, glean wisdom from setbacks, and cultivate the bravery to adopt a contrarian stance when your analysis and process justify it. Join us as we delve into the mind of this extraordinary trader whose unconventional strategies continuously redefine the dynamics of the trading arena.

You can find out more about Jason at the Crowded Market report at this link:  https://www.crowdedmarketreport.com/about/
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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Jonny later ascended to prominence as a Portfolio Manager, adeptly overseeing up to $500 million in assets at the renowned hedge fund Brevan Howard. Before his tenure at Brevan Howard, Jonny honed his craft at Citibank, where he mastered equity derivatives trading , ultimately ascending to the role of Managing Director and leading a substantial trading team.

Remarkably, Jonny remains an active trader today, driven by his unwavering focus on macroeconomic trends and their profound influence on the markets.

In addition to his illustrious career, Jonny shares his profound market wisdom through his widely acclaimed newsletter, presently known as "Macroscope," soon to be rebranded as "Super Macro."

Join us as we embark on Jonny Matthews' extraordinary journey, gaining exclusive insights into the dynamic world of markets, trading, and the rollercoaster ride that is an integral part of a trader's life at the pinnacle of the financial world.

You can follow Jonny on his twitter feed @supermacro 

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Mandi defines Radical Responsibility as an extreme form of accountability, where one takes full ownership of their actions and the outcomes, even in the face of external events beyond their control.

 Mandi first came across this concept while working with trading legend Linda Raschke, who demonstrated exceptional resilience and adaptability in dealing with setbacks - a common occurrence in the world of trading. 

Inspired by Linda's approach, discusses with us how practicing Radical Responsibility can help traders develop the emotional fitness required to navigate the highs and lows of the market.

In this vibrant conversation, we explore the nuances of Radical Responsibility and its relevance to trading, and its connections to building self-awareness, developing a mindset for high performance trading, and reframing challenges as opportunities for learning and growth.

Whether you're a trader or not, the concept of Radical Responsibility has something to offer in terms of taking ownership of your life and achieving your goals. So join us as we explore this powerful mindset and how it can revolutionise your approach to trading. 

And if you're interested in learning more about Mandi Rafsanjani and her Performance Coaching services, check out her website at these links:

https://www.highperformancetrading.com.au/
https://www.tradingpsychology.com.au/

 You can also follow or connect with Mandi on Twitter @MPX_Trader

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Ken's trading journey began in the 1990s when he started investing in mutual funds. Since then, he's become an exceptional big-picture thinker and tactical trader. He has also applied his love of trading, teaching, and inspiring others, by delivering a series of workshops for the Van Tharp Institute. But that's not all, Ken has also completed a Ph.D in Organisational Development, and teaches at several universities including Colorado Tech University and City University, Seattle. 

Aside from being a teacher, student, and active trader, Ken is also a proud father of three, a husband, a martial artist, and youth football coach. But it's his insights on fear and greed in trading that share with you in this podcast. In our hour and a half interview, Ken shares his views, genius, and wisdom on the topic in a way that is sure to inspire and enlighten.

 You can find out more about Ken Long at his website Tortoise Capital Management 

You can follow him on Linkedin here

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

You can find out more about Cory and his training and mentoring business for traders Trade That Swing at https://tradethatswing.com/

You can follow Cory on Twitter at https://twitter.com/corymitc

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The Society of Technical Analysts provide world beating technical analysis education programmes and offer outstanding membership services with regular talks and meetings. Their Home Study Course is based on the Diploma Programme they deliver to students at the London School of Economics and has been created by many of the leading minds in the field of technical analysis.

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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this episode we talk with Simon Mundie, a leading sports journalist, radio and tv broadcaster, author, and coach. Simon hosted a superb podcast featured on the BBC, which looks at the lessons people can learn from the world of sports and high performance. On the podcast, Simon has interviewed top athletes, tennis greats, Olympic champions, coaches, and outstanding performers from across the world of elite sports.  

Simon shares his thought about how elite performers deal with the pressure which enables them to excel in key moments. He tells  us about how high performers manage to develop the psychological flexibility to master the uncomfortable feelings, which are part of our human nature, and which have the propensity to disrupt their flow.

A key skill Simon talks about, is how people can channel their anxiety and fear, which is part of dealing with uncertainty of high performance, by accepting these feelings, welcoming them, and making space for them. 

This fascinating chat explores a whole range of issues, from developing presence, getting into flow states, dealing with ego, letting-go, and focusing on process rather than being owned by the outcome.

 You can find out more about Simon and his podcasts at https://www.simonmundie.com/
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AlphaMind Podcast Sponsor:  The Society of Technical Analysts (The STA):

The Society of Technical Analysts provide world beating technical analysis education programmes and offer outstanding membership services with regular talks and meetings. Their Home Study Course is based on the Diploma Programme they deliver to students at the London School of Economics and has been created by many of the leading minds in the field of technical analysis.

AlphaMind Podcast listeners can obtain a 10% discount on the Society of Technical Analysts world-beating Home Study Course at this link: bit.ly/3r3TawO

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In addition, he worked on developing himself, learning and applying stoic attitudes, and gaining a sense of how markets work and how to best work with them, and the uncertainty that is part of their structure.

This is a terrific interview which gets into the early stage development of a trader, with someone still going through these early stage experiences. However, it will be of interest to traders at all levels, as they reflect on their own journey, and perhaps considers some of the ways they could have done it differently, in ways which are still impacting how they work.

Jacob, and his colleague at Statera Trading, also design and build automated trading EAs that performs various actions on the Metastock trading platform, that other traders can subscribe too. 

You can find out more about Jacob, and his business Statera Trading at these links: 

Website: stateratrading.com
Instagram: Instagram
YouTube: YouTube
Facebook: Facebook 

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AlphaMind Podcast Sponsor: The Society of Technical Analysts (The STA):

The Society of Technical Analysts provide world beating technical analysis education programmes and offer outstanding membership services with regular talks and meetings. Their Home Study Course is based on the Diploma Programme they deliver to students at the London School of Economics and has been created by many of the leading minds in the field of technical analysis.

AlphaMind Podcast listeners can obtain a 10% discount on the Society of Technical Analysts world-beating Home Study Course at this link: bit.ly/3r3TawO

AlphaMind Links

Twitter: Steve Goldstein - Mark Randall
To know more: https://linktr.ee/AlphaMind101
Our Newsletter: https://alphamind101.substack.com/

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

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TradeStation International offers users access to the outstanding TradeStation Global platform, a multi-asset trading platform with access to international markets. Traders can leverage TradeSatation's superb professional-grade tools like RadarScreen®, The Matrix, and EasyLanguage® an intuitive coding language for traders.

With TradeStation there are no hidden price spreads - just transparent, low commissions. Click here to find out more and open an account.

TradeStation International Ltd is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) in the United Kingdom, acts as an Introducing Broker to Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Ltd. The firm does not provide investment advice or trading recommendations. Investment and trading involve risks, including possible loss of principal.

AlphaMind Podcast Sponsor:  The Society of Technical Analysts (The STA):

The Society of Technical Analysts provide world beating technical analysis education programmes and offer outstanding membership services with regular talks and meetings. Their Home Study Course is based on the Diploma Programme they deliver to students at the London School of Economics and has been created by many of the leading minds in the field of technical analysis.

AlphaMind Podcast listeners can obtain a 10% discount on the Society of Technical Analysts world-beating Home Study Course at this link: bit.ly/3r3TawO

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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

The ego is very much part of us, part of who we are, part of our nature, our soul. How can it be the enemy? That makes us the enemy.  And yet, often it feels like it is, with its ability to act in ways which are malicious and malign.

Learning to understand your ego, and how it works, may be a more productive way forward than trying to ignore it, or shut it down.

