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¿Cómo piensan y actúan los traders que dominan el mercado? En este episodio de The Way Podcast, conversamos con Lorenzo Pérez, Head Trader con experiencia en Wall Street. Hablamos sobre su trayectoria en el mundo del trading, las lecciones aprendidas en los mercados financieros y cómo evitar los errores comunes que cometen los inversores novatos.

En el episodio especial de hoy de VG Daily, Juan Manuel de los Reyes entrevista a Eric Ureña quien es el Head Trader de VectorGlobal con más de 15 años liderando operaciones en mercados de renta fija, variable y derivados. Eric, un veterano con cuatro décadas de experiencia en Wall Street en firmas como Goldman Sachs y Lehman Brothers, comparte su visión experta sobre temas clave que afectan los mercados financieros.La conversación aborda cómo las tensiones geopolíticas actuales, incluidos conflictos internacionales y políticas proteccionistas, están moldeando los mercados globales. Eric analiza el impacto del creciente nivel de deuda pública en Estados Unidos y qué tan sostenible es a largo plazo. Además, ofrece una perspectiva sobre el futuro del dólar estadounidense como moneda de reserva global frente a la diversificación monetaria y el auge de economías emergentes.También se discuten las posibles implicaciones económicas del segundo mandato de Donald Trump, incluyendo sus políticas fiscales y comerciales, así como el futuro del mercado de bonos ante la volatilidad de las tasas de interés. A pesar de ser estadounidense, Eric demuestra su dominio del español, asegurando una comunicación clara y fluida para todos los oyentes. Este episodio es una oportunidad única para entender los complejos movimientos del mercado desde la perspectiva de un experto con una trayectoria inigualable.

We're joined today by Robb Reinhold, the Head Trader at Maverick Trading. Robb shares insights from a captivating trading experiment that's sure to intrigue both novice and experienced traders alike. The Flat Earth Trading Society experiment was a year long experiment testing the power of consistent position management and following a systematic trading process. Using random stock selections, Robb and his team implemented a rigid position management strategy to prove that disciplined exits and managing losses are more crucial than well thought out entries. Tune in as Robb walks us through the strategy, execution, and key takeaways from this unique trading experiment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Chaz Wolfe welcomes Dan Rawitch to the king's stage. Dan is the Founder and Head Trader of University of Options, an online learning platform that teaches trading skills to beginner and advanced traders. Dan and Chaz Discuss automated trading bots and the reality of guaranteed returns. They delve into Dan's transition from Wall Street to finance, inspired by Jim Rohn and how he was shaped by his fathers entrepreneurial journey. Additionally, they discuss the challenges and rewards of raising children with an entrepreneurial spirit and the power of belief in overcoming financial loss.

Dan Rawitch, the founder and Head Trader for University of Options, joins Kyle this week to share his experiences in starting and selling multiple businesses, how he managed to continue trading while running said businesses, as well as some of the lessons he learned along the way. From an early start in finance, Dan's impact to the sector has been felt in many industries, such as credit reporting, mortgage lending and even automated trading bots!Sponsors and FriendsOur podcast is sponsored by Sue Maki at Fairway Independent Mortgage (MLS# 206048). Licensed in 36 states, if you need anything mortgage-related, reach out to her at SPullen@fairwaymc.com or give her a call at (520) 977-7904. Tell her 2 Bulls sent you to get the best rates available!For anyone trading futures, check out Vantatrading.com. Founded by Mr. W Banks and Baba Yaga, they provide a ton of educational content with the focus of teaching aspiring traders how to build a repeatable, profitable process. You can sign up here for $35/mo or join the free side!If you are interested in signing up with TRADEPRO Academy, you can use our affiliate link here. We receive compensation for any purchases made when using this link, so it's a great way to support the show and learn at the same time! **Join our Discord for a link and code to save 10%**To contact us, you can email us directly at suggestions@financialineptitude.com Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, or Discord to get updated when new content is posted! Check out our directory for other amazing interviews we've done in the past!If you like our show, please let us know by rating and subscribing on your platform of choice!If you like our show and hate social media, then please tell all your friends!If you have no friends and hate social media and you just want to give us money for advertising to help you find more friends, then you can donate to support the show here!About Dan:Dan Rawitch is a bond trader who has worked on Wall Street for over 40 years. He has extensive experience in the mortgage industry and has taught his daughters everything he knows about the business. Dan is now retired from the mortgage industry and runs University of Options with his daughters. He is passionate about teaching others what he knows about the market and helping them avoid the same mistakes he has made in the past.University of OptionsJoin the Facebook GroupYouTube ChannelEmail DanAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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On today's show, financial professional Adriana Reed explains how the US economy REALLY works. Adriana discusses how CBDCs and going cashless are a threat to personal freedom (which is why "cash is king") and why you should "prepare for the worst" by investing in precious metals like physical gold or silver. GUEST OVERVIEW: Adriana Reed is Head Trader and Office Manager at Camino Coin. https://caminocompany.com/  

Episode 402: Robb Reinhold, head trader at Maverick Trading joins David Capablanca to discuss his trading career since 1997 along with insights to trading psychology. Social MediaRobb ReinholdLinkedIn: Robb Reinholdwww.MaverickTrading.com Conscious Trading Academy Transform Your Mind. Master Your Trades - Memberships & Courses now available.Friendly Bear Discord Join The Friendly Bear Discord (message a mod for trade floor channel access):SuccessTrader Mention Friendly Bear when calling up SuccessTrader directly for the best possible dealCobra Trading Click the link and get 33% off commissions for life as well as one month of free DAS Trader PlatformDilution Tracker Click the link and get 10% off of Dilution TrackerEdgeToTrade Use coupon code FRIENDLYBEAR15 for 15% off EdgeToTrade, the financial research platform for traders.TraderSync Use coupon code FRNLYBR for 15% off monthly, 55% off yearly for TraderSync trading journal software TradeIdeas Use coupon code FRIENDLYBEAR for 15% off TradeIdeas real-time data stock scannerFlashSEC Click the link and get 15% off 12 months of FlashSECTC2000 Click the link to get $25 off TC2000 servicesOrtex ORTEX brings you the most timely and accurate Short interest data available.Flash Research Use coupon code FB15 for 15% off Premium. Find your edge with the best stock analyzer. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Welcome to the second episode of the Win-Win podcast! In this episode, I sit down with the incredible Bill Perkins to discuss the ups and downs of trading and Wall Street, crazy prop betting, power dynamics, poker, and how to optimize your life and money for maximum fun and fulfillment. Here's a bit more about Bill… Bill Perkins is Founder and Head Trader for Skylar Capital. He has more than two decades of experience in the energy trading industry. Bill is also the founder and president of Small Ventures USA, LP, a private equity and venture capital firm based in Houston, Texas, and founded in 1997. He is also the President and Founder of SkyFi, a democratizing satellite technology, data and access company removing barriers to capturing satellite images. He released his first book in 2020 titled “Die with Zero” which gives strategic advice on how to live your best life no matter your income.   CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 01:36 Formative Games 06:23 Societal Programming 13:26 Power Dynamics between Men and Women 20:45 Texas Culture vs New York Competitive Culture 32:37 Market Trading 45:31 Market Manipulation and Meme Stocks 51:30 Bank Bailouts 59.33 Poker 01:10:41 Balancing Life and Competitiveness 01:16:49 Victim Stories & Accountability 01:29:56 Prop Bets & Mental Blocks 01:41:35 Die With Zero 01:54:29 Living Win-Win   RELEVANT LINKS: Die with Zero by Bill Perkins  Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin Choice Emotional Intelligence Class   CREDITS: Hosted by: Liv Boeree Produced & Edited by: Raymond Wei Audio Mix by: Keir Schmidt

Get Funded 50k-300k & Trade For A Living: https://go.tradacc.com/free-video-ytIn this episode of the Speculators Podcast, we're joined by Andres Granger, Head of Trade at Active Digital. Andres takes us on a journey from his days trading futures to his current role managing one of the top-performing crypto funds of 2022. He shares personal insights, talks about the fund's award-winning strategies, and discusses their recent nominations at the Hedgeweek European Digital Assets Awards. Don't miss out on this riveting tale of a trader's evolution!Andres' Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndresTradesAndres' Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andres-granger-663a6875HERE'S WHAT WE COVER:00:23 Introduction to Andres Granger01:56 Andres' early trading journey08:23 How Andres came into contact with  @GaryNorden  17:08 Transitioning from independent trading to online prop trading32:26 Andres' working environment during his first day at the firm35:28 Distinctiveness of the Korean and American Market36:23 Andres shares the lack of strategy and institutional tools at the firm40:02 Andres' previous experience trading different markets40:45 Unique opportunities in the crypto markets42:41 The concept of scalping in trading, its misuse in the industry, and its original meaning43:18 Comparing scalping in crypto markets to other markets45:03 Andres' daily routine as the Head Trader at a crypto fund50:25 Andres' talks about his trading volume and the importance of speed54:41 Common regret of missing out on major price increases55:29 Andres' personal trading habits1:00:27 The significance of staying updated in the crypto sphere and scam alert1:01:11 Andres' response to the FTX incident and its impact on his trading approach1:03:52 Scepticism towards Luna's system and potential fallouts1:05:42 Importance of self-reliance in crypto, illustrated by Luna's case1:06:55 Highlighting the success of being one of the few audited funds with positive returns in a challenging market1:10:01 What does Andres do during challenging trading days1:16:09 What might happen to Bitcoin in the future1:30:00 The benefits of starting with real trades in the market1:33:28 Andres' perspective on Crypto trading botsIf you have suggestions for the next Speculators Podcast guest, reach out to support@tradacc.com WHO IS KORBSMy name is Aaron Korbs and I'm a professional Futures Day Trader expert in Auction Market Theory, Order Flow & Volume Profile.I'm the founder of Tradacc.com and creator of Funding Accelerator™ and the Profile Method™ where I help traders leverage institutional capital by focusing on Volume Profile methodology. I typically work with people that want to create a reliable online side hustle or that would like to turn trading into their main profession.https://go.tradacc.com/m/korbs--------------------------------------------Happy Trading & Watch Your Risk-Korbs#daytrading #speculators #tradingpodcast

In this podcast episode, we speak with Ricardo Faillace, Managing Director, Emerging Markets, and Jeff Angard, Head Trader, Emerging Markets at Corpay Cross-Border. From Asia, Africa and South America, we examine the post-pandemic environment in some of the most vibrant economies in the world, where we can find pockets of exceptional resilience and innovation. Ricardo and Jeff discuss the state of developing markets or ‘emerging markets'. Though many can't agree on the definition of an emerging market, one thing is certain: it's one of the most dynamic sectors in the global economy.Read and download the transcript here.

This episode features the head trader of the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI). Denis discusses his various experience and day to day as a trader.

This week, we welcome Bill Perkins into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Bill is the Founder, Managing Partner, and Head Trader for Skylar Capital. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Bill to discuss his trader's perspective on the natural gas, power, and carbon markets in Europe.

Deeyana Angelo is a fintech entrepreneur and a derivatives trader. Prior to her finance career she was a successful session musician. Nowadays she is a managing director of a boutique software house Blahtech. The company has a small proprietary trading department with Deeyana Angelo as the Head Trader. She teaches others how to trade her unique investment method through courses on Udemy which the company uses to train their in-house traders as well.On top of her other achievements, Mrs. Angelo is an avid bodybuilder and a fitness champion for several federations in the Bikini Fitness o35 category. She is originally from former Yugoslavia and lives in London, UK.

In this episode, FS Chiron Funds CIO Ryan Caldwell is joined by Chief U.S. Economist Lara Rhame, Head of Quantitative Research Brian Cho and their team to cover key warning signs of a late cycle and urge investors to remain dynamic in a bearish time. While markets are facing downward pressures, the team urges investors to recognize the speed at which the economy is moving, and the potential for the long term to differ greatly from the short term. Plus, Ryan taps on Peter Bianco, Head Trader, and Scott Sullivan, Head of Fundamental Research, to discuss how commodities and other real assets may fare in this uncertain time. Want to read more from the FS Chiron team? Download the full 3D report here. 

