Investors Underground Podcast

In this special group episode of The Trader's Journey, Anthony moderates a high-impact discussion with professional traders Neil O'Donnell and Dan Beardsley, along with world-class high performance coach Dr. Tom Crawford. Together, they explore the hidden cost of success, the mental game behind elite performance, and how to build a sustainable, long-term career in trading. From managing pressure to navigating burnout, this conversation delivers raw, real, and actionable insights for any trader serious about lasting success.

In this special in-person episode of The Trader's Journey, Anthony sits down for an in-depth conversation with Dan Beardsley, a disciplined and data-driven trader who has carved out a path to elite performance in the markets. In this episode, we unpack Dan's evolution—from majoring in Finance to earning a coveted seat at Trillium, one of the top proprietary trading firms in the country. Dan shares how he found his footing in an unforgiving market, learned from legendary mentors, and eventually became a mentor himself. We dive deep into his process of tracking and reviewing every trade, uncovering hidden patterns in his own behavior, and using those insights to sharpen his edge. Dan opens up about the mental and emotional challenges that come with the territory—and how he's developing routines and boundaries to avoid burnout while maximizing performance. This episode is a must-watch for aspiring traders and those interested in longevity and sustainability in trading. 

In this episode of The Trader's Journey, Anthony sits down with Neil O'Donnell, a seasoned trader who began his career in March 2000—just days after the Nasdaq peak during the dot com bubble.  Neil shares his fascinating path from anthropology student and rower in England to professional trader, breaking down the grind, growth, and evolution it takes to succeed across decades of changing markets. From blow-off tops to meme stocks, from trading the news to adapting to AI and algos, Neil delivers raw insight on staying in the game, adapting without ego, and building a career that lasts through drawdowns, dead periods, and everything in between.

In this episode of The Trader's Journey, Anthony sits down with Brice Foose, prop trader at Seven Points Capital. Brice's story is one of true resilience—from surviving childhood cancer to working as a pharmacist before walking the long path to profitability in trading. Brice opens up about his early struggles, his worst single trade ever, and the lessons learned the hard way from managing risk, reviewing every day, and rebuilding confidence after deep drawdowns. This is an honest look at the ups and downs of Brice's unique trading journey.

In this anonymous yet deeply personal episode of The Trader's Journey, Anthony speaks with veteran proprietary firm trader Goose, whose 12+ year journey has taken him from hopeful trader to becoming consistently profitable and eventually mentoring other traders. Goose shares his full journey—early failures, pivotal trades, mental breakdowns, and recovery—along with the real mindset it takes to survive both the markets and prop firms. From trading earnings, to how he think about reading 'the box' to navigating drawdowns, Goose brings a refreshing, thoughtful take on what trading success really looks like. This episode is packed with wisdom for traders at any level—especially those navigating setbacks or searching for structure.

In this special roundtable episode of The Trader's Journey, Anthony is joined by Investors Underground traders and moderators Chris Lanzilotti, Nick Kasnett, Stan 'Godfather' Ivanov, and Ariel Hernandez. Together, they dive deep into the debated topic of edge erosion — is it real, or just an excuse traders use when markets shift? The group discusses how adaptability, understanding market cycles, and continuously refining your approach can protect and even enhance your trading edge. They explore how professional traders manage to consistently stay profitable, despite changes in market dynamics and increasing competition.

In this episode of The Trader's Journey, Anthony sits down with Ariel Hernandez, a successful and highly regarded trader known for his deep understanding of sector rotation, market cycles, and swing trading. Ariel shares his trading evolution, from early struggles to refining a strategy that allows him to align with institutional money flow and spot market shifts. Ariel then breaks down how traders can scan for stocks to identify strength and weakness across groups and industries, develop conviction, manage risk, and thus avoid the most common pitfalls that lead to failure.

In this episode of The Trader's Journey, Anthony sits down with Jason Shapiro, a featured trader in Jack Schwager's Market Wizards book, to explore the art of contrarian trading. Jason shares how he built long-term success by safely betting against the overcrowded herd, analyzing positioning instead of price, and avoiding the common traps that cause most traders to fail. Jason provides key lessons and countless trading wisdom from decades of experience, how he views the Commitment of Traders (COT) report, the critical role of risk management and discipline.

