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Feb 14, 2022
Evan Medeiros — Season 2 Finale Highlights & Takeaways
In this solo episode, host Evan Medeiros reflects on his conversations from Season 2 guests and shares his favorite lessons and highlight clips.
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This episode is sponsored by Investor’s Business Daily. IBD has helped investors navigate every market cycle with their time-tested methodology for over 35 years. Right now Smarter Trading podcast listeners can get their first 2 months of IBD Digital, a subscription service that gives you access to IBD’s proprietary market analysis and top trade ideas for only $20 by signing up at investors.com/evan.
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What you'll learn in this episode
0:00 Introduction
3:27 Episode 9: Brian Shannon: Trends, multiple time-frames & managing risk
6:30 Episode 10: Nikki Dunn: Treating trading as a practice
8:46 Episode 11: Cesar Alvarez: Don’t keep tweaking your trading systems
11:55 Episode 12: Frank Zorrilla: Spend time finding out how stocks really move
16:30 Episode 13: Dr. Phil Pearlman: Take better care of your mind and body
19:25 Episode 14: Dr. Barry Burns: Let the market come to you
21:50 Episode 15: Eddy Elfenbein: Smart value investing
25:38 Episode 16: Kunal Desai: Momentum trader extraordinaire
29:38 Episode 17: Samantha LaDuc: Macro-to-micro trading analyst
32:20 Evan’s thoughts on Season 2 of Smarter Trading
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Feb 1, 2022
Brian Lund — Live episode sharing market analysis & answering your questions
Hello everybody, our guest today is Brian Lund, a fintech executive, investor, and writer with over 35 years of trading experience.
Brian is the publisher of The Lund Loop, a weekly newsletter in which he writes about the intersection between markets, trading, and life.
In this special live episode of Smarter Trading, host Evan Medeiros and special guest Brian Lund, are on camera, sharing their screens, chatting about the current market environment, trade opportunities, and the psychology of market sell offs.
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This episode is sponsored by Investor’s Business Daily. IBD has helped investors navigate every market cycle with their time-tested methodology for over 35 years. Right now Smarter Trading podcast listeners can get their first 2 months of IBD Digital, a subscription service that gives you access to IBD’s proprietary market analysis and top trade ideas for only $20 by signing up at investors.com/evan.
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What you'll learn in this episode
0:00 Stream waiting
0:39 Introduction
3:40 Putting the current correction into context
6:20 Diving into the technicals of the current market
10:10 Measuring social sentiment
15:00 Trading futures and balancing reward versus stress ratio
18:50 Crypto trading, infrastructure risks, & risk management
25:00 Pot stocks overview: charts, technicals, and industry
34:30 Trading the defensive areas of the market
36:50 Shorting the market and finding bearish bets
44:50 Relief rally; what the Fed is doing; fundamental data
49:40 Chart analysis: EEM, FXI, & PINS
52:40 Distorted valuations and anchoring on prior price levels
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Jan 19, 2022
Patrick Walker — Live episode sharing market analysis & answering your questions
Patrick is the founder of Mission Winners. He has had the privilege of meeting and learning from legendary traders like: Martin Zweig, Bill O’ Neil, and Ed Seykota. He was an IBD Meetup co-leader and most importantly, he is a family man, happily married with 4 kids.
In Patrick's own words, "My trading and approach to investing is “stolen.” It’s taken from the greats. I’ve tweaked and fine-tuned it over the years. Nevertheless, I owe much to all of them. I love to learn. Love to teach. Love to inspire. Love to help. That is why I’m here."
In this special live episode of Smarter Trading, host Evan Medeiros and special guest Patrick Walker, are on camera, sharing their screens, chatting about the current market environment, trade opportunities, and answering your questions.
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This episode is sponsored by Investor’s Business Daily. IBD has helped investors navigate every market cycle with their time-tested methodology for over 35 years. Right now Smarter Trading podcast listeners can get their first 2 months of IBD Digital, a subscription service that gives you access to IBD’s proprietary market analysis and top trade ideas for only $20 by signing up at investors.com/evan.