In this episode, we explore the ego, its impact on you and your trading, and how better to understand it, and work with it, rather than to fight yourself, with all the mental and physical costs that entails. 
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AlphaMind Podcast Sponsor: TradeStation International
TradeStation International offers users access to the outstanding TradeStation Global platform, a multi-asset trading platform with access to international markets. Traders can leverage TradeSatation's superb professional-grade tools like RadarScreen®, The Matrix, and EasyLanguage® an intuitive coding language for traders.

With TradeStation there are no hidden price spreads - just transparent, low commissions. Click here to find out more and open an account.

TradeStation International Ltd is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) in the United Kingdom, acts as an Introducing Broker to Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Ltd. The firm does not provide investment advice or trading recommendations. Investment and trading involve risks, including possible loss of principal.

AlphaMind Podcast Sponsor:  The Society of Technical Analysts (The STA):
The Society of Technical Analysts provide world beating technical analysis education programmes and offer outstanding membership services with regular talks and meetings. Their Home Study Course is based on the Diploma Programme they deliver to students at the London School of Economics and has been created by many of the leading minds in the field of technical analysis.

Alphamind Podcast listeners can obtain a 10% discount on the Society of Technical Analysts world-beating Home Study Course at this link: bit.ly/3r3TawO

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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

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 his story, his journey and experiences, his success and mistakes, his highs and lows.

Matt opens up fully about the realities of trading, the emotional challenges, the steps he, and others, what he considers trading success to be, and what people need to do to get there.

This is a fascinating interview that goes to places, few interviews go, providing a richness and depth, of insight on the realities of what it takes to succeed at trading, that you will rarely hear. 

We have split Matt’s interview into 2 parts. In this part 1 Matt, tells his story, no holds barred. 

You can find out more about Matt and the work he does to support and mentor traders at the PAX group at https://thepaxgroup.org/

You can follow Matt on Twitter at https://twitter.com/paxtrader777
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AlphaMind Podcast Sponsor: TradeStation International
 
TradeStation International offers users access to the outstanding TradeStation Global platform, a multi-asset trading platform with access to international markets. Traders can leverage TradeSatation's superb professional-grade tools like RadarScreen®, The Matrix, and EasyLanguage® an intuitive coding language for traders.

With TradeStation there are no hidden price spreads - just transparent, low commissions. Click here to find out more and open an account.

TradeStation International Ltd is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) in the United Kingdom, acts as an Introducing Broker to Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Ltd. The firm does not provide investment advice or trading recommendations. Investment and trading involve risks, including possible loss of principal.

AlphaMind Podcast Sponsor:  The Society of Technical Analysts (The STA):

The Society of Technical Analysts provide world beating technical analysis education programmes and offer outstanding membership services with regular talks and meetings. Their Home Study Course is based on the Diploma Programme they deliver to students at the London School of Economics and has been created by many of the leading minds in the field of technical analysis. 

Alphamind Podcast listeners can obtain a 10% discount on the Society of Technical Analysts world-beating Home Study Course at this link: bit.ly/3r3TawO

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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

With TradeStation Global there are no hidden price spreads - just transparent, low commissions. Click here to find out more and open an account.

TradeStation International Ltd, authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) in the United Kingdom, acts as an Introducing Broker to Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Ltd. The firm does not provide investment advice or trading recommendations. Investment and trading involve risks, including possible loss of principal. 

AlphaMind Podcast Sponsor:  The Society of Technical Analysts (The STA):
The Society of Technical Analysts provide world beating technical analysis education programmes and offer outstanding membership services with regular talks and meetings. Their Home Study Course is based on the Diploma Programme they deliver to students at the London School of Economics and has been created by many of the leading minds in the field of technical analysis. 

Alphamind Podcast listeners can obtain a 10% discount on the Society of Technical Analysts world-beating Home Study Course at this link: bit.ly/3r3TawO

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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

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 importance of the Power and Energy Markets. 

This corner of the international markets remains relatively obscure and poorly understood, despite them playing a far more tangible and significant role in all our lives, than virtually any other market.

On this week’s AlphaMind podcast, we talk with a trader who has been at the centre of the Power and Energy markets for almost 2 decades, and who now runs one of the few Hedge Funds, which specialises exclusively on these areas.

This podcast will provide you with some insight into these markets, and how differently they operate to other markets. Yet, at the same time, there are many lessons to be drawn which are applicable to trading in all markets, particularly regarding how to self-manage in the face of volatility, uncertainty and the heightened emotions that they bring. 

Sven, himself, has spent many years working at leading firms within the energy trading industry, such as Vitol, and EDF, and is now Co-Owner of Auricor, a leading Hedge Fund, based in Zug in Switzerland. You can learn more about Auricor, and their work, at https://auricor-energyfund.com/
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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

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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 interview with Tom, Jack, made a point of saying, that “although Tom’s results are significantly better than the industry average, they were ‘hardly extraordinary’. And yet, ‘Jack says, “in an important sense, Basso is perhaps the most successful, trader I have ever interviewed.” This success Jack Schwager referred to, stemmed from Tom’s ability to make money, and yet remain calm, centred and completely balanced, living the life he wanted to live, and doing the things he wanted to do, without it being dictated by the market, or his ego’s response to the market.  

As you will hear in this interview, very little has changed. Tom has achieved extraordinary success, both financially, and in the way he has lived his life. And, if we are honest, trying to get both of these to happen together is an extraordinary feat. 

You will enjoy this interview and will learn so much that is important to consider, when taking and managing risk, and remaining in control, in a way which allows you to ‘enjoy the ride’. 

You can find out more about Tom at this website: https://enjoytheride.world/
And on Twitter: https://twitter.com/basso_tom

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Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

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In this episode, Jason answers a series of questions submitted by AlphaMind Podcast listeners, and expands upon his trading approach, his views about trading and markets, and shares more details of how he uses the ‘Commitment of Traders’ report. 

Though Jason’s approach is firmly welded to his contrarian philosophy this episode covers a range of topics and themes which would have enormous value to traders of all styles, approaches, and philosophies. 

Jason also talks about the Crowded Market Report, a Futures trading education website , and a community of traders which focuses on and supports traders in developing a contrarian approach. - A portion of proceeds from the Crowded Market Report are donated to the Charlestown Early Learning Center, a non-profit organization, to provide a high quality, affordable educational program for 3, 4, and 5 year old children in the local community. - You can learn more Jason at the Crowded Market report at this link:  https://www.crowdedmarketreport.com/about/

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Tom is someone who has faced his own battles to become a successful trader, and like many he has gone through that cycle of try, learn, fail, try again and eventually succeed. 

Tom is passionate about trading, as you will hear, and also loves helping others to learn. He runs an excellent telegram channel, you can find out more about this on TraderTom.com, which has over 15,000 members. 

This is a terrific interview which will educate, fascinate, and challenge you. 

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TradeStation International Ltd, authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) in the United Kingdom, acts as an Introducing Broker to Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Ltd. The firm does not provide investment advice or trading recommendations. Investment and trading involve risks, including possible loss of principal. 

AlphaMind Podcast Sponsor:  The Society of Technical Analysts (The STA):
The Society of Technical Analysts provide world beating technical analysis education programmes and offer outstanding membership services with regular talks and meetings. Their Home Study Course is based on the Diploma Programme they deliver to students at the London School of Economics and has been created by many of the leading minds in the field of technical analysis. 

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AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

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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 trader at a leading investment bank and at a $30 billion hedge fund where he ran a major chunk of their trading capital for several years. In addition, Robert has built his own trading systems, traded, and still does trade, his own money, and has thought intensely about trading having written at length, and taught about, trading and trading systems. 

In this chat, we delve deep into Robert’s reflections about the challenge of trading both systematically and discretionally. In his own self-deprecating manner, Robert shares his thoughts on the common errors traders make, many which he admits he help himself made. We also explore aspects of trading behaviour, constructing powerful and robust trading systems both semi-discretionary and fully automated, the importance of trading risk management, use of leverage in trading, and understanding the importance of doing the un-sexy work which is so crucial to trading success. 

This chat will fascinate, intrigue, and educate you. 