Rick DaCosta is the President and Head Trader at Fit Traders. He has a background in Hospitality and Finance and worked for Bank Of Montreal where he was named Leader of the Year in 2016. In 2017 he transitioned to a Full Time Trader and now has over 40,000 subscribers on Youtube. I'm just honored to call him a friend.  Follow Scott on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scottrades Buy a Shirt: http://www.hotwallet.shop Swing Trading For Consistent Profitability: https://stockmarketmentor.com/products/swing-trading-consistent-profitability/ ----------------------------------------------- Rick's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/FinanciallyIndependentTraders Rick's Twitter: https://twitter.com/FitradersRick Rick's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fitraders/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My guest today is Josip Rupena, the Founder and CEO of Milo. Milo is a financial technology company reimagining the way globally and crypto consumers access financial solutions to 'Unlock what's possible.' By building a proprietary technology stack from the ground up and bringing on a world-class team, the company has enabled millions of dollars in US home loans. Milo is passionate about driving the digital transformation of financial services, solving real problems, and making a meaningful impact in people's lives. Milo's investors include QED Investors, Metaprop, and 10X Capital. Milo is the world's first crypto mortgage offering that makes it easy for crypto investors to utilize their digital assets to purchase US real estate. The digital banking leader will now expand its offerings to serve the rapidly growing crypto segment. Milo's clients will be able to pledge their Bitcoin to purchase property and finally qualify for a low-interest rate 30-year crypto mortgage. This solution will allow clients to continue to own their bitcoin and diversify into real estate, all while keeping the potential price appreciation of both. Clients will be able to finance 100% of their purchase with no dollar down payments required and do this faster than a conventional mortgage. By combining the security of real estate with the liquidity of digital assets, Milo is able to bridge both the crypto and real world. Prior to founding Milo, Josip was a Financial Advisor at Morgan Stanley working with international clients and financial institutions. Josip also worked at an investment firm with $1 billion in assets under management as a Portfolio Manager and Head Trader. He began his career at Goldman Sachs covering institutional private clients with over $3.5 billion in assets. Josip graduated Cum Laude from the University of Miami and majored in Finance. The major topics in our conversation included how Milo is disrupting the mortgage and loan industry, why Bitcoin is the perfect collateral, how the loan industry works, real estate as a wealth-generating tool, and much more. We begin our conversation by discussing the impact the crypto wave will have throughout society including real estate. Our conversation transitions to discussing the real estate market and what is contributing to the rise in real estate prices. Josip explains the macro-tailwinds that are driving the real estate market. Our conversation shifts to discuss possible real estate opportunities. Josip breaks down various pockets of real estate where consumers can find good value. We touch on the current mass human migration and the possible reasons driving this exodus. Our next conversation topic centered around the future of the mortgage and home loan industry. Josip explains how the mortgage industry works and what areas could be disrupted with the advent of new technology. Josip goes on to explain how the government is subsidizing the real estate industry in America. Our conversation transitions to how Milo is innovating the real estate asset class by being able to underwrite risk more accurately. Josip explains how Milo's Bitcoin-backed loan works. Please enjoy my discussion with Josip Rupena. -- This podcast is powered by Blockworks. For exclusive content and events that provide insights into the crypto and blockchain space, visit them at https://blockworks.co

Es momento de cerrar esta temporada 9 y qué mejor que haciéndolo con nuestro clásico Debate NDI y dos invitados top: Miguel de Juan, Gestor de Fondos en Argos Capital (España), y Miguel Pérez, Head Trader en Grupo Fivenca (Venezuela). Conversamos sobre dos populares filosofías de inversión como lo son el Value Investing (Inversión en valor) y el Growth Investing (Inversión en crecimiento). ¿Cuál crees que sea mejor?

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Todays Top Five at 5 is with Barometer Capital, head trader Diana Avigdor. Please send any comments for future guests and questions to: contactc3m@gmail.com Thank you all for watching and please remember to Like, Share and Subscribe! Follow me on: Twitter: @catherinebiztv https://twitter.com/CatherineBizTV Instagram: @catelizabethmurray https://www.instagram.com/catelizabethmurray/?hl=en For More Information on Diana see Barometer Capital website https://barometercapital.ca/diana-avigdor/ DISCLAIMER: This video is presented for informational and entertainment purposes. The views discussed in the interview should not be taken as investment advice. Please consult a financial advisor before making any financial decisions.

Ms. Galli joined RBC Wealth Management in 2009 and has 32 years of portfolio management experience. She works with corporations, high net worth individuals, and foundations. She cam e to RBC after working for ten years at Credit Suisse, where she was consistently a member of the Chairman's Club, she joined RBC Wealth Management. Prior to that she was with Chase and MD Sass Partners (CMDSP) as a Portfolio Manager. Before CMDSP she was at Deutsche Bank for several years managing portfolios for corporations and high net worth individuals. She was the Head Trader at Meredith, Martin & Kaye which concentrated solely on Custom Portfolio Management. Ms. Galli worked with the principals of that firm as a Relationship Manager at Morgan Stanley from 1989 through the time the new firm was established in 1992.  Marina obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Economics from the State University of New York, at Oneonta. She is a Financial Advisor and member of the DC Society of Security Analysts and has passed the Series 7, 63, 65 and Life Insurance exams and has the NMLS License through City National Bank. She obtained the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1997. Ms. Galli was named to Barron's Top 100 Women Financial Advisors in 2010 and 2011 and in 2011, completed the Accredited Wealth Management Program (AWM). 

Founder & Head Trader of Convergent Trading, Morad Askar and Author of The Mental Game of Trading, Jared Tendler join Anthony in an amazing discussion on ways that traders can tackle fear, greed and lack of confidence in their trading. Futures Radio is a weekly Futures Trading Podcast hosted by 23-year futures veteran and CME […]

Founder & Head Trader of Convergent Trading, Morad Askar and Author of The Mental Game of Trading, Jared Tendler join Anthony in an amazing discussion on ways that traders can tackle fear, greed and lack of confidence in their trading. Futures Radio is a weekly Futures Trading Podcast hosted by 23-year futures veteran and CME […]