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What you'll learn in this episode
0:00 Stream waiting
1:10 Introduction
5:05 Year to date 2022 market stats
7:00 Patrick Walker's market analysis: S&P500 and Nasdaq 100
17:50 Hedging a portfolio versus stop losses and raising cash
20:50 Sector and industry analysis
30:20 Q&A: Subpar stocks in strong sectors
37:15 Q&A: Looking for weakness and shorting stocks
42:47 Q&A: Trading chart patterns versus moving averages
46:10 Q&A: Using EMAs crossovers for entries and exits
48:15 Q&A: How many stocks should someone hold from the same sector
50:47 Q&A: Swing versus trend trading
53:20 Q&A: What kinds of returns can you make trading in a year?
58:25 Where to find Patrick Walker
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Jan 3, 2022
Samantha LaDuc — Macro-to-micro analysis hunting for major market inflection points
Our guest today is Samantha Laduc. Samantha is the Founder of LaDucTrading.com and CIO at LaDuc Capital LLC. Samantha is known for timing major market inflection points in equities, commodities, bonds, currencies, cryptos and especially volatility.
In this episode we break down Samantha’s macro-to-micro framework and cover a wide range of topics. We start with some high-level macro discussions of why it’s important to pay attention to policy decisions and credit markets in order to inform stock market movement.
We then drill down into the importance of volatility and technical analysis in order to frame out trades, construct a portfolio, and anticipate market moves.
We also discuss the recent inflow of brand new traders entering financial markets and how Samantha is helping onboard more women into the space.
Samantha wears so many hats, has a “go anywhere” approach and really enjoys what she does.
Please enjoy this episode with Samantha Laduc.
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This episode is sponsored by Investor’s Business Daily. IBD has helped investors navigate every market cycle with their time-tested methodology for over 35 years. Right now Smarter Trading podcast listeners can get their first 2 months of IBD Digital, a subscription service that gives you access to IBD’s proprietary market analysis and top trade ideas for only $20 by signing up at investors.com/evan.
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What you'll learn in this episode
2:40 How Samantha starts her trading days
4:05 Macro-to-micro framework and the importance of technicals
7:30 Credit markets, market technicals, policy decisions
11:25 Constructing a portfolio and selecting trade opportunities
13:30 Chase, swing, and trend and structuring trades
18:10 How to identify durable trends based on themes and catalysts
21:40 Individual stock earnings, playing post moves
27:25 Volatility, Gamma, and trading parabolas
30:30 Women in trading and finance
37:00 Market breadth as risk indicators
39:30 Sector rotation and ratio charts
43:15 Aggregating information from a variety of market signals
45:20 Contrarian opinions & common trader beliefs
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Dec 20, 2021
Kunal Desai — Momentum based day trading strategies
Our guest today is Kunal Desai. Kunal is an American stock trader and CEO of Bulls on Wall Street, an online trading academy. He began trading in 1999 and has spent most of career perfecting momentum based day-trading strategies.
In this episode we talk all about what it takes to day trade stocks. Kunal shares lessons he learned from his early days, the importance of finding mentors, and why being accountable is a winning trait for a trader.
He then dives into his trading philosophy, stressing the importance of combining fundamental catalysts with technicals, and how he prefers to focus on the macro health of the market for his swing trading.
During the last 20 minutes we switch gears and dive into cryptocurrency where Kunal shares tips and strategies for trading digital assets.
Kunal brings a lot of energy and positivity to this episode and If you’re an active, tactical trader, this one’s for you.
Please enjoy this episode with Kunal Desai.
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This episode is sponsored by Investor’s Business Daily. IBD has helped investors navigate every market cycle with their time-tested methodology for over 35 years. Right now Smarter Trading podcast listeners can get their first 2 months of IBD Digital, a subscription service that gives you access to IBD’s proprietary market analysis and top trade ideas for only $20 by signing up at investors.com/evan.
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What you'll learn in this episode
0:00 Introduction
2:40 Being a humble trader and having fun trading
5:15 Trading knowledge, putting in the screen time, & mentors
10:00 Creating accountability with your trading
13:20 Kunal’s trading approach: trends, catalysts, and macro plays
16:55 Swing trading philosophy using market internals
20:45 Day trading strategies and philosophies
23:10 The importance of trading with a catalyst
31:40 controlling emotions and the self-talk as a day trader
37:50 Looking at your PNL throughout the day
40:25 Looking for range in stocks and the dangers of small caps
49:15 Trading cryptocurrency opportunities, risks, time-frames
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Dec 6, 2021
Eddy Elfenbein — How to construct a high-quality stocks portfolio using fundamental analysis
Our guest today is Eddy Elfenbein. Eddy has been a leading writer in the financial community since starting the Crossing Wall Street website and CWS “Buy List” in 2005 and 2006, respectively. He often appears on CNBC and Bloomberg, where he shares his insights on the market and the economy.