You can find out more about Robert Carver on these links:
Twitter: @investingidiocy
Website: https://systematicmoney.org/

Books by Robert Carver:

• Leveraged Trading: A professional approach to trading FX, stocks on margin, CFDs, spread bets and futures for all traders. 
• Systematic Trading: A unique new method for designing trading and investing systems. 
• Smart Portfolios: A practical guide to building and maintaining intelligent investment portfolios

Due for release in April 2023

• Advanced Futures Trading Strategies: 30 Fully tested strategies for multiple trading styles and timeframes.

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AlphaMind Podcast Sponsor:  The Society of Technical Analysts (The STA):
The Society of Technical Analysts provide world beating technical analysis education programmes and offer outstanding membership services with regular talks and meetings. Their Home Study Course is based on the Diploma Programme they deliver to students at the London School of Economics and has been created by many of the leading minds in the field of technical analysis. 

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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this episode AlphaMind co-host Mark Randall interviews fellow co-host Steven Goldstein about the lessons he has learned in over 35 years in Financial Markets, working as a professional trader and coaching traders, both professional and retail.

Mark asks Steven about his journey from assistant on the trading desk of a Japanese bank in the 1980s. to working on the Proprietary desk of the Swiss Investment Bank Credit Suisse in the 1990s, and his time as a trader at the banking arm of American Express in the 2000s. They also discuss his subsequent decision to starting to work as a coach who helps traders develop their psychological abilities. 

Steven, who coaches some of the world’s leading professional traders at some of the world’s biggest Hedge Funds, as well as many smaller private and retail traders across all markets and trading styles, shares fascinating insights which listeners will learn so much from.

Discover more about Steven at: https://alpharcubed.com
Twitter: @alphamind101

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AlphaMind Podcast Sponsor:  The Society of Technical Analysts (The STA):
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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Being able to cope with anxiety inducing situations that make us feel uncomfortable lies at the very epicentre of many of the biggest challenges in life. Whether taking high stakes trading and investment decisions in volatile markets, to leading and managing teams and businesses, working in sales, public speaking, going for interviews, taking exams, through to having conversations with people you love and care about, and handling yourself in social situations. 

Ben Aldridge, has written some excellent, highly entertaining, and deeply through-provoking books on these themes, including the superb ‘How to Be Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable’. We were delighted to have Ben as a guest on the AlphaMind Podcast, talking about this fascinating topic and sharing his thoughts on a range of topics including developing a Stoic Philosophy to life, Cultivating a Growth Mindset, and Dealing with Embarrassment and Shame. 

This is a terrific interview with an interesting and informed guest, where we discuss this topic which is integral in every sense to developing high performance in trading, investing and market related activities. 

Discover more at about Ben at: www.benaldridge.com
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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Peter started to incorporate some of the teaching of his learnings from Buddhism, into a mental process which helped him to cope better with demands placed on him as a trader. This was to have a hugely positive impact on how he managed himself in markets, how he processed information and how he made trading decisions. Peter has now shared his reflections on this journey in a new book ‘The Zen Trader: How Ancient Wisdom Can Help You Master Your Mind and the Markets’

 You can find out more about Peter on his ‘easy share trading’ website: https://easysharetradingsystems.com.au/

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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this episode Oliver opens about his trading, his background and what he feels it takes to achieve mastery in trading. Oliver is a great advert for the small retail trader taking on the Wall Street giants and coming out on top. 

You can find out more about Oliver, including an excellent book he has written called ‘Victory in Stock Trading’ where he shares some of his strategies, developed through trial and error over more than a decade at https://www.kelltrading.com, and can follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/1charts6

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In this interview, you can hear how Linda's incredibly deep passion for trading, markets, and how to overcome the mental challenges which make success in this career so elusive and challenging, and we were delighted that she was willing to discuss this so deeply on the AlphaMind Podcast.

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Trading like poker, and many games entails losing and failing often, many of the greats of trading will tell how failure and being able to cope with failure, lie at the core to success. In this episode of the AlphaMind podcast, we discuss the 3 ‘Fs’ of Fear, Frustration and Failure, and how success requires learning ‘how to cope with failure, since failure is such a big part of trading success.

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In this episode of the AlphaMind podcast show hosts Mark Randell and Steven Goldstein, both far older than is healthy and a long way past the wrong side of 50, facilitate a panel of Defi and Crypto experts, who can speak to the ages, and bridge the gap between conventional trading and crypto markets, to help you start to make more sense of ‘The Defi Revolution’. 

Our panelists are:

·      Paul Gordon, a former broker and derivatives trader, who co-founded Coinscrum, which hosts meetings and talks on all things Crypto. Twitter Linkedin

·      Glen Goodman, a former BBC and ITV news reporter, turned retail equity trader, then crypto trader, and authored the best-selling book ‘The Crypto Trader’. Twitter, Webpage

·      Matt Aaron, project lead for Uniwhales, a DeFi analytics community, a crypto podcast host, and trader/investor in Defi and Crypto projects and markets. Twitter, LinkedIn

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AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this great chat with the AlphaMind Podcast, Sam went deep into what it takes to succeed as a new trader, shared his reflections on patterns common to those he sees who succeed, and opens up about mistakes he witnesses which cause so many to fail.

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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

 We believe there are 3 main sources of edge for traders, and that these 3 edges support each other to make each edge more potent and powerful. Developing trading mastery however requires the combining of the edges into one singular sustainable practice that is unique to the trader and which powers their success in the complex, uncertain and challenging situations they face.

In this episode, AlphaMind podcast hosts Steve and Mark discuss this topic and illuminate for listeners how these 3 sources of edge are so vital to success and survival in financial markets.

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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

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Weaponizing the Trader's Mind - A Powerful Group Coaching Programme: Find out more.
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AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

 Your capital, your systems, your processes are the warheads you deploy in the markets, but it’s your brain which is the system that deploys them, and your mind is tool that observes, senses and then makes the choices when to launch, manages the battle, and the allocation and timing of resource utilisation in that battle. 

But all too often, traders, are worn down in that battle, their mind becomes sub-optimal, and their brain slowly switches off. You can do something about it, and you should be aware that you can do something about it, otherwise you end up becoming the victim, and not the victor. But it is incredibly hard to do yourself. 

 In this week’s AlphaMind podcast, the usual co-host Mark Randall, is interviewed about ‘Weaponizing of the Traders Mind’. 

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Richard started as a trainee broker in 1973. That is a lot of experience, lot of knowledge, a lot of wisdom, and we are delighted to be able to capture that and share it with you in this week’s AlphaMind podcast.

In this episode Richard takes us on a little history of the markets, comparing how it was then to how it is now, what aspects of it have changed and how, and what aspects of it are exactly the same. Richard also shares what he considers are the biggest errors he has seen people make, and that they continue to make,   

Charitable Venture.   

We also want to mention of a great and worthwhile charitable venture Richard is involved in, which he talks about towards the end of the podcast.  

The charity is called ‘First Workings’ which aims to help people from underprivileged backgrounds in the New York City area to acquire the Social Capital that those from more privileged backgrounds naturally acquire. 

There is extensive research which shows that a paid internship drastically increases a college graduate’s likelihood of securing a job offer upon graduation. For young people of colour, young people coming from low-income backgrounds, or those who are first generation college students, connections to paid internships are more difficult to secure without social capital.

 ‘First Workings’ go into schools and the community to help build social capital through:

• Workplace Readiness Skills Training
• Placement in a Paid Summer Internship
• Matching students with a professional in the industry they hope to pursue in college and beyond for a virtual mentorship if in-person internships are not feasible
• Alumni programming including networking opportunities and career access training workshops
• Comprehensive support
• Efforts to foster professional experiences

This experience provides students that come from underrepresented or underserved communities with tools and resources they wouldn’t ordinarily have access to.

Richard is connected to first workings in NY and is setting up a similar charity here in the UK to work in schools in some of London’s more challenged areas. 