Welcome Passive Traders to another special edition of the Option Genius Podcast. Today I have something a little bit different for you. I was interviewed on another show called "2 Bulls in A China Shop" by a company called Financial Ineptitude. That's actually their name,Financial Ineptitud. Basically, it's two guys. You know, there are really cool guys named Kyle and Dan, and they've been talking about trading for a little bit. They've been trying to learn how to trade and so they made this podcast to basically help them get their thoughts out, and to record all of their lessons. Their website is really cool. Their podcast is two bulls in a china shop and I'm going to include the interview that they had here as an episode because I thought it was really good. It was a lot of fun. And hopefully you guys will get something out of it and learn from it as well. So again, that's "2 Bulls in A China Shop" by Kyle and Dan. Enjoy the episode. We're so glad you've joined us today, folks, today is a very special day, we've got a fantastic guest with us. We're gonna be joined here by Allen Sama, Head Trader and owner of Option Genius. He is an Amazon bestseller author of the book Passive Trading: How to Generate Consistent Monthly Income from the Stock Market in Just Minutes a Day. And we're going to let you know more about that. But first, Allen, how are you doing today? Allen: I'm doing very well. Thank you very much. Kyle: Thanks for coming on. I know we had to work a little bit to get this. This recordin going. Allen: Yeah, better make it good. Allen: I'll do my best. Kyle: The more you work for it the sweeter to be right? Yeah, Dan: Yeah. No pain, no gain, Allen: The more you value it, right. Dan: Oh, right. So so tell us a little bit about your journey to becoming the Option Genius.  Allen: So I was born as a trust fund baby and I started with $20 million. Kyle: End of story. Allen: Exactly, then I made a course. And then I made a course and I started selling it. Dan: Make more money selling. Allen: Yeah. So I have a similar story to you guys. You know, I got laid off from basically the only job I ever had. And it was really about, hey, do I go back to finding another job than job market? Or do I try my hand at trading, which I had been starting to learn while I was working because I was working remotely. So it was a great job learned a lot. But it just came to an end. The business went under in the financial crisis. And so, you know, we were actually teaching mortgage brokers how to be mortgage brokers, mortgage brokers, they owe it away. So it's like they didn't need me anymore. And so I said, Alright, cool. Let me you know, try my hand at trading. And I took some of my wife's money, and I lost most of it roughly, for like 40- 43,000. Plus, very quickly. Dan: Oh you're kidding. Allen: And, you know, like you guys said, you know, you learn very quickly, what doesn't work and most of it doesn't work. Yeah, at least for me. Dan: I get to strangled to work one day. Allen: Yeah. And so really, the, the best thing for me was that, you know, she had, she had faith in me, and she, she's like, you know, you need to make this work. And so I went back, and that kind of really put a fire under my ass. And then I looked at all my records, because I keep paper records of all my trades, write down everything. And so I found that, you know, I was doing day trading, and I was doing this and I was doing that buying and selling and value and I was trying everything, you know, there was one time where I was long, the inverse ETFs you know, SDS and SSO. So SSO is the two 2X S&P Going up, and SDS is 2X going down. So I was long on both of them. I was like, I can't lose. Right? Yeah, it's like the only trade that I can't lose on but guess what I did, I ended up losing money on that trade. Dan: You're telling my story, Allen. You're telling my story. Kyle: This all sounds so familiar. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel that it sounds like you.. Allen: Because the only thing that worked for me was selling options. And I had done at least one trade where, you know, I put it on, didn't really know what I was doing. But I followed it. And I put it on and I forgot about it. And then it it was in my paper records, but it wasn't in my account. And I'm like, where to go. My broker scamming me, you know, that should be here, you know, I put the trade on, where's my trick, and I kept researching, and then I realized that that trade had expired, worthless, and it just had gone away. So it doesn't show up on the screen anymore. And there's no exit record. And so I was like, Well, this is cool. You know, this is something that I didn't pay any attention to. And I made, you know, a good decent amount on it. And I didn't like it was easy. So I'm like, What is this thing? So I learned more and I dug deep into it. And we went into covered calls and naked puts and spreads and iron condors and, and all these different ones. And eventually I found that, um, you know, these type of trades are a lot more forgiving. So if you're not the most savvy, technical analysis like me, and if you're always buying at the wrong time and selling at the wrong time, getting all emotional like me, then this really was something that was much easier to do and, you know, you probably hear it If you talk about it, but it's like you put the odds in your favor. So it's a little bit, I think it's more conservative. But it's a lot more passive in the sense where I don't have to be in front of the screen all the time, I'll put a trade on, and then just check it and make sure it's okay. And that Theta decay just works in my favor. So the time decay, meaning the options go down in value, you know, every day as they should. And then eventually they expire. And when they expire, then the trade is over. Kyle: So what kind of time frame are usually looking at when you're selling your contracts? Allen: Well, I'm in different strategies now. But usually, I'm going around 45 days to about 25 days. Kyle: You basically just rolling monthly, the monthly. Allen: Yep. So I'll stay in two months. And then if I get out, then I'll be like, okay, good down. Let me look at next month, sometimes I get out early, and I'll take, you know, take a week or two off, I'm not doing anything. And then, but most of the time, yeah, it's you know, you're getting out of one and then you're getting into the next one. Kyle: Are you just doing these cover calls? Are you doing spreads? Or what are you doing to cap your, your, your losses, because we selling options? Contracts can be really dangerous.. Allen: Mm hmm. So we do a little bit of all of them. You know, I've been doing it now for 15 years. So I started with the iron condor, because that that, Oh, my God, this is awesome. You know, you can make money on both sides, and the stock doesn't move too much. And it's a trade that can't lose. Obviously, I found out that yeah, you can lose. But I mean, it's probably the most complicated trade you can start with. And that's the one I did and then I got, you know, I got good at it. And then I did look at covered calls, we did that for a while still do them now in my. So let me break it down, in my retirement accounts, I do covered calls, naked puts, and some spreads. And the spreads are really there to just goose the returns. Because in those I'm looking for about 10% a month, the covered calls naked puts, I'm looking for one to 3% in the retirement accounts. And then in my trading account, I do spreads iron condors. And then I also do a little bit of futures options. So those are a bit more, they got a lot more oomph to them, because there's more leverage involved. And so they're faster. They're very, they're much faster trade. So I'm in and out, usually around two weeks, about 14 trading days. Kyle: Before we get too deep into here, maybe we should kind of talk, can you explain, let's start with an iron condor. And maybe just real quick recap of what a spread is. Allen: Sure. So a spread and the way I trade them is I want to be selling the spread. And so it is something that where you take an option that is far out of the money, you sell that one, and then you buy another one a little bit further out of the money to hedge yourself. So it's a risk defined trade, meaning you know, exactly "Okay, I'm gonna put in, you know, $500 into this trade, or 1000, or 5000", or whatever you put, that's the most you can lose. And then you get a credit for doing it, meaning you get paid when you put the trade on. That credit is the most you can make. So now on the spreads that I do. So for example, let's say we have a stock that just going up and up and up and up. Right now, I like to play the trend, I like to play momentum. And so if it's going up and up and up, I'm going to sell calls. So I'll sell a call spread, I'll get paid for that. As long as the stock doesn't go below my calls, my trade makes money. And on those types of trades, I'm looking for about 10%, like I said, on a monthly basis. My iron condor would be doing that trade with puts and calls on the same stock at the same time. So you want, in that situation, you kind of want something that's going sideways, you want a stock or an index or something that's, you know, it's not moving too much. It's kind of lazy moving sideways, and so you sell some puts below it, and some calls above it. And so that way, you get paid for both you get paid for the calls, and you get paid for the puts. But you don't have to, you're not risking both sides, because you can only lose on one side. You know, so you have the same amount of risk as if you just did a one sided spread, but you get double the credit so you make twice as much money. Kyle: Right. Oh, I was found that the more complicated things get the worse I do at them. We'll have some links in the episode description explaining those a little bit better to anybody.  Dan: Yeah, I'll need to follow those. Yeah. Kyle: So you're looking to generate about 10%. 10% A month or return on your investment then? Allen: Yep, that's it. Yep, that's it go. I mean, you don't always get there, right? You're going to have months where you make less, there's going to be months when you lose money. So if I aim for 10, you know, I can think hey, you know, if I get five for the month, I'm happy. You know, that's 60% a year. That's that's pretty good. Yeah. So I cannot complain. There have been there have been years when I've done over 100% And then there'll be two years when I've lost money. So, but overall for the past 15 years. It's been working really, really well for me, so you know. Kyle: Yeah, it sounds like you're Your path kind of took the same path that mine actually took, like, that was what led me to quit my job is thinking like, I could sell contracts because you know, 80% of them or whatever, expire worthless, rather be on the side that has the math with it. And I'll just, I'll just basically trade the wheel and sell puts, you know, until I get the stock and then calls against it until they get taken away. Success has been mixed so far, but still not working. So. Oh, really? Well, we could talk about that. Well, it sounds like I need to read your book is what it really sounds like. Allen: Yeah, I mean, you know, right now, we're in a bull market. And so the puts that we've been doing the selling the puts, I mean, it's been, it's been working phenomenally, um, covered calls are doing well, as well, because we go pretty far out of the money. So like, you know, it's not always 80%, sometimes I'll go 85, 90 95%, depending on what I want to do. So in my retirement accounts, I don't want to lose my stock. And so I'll sell pretty far out of the money. So I'm not making as much on those. But I don't want to lose my stock. And I'm just looking for a little bit, you know, I'm looking for, you know, 1%, one and a half percent, maybe a month, and I'm happy with that. And so the naked eye, you know, it's also stock selection. And I think that's one of the issues that a lot of people get mistaken. People say that, "Oh, when you're selling options, you should be looking at the ones that are the most volatile names, because they have the most premium, and you get paid the most". To me, I think that's like a suicide mission. And, and I just want to be the, I just want to save ones that are boring, that are you know, everybody ignores them. You know, I like the small, the large, very large companies, they pay dividends, they don't move very much. Those are the ones I just want to cash flow, you know, I just want to be selling naked puts on them, they're not gonna drop 10%. If they do, it's like, it's like the, oh, my God, this thing dropped 10%. You know, that's good news. So I want to sell those, and I want to keep them and collect the dividends and then just get my cost basis down as far as I can get. Dan: Do you have a favorite company then that you find yourself going back to more than others? Allen: I like stuff like McDonald's, Walmart, Starbucks, you know, big names. Everybody's known them there around the world, they have dividends so you know, that they're if they're paying the dividend, they're still profitable. They're making money. You know, Apple is kind of joining that list, although Apple is still a little bit more volatile than the others. But yeah, stuff like that, you know, basic big name, dao components, most of them, one of them that I really liked, that hasn't has been doing really well over the past few years is Intuitive Surgical. It's is ISRG so it doesn't pay dividends. And it's not good. It doesn't have a lot of option volume, but for credit for covered calls, and naked puts it's good enough. And that stock has been doing really, really well for me for the last few years. So that's a particular name. Kyle: So yeah, some of these are pretty expensive, though. I mean, yeah, you gotta be real careful, you don't get stuck with a couple 100 shares, if you don't have the account to cover that. Allen: Yeah. So in that case, you know, what we can also do is you can always roll them. So if I get into a position where I'm sold a naked put and it goes into the money like I've done this with right now, my kid loves Roblox. I don't know if you have kids, but my kids are always on that game. And I was when it came out. I was like, Oh, this is cool, you know. So I sold some naked puts on it. And now they're in the money, and they've been in the money for like three months. So what I do is I just roll them to the next month. So about maybe a week or so before expiration, I will buy back the put the naked put and then sell it again for the next month, collect a little bit more premium, and then the trade just continues. Kyle: Hmm, that's interesting. Yeah. Wow, I didn't even think about doing that. That's awesome. Okay, so roll it over. I'm making notes for myself.  Allen: Now, these are on stocks that you actually think are eventually going to go back up, you know, if it's still going down, down, down, then you're like, No, you need to bail out and be like, yeah. But if it's a decent company with decent, you know, fundamentals, and you know, they're making money and all that stuff, then yeah, Kyle: I've always gravitated towards the cheaper stocks when trying to sell contracts, just because at least if I'm selling, and they could put on something that's only valued at like, $15, then I know I can't lose more than $15 a share. Allen: Yeah, yeah. I mean, you know, like, my thinking is that I want to be in a company that I know is not going to zero, so I don't have to worry about it. Kyle: I mean, Ford for a while is trading around 15. It's at 18. Now, but yeah, I know for some solid companies that are in that range, right? There's a lot of other ones that aren't though. Allen: Like if it was a $200 stock, and now it's at 15 There's another issue going on there. Dan: Hertz is coming back. Good PR story. Damn it. Kyle: I'm gonna go back to losing $40,000 of your wife's money. So what were you doing that got you like we tried to day trade options were you.. Allen: I was doing a little bit everything I was day trading stocks, I was buying options. I was buying and selling like I was doing some value investing for a little bit. I'll be watching Kramer every night and looking at what's Kramer telling me to do. Okay, I'm gonna do this and that I would watch fast money every day and look for any anything that sold this is going up okay, hey, copper is going up. Let me buy some you know, SPX. Let me buy some of this. So trying to play the trend is trying to play all that stuff. I looked at futures, you know, trading futures a little bit, but that's,  that takes a lot of money. Kyle: There's no it actually takes less than you think. Really? $4,000 you can fund and account. Allen: Yeah, but then I mean, like you got Japanese. Japanese yen that takes that's a lot of money for a contracts. Dan: Okay, Yen is in micros now. Allen: Yeah, at that time, they didn't. They didn't I don't think they had those. Kyle: Probably. Yeah, I think minis were kind of new thing. Yeah. Allen: But yes, I was trying a little bit everything, whatever I could, whatever book I could find whatever video I could find. Just trying a little bit everything in nothing, nothing really worked for me. Kyle: So what was it that actually got you out of that? That, I guess Funk You can call it. Allen: So until for several months, my wife did not know that I was losing all the money. You know, she'd come home. And she actually, I mean bless her heart, she took a second job. So she's working two jobs while I'm at home trading. And, and we didn't have any kids at the time. So that was good. But you know, she she'd come home tired, and she wouldn't really want to talk about it. Because sometimes I'd be happy sometimes I'd be sad. She really couldn't tell what was going on. And then one day, she checked the mail and the account statement had come in the mail. And she's like, where's all the money?    Dan: Oh, no.    Allen: And I was like, Yeah, we need to talk about that. And then I feel, you know, I could tell that, you know, the marriage was on the ropes because we were newly married, and she had saved up for years working to save up this money. And so it was really a matter of, you know, I promise you that I will give me three months. That's what it boiled down to. So give me three months, I promise you, I will at least get back to breakeven or like, you know, not lose money every month, and then I'll start making it back. And if I don't, I'll get a job. So that was it. That was my ultimatum, I had three months to turn it around, or go back to, you know, the 9 to 5 grind.   Kyle: So I gotta ask you, one of the things that took us a while to learn was basically the number one job of being a trader is risk management. So what point during that journey did that finally kick it in your head? Risk is the most important thing. So you don't end up blowing up an account like that. Allen: It didn't really hit me for a long time, even after I started getting a little bit consistent. Really? Yeah. Kyle: That's interesting. Allen: You know, I kept going gung ho blazes forward until maybe like a year, year and a half. of really, you know, trading full time. The one thing the benefits of the selling options is that they're not that many losses, you know, you don't lose on too many trades, because it's set up to to help you win. And so that kind of helped me, but I would, I would have these huge losses, like if I'm making 10% on a trade, the idea was not to lose more than 25 to 30%. But I would be losing, you know, 40% 50% 60%. And I just couldn't get out of that hole. And I'll tell you, I'll tell you the secret. What turned it around. It was my wife, yeah. So she's like, cuz I was talking to her at this point. I'm like, Hey, this is working. This is not working. I'm doing this. I'm doing that. She goes, You know, it seems like you have everything you need. You're just not sticking to your own trading plan. Right? Yeah. Cuz I get emotional. You know, I think he's gonna turn around. I think he's gonna do this. But then, you know, CNBC said this, and then fox said this, and so she's like, oh, let's do this. She goes, I'm gonna come and check on you every day at a certain time and we're gonna go through each trade. And I'm gonna ask you questions, and then you have to answer. I'm like, Okay, let's do it. So she would come up, you know, she'd come upstairs to the office. And she'd be like, Alright, show me your trade. Alright, what's the goal? How much are you trying to make? Alright, where's it now? What's the trading plan? What happens if it goes down? You know, when are you going to adjust it? Or when are you going to get out? And then if I haven't gotten out yet, or if I haven't adjusted, then I have to answer why. Why? Yeah. And if I don't have a good answer, get out now. Allen: That's, that's really awesome, actually. So you just delegated your risk manager hat to your wife. Allen: Pretty much. And then, you know, there were times where I didn't want to have her breathing down my neck anymore. And so that's when I got better at it myself. And then, you know, after a while, she was like, Hey, I think you got it. You don't need me anymore.   Kyle: I know you say that you think that you're blessed to be to be able to do a dream job of earning money in the stock market and working in your PJs, but I think you I think you hit the lottery twice. It sounds like you really married a great woman. Allen: Oh, yes, I did. I did. And she hates me. He's telling this story about how I lost her money, she hates. She's like, you sound like such an idiot like a dumbass.  Allen: Yep. I think we all go through it. We all do it. Dan: Nobody just started out and just like, oh, every trade I've made. It's been great. What's your problem? Kyle: No, most people will blow up an account too. And that's why the things that we've been learning is, Dan and I are both trying to learn futures. So we're going through some courses with the trade pro Academy. I think we're I think Dan just flipped the live today, in week four now. But one of the main things with that is like, Okay, we fund the minimum amount we need in that account in case something goes wrong. You know, the most we can lose is whatever's in that account. Yeah, we're not going to fund it with you know, the life savings and then give ourselves you know a hundred thousand dollars  a full wrap with,   Allen: Yeah but the cool thing is, you know, you guys have each other to bounce ideas off to talk to, you know, a lot of people try to do it on their own. And they're just like, I did you know, I was lonely. I was doing, I couldn't figure out what was wrong. It didn't have anybody to talk to. Because I mean, you tried to talk to your neighbor, or your friends or your family like, oh, yeah, hey, I sold a, you know, a call spread. And they're like, "What? What the hell are you talking about?" I couldn't talk to anybody, so it's awesome that you guys have somebody. Kyle: Well, actually, I think the podcast for us is actually but what's taking the role of the wife explaining the moves? I mean, at the end of every episode, we do a good, bad and ugly segment where we talk about something that worked something that didn't work and something that was really bad. Allen: Yeah that's accountability. Right there. You got to tell the world. Kyle: So now, yeah, when you're getting ready to do something stupid, you're like, how do I really want to talk about this on Saturday? Okay, I'm looking at their your, your, your sheet here that you said this. And one of the things that I see on here that's really interesting is that you made a small investment for your four year old. Yep. What's the deal with that? Allen: Alright, so the biggest thing that I've been learning by talking to people and everything is that people are not people don't have enough saved for retirement. You know, that's like the one biggest thing and people come to us, and they're like, Hey, I, you know, I'm in my 50s, I just got laid off, you know, what am I gonna do? I don't know what to do. I got to figure out how to trade. I'm like, well, you're under a lot of pressure. I don't know if this is the right time, right. And so I didn't want my kids stuff to go through that. So currently, my wife has another business. Mm hmm. And so what we did was, we have three kids, we got a 10 year old nine year old and now she's five. So the little one is five. At that time, she was four, when we started this actually know when she was born is when we started this. So we took the kids, and we found a way for them to earn some money. And basically, we did it as we were their models. So they model and we take pictures of them for advertising, for our website, the brochures for my wife's business. And so the kids get paid for it. And that money then goes into their Roth IRA. Okay, so that they have no, there's no taxes, there's no income taxes on that money that they that they make, right? Because they're minors, and there's a certain limit, so I'm not an accountant. So don't, you know, none of us are, I don't think but when we started, you know, the rule was you can make up to 12,000 As a child, and it would not be taxed. And then you know, who knows what if that's going to change anytime soon, but we could pay them take that money, put 6000 into the Roth IRA. Now, you know, She's five years old. So we've been doing that for a few years. And currently, she has about $50,000 in her account. Now, you, you can look at, you know, you can do the math on any investment calculator. She's five years old, she's gonna retire in 60 years. So you take that 50,000 invested in let's say, an index fund, and you make 8% a year. Right? Compounded for 60 years. How much is she going to have at the end of that? 60 years? It's going to be well over $2 million. Right? That's if I don't put any more money into it. Yep. If she never touches it, she doesn't put anything else. You know, she's gonna have a $2 million retirements on when she when she's done. And, and that's without me doing any of my options stuff or, you know, doing anything.  Dan: There I say better than a college account fund. Allen: Yeah. Right. Yeah. And I mean, part of it is, you know, the money, she's gonna when she takes it out, she, when she retires, she won't have to pay any taxes on it. So we made the money, we didn't pay any taxes on it, she's gonna grow the money and not have to pay any taxes on and then she takes it out and there's so there's like no tax at all. It's like the only loophole I've seen like this.   Kyle: We might need to bleep some of that out just in case. That's interesting. We saw a story not too long ago about a senator proposing a bill to like, and I don't think there's any traction on the actual bill. But what was interesting was the math behind it. He said that I think it was about $2,200 for every newborn, put into an account for him, like that will basically make them retire as millionaires.  Allen: Yeah. I mean, if you start early enough, and you put it away, and you don't touch it, it just compounds and it works. And hopefully, it'll be at the same, you know, average at least 7 - 8% a year that the stock markets been doing historically. So you know, of course, things change in the future. We don't know. But I'm trying to just set these kids up in a way that can help them succeed, you know, and if you if you think about it, like if she doesn't have to worry about saving for retirement, then whatever she makes, she could like, enjoy it. She could give back to our community. She can you know, spend it do it everywhere. Yeah. Yeah. Dan: Take care of you hopefully.. Kyle: That's smart. Allen: Yeah, that's the plan. Yes, that's my retirement. Kyle: Tell us a little bit about your company Option Genius. What do you guys do over there? Allen: So it started off as so when you sell options, you know, it's kind of boring. It's very, like I said, it's passive. It takes just a few minutes to put on a few trades, and then just watch him watch and watch. And so when I started doing it, I got bored. And so I would go and I would bother my wife. Hey, what you doing? What do you do? Oh, you're cooking that again? Oh, no. She's like, can you just get out of my hair? And I'm like, Well, no, cuz I don't have anything else to do. She goes, Why don't you like, teach other people how to do what you're doing? Oh, that's a good idea. So I started a website. And the idea was, you know, I'm gonna have one website, and I'll just do my trades, and I'll share them with other people. It'll be a membership site, they'll pay me for it. If they want to do the trades, great. If they want to learn, that's great, whatever. And, you know, hands off kind of thing that started doing really well it started growing and people start asking questions. How do you do this? How do you do? What about this strategy? What about this strategy, and it just grew from one website to many of them three. Now we have three different memberships, we got like three different courses and coaching programs, we got a couple of books out there to spread the word. And eventually, I got to the point where you know what, the emails that we would get from people would be so heartbreaking, that it's like, there's this better way that I think are found, and people don't know about it. Let me, let me expose let me share the message. And so that's really behind what Option Genius is. I mean, you know, not to brag, but you know, I'm trading a seven figure account. And so if I can make, you know, two or 3% on that in a month, I'm living a really, really nice lifestyle. You know, I don't, I don't have a private plane, I don't have a Lambo. I don't need any of that stuff. So we're really doing well. And so this is like, if it works great. If we can help other people great. If not, I can walk away. I don't need it. But we've we've been doing it for a while. And we've really, it's heart warming. When somebody comes in, oh, man, I just did my first trade. And I made 10% Oh, man. And we have we have our own podcast. And I've started to interview our students. And so they come on board. And they're like, you know, I had a small account, but we got one guy. He, we gave him a scholarship. Like every year, we have a scholarship to one of our courses. So he actually won the scholarship. And he's like, you know, I have a small account. It's like $4,000. And he's a teacher. And he does now what you were talking about the wheel. So he learned that from us, and he's doing it. And he's like, hey, you know, I made 30% this year from my wheel. So that goes awesome. Yeah. There's other guys. They're making, like 7, 8% 10%. We had one guy who came in, he lost his job. And then he's like, Hey, I'm in your program. What do I do? I'm like, do the follow up program. You paid for it. He started doing it, you know? And seven months later, he's like, Yeah, dude, I'm making 10 grand a month. I'm like, That's freaking awesome. And he goes, You know what he told me? He goes, I'm going back to work. I'm like, what? He goes, because it doesn't take any time. And I want to go back to work. Whatever floats your boat. Kyle: Learn a different skill. I mean, I guess that's what you want to do. I guess. It's funny though. The more people that we talk to, especially the ones that are really successful, that seems like they all want to give back somehow to the community. Allen: Mm hmm. Kyle: That seems to be a common theme and I don't really think see that in a lot of other industries. Allen: No. I mean, there's only so much money you can make, and it doesn't really make you that much happier anymore. But when you can like to have, you know, the Maslow's hierarchy with a triangle going up to be like self actualized you gotta have significance you got to give back. Mm, Dan: Yeah that's awesome. Oh, boy. Awesome. Okay. Allen: But I mean, you guys are doing that, you know, the podcast, and you guys are helping  Dan: We hope Kyle: Mostly they're learning what not to do. Allen: There's value in that as well. Kyle: Yeah, I think that was our tagline once "Let us lose the money for you". Dan: Oh, yeah, yeah, I've proven myself capable of that time and time again. Mm Kyle: hmm. All right, what else we got on here? And Dan got any other questions here? Dan: Yeah, so when you're starting out some people I mean, I know you mentioned you get somebody started as low as four grand Do you do you give people like a target, like try and get this much money together to start the ball rolling, or you just.. Allen: Um, you know, we say, we say, if you're going to do what we call passive trading, they can start with anything. But if you're going to go into something like just spreads or like futures options, and we say, start with about 10,000. But even then, you want to start off with paper trading, especially if you've never traded options before, because you need to, you need to know what buttons to push and you know, you don't want to hit the wrong button. Instead of the sale, you hit the buy. And it goes backwards. And you got to know what you're doing on the platform, the software, the broker software, before you start putting real money at risk. Dan: Yeah. Kyle: Is there a specific broker that you prefer? Allen: I have most of my money at Thinkorswim and tasty, but it doesn't really matter. Kyle: We've been getting more into Thinkorswim too. Yeah like their their bracket order than other options bracket. It took us a year to figure out the Active Trader even know it existed. But man that made a huge difference. Huge. Oh, you can just drag your stops. Dan: But that's more day trading options. Well, yeah. Well, we talked a little bit real quick, do you ever use the the ThinkOrSwim probabilities when you're looking at selling your options? Allen: Um, so we have a couple of different ways. I use the the desktop Thinkorswim Yeah. And so like, uh, you know, if you're looking at an option, right, you look at the option chain, and it tells you what the delta is, you can pretty quickly find out what is the probability of that option. So if it's delta 20, that means okay, this still this option has an 80% chance of probability of expiring worthless. If it's delta 10. It's got a 90% probability of expiring worthless. So that's kind of like rule of thumb, really quick table math, you know, where you could be like, Okay, I want to do this, or I'll look at the Analyze tab. You know, if it's a more complicated trade, then I'll look at the Analyze tab, and I'll use the numbers that they give me there. Dan: Okay. Okay. I remember that for a little bit with straddles and strangles. But I didn't have much success. Kyle: I think I heard that before with the Delta, but I never I pay attention to it more, because that's tell you how much the underlying will move, right? Like for every dollar that the  underlying moves, then you should see a 30 cent change if it's a 30 Delta, or 20 cent if it's 20. Allen: Yep. But I mean, I don't know how accurate that is, because it always changes all the time. So.. Kyle: Yes, that's true. Allen: It's like I thought it was gonna move 30 cents. Well, your Vega did this and the gamma did that. So. Okay, great. Thanks. Kyle: Plus, now the delta is different. Yeah. We started talking a little bit about crypto. Dan, should we move into move into that? Dan: I would love to talk about it, especially coming from somebody who educated their way into Options success. Do you have anything going with crypto? Allen: So I have been taking advantage of a couple times. We could talk about that. So I'm learning about currently a friend of mine introduced me to I guess they're called alt coins. You know, so I do have some of the big ones, you know, the Bitcoin, the Etherium whatnot. And those I've just holding on to so and then I just started because I have a lot of it. I have it at Coinbase. And so I've put up my Etherium for it was called staking or stocking. Kyle: Staking Allen: Oh, yes. Staking. Yeah, so they hold it on, they hold it for you and they pay you four and a half percent a year. So I'm like, Okay, I'm not gonna sell anyway, I might as well make some most of it. And I think, you know, it's been going up and up. So hopefully by the time I actually want to take it out, it's appreciated. And I will It'll made that four and a half percent, which is pretty good. And so I'm doing that. And then I'm starting to get into these alt coins and trying to figure out which ones are actually going to make it big. And which ones are scams and about, I guess 99% of them are scams. And like so my friends been showing me like, hey, you know, you can tell how much money was used to create this coin, and then are they allowed, are you allowed to sell coins? Or you're not allowed to sell coins? Or you know, what are the different little red flags that go hey, this coin is a scam this coin is a scam this coin maybe not be a scam. You know? And so you know, you put your money in and then if it goes up a little bit, you take your money out, and then you'll play with the house money and then you let it right kind of thing. Kyle: Yeah. So which coins have you found that piqued your interest then? Allen: So the one that I'm getting into right now, I haven't got like I'm pretty new at this. So I'm still learning and looking around. The one that I have found that has a good chance of success right now is called Floki. Kyle: Floki. Like the Norse god. Allen: Uh huh. Yeah Kyle: The trickster god. Allen: Yeah. Floki dot INU Floki.INU. And so his symbol is a dog with the viking helmet.  Okay. So it's it's one of the meme coins, but they're doing a ton of advertising. They're coming out with some actual use for the coin soon. You know, so that one has already gone up in value a lot. And there's probably a lot more to go in my opinion. So that's one that I'm going into. Kyle: What's one that you're that you found some red flags on them? Allen: There's been a bunch. The names I don't know off the top my head but there was one. Oh, it's like world peace earth or something like that. You know, there's like, so there's so many of them. There's like, they call them weird names. Whatever's trending at the moment like just endgame coin and Avengers coin. Dan: Oh, I just read a story that the squid game coin is apparently the creators fleeced everybody. What? Kyle: What, what's your thoughts on hamster coins? Jack Dorsey's favorite. He thinks that's gonna overtake Etherium. Allen: Oh, really? I haven't heard of that one. Dan: Nobody has. Kyle: Nobody has, I know. Dan: Don't listen to Jack Dorsey. That's all I have to say. Allen: I mean, you know, it's so it's, it's like the Wild West is full of gambling. And you know, the guy that teached me about it. He's like, Yeah, you know, we probably have maybe another year or two years before this all this stuff gets regulated. And all these alt coins are just gone.  Kyle: It's kind of started already to Yeah, Mm hmm. I think didn't I see something about the SEC getting authority over was stable coins, stable coins just issued today. Allen: Oh, that's today. Okay. Dan: Biden said if you don't do it, we'll issue an executive order to make it happen? So it's on the way? Yeah, it's happening. They're there. They're the beginnings of regulation. Or I should say not like, we won't get there for a bit.  Allen: So because I mean, we think that, you know, the people behind these coins are like, really sophisticated and smart developers, and they spent all this time and effort, you know, creating a coin. It costs like $1 to make a coin. Kyle: Yeah. Dan and I were actually looking at making our own. Yeah, the two bowls going. Allen: You know, so it's like, yeah, it doesn't take a lot. And it's pretty simple. And people, they're, like, new coins come out every like five minutes. There's a new board. And so it's like, geez, yeah, you're Kyle: Constantly fighting that delusion.  Allen: Mm hmm. So it's interesting. It's something that is, you know, I'm playing with it. But it's money that I can afford to lose. And the bread and butter is still, you know, stock market options trading. Kyle: That's why I was gonna ask you what I mean, because now that you have a real risk manager side to you, like, what's your, how do you limit your risk then onto that? I'm assuming you do it based on like, a small percentage of your portfolio or like this is probably just play around money, right, especially when you're learning? Allen: Yeah. Yeah. So um, you know, I bought 30 grand of Ethereum. And that's is what I'm about to put at risk and all this stuff. So, but some of these coins like they're brand new, right? So they're little, and they can go up 500, 800, 10000% and then they will back down. Yeah. You can have a really big move. And some of the people that I know, they've this year, this past year, and this is why I got into it, because they took like really small amounts, and they've made you know, they have a million dollars or $5 million, or $3 million worth of cryptocurrencies. And I was like, why aren't you selling, you know, yeah. And then they go off and they're like, Well, you know, it's gonna go up more and you know, I gotta pay taxes. I don't want to pay 50 2% taxes or more moved to Puerto Rico and so they have all their reasons for.. Dan: Transfer for a more stable one. Allen: Mm hmm. Kyle: Dan just had this same conversation with a couple of his friends. Dan: Yeah, yeah, mate. Yeah. Kyle: 50% on the latest dip on Bitcoin and then refuses to sell any Kyle: It's 10% Yeah, yeah. Yeah, exactly. That's like like you're saying like, take your money out. Let let it be house money. Yeah, exactly. Not getting risk on anything come on.  Kyle: And then you got money to reload because it drops again. Yes, I want to have some ammo laying around the to jump into something when the opportunity strikes Allen: Yep. Now I think you guys are you guys are traders you know you guys are watching the markets, you guys are there in the front of the screen, I'm not that much into it, you know, I'll keep my screen open but I'm not checking all the time. And so for me that's a little bit harder. And so, you know, I for my bitcoin and Etherium or whatever I'm not, I'm not selling, you know, even if it dips or goes up, I'm not selling I know I'm gonna hold it for another maybe 10-15 years. So hopefully it keeps going up, but we'll see how it goes. But for now the idea was, hey, just buy it, hold it. And if it keeps going up maybe you add a little bit here and there. So I've been doing that.  Dan: No,but yeah, that's your plan. It's a long term plan. You're not trying to strike it rich the people that are buying into these things trying to strike it rich and then refusing to ever sell. Allen: Oh, that's silly. Yeah Dan: Yes. Like you gotta get paid some point Allen: There was one guy on the had an article where he became a Dodge coin millionaire and he's like, I'm not selling like.. Dan: Oh, no, not a millionaire anymore. Allen: What's the point? Dan: You never were a millionaire, coz you never sold. Kyle: Exactly. Have you come across anything? I guess staking is kind of similar to derivatives. But like, If there comes a time where you can sell calls on your Bitcoin you can do something like that.  Allen: So yeah, so they just came out with, is it bati? I forget the name of it.  Dang it. The the first ETF Bitcoin ETF just came out. Dan: That's Yes, that's right. Um, that was a futures based one too, though, isn't it? Allen: Bitl. There we go. So, that's tradable. And that that has options. So, you know, right now it's at $39. I don't know if that's cheap enough for your wheel. But.. Dan: I think what cuz that's if that's based around a futures contract, it's going to be constantly losing money too overtime, right? Allen: Probably. Dan: Won't you get like double decay if you. So decay of the futures contract. And every time, Allen: Yeah every time they roll it forward a month they lose, right? Because I have all the fees and stuff to pay. So that is something.. Dan: That might be a really good one to sell Options. Allen: Yep. So I mean, I, you know, I've sold some calls on it, because I was like, Okay, if bitcoin goes up, and they're saying, you know, bitcoins gonna be 100,000 by the end of the year, I was like, Okay, I'll sell some calls on it. And or no, sorry, I'll buy some calls. I bought some calls. This is one of the few ones where I'm actually buying calls. Now that trade is still negative. But you know, it's a bet, you know, it's a bet. If it goes up, great. Dan: Yeah, just manage that risk. Allen: Mm hmm. Dan: So let's wrap things up with I want to ask you some questions about just some of the most common mistakes that you see from your students, or just the biggest struggles that they have and how they had to overcome those. Okay, yeah. So if you're going to give us like, just the top couple pitches, see? Allen: Okay, so first off, I would say is that they try to do too much too soon. And so one of the things that I always stress is, Hey, pick one strategy that fits who you are. And just focus on that one strategy, get really good at it, hammer it, do back testing, or get some back testing software, pay for it if you have to, and just do trade after trade after trade after trade until you understand it, until it's like, you know, second nature to you and you're consistently profitable. Only at that time, should you then venture off and say okay, let me add another strategy. Right. So that's the that's the first thing that I tell everybody a second thing is not all strategies are for every person. Mm hmm. Like for me if you told me Hey, you know, I'm gonna put a gun to your head and you have to be be profitable at futures trading, or be like well, you know, goodbye Allen: You know, tell my wife I love here. you know, telling her that life insurance is very well Allen: So it's not for me, you know, my temperament my style, the way I I am the risk temper the the risk appetite that I have is different than everybody else. And so you got to figure out what strategy and there's 1000 strategies and there's every every strategy out there you can make money there are people out there making money with futures day trading and, and Options on futures and, you know, pairs trading and whatever you can think of people are doing it, some of them making money, most are not, but if you find the thing that fits you and you're like, you know what, this this really, really makes sense to me, I really get this, then that's the one that you should focus on. Most people are just like, Oh, hey, you know, I found my friend is doing this or I can make a lot of money doing this or I saw an advertisement, I saw an email, and then they run into it, and then they get blown out of the water. Dan: We actually just had a discussion on that not too long ago, Dan, about, you know, when you try to copy somebody else's strategy, it's not your own, you don't have time and effort that you've got put into learning it, you're not passionate about it. So what you're saying makes a whole lot of sense. Like, yeah, you need to find the thing that speaks to you.  Allen: Mm hmm. And I guess, if I give you one more, it'll be that time goes by a lot faster than we realize, hmm. And so if there are people out there that have already paved the way, and you know, for a fact that they're doing well, then just do what they're doing, you know, or at least learn from them. Yeah, learn from, you know, if you can hire them, hire them, and just see what they're doing, learn, watch their strategies, and just do what they're doing. And hopefully it should work, right. And then you can tweak it once you do what they're doing. And once you're getting good results, then you can start tweaking it and be like, okay, you know, I'm gonna make it a little bit more conservative, a little more aggressive, a little bit this little bit that, but follow the plan first, you know, make it work, and then you add your own twist to it. We have so many people that come in, they're like, you know, I've been following you or I've been listening to you for two years. Okay, how many trades have you done? Well, not really. You know, I've been trying to do it on my own and watching free YouTube videos, like, Okay, well, you only get so far watching free Youtube videos, because you don't number one, you don't know how legit they're right? That's one thing. Anybody can like I say that, you know, any idiot can make a YouTube video. Allen: It used to be hard to write a book, you know, you have to go to a publisher get published and have references and all that stuff nowadays. Man, you put up a PDF on Amazon, it takes like a weekend. So don't be like, Oh, I'm an author. Okay, great. You know, everybody's an author. No. So it's really you got to be really careful of what you listen to. Kyle: Speaking of which, where can they find your book? PassiveTrading.com. Yeah, that's PassiveTrading.com. It's a free book, you know, just pay for the shipping, and we'll ship you out a printed copy of it. Dan: So PassiveTrading.com, we'll link in the description for that. Yeah. Is there anything else that you want to share with the listeners before we sign off here? Allen: No. I mean, it's been a lot of fun. You know, you guys, you guys are awesome. And I love it that you guys are honest. And you share the wins and the losses. Most of the time, you only see oh, I made 1,000,000% Oh, I made 20%. You don't see the losses, you don't see the the nitty gritty behind the scenes stuff. And you guys are showing that. So that's I love that part.  Dan: Well it's the same thing with gamblers too, right? You talk to a guy who goes to the casino and says, Oh, I won $300 last night. Oh, how much did you lose the night before? Yeah. Allen: Um, but yeah, I mean, if people are interested in Options, it's a great, it's a great way to add some passive money, you know? And if that's, if that fits, you know, it doesn't fit for everybody. Like some people, they come in and, and they're like, Yeah, I'm trying to do this, but I'm, I'm doing this and do that. I'm like, Dude, you're too aggressive. You know, if you want to be trading every day or every other day, then this is not for you. You know, find something you can do this part time, and then do with the rest of your time. Play something that fits your style more, but that's really important. You know, find your style, and then it'll just it just a whole lot easier. It's just which is way easier. Dan: What else can they, so we find your OptionGenius.com. You've also got your podcast. Allen: Yep. It's called the Option Genius Podcast. Kyle: Oh, hey. Allen: Yeah, we got really creative with our very own brains. Dan: All right, perfect. Yeah, we'll make sure we link all that stuff. Right. So if anybody wants to find out more they can check it out the description. Kyle: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Thank you so much for joining us Allen, this has been a great conversation all of your your knowledge and experience has been a good time to listen to. We really appreciate you coming by the shop and talking with us today. Dan: Yeah, the hardships too, because I feel like you learn more from those sometimes.  Allen: Mm, yeah. They hit on the head. You know, sometimes you got to do it over and over again. Eventually, they eventually they sink in. Kyle: Alright, well there you have it, folks. We'll have all of that fun stuff in the episode description all those links for you. Any parting word, Allen? Allen: Just you know, I I tell everybody you know, trade with the odds in your favor.  Dan: The odds be ever in your favor. Kyle: It's like in the movie? Kyle: All right. Well, I guess it's time to kick everybody out. You don't got to go home but you can't stay here. Until next time. Happy trades. Allen: Bye, guys.   LOVE ALLEN SAMA - OPTION GENIUS AND WANT TO LEARN MORE TRADING TIPS  AND TRICKS? HERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS... SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST FREE 9 LESSON COURSE: https://optiongenius.com/  WATCH THIS FREE TRAINING: https://passivetrading.com  JOIN OUR PRIVATE FACEBOOK GROUP: https://optiongenius.com/alliance  Like our show? Please leave us a review here - even one sentence helps.