In this episode we talk all about constructing a high quality stocks portfolio. This has nothing to do with technical analysis, Eddy walks us through how to find value by looking for companies with pricing power, consistency in earnings, strong operating margins, and clear competitive advantages.
Eddy breaks down the process he uses to craft the CWS buy list every year and shares his thoughts on a few of the companies currently on his “Buy List”.
If you’re someone looking to sharpen your fundamental analysis, this one's for you.
Please enjoy this episode with Eddy Elfenbein.
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This episode is sponsored by Investor’s Business Daily. IBD has helped investors navigate every market cycle with their time-tested methodology for over 35 years. Right now Smarter Trading podcast listeners can get their first 2 months of IBD Digital, a subscription service that gives you access to IBD’s proprietary market analysis and top trade ideas for only $20 by signing up at investors.com/evan.
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What you'll learn in this episode
2:35 Fundamental Analysis: Middleby Corporation - MIDD
5:20 Crossing Wall Street Buy List methodology
9:15 How to think about selling stocks you own
13:00 AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF - Ticker: CWS
16:00 Eddy’s background and how we came up in the industry
19:40 The process of constructing the ETF and building a portfolio
27:25 the edge in looking at smaller cap companies
32:20 Separating the numbers from the story, outlook, & intangible assets
38:00 The world's simplest valuation model
42:45 The role of the global macro environment on a stock picker
44:35 Tips for do-it-yourself traders building their own portfolio
50:35 Fundamental Analysis: Heico - HEICO
51:45 Fundamental Analysis: Miller - MLR
53:15 Resources for fundamental investors
55:30 Diversification is overrated & stop paying so much att
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Nov 22, 2021
Dr. Barry Burns — Futures, options, and trend trader for 50+ years
Our guest today is Dr. Barry Burns. Barry has been trading markets for over 50 years and is the founder of Top Dog Trading and author of the popular book, Trend Trading for Dummies.
In this episode Barry breaks down the many different trading strategies that he uses to invest his money and his family’s pension plan. He talks about swing trading markets using options, selling credit spreads, day trading futures, and investing over the long-term based on major growth trends and fundamental analysis.
Barry then walks us through the five energies of the market that he uses to track money flow. He outlines each energy and describes how he uses them to place high probability trend trades.
This episode has a little bit of something for everyone, so please enjoy this episode with Dr. Barry Burns.
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This episode is sponsored by Investor’s Business Daily. IBD has helped investors navigate every market cycle with their time-tested methodology for over 35 years. Right now Smarter Trading podcast listeners can get their first 2 months of IBD Digital, a subscription service that gives you access to IBD’s proprietary market analysis and top trade ideas for only $20 by signing up at investors.com/evan.
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What you'll learn in this episode
0:00 Introduction
2:20 Barry’s typical trading day; routine, preparation
11:10 How Barry grew up swing trading and using fundamental analysis
17:30 Barry’s approach to the markets today
21:10 Trading futures: trend trading, and reversion to the mean
30:45 The five energy model for high probability trend trading
41:10 Trading volatility — expansion and contraction of volatility
44:00 Different trading strategies & finding what resonates with you
52:40 New trends and emerging markets and technologies
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Nov 8, 2021
Dr. Phil Pearlman — Take care of your body and mind to trade better
Our guest today is Dr. Phil Pearlman. Phil earned his doctorate in clinical psychology and has been involved in markets since the 1990s. He’s currently the chief behavioral officer at Osprey Funds and has held roles at Yahoo Finance, Stocktwits, and Bank of the Ozarks.
In this episode we talk about the importance of taking care of your body through good nutrition. Trading after all, is about performance and execution, so who wouldn’t want to get a leg up on their competition?