To know more about First Workings, their website is https://firstworkings.org/

We will update this when the webpage for the UK charity is set-up. In the meantime, if you would like to contact Richard about his charity project, you can message his twitter handle https://twitter.com/dickiematthews5

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

The ability to cope with setbacks, deal with adversity and have the grit to battle through the difficult times, is the very bedrock which trading success is built upon. In this episode we talk with two of the world’s leading experts on these themes.

 Dr Doug Mackaman is a distinguished professor of European History and Global Affairs,  at the university of Wisconsin, has studied the history of burnout and is passionate about regeneration and escalation of talent. 

Dr. Paul G. Stoltz is considered the world’s leading authority on the integration and application of grit and resilience. He is author of five international bestselling books on the subject, was voted by HR Magazine as “One of the Top 10 most influential global thinkers,” and by Executive Excellence as “One of the 100 Most Influential Thinkers of Our Time.” . He has given a wonderful Ted Talk on adversity and has also been a regular guest on the Oprah Winfrey show talking about these themes.  

 In this episode, Doug and Paul talk about how the importance of developing and nurturing these attributes in the face of the stresses of the modern world, the challenges and demands put upon people to produce and lead, and pressures to perform to and the expectations put upon people by others and themselves. 

 We also hear about their venture called Sabatigo, which is a novel twist on the concepts of sabbaticals. Sabatigo is designed to help business leaders, stressed out managers and high net worth individuals regenerate from burnout whilst escalating their leadership profiles and enterprise-level wisdom. The purpose is to help these people to become more empathic, resilient, and innovative in how they solve problems and resolve the issues and challenges their businesses and people face.

You can learn more about Sabatigo at this link https://www.sabatigo.com/

You can also learn more about:

Dr Doug Mackaman and his work here https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-mackaman-ph-d-05429a34/

And Dr Paul Stolz and his work here https://www.peaklearning.com/dr-paul-g-stoltz/

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Blake has experienced many up and downs as a trader in his long career, and has faced serious battles with both the market, and himself along his journey. Before that, Blake served in the US marines, which provided him with a background that meant he was perhaps better prepared than many to stand the wild, frenetic and uncertain world of trading. 

This is a terrific chat, where we get down to the inner battles of being a retail trader and explore the unsanitized realities which the glossy broker adverts do not tell you about. 

You can find out more about Blake and his businesses at: 

Forex Analytix: https://www.forexanalytix.com/blog/author/bmorrow/
Traders Summit https://tradersummit.net/contributors/blake-morrow/
You also follow Blake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/PipCzar

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Brent started trading in 1995 and has worked at several illustrious firms in the markets, including Citibank, Merrill Lynch, Royal bank of Canada, Lehman Brothers, Graham Capital, Nomura Bank and HSBC. 

Since 2004 Brent has been writing a brilliant free daily newsletter on the markets called AM/FX – This newsletter is read widely by professional traders across the world inside Investment banks, Hedge Funds, Asset Management Firms, and Even Central banks. Brent has also authored two books: The Art of Currency Trading and his most recent book, Alpha Trader: The Mindset, Methodology and Mathematics of Professional Trading. 

In this interview Brent tells us about AlphaTrader and talks extensively about trading, markets and what he believes it takes to be a successful trader. 

This interview pulls back the curtain somewhat on what it’s like to be a professional trader, and some of the challenges pro-traders face as they seek to battle the markets within a high pressured trading room environment. 

• You can find out more about Brent on his personal website: http://brentdonnelly.com
• Also visit Brent’s new venture Spectra Markets, where you can sign up for his free AM/FX Newsletter: https://www.spectramarkets.com
• You also follow Brent on Twitter at https://twitter.com/donnelly_brent

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this episode we spoke with legendary trading psychologist Dr Van K Tharp. Dr Tharp has been coaching traders for almost 4 decades and came to prominence when he was featured in Jack Schwager’s very first Market Wizard’s book back in 1989. As you can imagine, with someone with that level of experience and knowledge, this chat goes beneath the surface of trading and into the inner realms of human performance, touching on areas of 'who we are', 'how we are', and 'how we be’, that are rarely discussed with such depth when talking about trading. 

Some of the themes we would like to emphasise include 

Ø  Our different modalities when engaged in trading, these include a hierarchy of different states.

·       Things happen to me. > Becoming the Victim – Owned and liable to go into tilt.  

·       Things happen by me > Becoming a Non-Victim – Starting to Own Your Results. 

·       Things happen through me. > Awakening and Becoming at One with the Market

·       Being at One with the Market > May fleetingly or periodically be here but it’s impossible to remain here permanently. 

Ø  Science Thinking versus System Thinking:

Science thinking believes we can identify causation, and then use that to identify possible futures. Systems thinking accepts the complexity and uncertainty of the world and holds a light view of possible causation and holds the polarity of trying to identify possible futures, whilst accepting one cannot possibly identify with any high degree of certainty the possible future. 

Ø  Alignments between you and your system, method, or approach. 

The importance of matching approaches to the market, with who and how you are naturally.

Ø  How we hold beliefs about ourselves and how they influence our trading and how our negative emotions hold those beliefs into place. 

Ø  How we store negative beliefs in our body which then drive our decision-making behaviours. 

Ø  How these aspect conspire to put someone into victim mode. 

Ø  Modelling People who do trading well and the key ingredients needed to being able to model these, including being able to align yourself with their Signal, Feeling, Action sequence. 

You can find out more about Dr Van Tharp and his work at the Van Tharp Institute at https://www.vantharp.com

Access to his YouTube channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/vantharp

His Twitter handle is: https://twitter.com/vantharp

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

These key guiding principles provide a solid foundation for a robust trading practice but are equally as applicable in other areas of work and life. 

This episode provides a deep exploration into these principles and looks at these key aspects and how they apply to traders in their work in a big picture sense and at a micro level day-in, day-out. 

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Our guests today are Steve Ward and Simon Cotterill. Together they have conceived, constructed, and published an outstanding new book/journal called the ‘Trader’s Mind Journal’. 

Steve Ward will be familiar to AlphaMind listeners and traders more widely. Steven has worked in the field of High Performance over many decades, he worked with Olympic Athletes, High Stakes Poker Players, Leaders in Business and with Traders and Investors in the Financial Markets. Steve realised the similarities between high performance sports and the trading world and developed a performance practice which has helped many traders make lasting improvements. Steven wrote his first book, High Performance Trading, a few years ago. It became an instant hit amongst traders and has seen his reputation in this world soar. Last year he released Bulletproof Trader to great acclaim. 

Simon Coterill came to trading after successfully running a printing company for many years. He started trading in 2010 and since 2014 has been day trading for his full-time career.

Simon focused initially on technical analysis but increasingly recognised the importance of 

Developing his psychology around trading. The Traders Mind Journal started as a project to develop a personal trading journal for his own use, however coming from a printing background, he started to explore the possibility of creating a more formal trading journal structure to use. 

 Steve and Simon have been working together over the past couple of years to design, construct and produce the Traders Mind Journal. The journal is a fantastic product which will be hugely useful and valuable to traders as a personal reflection and development tool. 

The Traders Mind Journal is the best ‘published trading journal’ we have come across. We are delighted to announce that listeners of the AlphaMind Podcast can obtain a 15% discount off the face value price of the Trader’s Mind Journal by inputting the code AMP15 when they order the book direct from Trader’s Mind Journal on the website https://www.tradersmindjournal.com/

You can also follow them on twitter https://twitter.com/mind_traders

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Jonathan Baird is a Money Manager and writer of the outstanding Global Investment Letter. In his long career (managing primarily international/global equity mutual funds) Jonathan managed three different #1 ranked funds, and has won a prestigious Lipper Award for the best global equity fund in Canada.   

Jonathan subscribes to the view that the challenge is the market, but that we ourselves are the real enemy. This underlines his work, with a strong focus on being self-aware, challenging himself, managing himself,  ensuring he aligns his work, his purpose and his personality in a way which is the most productive and effective for himself. 