In this episode of The Trader's Journey, Anthony sits down with legendary trader Phil Goedeker to discuss his 2024 trading year in review. From transitioning to long-biased trading to mastering options strategies, Phil shares insights from a year of adaptability, patience, and evolution as a trader. Phil reflects on his biggest trades of 2024, lessons learned, and the changes he's made to align his trading with his life goals. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, this episode offers actionable takeaways and timeless advice from one of the trading community's most respected figures.

In this episode of The Trader's Journey, Anthony speaks with Sampsa, better known as @Jeppez420, a trader who turned $12K into $1M in just 16 months. Jeppez shares his journey from chasing random setups to building a hybrid trading system that blends systematic precision with discretionary finesse. Jeppez opens up about his disciplined approach to risk management, the importance of having an edge in trading, and how he uses backtesting to plan for drawdowns. Whether you're an experienced trader or just starting, this episode is packed with insights you can apply to your own trading journey!

In this episode of The Trader's Journey, Anthony sits down with Matthew Monaco, who went from college side hustles to becoming a consistently profitable trader. Matthew shares his journey from discovering trading in a high school stock market game to navigating through multi-year setbacks before finally unlocking his edge. In this episode, you'll hear how he overcame big losses, built a strategy rooted in patience and precision, and learned to trust his process — even after life-changing wins. Matthew explains how he grew his trading account, learned from legends like Jack Kellogg and Kyle Williams, and how his approach to stock selection, daily routines, and accountability helped him build long-term success. If you're looking for actionable advice, a dose of inspiration, or a peek inside the mind of a top-tier trader, this episode is packed with insights for every stage of your trading journey!

In this episode of The Trader's Journey, Anthony sits down with Austin Mitchum, a seasoned Australian equities trader whose disciplined approach, deep market insight, and relentless pursuit of growth have made him a prominent voice in the trading world. Austin opens up about his unique trading journey, sharing powerful insights into why 'trading isn't linear' and how he's navigated both the highs and lows of the market. With a background in prop trading, Austin takes us through the evolution of his strategy—moving from purely technical analysis to an edge built on catalyst-driven trades and precise tape reading. Learn how he turned early setbacks into valuable lessons that redefined his approach and why he believes “mindset changed everything” in his trading success. Austin shares actionable advice on finding your edge, the importance of consistency, and how to overcome the mental hurdles every trader faces, proving that “the market humbles you.” Whether you're an aspiring trader or a seasoned pro, this episode is filled with lessons on resilience, discipline, and self-reflection. Austin's story is a testament to the power of hard work and the mental game behind successful trading.

Yash is a part-time trader who grew his small account from $5K to over $2 Million since 2020. Learn how (and why!) Yash uses options trading and a small account to find success early in his career, how he implemented risk management, developed discipline for consistent success, and much more!

In this episode of The Trader's Journey, Anthony sits down with Dr. Tom Crawford, a world renowned high performance coach. Dr. Crawford has studied elite performance for over two decades, having worked with elite traders, Olympic athletes, and professional sports teams. Dr. Crawford dives deep into the psychology of success, sharing insights on how to build habits of excellence, handle pressure like a pro, and sustain high performance over time. If you want to learn how to apply lessons from Olympic athletes to your trading or professional life, this episode is packed with value!

In this episode of The Trader's Journey, Anthony sits down with Kyce, a young trader who turned $30,000 into over $900,000 in just over two years. Kyce shares how his competitive gaming background fueled his drive for success in the stock market. He walks us through his journey, from early trading days on Robinhood during the 2020 bubble to refining his process with data and mistake tracking. If you're a trader looking to learn about risk management, building a trading edge, or scaling up effectively, this episode is packed with invaluable insights. Plus, Kyce shares the details of his career-best trade on Gamestop (GME) and offers tips on avoiding common trading pitfalls.