On today's podcast I am happy to be hosting George Papazov - Founder, CEO & Head Trader at TradePro Academy. On the podcast we talk about the importance of understanding human psychology when trading, trading with a group and results vs process driven. In 2008, George Papazov worked on the trading floor at Scotiabank in Toronto, Canada. As the stock markets crashed due to the housing bubble, clients were calling in to the trading floor; desperate to liquidate their holdings at enormous losses. Those difficult conversations with these clients, who George viewed as his friends, sparked a passion that drove him to found TradePro Academy. TradePro Acadmey exists to train and empower individuals to become professional traders and to make informed decisions in all market conditions.He is also the host of the Mind over Markets podcast, focusing solely on understanding your own psychology to better perform while trading. George Papazov - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgepapazov/Twitter - https://twitter.com/tradewithgTradePro Academy - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/TradeProAcademyWebsite - https://tradeproacademy.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/TRADEPROAcademyInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/tradeproacademy/Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/TRADEPROs/Mind Over Markets Podcast - https://podcast.tradeproacademy.com/WTFinance - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Today's Big 3 are Microsoft (MSFT), Affirm (AFRM), and Exxon Mobil (XOM). Joel Hawthorne, Head Trader and CEO of TheMorningSnapshot.com, and Ben Lichtenstein, Host of Futures, discuss the technical trends of Microsoft, Affirm, and Exxon Mobil. They also demonstrate example trades of the big 3. Tune in to find out more.