Jonathan’s also believes that a high-quality source of independent analysis and opinion can make the process more efficient and lead to better-informed decisions. This has led Jonathan to start and distribute his own outstanding monthly newsletter, the Global Investment Letter, which has become essential reading for thousands of professional investors and money managers. 

The Global Investment Newsletter

We were attracted to  invite Jonathan as a guest by The Global Investment Newsletter and the outstanding and thought-provoking analysis that he regularly posts on his social media feeds on Linkedin and Twitter.

The Global Investment Newsletter is a monthly journal that comments on capital markets around the world. It looks holistically at all aspects of the investment process. This includes providing views on geopolitical trends and their potential impact on markets. In addition, it includes insights on various other topics that may aid investors, such as investment philosophy, risk approach, and book reviews  that are included periodically. It is written in a style that is simple and straight-forward making its content accessible for both the experienced pro and the enthusiastic novice. 

You can learn more about the letter at this link: https://www.globalinvestmentletter.com/

Jonathan also published great content to his social media feeds on LinkedIn and Twitter. These can be found here:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanbaird88
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonathanBaird88

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this episode, Jason opens up with about his trading approach, his contrarian philosophy and a whole host of topics around the trading process which listeners will find fascinating. 

Jason talks passionately about trading and his work. Some of the themes Jason talks about include: Why he is a contrarian. How being a contrarian is not the same as being countertrend. Finding your edge. The importance of getting the process right. Being objective in your views. How market’s discount the news. Using the Commitment of Trader’s report. And a host of themes which will inspire and fascinate the listener.

Jason really opens up with great honesty about the realities of trading, of how he has been to hell and back more than once, the pain of losing, the learning experiences of becoming successful then losing it all, the journey and path to better process and practice, of how trading success is ‘the long game’.

This is one of those interviews which is full of nuggets and lessons from beginning to end. Do not switch this episode off early, because it just gets hotter is it goes along. 

Jason also talks about the Crowded Market Report, a Futures trading education website which focuses on and supports traders in developing a unique contrarian approach. Also full kudos to the Crowded Market Report, who donate a portion of their proceeds to the Charlestown Early Learning Center, a non-profit organization, to provide a high quality, affordable educational program for 3, 4, and 5 year old children in the local community. 

You can learn more Jason at the Crowded Market report here: https://www.crowdedmarketreport.com/about/

You can follow them on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Crowded_Mkt_Rpt

And connect with them on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cmr-publishing/

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this episode we talk to Adam Sorab. Adam is a partner at a UK based hedge fund and someone with a deep and long history in the financial markets within trading and investment roles. Adam has played an active role as a significant user of technical analysis, and has also held a major role in some of the world's leading Technical Analysis Institutions. As you will hear, Adam is one of the most informed people on all things technical analysis and how to use it effectively and productively.

Today Adam is a partner at Aptior Capital, a distressed debt hedge fund based in the UK. Prior to that, and for over a decade, he was head of technical research and product specialist sales at the hedge fund giant CQS where he produced technical analysis-based investment research and strategy for their traders and portfolio managers. Prior to that Adam held various roles, including his early years’ experience as an FX trader at the Swiss Investment Bank Credit Suisse, and head of Absolute Return strategies at Deutsche Bank Asset Management. 

Adam holds a Honours Degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and has  been heavily involved with our sponsorship partner the Society of Technical Analysts (the STA) where he was formerly chairman and remains a member of their ‘Investment committee’. Adam was also president of the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA), the global body which the STA is itself a constituent member of. 

Adam brings a wealth of experience and insight that we are delighted and honoured to be able to share with our podcast audience, and which we are certain you will find informative, insightful and may challenge some of your long-held perspective and beliefs. Adam also talks about the STA outstanding Home Study Course and their Diploma programme, which is accredited by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI), the leading professional body for securities, investment, wealth and financial planning professionals.

You can find out more about the Society of Technical Analysts (The STA) and how you can become a member on their webpage: https://technicalanalysts.com

You can follow the STA on Twitter here

You can also gain a discount on their brilliant Home Study course and Home Study Course and Diploma programme exclusively through AlphaMind at this link here.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Denise is making her second appearance as a guest on the AlphaMind podcast. As one of the leading performance coaches in the trading and investment world, Denise has specialised in applying neuroeconomics and modern psychoanalysis in her work with hedge fund portfolio managers and high performance professional athletes. She is also the founder of The Rethink Group and author of one of the best-selling books on trader mindset – Market Mind Games

In this episode we explore Visceral Intelligence and how we spend so much time up in our heads ruminating over the past and stressing about the future, that we miss out on vital clues and insights which our body and its feelings reveal and provide. This is why visceral intelligence and connecting with your body is so important.

This episode covers a range of themes of interest to new and seasoned traders alike, including:

·       How brain research on aspects of emotion, insight, intuition come to impact our trading practices. 

·       How we can use this insight on emotions to make better trading decisions. 

·       Useful analogies to compare to trading to improve how we manage ourselves as we navigate our way through the markets.

·       Developing visceral intelligence by naming our feelings and recognising how we can use these. 

·       Emotions and risk-decisions and recognising what is important and what is not.

·       The Cognitive and emotional Intelligence partnership and how ‘the body keeps the score’.

·       Keeping a track of your emotions to help make better trading decisions going forward. 

·       How our trading systems are unique to each individual and how this makes learning other people’s systems so challenging.

·       Improving your learning through greater knowledge of yourself. 

·       Categorising your emotions and listening to your body’s feeling without judgement.

·       The challenge and benefits of learning these elements when we have a resistance to honest self-reflection.

·       The dangers of cutting yourself off from your feelings. 

You can find out more about Denise and her work at:

• The Rethink Group website: https://rethinkgroupltd.com/ 
• You can follow Denise on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/DeniseKShull
• Denise’s book is ‘Market Mind Games: A Radical Psychology of Investing, Trading and Risk’.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this fascinating interview, we cover a host of topics and themes that explore that self/money relationship and how it influences our decisions, behaviours and emotional reactions to events. Dennis provides some practical advice for how people can start to improve their relationship with money and raises some interesting points about how our early-years’ experience around impacts our current relationship with money, and how this then affects they we behave, act and make choices, in our work and in our personal lives.  

If you are interested to knowmore about Dennis, his website is: https://cambridgemoneycoaching.uk/

His email is: contact@cambridgemoneycoaching.uk

You can also connect to Dennis on Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dennis-harhalakis

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this episode Merritt talks about the benefits of working in a proprietary trading business. He tells how working in a proprietary trading firm supports traders by fostering their trading development and providing them mentorship and guidance and a collaborative experience as they progress in their trading careers. 

Merritt also talks about Apteros's NADRO Methodology, which is a trading system, method and approach built on principals that teach the trader the language of the markets, helps provide direction for how they engage with the market, and supports their development of their trading playbook. 

This interview is in reality more of a conversation and broadens out to cover a whole range of themes around the behaviours, mindsets and attitudes traders need to embrace to power their development and growth 
 
 This episode is full of nuggets of wisdom, too numerous to mention and summarise. One thing is for certain though, the listener will learn so much from this episode that will both educate them and challenge them on some of their deep-held beliefs. 

You can learn more about Merritt and his work by visiting Apteros’s webpage: https://www.apterostrading.com/

Merritt can be followed on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/merrittblack

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

 Other issues Jared talks about include: 

- Issues around choking, which is common to all areas of high performance.
- The importance of getting 'In The Zone'.
- How Jared’s approach, as featured in his book, seeks to bridge the gap from knowledge of psychological issues to helping people make transformations. 
- Many other areas of the mental game which will fascinating to people involved in and curious about trading and investment roles. 