Phil shares insights on how to improve key cognitive skills, increase energy levels, regulate your emotions, and a whole lot more. He talks about the hard-wired skills of top performing traders, and why it’s so important to direct our attention to the things we can control.
You’re not going to get any fancy trading strategy tips in this episode, but if you want to live a healthier, higher performing lifestyle, then this one's for you.
Please enjoy this episode with Dr. Phil Pearlman.
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This episode is sponsored by Investor’s Business Daily. IBD has helped investors navigate every market cycle with their time-tested methodology for over 35 years. Right now Smarter Trading podcast listeners can get their first 2 months of IBD Digital, a subscription service that gives you access to IBD’s proprietary market analysis and top trade ideas for only $20 by signing up at investors.com/evan.
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What you'll learn in this episode
0:00 Introduction
2:28 Intermittent fasting, letting your body rest, and eating nutritious foods
8:00 Living life to the fullest & taking care of ourselves the long run
11:00 Metabolic health improves: focus, energy levels, emotional regulation, stamina
14:40 Your body and your mind is a tool that you need to care of
16:00 There are things we can control and things we cannot control
18:07 The problem with willpower and being a contrarian
25:00 Identify yourself as the person you want to be
31:00 Phil getting started in the 90s and recognizing the mania
37:55 The hardwired skills of top performing traders
43:30 How to improve your cognitive skills for trading & finding your tribe
47:50 passive investing, dollar cost averaging, wealth management
51:20 Focus on the things you can control to become a better trader
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Oct 25, 2021
Frank Zorrilla — Tactically swing trading stocks for 1 to 10 day moves
Our guest today is Frank Zorrilla. Frank is the founder of Zor Capital, a registered investment advisory firm in New York. He started his career in 1997 and has been professionally managing money since 98.
In this episode we get tactical discussing Frank’s short-term swing trading strategy. We talk about the importance of knowing where a stock’s move started from, how to be situationally aware of your market surroundings, and why profit targets are all just made up numbers.
Frank also talks about the importance of owning the market as a core holding and how to trade around that position tactically. If you are a short-term swing trader, this ones for you.
Please enjoy this episode with Frank Zorrilla.
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This episode is sponsored by Investor’s Business Daily. IBD has helped investors navigate every market cycle with their time-tested methodology for over 35 years. Right now Smarter Trading podcast listeners can get their first 2 months of IBD Digital, a subscription service that gives you access to IBD’s proprietary market analysis and top trade ideas for only $20 by signing up at investors.com/evan.
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What you'll learn in this episode
0:00 Introduction
2:45 Frank’s early career as a cold caller, series 7 broker, and mentors
8:10 Frank launches his own advisory firm in 2011
13:05 Zor Capital’s philosophy and Frank’s pitch to investors
15:20 holding SPY as a core holding
21:45 How to tactically swing trade the market over 1 to 10 days 25:35 moves start when things look at little ugly
27:40 Putting in the work and figuring out your trading beliefs
32:50 Situational awareness, market environments, and market breadth
39:55 Using volatility index (VIX) and volume in stocks
44:55 Multiple time-frame trading and shorting stocks
53:25 Trading slumps and when things aren’t going well
58:25 Profit targets are made up & risk/rewards are dynamic
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Oct 11, 2021
Cesar Alvarez — Building quantitative trading systems to trade the stock market
Our guest today is Cesar Alvarez. From 2004 to 2013, Cesar was the Director of Trading Strategies at TradingMarkets.com and Connors Research. Cesar has developed strategies for private equity funds, authored multiple books on trading, and was a Software Engineer on the early versions of Microsoft Excel. He is well known in the quant community nowadays for his blog, Alvarez Quant Trading.
In this episode we talk about what it means to be a systems trader. Why Cesar willingly leaves money on the table in order to be fully systematic, and why it’s so important a traders personality matches their trading strategy.
We then get Cesar’s research process, how he finds ideas, develops systems, and then maintains and reviews those systems.
Please enjoy this episode with professional trader Cesar Alvarez.
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This episode is sponsored by Investor’s Business Daily. IBD has helped investors navigate every market cycle with their time-tested methodology for over 35 years. Right now Smarter Trading podcast listeners can get their first 2 months of IBD Digital, a subscription service that gives you access to IBD’s proprietary market analysis and top trade ideas for only $20 by signing up at investors.com/evan.