Beyond End-to-End Encryption (BE2EE) technology can protect your data in-transit and at-rest in a consistent way: NUTS may help define this new category. Last year, we presented the technology of NUTS (https://ceri.as/nuts2020). This year, we demonstrate NUTS in action with our Beta version. See secure objects move around in cyberspace without a central reference monitor in a transport agnostic way. The demo will show practical use cases that NUTS enables. The global pandemic drastically altered our way of life and Work-From-Home presents technical challenges that reveal the structural weaknesses of our largest systems. Adversarial threats are now more common place and large outages are frequent. We believe NUTS shows a new path towards a more resilient operating environment for our data. We strongly recommend viewing last year's presentation (https://ceri.as/nuts2020)to better understand the background and approach of the tech.Joining us for this session will be COL (Ret) Robert Banks, USA, PhD. who served as Deputy Director, Current Operations of U.S. Cyber Command with his insights and comments on this technology. Dr. Banks retired from the U.S. Army after a distinguished 37-yearcareer. His previous services include Chief of Operations of the Army Global Network Operation & Security Center, Command of the largest Army Helicopter Battalion of 64 Chinooks covering 8 states, and providing significant contributions at the Joint Staff Cyberspace Division, National Counterintelligence Security Center, Army Defense Industrial Base, Asymmetric Warfare Office - Electronic Warfare, National Guard Bureau, and Co-Chaired the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel, while supporting the Tri-County Electric Cooperative. He holds numerous advanced degrees including a PhD in Information Technology from George Mason University specializing in Hybrid Security Risk Assessment Models. Additionally, he holds the following certifications: CISSP, PSDGP, ITILv3, AWS-CCP, AZURE-AI. About the speaker: Yoon Auh, CISSP, is the founder and CEO of NUTS Technologies Inc., a midwestern deep infrastructure technology startup. He holds multiple US patents around structured security, structured cryptography and secure data management. His firm is breaking new grounds in applying security at the data layer in a portable form to achieve full BE2EE. He graduated from Columbia College in NYC with a BA in Physics and a BS in Engineering Mechanics from Columbia School of Engineering. Yoon's prior career was in finance and technology culminating to a successful career as Head Trader for several world class financial firms. NUTS was created to fill the gaps in technology that don't get addressed in the way it ought to be.