Matt Fortini is a part-time swing trader who leverages his full-time salary to find an edge in the market. In this episode, he shares his road from electrical engineer to EMT to the part-time trader. Learn how he discovered the world of trading, discovering Investors Underground, watch him review trades with us, and more.

Tim 'Taco Money' Le is a successful trader who is well-known within the Investors Underground community. In this episode, he shares the story of learning to trade while at a party, how he quickly turned $5K into $50K in a month, then proceeded to lose it. He also shares the journey of his trading education and the evolution of his trading style, and proceeds to share some of his big trades, including NVDA, SOUN, and ARM, before he moves on to discuss his ambitions outside of trading, and much more! You don't want to miss this episode.

Mike Bellafiore is a trader, co-founder of SMB Capital, and author of the classic trading books One Good Trader and The Playbook. In this episode, Mike shares the 10 steps to creating a great trader from start to finish.

Mounir (aka Goshawk Trades) is a systematic trader, software engineer, and entrepreneur who builds algorithms to help himself and other traders capitalize in the markets. Learn about his trading journey, how he utilized data, backtests strategies, deploys live capital and more.

The trading world currently knows him as Moist Mango. He has over ten years of experience trading forex, stocks, options and cryptocurrencies. In this episode, he shares details about his trading journey, from opening a forex account alongside his parents, to the early days of trading stocks and making money in the marijuana boom and a 10,000% profit in an hour trading crypto. He goes into detail to explain his low ponints (blowups and drawdowns), reviews his recent $1.6 Million trade on NVDA, and much more.

Josh Cherniack is a trader who was born to trade. He was born into a trading family, studied finance in college and worked at a hedge fund before making the jump to full-time retail trading. In this episode, we discuss his unique perspectives on how to find trading ideas, how he combines technical and fundamental analysis, tapping into his trading network to help him capitalize in the markets, and much more!

Dominic Mastromatteo is a trader, mentor, and co-founder of Clover Trading. Learn about his trading style, the importance of risk management, positive benefits of networking, and much more.

Dawson Hanzlick is a trader and tradesman who built a solid foundation for success early in his career. Learn about his first trades, how he began trading alongside two seven-figure traders, finding an edge in part-time trading, and much more.

The Investors Underground Podcast is now known as The Trader's Journey! In our first episode under the new name, Anthony speaks with trader and author Jack Schwager about his journey into the the finance and trading business, writing his first book about the futures markets, the inspiration behind Jack's Market Wizards book series, the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), euphoria markets such as GameStop (GME) and much more.

In this episode, Anthony speaks with Matt Marino. Matt is a founder and principal at CenterPoint Securities and active board member of Traders4ACause. We discuss the responsibilities of a broker, the relationship between traders and their broker, risk management from the broker's perspective, margin calls and forced liquidations, building an exceptional corporate culture, the Traders4ACause community, the evolution of the brokerage industry, and much more.

Joseph Gasperoni is a trader and mentor in San Marino who dreamed of trading after high school. Hear his trading journey to becoming a successful trader, evolving to find a new trading strategy, how he incorporates meditation alongside his focus on psychology, the importance of diet and exercise for traders, and more!

Larry D. has over 30 years of trading experience. He worked on the Pacific Stock Exchange as a market maker specialist before joining a proprietary trading firm in California. Today he is an independent retail trader.  In this episode, we will explore his trading journey. We will discuss how he got started in trading, the role of a market maker, trading style, risk management and more.

Andrew Aziz is a trader, entrepreneur, best-selling author, climber, and mentor who has reached astounding heights in several aspects of his life. In this episode, we discuss how his background in chemical engineering helped him succeed in trading and the role of psychology of trading. He also opens up about recovering from a $2 million loss in a single trade.

Jeremy Aguiar is a seasoned trader and 2023 Traders4ACause Poker Champion. Jeremy started trading at a prop firm before eventually going at it on his own as an options day trader. In this episode, we discuss his growth mindset approach to trading, similarities between trading and poker, and more.  