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What you'll learn in this episode
0:00 Introduction
2:50 Cesar’s background and how he got started
6:30 Director of research with Larry Connors
9:18 Why Cesar moved on from discretionary trading
12:50 Cesar’s current philosophy and way he approaches trading
15:05 Why Cesar knows he’s leaving money on the table being fully systematic
19:10 Research piece: how often does a 5% pullback turn into 10% or 20%
25:20 Research piece: trend versus momentum trading strategies
28:15 What is “good enough” for Cesar to use as a trading system
32:05 Classifying trading systems: mean reversion, trend, momentum, rotational
35:05 Matching personalities and trading systems
37:20 Mean reversion strategies and stop losses
39:45 strategy review and thinking about system optimization
43:30 Seasonality as a factor and intraday trading strategies
45:55 New quant traders and learning how to code
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Sep 27, 2021
Nikki Dunn — Combining technicals with fundamentals for long-term trading
Hello everybody, our guest today is Nikki Dunn, a trader, investor, and Certified Financial Planner. Nikki is the creator of She Talks Finance, a financial education platform to help people learn money in a fun and approachable way.
In this episode we talk about Nikki’s framework for picking companies and investing in stocks. She discusses the fundamental criteria she looks for, trading around positions, and the mental side of holding stocks for the long haul.
We also get into the value that a Certified Financial Planner brings to the table and some of the optimization points active traders should think about like trading in the right account structures, taxes, and a lot more.
Please enjoy this episode with Nikki Dunn.
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Sep 13, 2021
Brian Shannon — Swing trading stocks using multiple time-frames
Hello everybody, our guest today is Brian Shannon of Alphatrends.net. Brian started his professional investing career in 1991 as a retail stock broker and then quickly moved on to follow his true passion of trading, in 1994, which he continues to do full-time to this day.
Brian holds a CMT designation and is the author of the classic trading book: Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes.
In this episode Brian reveals all of the details of his swing trading framework which he’s been perfecting for decades. He shares how he uses multiple time-frames, how he gets precise entries, and manages risk.
We then move on to talk about VWAP, common pitfalls he sees traders make, how he sets himself up to anticipate the market, staying objective, and a whole lot more.
Brian is literally a fountain of wisdom throughout this entire episode sharing quote after quote of trading truths and lessons.
Please enjoy this episode with Brian Shannon.
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Sep 1, 2021
Smarter Trading Season 2 Announcement
Season 2 of the Smarter Trading Podcast is on its way and will be live on Monday, September 13th. We're excited to get to know our guests and for them to share their knowledge about trading the stock market.
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Aug 16, 2021
David Settle — No one strategy works all of the time | Highlights
Every single strategy has pluses (strengths) and minuses (weaknesses). There's no one strategy that's all pluses. Being able to trade multiple strategies will make sure you're never at a complete loss. Please enjoy this clip from Episode #8 of Smarter Trading with David Settle.
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Aug 9, 2021
Brian Lund — Blowing up accounts & when to quit trading | Highlights
When should a trader call it quits? That applies for when things are going well and when things aren't working out as intended. Hear Brian Lund give his perspective in this clip from Episode 7 of Smarter Trading.
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Aug 2, 2021
Gregory Krupinski — Successful trading is about following your process | Highlights
Want to minimize your mistakes? Worry less about your returns and focus more on your trading process. Please enjoy this clip with Gregory Krupinski from Episode 6 of Smarter Trading.
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Jul 26, 2021
Sean McLaughlin — Trading is hard. Don't quit your day job. | Highlights
"The mechanics of trading are actually pretty easy, but it's your own brain that conspires against you to make it much harder than it needs to be" — Sean McLaughlin. Please enjoy this clip from Episode 5 of Smarter Trading.
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Jul 19, 2021
Anne-Marie Baiynd — Realistic trading expectations & balancing reward & risk | Highlights
Looking for greater reward and bigger profits out of the market? Not a problem, but you have to be willing to take on some more risk. Hear Anne-Marie Baiynd give her thoughts on balancing risk and reward in this clip from Episode 4 of Smarter Trading.