Christopher Uhl, Founder and Head Trader at 10MinuteStockTrader.com, discusses the performance of the tech sector during earnings season. He talks about big tech stocks including FB, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT, and GOOGL, and the top risks for the tech sector. He then goes over to his stock picks which include SPY, MSFT, ADBE, AAPL, AMD, and NVDA. Finally, he mentions the impact of inflation on tech stocks. Tune in to find out more.

Amazon (AMZN) Prime Day begins today. Here to exemplify how to trade Amazon, Select Sector SPDR Trust Financial ETF (XLF), and Nvidia (NVDA) is Joel Hawthorne, Head Trader & CEO of TheMorningSnapshot.com. Among example trades, he also discusses Nvidia being under pressure as China continues to crackdown on Bitcoin (/BTC) mining and how higher rates are boosting financials today. Tune in to find out more.

In this episode, Marcellus shares his path as a gas trader for over a decade. Learn how he survived graduating into the great financial crises, how he got his first break, the set up at a large energy company doing prop energy trading and how that was different from a trading house as well as 2 key pieces of wisdom he shares near the end on how to position yourself for a similar career.

Chris Capre, CEO & Head Trader, 2ndSkiesForex.com is on Benzinga Global Small Cap Conference to talk about Healthcare Trends and How to Trade Them.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/zingernation-power-hour/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Can objects be truly secured independently without resorting to a massive central reference monitor? It's a great question and we will discuss a solution to it called NUTS. During this talk, we'll take data structures, message protocols and applied cryptography and toss them into the cauldron of reality, sprinkle in some DNA and data management to brew up some Security at the Data Perimeter towards crafting Data as the Endpoint. It sounds like a bad witch's brew of epic proportions but once we cast the spell, you will see the integration of many CS/CISSP concepts you've learned over the years and new ways to use it.  Our goal is to make sure that the private individual has the best applied cryptographic technologies at their disposal for free in an unobtrusive way. By the way, a nut is the only secure data structure we know of that can help mitigate insider threats in a purely cryptographic way independent of reference monitors. We'll also show you how the NUTS Ecosystem can provide Alice with a ransom-ware resistant ‘hot' system at home using just 2 computers. About the speaker: Yoon Auh, CISSP, is the founder and CEO of NUTS Technologies® Inc., a midwestern cybersecurity startup. He holds multiple US patents around structured security and structured cryptography. His firm is breaking new grounds in applying structured security and cryptography at the data layer. He graduated from Columbia College in NYC with a BA in Physics and a BS in Engineering Mechanics from Columbia School of Engineering. Yoon's prior career was in finance and technology culminating to a successful career as Head Trader for several world class financial firms. A little NUTS history; Tired of poor personal data protection tools and even worse data management methods for the average Joe, Yoon created the eNcrypted Userdata Transit & Storage (NUTS) ecosystem which relies on viewing Data as the Endpoint™. To this end, a secure cryptographic data structure was created called a nut which is a complex structured cryptographic data structure featuring built-in multi-layered, multi-model pure cryptographic access controls requiring no reference monitors (if you understood this sentence, you are in for a real treat) - essentially, a nut allows the security perimeter to be brought down to the data layer so that it can travel with it.

Kevin has been in the space for a long time. He used to be the head of trading at Buttercoin (for those that remember it) and then moved on to become head of trading at Kraken. It was great to get trading and quantitative analysis insights from someone with such a breadth of experience. 

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En esta nueva edición de este Podcast semanal llamado “En los Mercados” primero hacemos un resumen de las principales variables de la semana y luego conversamos con Carlos Sanguinetti, Economista Jefe de Galileo que nos cuenta sus perspectivas sobre las elecciones de Estados Unidos y los Bonos de países Emergentes.Y luego conversamos con Sebastian Minervini, Head Trader de Ripio Corporate, que nos cuenta que hace una mesa de criptomonedas y además nos da su visión sobre las inversiones pasivas en criptos y las stablecoins.Te invito a registrarte a mi newsletter semana en este link:https://www.fedetessore.com/newsletter/

Kirk Du Plessis is a full-time options trader, real estate investor, stay-at-home Dad. In addition, he is also a trading coach. His background and experience include time on Wall Street as an investment banker, a senior stock analyst, and a senior loan officer. He is the Founder and Head Trader at Option Alpha, It is an online education and training platform for options traders. They cater to students from 42 different countries around the world. In this podcast, he will discuss strategies for option trading. Aside from online education, Option Alpha is also a coaching platform for investors. They help them learn more about the financial markets and derivative options. Besides, they provide focused training covering options strategies, risk management, trading psychology, option pricing, and portfolio allocation. Due to Kirk's commitment, Option Alpha has become one of the industry's leading options education website. They have more than 30,000 daily readers. He is responsible for everything. From maintaining the business model, revenue strategies, marketing, strategic partnerships with brokers, writing, design, and website development. It's truly been a passionate entrepreneurial journey. (00:01-01:50) Opening Segment – Introduction of the guest, Kirk Du Plessis into the show – Kirk shares his bio and something people don’t know about him. (01:51-8:10) The Journey to Option Trading – Kirk explains how he compares option trading and real estate investing – Kirk also specified the real estate asset types he and his wife do. – How did Option Alpha start? – How Option Alpha went from Journal Blogs to Software Research-based company (08:11-35:17) Option Trading Market and Strategies for Option Trading – What is Stock Options? – Option trading is synonymous to “Wholesaling Contract” – Different ways investors can make money in option trading – Beautiful things about option trading – Components of trading options – Thought process and strategies for option trading – What to look for in option trading – Kirk shares how he trade earnings – What to look at Auction Strategy? – “Do not have asymmetric risk” – Uncorrelated risk is better – How to manage options? – The gold standard for option traders – Trading platform that Kirk uses – Kirk’s advice for beginner option trader/investor – Gotchas and pitfalls of option trading – The success story of option trading – How COVID affected Kirk’s business – Kirk’s recommendation about the stock market in the near future (35:17-35:36) BREAK (35:37-35:55) Second Segment – Welcoming listeners back and re-introducing podcast guest, Kirk (35:56-39:52) Fire Round – Will Kirk change his business strategy after Coronavirus? – Favorite real estate finance or and personal development related book? – Website or tools that Kirk recommends – How does Kirk give back? – How can Wealth Matters Podcast listeners reach out to Kirk? (39:53-40:09) Closing Segment Reach out to Kirk by visiting his website optionalpha.com

A great insight into the crypto space in Hong Kong and China. Charles has been in the industry for a while and as head trader of Genesis Block HK he has about the closest look you can get into the flows occurring on this side of the world. This is a great episode to gain some color on the Asia scene. 

On today’s show, we have Ms. Victoria Fernandez. Some of you may recognize her from her frequent appearances on CNBC, Bloomberg, and other shows! Ms. Fernandez currently serves as the Chief Market Strategist for Crossmark Global Investments. Before joining Crossmark Global, she spent 18 years at Fayez Sarofim & Company where she worked her way from Associate to Municipal Portfolio Manager and to Head Trader for the Fixed Income division. Ms. Fernandez earned her BA from Rice University and an MBA from Mays Business School here at Texas A&M University. She works with several philanthropic organizations in the Houston community where she resides with her children and family. TIMESTAMPS: (7:15) Road to Mays  (13:46) Crossmark Global: Investment Company  (16:50) Discussion about the Market (24:15) Best Career Moment (25:39) Speaking on TV (33:43) Local Nonprofits and Literacy Efforts https://literacystrong.com (37:27) The Value of a CFA and MBA (39:41) Rapid Fire

In this Podcast, Option Alpha Founder, Kirk Du Plessis, and Top Dog Trading Founder, Barry Burns discuss Options Trading. Enjoy! Get One of my Favorite Trade Strategies for Free:“The Rubber Band Trade.” Today you’re going to get 2 Freebies: #1. Get one of my favorite Top Dog Trading strategies called “The Rubber Band Trade” which has an extremely high win/loss ratio. It’s a simple trade you can learn in about 26 short minutes. Get my Rubber Band Trade Strategy absolutely free by simply going to: www.RubberBandTrade.com This trade strategy is so good that I personally use it every day it sets up, and you can try with no obligation, and prove to yourself that it works for you as well. #2. Get my “Cycle Indicator” for Precision Market Entry Triggers. I use this indicator on EVERY trade I take. It works for day trading & swing trading Forex, futures and the stock markets. This is a true “try before you buy” offer, or heck, actually, it’s a try and never buy offer, as my gift to you! Get BOTH of these freebies at the same web page: CLICK HERE NOW: www.RubberBandTrade.com Check out the previous Top Dog Trading Podcast episode at:https://topdogtradingpodcast.com/trading-news/

In this Podcast, Option Alpha Founder, Kirk Du Plessis, and Top Dog Trading Founder, Barry Burns discuss Options Trading. Enjoy! Get One of my Favorite Trade Strategies for Free:“The Rubber Band Trade.” Today you’re going to get 2 Freebies: #1. Get one of my favorite Top Dog Trading strategies called “The Rubber Band Trade” which has an extremely high win/loss ratio. It’s a simple trade you can learn in about 26 short minutes. Get my Rubber Band Trade Strategy absolutely free by simply going to: www.RubberBandTrade.com This trade strategy is so good that I personally use it every day it sets up, and you can try with no obligation, and prove to yourself that it works for you as well. #2. Get my “Cycle Indicator” for Precision Market Entry Triggers. I use this indicator on EVERY trade I take. It works for day trading & swing trading Forex, futures and the stock markets. This is a true “try before you buy” offer, or heck, actually, it’s a try and never buy offer, as my gift to you! Get BOTH of these freebies at the same web page: CLICK HERE NOW: www.RubberBandTrade.com Check out the previous Top Dog Trading Podcast episode at:https://topdogtradingpodcast.com/trading-news/