Links to Jared and his new book:
Webpage: https://jaredtendler.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaredtendler 
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredtendler/
Book: The Mental Game of Trading: A System for Solving Problems with Greed, Fear, Anger, Confidence, and Discipline 

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

We are all familiar with the idea of coaching as a driver of peak performance in sports, however the concept of using coaching in other areas, particularly trading, remains largely alien to many. Yet trading is a high-performance activity. It requires clarity of mind, careful planning, acute reflexes, the ability to make split second decisions in fast moving complex and uncertain environments, and a competitive spirit. 

People rarely consider these aspects of trading. Most people see the job of trading as being about strategy and method. They thus devote vast amounts of energy to trying to find and develop systems or methods to win the strategy battle. It’s worth considering that the most successful traders do not have superior systems, methods or strategies to anyone else. What they do have is the ability to apply them more effectively. This is because they have the ability to work at peak levels of performance more often, more regularly and are able to sustain those levels. 

It is with this in mind, that people are turning increasingly towards performance coaching to help support, develop and motivate them towards developing a peak performance mindset and achieve excellence in the enormously challenging roles they face as traders.

Mark Randall, one of the podcasts usual co-hosts is today the interviewed, rather than the interviewer. Mark, a veteran of the financial markets, is now one of the world's leading Peak Performance coaches.  For the past several years Mark has worked with people in trading and investment roles, as well as with people in leadership and management roles, and even those engaged in sports.  Mark focuses on developing the person to cultivate a peak performance mindset for the challenges they face. 

You can find out more about Mark and his work on the AlphaMind website https://alpha-mind.net. 

You can learn more about his Peak Performance Coaching programme for traders on the AlphaMind Blog here: https://alphamindblog.blogspot.com/p/the-alphamind-trader-mental-strength.html

Mark can be contacted on his email here mark@alpha-mind.net. Or you can also Direct Message him on twitter https://twitter.com/AlphaMind102 and on LinkedIn. 

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Paul  is an expert in the field of behavioural finance. He talks. lectures and has a deep passion for this topic. Paul understands the challenges people in these fields face from having spent a career in the industry working for leading firms such as Schroder’s Investment management, PIMCO and Goldman Sachs. 

Paul's now works to promote the understanding of how behaviours impact how people make decisions in their business, trading and investment activities. Paul believes that a better understanding of psychology and how real people make real decisions in the real world provides a strong competitive edge to those who embrace it.

As a well-known industry public speaker, Paul has given an excellent TEDx talk, offers private consultancy and decision-making workshops, and is a visiting lecturer at the London Business School. In addition Paul also has a fascination for the world of magic, and is a member of the exclusive 'Magic Circle', meaning that he can offer an extra perspective on how “the mind plays tricks.”

Paul is also involved with Behaviour Lab, whom he works with by analysing data and evidence provided by longer term portfolio managers, a number of investment biases appear that particularly prevalent according to research done by Behaviour Lab. In particular they see repeated examples of what they call the ‘Dirty Dozen’ most common biases - broken down into the main groupings of pattern recognition, stability, action-oriented and social biases. Major example of each include confirmation bias, the endowment effect, overconfidence and groupthink.

You can find out more about Paul at https://www.paulcraven.com/

Paul’s Twitter Handle is https://twitter.com/CravenPartners

Paul’s excellent and highly entertaining TEDx talk can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdkgBlOt8m0

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Jo started trading in the dotcom era in Italy. At a young age he was soon making the sort of money which most people dream of. Life seemed good and he seemed to be set-up for a great and fruitful career as a trader.  However, things change fast in markets, and the rich seams that Jo had tapped into soon ran dry. 

This maybe a sobering story for many young traders who are currently experiencing their own ‘easy money’. As Jo experienced, what seems like easy money rarely lasts, and when it stops, you need to work out how to make money in all market conditions. 

Following the taps running dry for Jo, he went through a period of deep reflection, anxiety and self-doubt. The period of underperformance was a hit to his self-esteem which he took personally, and which led to sleepless nights and panic attacks. After a break for a couple of years Jo returned and started trading in the U.S Markets, effectively starting over, learning a new strategy in a new market, and trading in new ways. The key to his story and subsequent success is one of adaption, evolution and re-learning. 

Jo also started his own educational arm which provides learning and mentoring services for traders. Education services are vital for new retail traders who miss out on the benefits of learning in a trading room environment. Whilst there are many dubious providers of trading education, Jo came to us highly recommended and we were able to explore this vital area of trader development.  

As well as being a full-time trader and mentor, Jo is into mixed martial arts and bodybuilding.

You can find out more about Jo on his website: https://jtrader.co/ and can follow him on twitter here https://twitter.com/jtraderco

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Tom is a major contributor to the financial market twitter (fintwit) world and is known for his honest, deep and brutally frank reflections and insights about the reality and challenges of trading.

We have been trying to get Tom on the Podcast for some time, however it was in response to a sensational Twitter thread which he pasted on the 1st January this year, that prompted us to try again. That Twitter thread, which got huge attention, inspired many to respond with their own stories. A transcript of the full thread can be read below: 

After trading profitably for a living every year since 2000, in late Jan of 2018 I lost 500k in an hour in the XIV blowup. It destroyed me mentally. I couldn’t think clearly for 18 months. Couldn’t stop “trying to get my money back” which just made it worse.

Finally, I shut it all down scared shitless that I couldn’t trade any more. I had to protect what was left of what I had built over the previous years. The village of idiots in my head had somehow taken over the castle.

 I had to dive deep and fully accept the financial loss and so many other life losses that I was carrying with bitterness and anger to find neutral again. My career had become my compulsion to fix the wrongs of the past, my opiate that had huge hangovers.

 Thru the painful process of true awareness of what I was doing, I started day trading 100 shares of AAPL just to keep connected to my roots. Not thinking, not caring just trading my feel of the day from all that I had seen over the years.

Not caring was liberating. It felt so good to trade and simply not give a shit if I made money or not. I just flipped 100 shares around based on my feel of the tape and I did this for 3 months while I licked all my wounds trying to figure out how to let it all go. cSummer 2019.

The 1st month I made like 1500, 2nd month over 2k, and by the third month I had bumped to 200 shares without really realizing it, had 1 red day and made over 5k. So in Sept of 2019 I realized “well, fuck, I guess I’m a day trader.”

Don’t care, don’t think, trade the tape.....just like I did as a swing trader before I went off the deep end. The rebuilding process has had its ebbs and flows as I’ve grown and clarified my structure. I’m trading more than AAPL now and I’m not trading 200 shares anymore.

 I’ve grown about 15-20x since that realization 16 months ago that I was now a day trader, and I’m starting to think and care again which worries me. So, here’s to 2021. Don’t care, don’t think, Trade the tape. It’s just another way of saying “Be Dumb, Follow Price”

 You can follow Tom on his twitter handle https://twitter.com/canny4

The tweet thread and some of the amazing responses can be viewed here: https://twitter.com/canny4/status/1345037742711971841?s=24

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

These days, Glen is a full-time trader. As you can hear from this vibrant conversation, Glen has great enthusiasm for trading. In this interview, Glen shares his story and his journey into trading, talks about his early experiences, his learning journey and the time when it all started to come together. 

We also discuss crypto trading, its challenges and the nature of the crypto which differentiates it from other asset classes. Glen, as you will hear, is refreshingly honest, objective and well-informed about all things crypto. He is not an obsessive ‘hodler’ of bitcoin who believes it’s the greatest thing since the dawn of time, he is just curious about crypto, actively trades it, and is willing to be long when it's bullish and short or out when bearish.