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Jul 12, 2021
Felix Bertram — The benefits of backtesting for discretionary traders | Highlights
TuringTrader's Felix Bertram shares the benefits of backtesting strategies for discretionary traders and some tips on learning how to code. Please enjoy this clip from Episode 3 of Smarter Trading.
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Jul 5, 2021
Suri Duddella - Pros & cons of day trading chart patterns | Highlights
Suri Duddella shares his thoughts on day trading chart patterns and why there are some technical advantages to trading intraday time-frames. Please enjoy this clip from Episode 2 of Smarter Trading.
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Jun 28, 2021
Patrick Walker — How to ride winning stocks for large gains | Highlights
Patrick Walker shares his secrets on how he rides winning stocks. He breaks down the psychology and technicals behind his approach. Please enjoy this clip from Episode 1 of Smarter Trading.
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Jun 21, 2021
Smarter Trading Season 1 Finale Episode
Season 1 of the Smarter Trading Podcast is in the books! We had 8 awesome guests join us and share their knowledge about trading the stock market and we hope you learned a lot.
We'll be taking a short break from publishing new episodes, but we plan to be back with season 2 of the podcast before you know it. In the meantime, enjoy highlight reels and clips from past episodes every Monday.
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Jun 14, 2021
David Settle — Implied volatility is overrated - Options trading framework
Hello everybody, our guest today is David Settle. David started in the investor education world in 2004 with Investools. He’s coached hundreds of individuals on how to invest and trade the stock, options and forex markets and he currently holds a CMT designation.
In this episode we dive into David’s options trading process and how he uses a top down market posture approach to inform his market bias and trade decisions.
We discuss some contrarian views David holds about selling options that I really enjoyed hearing as a fresh perspective.
We then get into some very practical advice on a lot of topics like: being willing to lose on trades, not getting attached to trades, selling options, volume profile, trading earnings, VIX term structure, and a whole lot more.
Please enjoy this episode with David Settle.
Key learning points
* Don't get so attached to trades by keeping size small
* Know how much you are going to lose and be willing to lose it
* Directional st…
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Jun 7, 2021
Brian Lund — The better you know yourself the better you’ll trade
Hello everybody, our guest today is Brian Lund, a fintech executive, investor, and writer with over 35 years of trading experience.
Brian is the publisher of The Lund Loop, a weekly newsletter in which he writes about the intersection between markets, trading, and life.
In this episode we talk about what it was like getting started in the 1980s trading, we then get into some of the psychological hurdles that make trading difficult, like wanting to buy stocks when they’re cheap, and not knowing yourself well enough.
We then move on to discuss the question: When should a trader quit? That goes for when things are going well and when things aren’t working out. When should you walk away to reset or simply say “Hey I’ve made enough money today, let’s call it a day”?
Please enjoy this episode with my friend Brian Lund.
Key learning points
* Buying things cheaper is something we’re conditioned to do as humans but it doesn’t always translate well in financial markets…
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May 31, 2021
Gregory Krupinski — Multiple timeframe swing trading framework
Hello everybody, our guest today is Gregory Krupinski. Greg has been trading markets for about 20 years, all while working a full time job, raising kids, and continuing to find time to learn and improve his process.
In this episode we talk about having balance, juggling real life responsibilities with actively trading markets, and how Greg makes it happen.
He stresses the importance of keeping things simple, using daily and weekly charts, and how fewer but slightly bigger position sizes help him focus and really pay attention to what he owns.
Please enjoy this conversation with swing trader Gregory Krupinski.
Key learning points
* How Greg uses multiple time-frames to spot and refine trades
* Why consolidations are important to see in trade setups
* The more you stare at markets the more likely you are to make impulse trades
* Accept the fact you are going to miss a lot of trades working full time job
* Larger position sizes help you focus on a position a more
*…
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May 24, 2021
Sean McLaughlin — Options trading, implied volatility, & trading truths
Hello everybody, our guest today is Sean McLaughlin, aka @chicagosean on social media.
Sean is the chief options strategist for All Star Charts and Senior Market Strategist at Trade Ideas. He’s been trading for over 20 years starting out as a prop trader during the late 90s, founded a hedge fund shortly thereafter, and since transitioned primarily to trading options.
In this episode we talk about the tech boom of the 1990s, some of the bad habits Sean picked up during those years, and also some of the similarities between those markets and the present day.