Will Hershey is CEO and Co-Founder of Roundhill Investments. Will is responsible for the company's indexing, research, and product development efforts, in addition to firm-level partnerships and operations. Before founding Roundhill in 2018, Will served as the Head Trader with Yorkville Capital Management, where he traded the firm’s long/short equity fund and separate accounts, in addition to developing and maintaining a suite of 20+ custom indexes. Prior to his Head Trader role, Will was with Yorkville ETF Advisors, where he was instrumental in the creation and growth of two NYSE-listed ETFs by overseeing the trading and portfolio management of the funds. Will's firm: https://www.roundhillinvestments.com/ Will's Twitter: @maybebullish @roundhill ABOUT THE PODCAST Hi, I'm Tobias Carlisle. I've launched a new podcast called The Acquirers Podcast. The podcast is about finding undervalued stocks, deep value investing, hedge funds, activism, buyouts, and special situations. We uncover the tactics and strategies for finding good investments, managing risk, dealing with bad luck, and maximizing success. SEE LATEST EPISODES https://acquirersmultiple.com/podcast/ SEE OUR FREE DEEP VALUE STOCK SCREENER https://acquirersmultiple.com/screener/ FOLLOW TOBIAS Firm: https://acquirersfunds.com/ Website: https://acquirersmultiple.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Greenbackd LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobycarlisle Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tobiascarlisle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tobias_carlisle ABOUT TOBIAS CARLISLE Tobias Carlisle is the founder of The Acquirer’s Multiple®, and Acquirers Funds®. He is best known as the author of the #1 new release in Amazon’s Business and Finance The Acquirer’s Multiple: How the Billionaire Contrarians of Deep Value Beat the Market, the Amazon best-sellers Deep Value: Why Activists Investors and Other Contrarians Battle for Control of Losing Corporations (2014) (https://amzn.to/2VwvAGF), Quantitative Value: A Practitioner’s Guide to Automating Intelligent Investment and Eliminating Behavioral Errors (2012) (https://amzn.to/2SDDxrN), and Concentrated Investing: Strategies of the World’s Greatest Concentrated Value Investors (2016) (https://amzn.to/2SEEjVn). He has extensive experience in investment management, business valuation, public company corporate governance, and corporate law. Prior to founding the forerunner to Acquirers Funds in 2010, Tobias was an analyst at an activist hedge fund, general counsel of a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and a corporate advisory lawyer.

Coach C had to arm wrestle our special guest today to sit down and talk about the world of trading, the markets. What does a government trader really do? What is the impact of the bail outs on the market and on the economy? How do you formulate a trading strategy, in times of such uncertainty? How do you trade in uncertainty? What do you rely on when you are in the middle of chaos and the structures you relied on no longer apply. What happens when a crisis hits? Our special guest, Carl N is one of Canada's head bond traders, and he reluctantly sat down with CoachC to talk about the markets, the changes, leadership, the banks. These are the guys who are keeping the economy moving. Understand the inside world of the markets, and the distinctions in stocks, bonds, government trading, day trading....it's all very complicated.

Welcome to Daily Wisdom, a daily crypto podcast from The Flippening. These episodes feature short, to-the-point clips from our full-length interviews. We talk with the men and women behind the trades, crypto exchanges, regulations, and crypto market cap movements with the goal of helping you become a better, more informed investor. Today’s episode is from a 2018 conversation with Kevin Zhou, co-founder and Head Trader at Galois Capital, a high-volume US-based OTC desk. We discuss why a crypto investor might place an OTC or over-the-counter trade, how desks make money, and how they manage risk. For the full conversation, check out Flippening episode 30. Sponsors Crypto Loans by Nexo Nexo is the only lender offering INSTANT crypto credit lines, which let you use digital assets as collateral to get cash in 45 fiat currencies and stablecoins. Annual interest rates for credit lines are now starting at just 5.9% - which may very well be the lowest borrowing rate in the whole industry. Nexo is also a strategic partner of exchanges, OTC desks, and crypto funds through its portfolio of structured financial products. Definitely explore nexo.io or reach them at institutions@nexo.io. Nomics.com & Nomics' Cryptocurrency API Nomics is a crypto market cap website and aggregator, going head to head with CoinMarketCap. We stand as a transparent alternative to many of the sketchy market cap websites out there. If you haven't been to Nomics.com in a while, I encourage you to visit our website. We offer transparent volume statistics for nearly every cryptocurrency and crypto exchange in the space. And I believe we have the only credible crypto exchange index in the space as of the time of this reading. If you’re sick of scammy ads, bad design, and manipulated data provided by companies whose founders hide from public view, then check us out at Nomics.com. For example, see our Litecoin Price / LTC page. P.S. If you've read this far, consider signing up for our Popular Crypto newsletter.

Head Trader for Genesis Block (Bitcoin and Currency OTC) desk in Hong Kong talks about what's happening with trading and Bitcoin transaction flows. Is Bitcoin entering a new Bull market and what coins are seeing new interest. Find out more about OTC: https://boxmining.com/bitcoin-otc/ Genesis Block HK: https://genesisblockhk.com/

On the podcast this week, we have Will Hershey, cofounder and CEO of Roundhill Investments, to help us breakdown Esports and the Gaming Industry. Will is responsible for the company's indexing, research, and product development efforts, in addition to firm-level partnerships and operations. Before founding Roundhill in 2018, Will served as the Head Trader with Yorkville Capital Management, and prior to that he was with Yorkville ETF Advisors, where he was instrumental in the creation and growth of two NYSE-listed ETFs. We dive into the latest trends in gaming, what we are looking forward to as new tech develops, and different business models between streaming platforms, both in the east and the west. Will gives us his perspective on cloud gaming and the introduction of VR. For an incredible look into the world of Esports, be sure not to miss out on today's episode!

On the podcast this week, we have Will Hershey, cofounder and CEO of Roundhill Investments, to help us breakdown Esports and the Gaming Industry. Will is responsible for the company’s indexing, research, and product development efforts, in addition to firm-level partnerships and operations. Before founding Roundhill in 2018, Will served as the Head Trader with Yorkville Capital Management, and prior to that he was with Yorkville ETF Advisors, where he was instrumental in the creation and growth of two NYSE-listed ETFs. We dive into the latest trends in gaming, what we are looking forward to as new tech develops, and different business models between streaming platforms, both in the east and the west. Will gives us his perspective on cloud gaming and the introduction of VR. For an incredible look into the world of Esports, be sure not to miss out on today’s episode!

Welcome back to Series 2 of the SO FX Podcast. In this episode, Head Trader at SO FX and Host of the Podcast show, James Clatworthy speaks reunites with our very own Co-Founder George and Manager Jord to answer all questions submitted by our community across socials recently. We talk shop on all things Forex trading. Let us know your feedback on the episode in the comments below and if you have any of your own questions about Forex or getting started with our packages, drop a comment below or email into hello@so-fx.com You can find more info about our services on our website at: https://www.so-fx.com or speak with a member of our team via Whatsapp on https://bit.ly/Sofxtrading Make sure to subscribe for more content from us every week! Q&A's tend to be our most popular piece of content. Should we make it a monthly thing? You decide. Drop us a message on Instagram @sofx with your feedback. This was the final roundup of Series 2. Series 3 on the way soon. Stay tuned & make sure to subscribe! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this show, we talked about how to become a trader, the similarities between athletic success and investing and how discipline and psychology play into that success with George Papazov, Founder, Owner and Head Trader at TradePro Academy.  Listen to learn about a proven system for active investing! For the Difference Making Tip, scan ahead to 14:31! You can learn more about George at TradeProAcademy.com, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.  Check out the Mind Over Markets podcast as well! Interested in starting your own podcast?  Click HERE George is honored to be included on Investopedia's list of the Top 100 Financial Advisors for 2019! You can learn more about the show at GeorgeGrombacher.com, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook or contact George at Contact@GeorgeGrombacher.com.  Check out Money Alignment Academy as well!

Welcome back to Series 2 of the SOFX Podcast. In this episode, Head Trader at SO FX and Host of the Podcast show, James Clatworthy speaks with Avid Golfer Cameron Dhir who has been trading with us on the side of his full-time job. Cameron has been able to use what we've taught him to grow his initial capital of £300 account into £3,000 in 5 months. Along with talking about his experience with Forex trading and the SO FX team so far, the two also discuss trading generally and some great pointers for newbies looking to get into the world of Forex. Let us know your feedback on the episode in the comments below and if you have any of your own questions about Forex or getting started with our packages, drop a comment below or email into hello@so-fx.com You can find more info about our services on our website at: https://www.so-fx.com or speak with a member of our team via Whatsapp on https://bit.ly/Sofxtrading Make sure to subscribe to our channel for more content surrounding the world of Forex trading. This is SO FX. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to Series 2 of the SOFX Podcast. In this episode, Head Trader at SO FX and Host of the Podcast show, James Clatworthy speaks with Recruitment Consultant Tyrone Duncan who has been trading with us on the side. Tyrone has been able to use what we've taught him to generate an average of around £5,000 per month from trading Forex. Along with talking about his experience with Forex trading and the SO FX team so far, the two also discuss trading generally and some great pointers for newbies looking to get into trading. Let us know your feedback on the episode in the comments below and if you have any of your own questions about Forex or getting started with our packages, drop a comment below or email into hello@so-fx.com You can find more info about our services on our website at: https://www.so-fx.com or speak with a member of our team via Whatsapp on https://bit.ly/Sofxtrading Make sure to subscribe to our channel for more content surrounding the world of Forex trading. This is SO FX. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Series 2 of the SOFX Podcast. We're back with more content and this time, more variety for you to learn from as we bring in clients, expert traders and members of the SO FX sales team to break down the basics to the Forex markets. In this episode, Head Trader at SO FX and Host of the Podcast show, James Clatworthy speaks with newbie Laurence Cavner on his story from selling new build properties to diving into the world of Forex for another stream of income. Along with talking about his experience with Forex trading and the SO FX team so far, the two also discuss trading generally and some great pointers for newbies looking to get into trading. Let us know your feedback on the episode in the comments below and if you have any of your own questions about Forex or getting started with our packages, drop a comment below or email into hello@so-fx.com You can find more info about our services on our website at: https://www.so-fx.com or speak with a member of our team via Whatsapp on https://bit.ly/Sofxtrading We hope you enjoy episode 1 of Series 2 and make sure to subscribe for updates on new releases over the coming weeks ahead! This is SO FX. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to Series 2 of the SOFX Podcast. In this episode, Head Trader at SO FX and Host of the Podcast show, James Clatworthy speaks with newbie Harry Burt on his experience over the past 3 months learning to trade Forex with us and implementing what we've shared with him to generate around £2,000 profit from a £300 investment. Along with talking about his experience with Forex trading and the SO FX team so far, the two also discuss trading generally and some great pointers for newbies looking to get into trading. Let us know your feedback on the episode in the comments below and if you have any of your own questions about Forex or getting started with our packages, drop a comment below or email into hello@so-fx.com You can find more info about our services on our website at: https://www.so-fx.com or speak with a member of our team via Whatsapp on https://bit.ly/Sofxtrading Make sure to subscribe for more content from us every week! Next week, we run a Q&A with the main traders at SO FX, covering questions from our community on social media recently. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CSE's Barrington Miller recently sat down with Joshua Cauz, Director & Head Trader at W.D. Latimer Co. to discuss the role his firm plays in facilitating orderly markets and providing liquidity for listed securities as a market maker.In this discussion, Josh talks about how market makers can soften the volatility of major market events such as flash crashes (1:43), the distinct differences between Canadian and US market making (3:11), W.D. Latimer's long-standing history and experience with the CSE since 2003 (5:27), and the important distinctions between exchange designated market making and paid-for marketing making (10:35).Listen until the end to learn more about how market markers "clean up" odd and mixed lot orders and the obligation of providing a guaranteed minimum fill (GMF).

