In this week’s episode, Garth appears solo as he discusses the recent Trump induced turmoil in the market. He shares a number of charts that illustrate the recent sharp moves in the S&P500, VIX, the dollar and a number of confidence indicators.
Morpher is a new trading platform that aims to democratise trading by giving users access to fractionalised markets. The platform allows tokenised trading on products ranging from traditional shares and commodities, to exotic things like collec
Marc Walton has in interesting back story. After running a successful business in the UK, he decided to pack it all in and take his family off to live a sun-drenched life in the Canary Islands and take up trading. He admits it was a mid-life cr
Cary Artac’s career started at the Chicago Board of Trade in 1986, where he devoted himself to learning the art and science of effective technical analysis, eventually becoming a renowned advisor within Chicago’s greater floor-trading community
Kim Ann Curtin has been The Wall Street Coach for 18 years. Formerly an executive within a hedge fund, she found her “bliss” in coaching in 2007. During 2008 after the financial crisis, she began coaching traders – many who were in need of some
Evan Medeiros was a professional poker player while he studied computer science at university. After online gambling became illegal in the US, he turned his poker playing skills over to the stock market. He has since combined his computing expe
Alan Edward returns for a third appearance on Talking with Traders. His insights are always valuable. In this episode we’re discussing the three P’s of successful trading: Process, Purpose and Psychology. Each of these aspects go hand-in-hand t
Anmol Singh began trading at age 18 and went through the usual school of hard knocks that most traders face in their early years. 5 years in a prop firm environment gave him the necessary skills to venture out on his own to trade his own capita
Julian Komar is based in northern Germany, near Hamburg. I’ve wanted to interview him for a long time and finally he agreed. He did not disappoint. Julian is refreshingly honest about his approach to trading. He’s thorough, detailed and discipl
Brian McMillan returns to the podcast for a second time. This time he’s here to discuss an exciting capital guaranteed opportunity from Investec Structured Products. It’s a product that gives geared exposure to the Chinese CSI300 index, whilst
Chris Dover served in the US Marines early in his career. He got interested in the market in 1999 during the Dot.com boom. He was originally taught systematic trading, but moved away from it for a period for a “hero’s journey”. He ultimately fo
As we wrap up the year, we’ve decided to look back over the interviews of the past year to pull out some of the most memorable clips. It’s a real privilege to be able to interview some great traders and to get their thoughts on record. Certain
James Eaton exudes positivity. He has a real “can-do” attitude. It made for a really refreshing, insightful interview. He began his working career as a personal trainer. That allowed him time to learn about trading and he was quickly immersed i
This episode is a 4-way conversation with three of IG’s Premium Client Managers in London: Sean Power, Luke Moore and Pete Ward. Collectively, they have worked at IG for over 30 years. We discuss what they see many clients doing wrong that puts
Riding big trends is the aspiration of many traders, but it’s not easy to do. Trends often try to throw us off them when human emotions get in the way. Richard Brennan has developed an ensemble of strategies that seek to capture big breakouts a
In this interview, Garth interviews best-selling author and systems trader Laurens Bensdorp. His clinical approach to developing and trading over 50 systems is fascinating. He also shares candid views about trading competitions and trading syst
Garth Mackenzie recently befriended a 21 year old film photographer. A common love of 1990’s Mercedes-Benz cars drew them together. This 21-year-old guy is earning well for his age, but suffers from the common naivety around how to manage money
Garth Mackenzie recently befriended a 21 year old film photographer. A common love of 1990’s Mercedes-Benz cars drew them together. This 21-year-old guy is earning well for his age, but suffers from the common naivety around how to manage money
Every once in a while it is interesting to interview a guest who is not from the financial industry. A former military man - Peter Taylor shares his fascinating story of how circumstances pushed him (willingly) into full time trading. A bit of
Tom Basso was the founder of TrendStat and managed $600 million there before retiring 20 years ago. He featured in Jack Schwager’s book New Market Wizards. He’s authored three books – the most recent of which is All Weather Trader. In this podc
Frank Cappelleri returns to the podcast for a second appearance. At the start of 2024 he had some much higher targets for the S&P500. Since then the market has rallied over 20% and continues to climb. In this episode we discuss seasonality head
With an explosion of interest in options over the past few years, it was a pleasure to talk to somebody who’s passion shines through in the world of options trading. Sean McLaughlin shares his lessons learned in a career spanning 26 years of op
Jordan F (as he’s better known) is one of an army of young traders who has taken advantage of the democratisation of trading to make a sustainable living for himself. He’s 23 years old, and makes use of options and futures to leverage the movem
Patrick Munnelly began his career in executive recruitment. After cashing in his chips in that business, he took up trading for a living. In this podcast he shares his story of a devastating loss in his early trading career, and how he managed
Anthony Crudele is a former S&P500 pit trader. He has 25 years of experience in the market, but that experience has come at a price. In his early 30’s Anthony had a heart attack at his trading desk. This lead to a change of trading approach to