We then geek out on options, and discuss Sean’s framework for placing option trades, how equity traders can start using options, gamma squeezes and a whole lot more.
Please enjoy this conversation with my friend, Sean McLaughlin.
Key learning points
* Message volume on Stocktwits tends to get very loud at turning points
* Level II quotes aren’t as telling and powerful as they used to be
* 2021 markets do resemble…
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May 17, 2021
Anne-Marie Baiynd — Patience, process, and placing trades on your own terms
Anne-Marie Baiynd joins us in Episode 4 of Smarter Trading to share her insights from nearly 20 years trading futures, stocks, and options. We discuss her dynamic strategy of analyzing the battle of supply and demand across multiple time-frames.
We also get into techniques to avoid beating yourself up as a trader when you’re having a bad day, why it’s important to enter trades on your own terms, and why being able to do nothing and sit on your hands is a superpower for traders. Please enjoy this episode!
Key learning points
* Most traders observe then act but they miss a critical step of orienting
* Price action supply and demand rules all markets
* The ability to simply wait is such an important skill for a trader to acquire
* Why Anne-Marie always assumes she’s wrong when she enters a trade
* How to avoid and manage the internal negative self trader talk
* Why the market is essentially a long vehicle
* Why it’s important to enter trades on your own terms
*…
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May 10, 2021
TuringTrader’s Felix Bertram — An engineer's approach to investing in the stock market
TuringTrader’s Felix Bertram joins us in Episode 3 of Smarter Trading to share his quantitative approach to investing in the stock market.
We discuss why he decided to build a backtesting engine from scratch, the importance of tools and rich reports for traders to truly understand how they’re doing, ingredients to profitable momentum trading systems, and a whole lot more. Please enjoy this episode!
Key learning points
* Traders need comprehensive reports and tools in order to measure and improve their strategies
* It’s important to consider how efficient your allocating your trading capital
* Markets like to throw surprises that you can’t possibly account for ahead of time
* Running a meta-portfolio of separate strategies reduces the chances all strategies fail at the same time
* Focus on one simple market concept at a time without making it too complicated
* Markets are not as efficient as people make them out to be
* Backtesting strategies unlocks insights th…
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May 3, 2021
Suri Duddella — Mastering stock market chart patterns
Suri Duddella joins us in Episode 2 of Smarter Trading to share his knowledge about stock market chart patterns and how he uses automation to find the best available setups.
We discuss the dangers traders can run into of self-identifying chart patterns without the proper understanding of their structure and why Suri thinks you cannot trade charts blindly without taking into consideration what the market is doing.
Key learning points
* Chart patterns are a tool just like any other indicator to assist traders
* It can be dangerous to discretionarily identify chart patterns
* Use mathematics to detect and validate chart patterns
* Master 1 or 2 chart patterns instead of trying to trade them all
* Just because you see a pattern doesn’t mean the market must follow that structure
* Failed chart patterns often times lead to more profitable trades
* You cannot trade patterns profitably without support from market context
* Identifying chart patterns are one of the last par…
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Apr 23, 2021
Patrick Walker — Quit day trading! Focus on price, volume, & daily charts
Patrick Walker joins us in Episode 1 of Smarter Trading to share his 30+ years of insights as a technical trader in the stock market.
Key learning points
* Why taking care of yourself is so important to successful trading
* Why 5 minute charts are so dangerous
* MAXLIST stocks and the key criteria traders should look for
* The advantages of focusing on price and volume as key criteria
* Limiting your losses is essential to survive as a trader
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Show Notes
0:00 Introduction
4:10 How Patrick got started in markets
7:40 How Patrick sidestepped the 1987 crash
10:00 Trading…
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Apr 19, 2021
Introducing the Smarter Trading Podcast
Today we’re really excited to announce a brand new podcast that is going to be kicking off next week, called Smarter Trading.
Smarter trading is going to be a fairly classic interview style show where Evan sits down with professional traders that live and breathe financial markets every day, and in most cases have been doing it for decades.
We’re going to chat with traders from all different disciplines: day traders, swing traders, quantitative traders, fully discretionary traders, and everything in between, which means we’ll have a lot of different perspectives to learn from.
Every Monday starting next week April 26, 2021 you can expect new episodes to drop.
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