To know more about Glen Goodman you can visit his Facebook page: The Shares Guy and follow him on Twitter: @glengoodman

Glen’s book: The Crypto Trader is published by Harriman House – details of the book can be viewed here: https://www.harriman-house.com/cryptotrader

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Amongst themes discussed are: 

• Making space for yourself and stepping back form the screens and markets to be more present as a trader, more effective as an individual, and more grounded in the moment. 
• The concept of a ‘Tripwire’ which brings you back to yourself and pulls you up when your process is going astray. 
• Thinking of trading as a process with process orientation rather than a results orientation. 
• Taking positive learning lessons from your experiences, digesting these and applying them to your work.
• Looking forward not looking down: Backing yourself, believing in yourself, not undermining yourself by lacking the faith you need in yourself to succeed in this very challenging world. 
• Avoiding trying to perfect trades: Optimise and be happy with 80% instead of 100%. 
• The importance of planning, even though plans rarely work out , planning is still vital and essential.  
• Detachment: Learn to walk away, be willing to recognise your fallibility and don’t’ dwell on errors. This comes back to having 'Tripwires'. 
• How clearing the head and mind, and taking actions to do this, becomes a powerful source of insights which lead to better trading and more effective performance. 
• How we need to improve how we develop our ability to generate insights, as opposed to just reducing the aspects of trading that we fail at. 
• Understanding your reason for why you are trading, which market you are trading and why you are trading the way you are.
• Looking to other markets, products, styles, timeframes, and considering the  options open to you. 
• Detaching your ego from your trading, and not seeking to validate your ego as a goal for your trading.  

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Marsten is the only truly systematic trader featured in Unknown Market Wizards. Marsten started off as a software engineer before he developed his interest in trading after his company IPO’s and he found himself with a considerable shareholding. After leaving his company, and ignited by a new interest in markets, Marsten started trading fulltime in 1998. He soon moved from discretionary trading to systematic trading and developed his own 100% mechanical/quantitative strategies. 

Marsten's track record and consistency have been exceptional and over 22 years his average annual return has been in excess of 20%, with only 2 losing years.

In addition to trading, Marsten has developed his own Multi-Strategy Portfolio-Level Backtesting Software called RealTest. This software is unique in being able to test out multiple strategies at the same time 

A key feature of Marsten’s success has been his curiosity and willingness to experiment and try new things, constantly looking to build upon and improve previous iterations and to constantly test out his ideas and assumptions. Marsten terms this his ‘Spirit of Experimentation’ a term which perhaps describes one of the key aspects of Marsten’s mindset and overall philosophy, which has been a key pillar of his success.

One of the Real Surprises of this interview was, as you will hear, Marsten’s admission that he doesn’t even like trading that much, his real passion is designing and testing computer software. Trading if anything is the vehicle which allows him to pursue that passion. And perhaps somewhere within there maybe the secret to his success in that it ensures he does not get too attached and hung-up on the day to day outcomes of his trading. 

Despite his admission by Marsten, he has achieved outstanding performance and consistency as a trader and also software designer. In addition, Marsten is also a classically trained violinist, who had his interest in software design and the series of events which followed not occurred, we may have heard of him achieving success in a very different field.

We hope you enjoy the conversation.

You can find out more about Marsten and his RealTest product at:

https://mhptrading.com

You can follow Marsten on Twitter: @mars10p

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Through a series of interviews for the book Jack Schwager introduced the world to trading legends, until then relatively unknown outside their small corner of the world. Traders such as Michael Marcus, who busted time after time after time, before finally growing $30,000 into $80,000,000 over a 10-year period. We learned of the wisdom of Ed Seykota, the feats of Paul Tudor-jones, and the skills of Richard Dennis. Jack introduced us to the Trading Turtles, and to many quotes which even now people repeat over and over again as inspirations. 

Schwager followed up the original book with 3 more outstanding versions, the New Market Wizards, Stock Market Wizards, and Hedge Fund Wizards, and now he has done it again, taking us in one sense back to the beginning and in another sense into the 2020s, with Unknown Market Wizards.

We were delighted to have a chance to talk with chat, and for once Jack the interviewer, become Jack the interviewee. You can hear the fantastic insights Jack shares with us in his own words from years of talking to and working with the best around.

It was a pleasure for us to this interview, and we are sure you will get something from it, whether you are new to the scene, or like us, have been around the markets for decades. 

You can find out more about Jack Schwager at his website https://jackschwager.com/

Jack is also a partner of Fundseeder, a financial data and analytics company which provides a free trader platform that provides performance analytics, data tracking, and monetization opportunities for promising traders. You can find out more about Fundseeder at https://fundseeder.com

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Our ability to make good quality decisions in financial markets is heavily compromised by our inability to be truly objective in the face of the extreme complexity, uncertainty and randomness. What we think is the best decision in the moment, doesn’t necessarily yield the best outcome.

The world of Poker provides some great examples of how to make decisions in situations characterised by complexity, uncertainty and randomness. Our guest this week, Annie Duke, is a former professional poker player and world champion. Annie authored the brilliant ‘Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts’, and has a new book out called ‘How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices’.

Annie believes that we can all become better at making good decisions, and that this ability can increase our odds of success in the financial markets. In this interview we explore these themes with Annie, some of the topics touched upon include: 

•      Identifying and dismantling our hidden biases.

•      Extract the highest quality feedback from the markets. 

•      Accurately identifying the influence of luck in the outcome of your decisions.

•      When to decide fast, when to decide slow, and when to decide in advance.

•      How to make decisions that more effectively help you to realize your goals and improve your performance. 

•      How to better manage your emotions and reduce their undue influence in your decision-making process. 

We are pretty sure you will find Annie’s reflections extremely valuable. You can find out more about Annie at https://www.annieduke.com/

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Tara’s work with Hedge Funds has seen her described as the ‘Wendy Rhodes of London’. For those of you unfamiliar with Wendy Rhodes, she was the Psychology Coach in the Primetime hit show ‘Billions’. 

In this episode we had a great discussion about Tara's book ‘The Source’, and expanded this out to explore how traders can develop an ‘AlphaMind’ by developing their ‘Brain Agility’. Brain agility facilitates the mastering of your emotions, developing greater resilience, being aware of the brain-body connection, accessing your intuitive abilities, making good logical decisions, staying motivated and thinking creatively. 

This conversation is laced with references to neuroscience, psychology, emotions and references to our cognitive abilities allied to how people think about and make decisions in risk, trading and investment situations.  

Tara talks extensively about how to think better, how to hone your thinking, how to develop brain flexibility and how to manage and create your optimal physical environment through better quality sleep, nutrition, health and daily life management for optimal brain function. The podcast also explores other areas including how to cope with fear and anxiety related to trading.

You can find out more about Tara on her website https://www.taraswart.com/.

You can also read the Spear Magazine Article which Tara refers to later in the interview at this link: https://www.spearswms.com/stop-work-killing/

Another great article worth a read mentioned by Tara was Ghosts in the Executive Suite : https://syncreticsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/Ghosts-in-the-Executive-Suite-2-26-16.pdf

Tara is married to Robin Bieber, one of the world’s leading technical analysts and a guest a few podcasts earlier. 

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

• Developing Resilience. 
• The importance of ‘Letting Go’ and overcoming unhelpful attachments. 
• Overcoming the inevitable downward spiral.
• Self-compassion in trading as an antidote to the times when we are overly harsh on ourselves.
• How we unbalance and undermine our ability fo be objective.
• Confidence levels.
• Aspects of ego: How too much ego can undermine, as does a devalued ego. 
• Grounding yourself. 
• Working beyond comfort zones.
• The importance of exploring your risk process.
• Opening yourself up for self-examination.
• Developing Risk Capability.
• Over-reliance on analysis. 
• How our deep held unconscious beliefs and values impact our self belief. 
• The importance of understanding how the markets work.
• Doing forensic preparation and planning, and how this can and does pay-off.
• Taking breaks to reset, refresh, and recalibrate. 
• How your cognitive abilities are impacted by your physical behaviours.
• Being at your cognitive best.  
• The importance of having an edge. 
• Ensuring you are trading when and where you have an edge.
• Avoiding times when you have an edge. 
• The importance of risk management.

You can find out more about Tradeciety at https://www.tradeciety.com/
And view a video version of this episode on Tradeciety's youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HR5H4d_c5Q

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

You can tell the quality of a book by the people who have reviewed it. When you have an investing legend like Howard Marks comment on the book, you know it is going be worth investing your time to read it. This is what Marks had to say about the book. 