Michael 'Huddie' Hudson is one of the founding members of Clover Trading. He started trading with just $20 and has since found tremendous success. Learn the origin of 'Huddie', finding success through data tracking, and more.

Tanner Owings is a trader and competitive powerlifter who is on a mission to connect lifting and trading. Learn how he prepared to trade full-time, his VWAP bounce strategy, the crucial role of the trade review process, and lots more.

JC Parets is a professional trader and chartered market technician (CMT) who started All Star Charts in 2010. What began as a finance blog from one of Wall Street's brightest investors has now evolved into a full-scale technical platform used by hedge funds, institutions, and smaller investors and traders alike. In this episode, JC discusses his background and proximity to finance, how he uses asset trends and global macro data to inform his trades, and lots more.

Shay Huang is a trader, mentor, and trading educator who leads the Humbled Trader community. Learn how she got started trading, was humbled by the market, and eventually found success in trading and beyond.

Judah Esses (@DividedChamp) began trading on his phone during the pandemic in 2020. Since then, he's become self-sufficient and developed a personalized swing trading style. Hear his story about discovering trading, how he stays organized with his setups and news catalysts, and more.

Roland Wolf is a former professional soccer player who learned how to day trade to earn extra income. Learn how he overcame adversity, what inspired him to approach trading like a professional, how he uses psychology and self-talk in his trading, and more.

Ed Barry embarked on a public trading challenge during the summer of 2023. His goal was to increase his trading account size 4x in 4 months. This is a series of two conversations. The first occurred during his challenge and the second took place after he successfully reached his goal of turning $25K into $100K.

Kyle Williams was a college student pursuing engineering when he discovered trading. Upon graduation, his trading profits had surpassed his entry-level job prospects. Hear his story about discovering trading, how he tracks his trades, goals for his financial future, and more.

Nathan Michaud, Anand Sanghvi (Sang Lucci), Tim Grittani and Roland Wolf sit down to discuss how becoming parents has influenced their trading, the value of time, and more.

Ryan Harbertson purchased his first penny stock in 1994. Learn how he adapts to changing market cycles, cultivates his trading network, prioritizes his family, gets involved with community outreach, and more.

Hirst Holloway is a finance professional who began trading in 2020. Learn how he got started with trading, his catalyst to find success, how he approaches risk, trade management, and more.

Chris Lanzilotti is a trader, investor, and speculator with a background in business and psychology. Learn how he combines fundamental and technical analysis, approaches risk, reward, and probability in his trades, how traders can bounce back from losses, and more.

Brian Shannon is a trader, author, and mentor with over twenty years of experience in the markets. Learn why he favors technical analysis, applies Anchored Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP), and more.

Kunal Desai is a trader, mentor, and entrepreneur who started Bulls on Wall Street. Learn how he became a sucessful trader, started his company, made his 'millionaire's run', and more.

Jeremy is a trader who balances a full-time career as an engineer with family responsibilities. Learn how he finds trades that fit his schedule, how he uses forecasting and leans into trades, how trading and family influence one another, and more.

David Hanlin (The Laptop Legend) is a trader and entrepreneur who documented his success on social media. Learn how he found success in trading, handles risk management, and more.

Brian Rivera is a trader and certified public accountant (CPA) who specializes in simplifying traders' taxes. Learn how he approaches trading, tax planning, and more.

Max is a trader and computer programmer who managed to combine his coding skill set with his passion for trading. He builds the tools seen and used by Investors Underground members across the world. Learn how he approaches trading, builds tools for traders, and more.

Todd Abrams is an entrepreneur, trader, and CEO of ICON Meals. Learn how he got started in business and trading, how a relentless mindset can benefit traders, and more.

Stan Gluzman is a trader at the proprietary trading firm Seven Points Capital. Learn how he got started trading, life inside a prop firm, and more.

Stan Ivanov was an IT professional who transferred his engineering mindset to trading. In this interview, learn about his approach to finding edge in the markets, the role of human behavior and sentiment, and more.

Anna Wang began trading with approximately $1,000. Learn how she built her account, survived early losses, how she applies emotional intelligence and mental health to trading, and more.