‘Housel's observations often hit the daily double: they say things that haven't been said before, and they make sense.’

The Psychology of Money is one of those books that I feel people will talk about for years. We were delighted to have a chance to read the Psychology of Money pre-publication and were fortunate to have the opportunity to interview Morgan and ask him about some of themes which ran thought his book. 

In this interview Morgan tells us about the book and what inspired him to write it. We also discussed some of the great anecdotes in the book and some of the stories behind them. 

We hope you enjoy this episode and will feel inspired to go and read, and quite possibly re-read, 'The Psychology of Money'.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

There are few better qualified people who possess the depth of knowledge and insight about how to use and apply Technical Analysis than Robin. Robin joined the markets in 1982 after nine years in the British Army. Robin first worked at E.D. and F. Mann followed by spells at Tiger Petroleum, and Amerex Petroleum, before Robin founded Bieber Oil Ltd, which was acquired by PVM in 1993. He now runs Rb Oil Ltd, a consultancy company

In this fascinating discussion Robin and hosts Mark and Steven move quickly move beyond the usual talk about Technical Analysis to discuss how best to use and apply analysis in a way which brings real value to a trader’s approach and practice.  

We think you will get a lot out of this chat between Steven, Mark and our outstanding guest Robin.

You can find out more about Robin and his work at https://www.rboil.co.uk/

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

Steve also tells us about his journey of transition from Sports Psychologist to leading Trader Performance Coach and author of some of the best-selling books on trading mindset. Including one the most popular books of recent years High Performance Trading. 

Steven has worked in the field of High Performance over many decades, he worked with Olympic Athletes, High Stakes Poker Players, Leaders in Business and with Traders and Investors in the Financial Markets.  Steve realised the similarities between high performance sports and the trading world, and developed a performance practice which has helped many traders make lasting improvements. 

Steven wrote his first book, High Performance Trading, a few years ago. It became an instant hit amongst traders and has seen his reputation in this world soar. Bulletproof Trader is the next instalment in a series of books Steve has written on themes related to mindset, performance and psychology in the similar world of trading and sports betting. 

You can learn more about Steve at https://performanceedgeconsulting.com

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

As well as working as a trader himself, John coaches’ traders through this company ‘Locke in Your Success’. 

John took the principles he applied to clients in his coaching and applied them to himself. John worked on his own personal and human development more so than focusing on developing his trading strategy, and the other external parts of the trading process. John was effectively developing his ‘Metagame’ as a trader. Thisappears to have been a significant factor in John becoming profitable from his trading far quicker than most other new traders. 

This episode is full of value. – The first 25 minutes of the interview explore aspects of options trading, and this will be useful for all traders whether they are options traders or not. The second part of the podcast, from about half an hour into the podcast focuses on the mindset needed for success and how our emotions can derail us from optimal behaviour and following good process. 

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

I have written a short article which can be viewed on 'LinkedIn' at this link here. The article  talks about risk personality and why being aware of it is so vital for success in financial markets, as well as other areas of life and work.

The Risk Type Compass (Exclusive for listeners of the AlphaMind Podcast - Take the test free)

Psychological Consultancy have very kindly offered to allow listeners of the AlphaMind Podcast the opportunity to take the test for free and receive a complementary shorted version of the test report.

To find out more, visit the AlphaMind Blog page at this link. Here you can view an example of the Risk Type Compass diagram and will also find further details of how each risk type relates to trader and investor behaviour.

You can find out more about the Risk Type Compass at the Psychological Consultancy website here.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this modern Robin Hood tale, Vaughan tells how Sarao managed to become one of world’s top 5 trading participants by volume in the e-mini S&P futures globally. This futures contract is one of the world’s largest and most actively traded contracts, with other participants in this market include major investment banks, international investment firms and global hedge funds. 

Vaughan, who also wrote the book ’The Fix’, about the LIBOR scandal is a master story teller. In this interview, Steven Goldstein and Mark Randall, both market veterans, and former participants in the futures market, discuss with Liam in an open and frank manner a wide range of themes and topics about this incredible story including:

• Did Sarao’s obsession growing up playing computer games may have come to be a major advantage to his screen-based trading activities.
• The paradoxes in Sarao’s character traits and how these supported his success as a trader but at the same time left him vulnerable in other areas of his life.      
• How Navinder’s gifts and mental attributes, seen by some as learning difficulties, probably worked in his favour in his trading activities. 
• How Navinder’s mindset and very different relationship with money may have contributed to his fearlessness and his trading style. 
• Having a grudging admiration for what Sarao achieved
• How the laws changed after Sarao commenced his spoofing activities and after the Flashcrash. 
• How Navinder’s activity exposed the frailties within the Electronic Futures Trading system and how new platforms increasingly developed the ability to manipulate markets. 
• How Navinder had felt the market was rigged against him by other people who had unfair advantages, including other spoofers and HFT traders. 
• Debating whether his activities followed the failure of the authorities to act on his complaints about the activities of others, and whether by ignoring the authorities effectively green-lighted his activities.  
• The huge gulf which exists between the resources and level of expertise in those regulating and policing trading activities and those of the firms and people engaging in activities in markets.
• The importance of balance between your trading activities, and the other parts of your life.  
• Whether Navinder was ultimately a victim in this story. 

You can find our more about Liam on his website https://liamvaughan.co.uk/ and can order the book direct form there. - The book was released in May this year in Hardback, Audible or Kindle form iand s called Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History. 

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

You can find out more about this episode on our blogpage here: 

Damian’s books include: ‘

·        The Winning Mindset: What Sport Can Teach Us About Great Leadership.

·        Liquid Thinking: Inspirational Lessons from the World's Great Achievers

·        The Barcelona Way: How to Create a High-Performance Culture

Damian is co-host of the High Performance Podcast with Jake Humphries of BT Sport.

His website is http://www.liquidthinker.com/

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

• How Swing Trading enables a trader to take advantage of short-term trends, longer term trends, and over-extensions.
• How people can identify which trading style is best for them. 
• How swing-trading enables a thought out trade process that is easy to fit into a lifestyle where you have other priorities which require your time. 
• Fishing for ideas by using approaches which scan thousands of stocks using scanning tools and exchanging ideas with others whom you trust and identify with.
• How to make sense of the ideas by doing your homework, developing a fundamental understanding of markets and conceptualising plans for the trade.
• The importance of having a fundamental understanding of background and context to a market or sector, and understanding where and how money is rotating into and out of sectors. 
• The psychological challenges of sticking with trades and not taking profit early so that performance is compromised.
• Improving the psychological aspects of trading and working on fighting human nature and mental state. 
• The importance of balance in your life, healthy lifestyle, physical health, managing your day, staying mentally healthy.
• The huge importance of having a Risk Management process.  
• Being able to continually adapt strategies to whats working and current.

AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global Markets
AlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets.

Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities.

Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

• How the Pre-Mortem tool improves decision-making. 
• Developing expert decision-making using the ‘Shadowbox’ method. 
• How the Recognition Primed Decision-Making model captures how experts make decisions.
• The role of intuition and pattern recognition in decision making. 
• Learning how to use AI tools to aid decision-making. 
• The Naturalistic Decision Making approach to Behavioural Finance compared to the Biases and Heuristics approach. 
• How experienced traders develop the ability to recognise patterns intuitively which enable them to anticipate price moves in ways which even machines have not yet been able to match. 

Dr Klein also shared some fascinating stories from his years in this field, told in his own inimitable style.

You can learn more about Dr Klein at the Shadowbox website: 
https://www.shadowboxtraining.com/ 

You can also follow Dr Klein on twitter @KleInsight and if you are interested in joining a live webcast event Dr Klein is running next week jointly with Bryce Hoffman of Red Team Training. Details of this can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rtt-premortem-analysis-tickets-104166189878