On today’s show, I sit down with Kirk Du Plessis to talk about how and why new investors should invest using options, how Warren Buffett, one of the best investors ever, uses options in his portfolio, why options don’t get much coverage in financial media, how to unconventionally, but successfully, grow a business, and much, much more! For those who don’t know who Kirk is, he is a successful options trader, real estate investor and entrepreneur. He is the Founder and Head Trader at OptionAlpha.com, which he has built to be a leading authority in options trading education and research. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:How and why new investors should actually use options when investingHow Warren Buffett uses options in his investment strategyWhy options aren’t covered by mainstream financial mediaHow and why you should grow your business slowlyHow to greatly improve your odds of success starting a businessWhy you don’t need venture capital to begin a startupAnd much, much more!Download this episode and subscribe using your favorite podcast app! Join the conversation with the rest of the Millennial Investing community by joining the Facebook group or tweeting directly to Robert! HELP US OUT!Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – I really appreciate it! BOOKS AND RESOURCESDownload a free audiobook from AudibleLawrence McMillan’s book Options as a Strategic InvestmentBrian Overby’s book The Options PlaybookProof Warren Buffett Is An Options Trader VideoA Warren Buffett Options StrategyGET IN TOUCH WITH OUR GUESTWebsite | LinkedIn | Twitter | Podcast | YouTubeGET IN TOUCH WITH ROBERTTwitter | LinkedIn | Facebook Email: Robert@TheInvestorsPodcast.com

Episode 70 - Stephen Rothwell Stephen comes from a professional betting background and is the Head Trader at FansUnite. We discuss sports betting, using machine learning and data science to assist your betting, high volume low margin offerings, NBA betting and more.  Find out more here: https://medium.com/fansunite/what-is-a-virtual-high-volume-low-margin-model-759d09f8f909 https://fansunite.io/docs/fansunite-yellowpaper-latest.pdf     Season 3 is proudly sponsored by Betfair Pty Limited. Betfair operates a betting exchange and is licensed in the Northern Territory, Australia. Join by clicking here : https://www.betfair.com.au/extensions/redir/BOBPOD/2 and entering code BOBPOD. The Betfair exchange isn’t a house that sets the odds, it’s betting at it’s purest. One punters opinion against another’s. Play the game within the game and join today.

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Michael: Hello, everyone. This is Michael Gross, Director of Research here at OptionSellers.com. I’m here with Head Trader, James Cordier, with your monthly Option Sellers Audio/Video Podcast. James, welcome to the show. James: Thank you, Michael. As always, it’s a pleasure. Michael: we are going to talk a little bit about what’s going on in the world right now and we are going to get into some of our key markets for this month. James, obviously anybody watching the news this month has had quite a bit to look at. We have North Korean missile test, we have Russian bombers flying over the Alaskan Coast, so there’s a lot of geo-political things going on in the world right now. It’s bringing a lot of instability into a lot of people’s thoughts about what may be going on over the next several months in the markets. The VIX and the S&P is up 24% in one week here in April as a result of a lot of this. So, just overall, what’s your take on the month of April as far as the markets go? James: It’s interesting, Michael. Over the last 6-8 years we’ve had very little of the news that we’re looking at recently. There’s a lot of muscle flexing going on by both Russia and the United States, and maybe China coming up soon. It does have Wall Street a little bit jittery. As you said, the VIX is up some 24% recently and, actually, I think the VIX was testing multi-year lows. So, it always seems that something comes down the pipe to give everyone jitters and I saw the stock markets sold off here recently on some of the concerns going on around the Middle East and throughout Syria and North Korea. I think that’s a necessity to keep traders on their toes and to make sure the stock market and other markets aren’t always on a one-way street. A lot of the traders like the hustle and bustle of the markets going up and down and I guess we do, too. Michael: Well, we’ll see what happens. I know there’s been a lot of articles as of late. Ron Insana of CNBC, they recently had an article on their website talking about the two things that most often start bear markets and one of them was rising interest rates and the other one was the onset of war. So, let’s hope we don’t have anything like that, but something to keep in mind as you’re planning your stock portfolio or stock option portfolio for the spring and summer months here. Over on this side, we’re going to get into some of the commodities that we feel may be offering some opportunity this month. First on our list is we’re going to talk about the natural gas market. Obviously energy markets is some of the most seasonal markets in commodities. Natural gas, during the month of May, can be a very seasonal commodity. James, you want to give your take on that right now and what you see happening there? James: Michael, thank you. It’s very interesting throughout the year of the 12 commodities we follow. There will be certain times, sometimes the 1st quarter and sometimes the 2nd quarter of the year, that a certain commodity has the propensity to go up or down based on seasonality. Natural gas is certainly one of those. Generally, natural gas prices will rally during the months of March, April, and May, and then we start building supplies for summer cooling needs. What a lot of people are not familiar with is the fact that to cool vs. to hear requires only 10% of the natural gas that it does during the winter months. So, quite often, natural gas has a rally going into spring and summer thinking, “Well, it might be a hot summer” and it turns out that natural gas usage to cool homes and businesses in the winter is like 10% of what it takes to heat homes and businesses in the winter. Subsequently, the rallies in spring and summer do falter. Supplies of natural gas coincide this year with the seasonality of the market falling. We’re approximately 16% here in the United States over the 5-year average. What’s so interesting right now, Michael, is areas like the Permian Basin, which has new drilling for oil, new production for oil, and a lot of people talk about energy that way. The Permian Basin has supplied new production records for the first 5 months of this year. That’s expected to continue. Natural gas production in the United States to pull a million BTUs cost approximately $1. We have natural gas prices trading around $3-$3.50 per million BTUs. That’s a whole lot of anchor pulling this market down when you can produce something for 1/3rd of what you can sell it for. That’s a lot of downward pressure. We think that natural gas at around $3.50 right now per million BTUs is probably fair value for this time of the year. Going on to summer and fall, we probably expect natural gas to tweak down to around $3, and for seasonality traders and for what we’re doing for our clients right now is we’re positioning for weaker natural gas prices for the fall and winter of this year. We are selling natural gas options, right now, double the price of the current value. This is one of our favorite seasonal plays for 2017. We just started walking into it recently and, I think, later this fall and winter, a lot of these natural gas calls that we’re selling will likely be worthless and should definitely add to one’s portfolio this year. Michael: James, that’s a good point. You’re talking about those contract months that are going a little bit further out and you’re already looking at winter 2017-2018. When we’re looking at the supplies right now, as you talked about, we are 14-16% above the 5 year average for natural gas supplies, and when you’re talking about the seasonal and you have a situation right now where this winter is over, supply is starting to build again. As the supplies start to build, obviously that means you have higher supply in storage that also coincides with lower prices because as supply rises price often goes down. So, what you’re saying is we’ll go to the back contract months and take advantage of what we expect to be lower summer prices. That doesn’t mean we’re going to be getting those options all the way to December or January. If we do get to that decline, we could get out of these quite a bit sooner. James: Exactly, Michael. A lot of our clients, and some of the people following us today, are very familiar with what we call the early buy-back. Generally speaking, if you are writing options in a portfolio, of course, if you have a portfolio with us you’re familiar with this, if you’re selling options for $700-$800 per contract and you see them trading 6 months later at $70-$80 per contract, that’s a perfect candidate for an early buy-back. We will very unlikely hold these options until they mature this December and January. Of course, they mature or expire, should I say, a month before they’re named. Odds probably in October or November, a lot of the options that we’re selling now will probably be worth 10% of their initial price-- very good candidates for early buy-backs. A lot of investors who sell options in their portfolio, they are talking about selling 60-90 day options. We feel that the sweet spot for selling options if further out than that. The small movements that happen in the market, technical buying, technical selling, if you sell too short period of time, these small moves can knock you out of your position. We don’t want a headline to knock us out of our position, and that’s why we sell further out in time and price. If the sweet spot for selling options was a tighter amount of days, like 30 or 60 days, that’s what we would do. We feel that the opportunities for very high probability option selling is further out in time. We’re paid to wait and that’s what we do. Patience is the name of the game. When you’re selling based on fundamentals, it gives you the patience to stay into a market. When you’re selling an option simply because, “Well, the decay is supposed to be the quickest between 60 and 90 days” and the market goes against you, you don’t know why you’re in that position and that makes it very difficult to have patience and the wherewithal to stay with a market. If you’re selling options based on fundamentals like this position would be, when the market goes against you a little bit, it allows you to hang onto the position. Quite often, they’re going to expire worthless. You need to be patient. As long as the fundamental is on your side, you don’t mind waiting. Michael: Okay. Let’s talk a little bit more about that buy-back. We were going to do this at the end, but since you got into it now let’s go ahead and talk about it now. It’s an important point a lot of people, when they’re first getting into selling options, especially commodity options, they’re thinking that same point you brought up—“Oh, I need to sell 30-60 days.” Obviously, we prefer to sell longer than that because, often times, you’ll get a primarily portion of that decay long before those options are every scheduled to expire. So, a question I often get is, “Well, how do you know when to buy it back? What level do you wait for before you buy it back?” That’s probably a good question for you to answer. What do you look for? James: Sure. Once an option has decayed 85-90%, the majority of that premium is pure risk. When you’re collecting $700, the option is trading at $70, you really need to do very little homework after that. You’ve collected 90% of the potential premium. Buying back an option with 90 or 100 days still remaining on it, we do this, as you know, quite often. If the option is trading at 60 or 70 and there’s 100 days left on it, that option’s going to sit at that price for a long time. At that point, you’re really not getting paid to keep that risk involved in your account by holding that position. 9 times out of 10 that option is going to go to zero. 9 times out of 10 it would have been an okay idea to hang onto it. When managing portfolios, the risk/reward is always what you base all of your ideas on. You’ve collected 90% of the premium, you no longer have to watch the weather, you don’t have to watch the supplies, you don’t have to look at the calendar, you just need to place the order and buy the option back. Michael: Yeah, that’s a good question. Before the show here today we actually had a client visit. One of the things he was asking was, he was looking at his account saying, “Boy, I see we have a lot of expirations scheduled for September, October, November. Will it be then I can expect to realize the profits on these options?” That was the exact point I was explaining to him- no, not necessarily. You could be taking profits on these things in June, July, August if everything is going well. That was a point, especially if you’re new to commodities option selling or option selling in general, it’s a big point to realize- we’re not always holding these things to expiration. In fact, most of the time, you probably can buy them back early and cut that risk and put that capital into a different investment. If you’d like to learn more about the early buy-backs and looking at the fundamentals in some of these markets, the best resource we can recommend is our book, The Complete Guide to Option Selling: Third Edition. You can get it on our website at a little bit less than you’re going to pay at a bookstore or on Amazon. The link is www.optionsellers.com/book if you’d like to get your copy there. James, let’s move into our second market for this month. One of your all-time favorite markets: the coffee market. Right now, we’re at a key point in time where we’re right ahead of the Brazilian harvest. That can bring a very interesting seasonal into play, one that option sellers can use to their advantage. James, you want to give the overall synopsis of that market right now? James: Certainly, Michael. In 2016, parts of Brazilian’s coffee belt did experience extremely dry conditions and here’s where you need to do your homework just a little bit. Brazil is basically just a ginormous farm, whether it’s cocoa or soybeans or coffee or sugar, basically that’s what the Brazilian nation is made of. The coffee belt is enormous. In 2016, there were dry conditions in a lot of the coffee growing regions. It was primarily in the Robusta region of Brazil. We trade primarily Arabica coffee. The Arabica crop was doing extremely well last year, but all you heard about was the driest conditions in 15 years in Brazil. It primarily was hurting the Robusta crop. The Arabica crop did receive plenty of rain. That volatility and that news headlines that coffee was getting last year pumped up, especially coffee calls, giving it historic volatility that will now create extremely expensive coffee options this year, next year, and probably 3-4 years out. Believe it or not, it does hang on that long. This year, 2017-2018 crop, is the off-cycle year; however, Brazil is expected to produce nearly 50 million bags of coffee this year. Next year, the on-cycle for production would be approximately 60 million bags. This type of production doesn’t mean that coffee will never rise in price. Sometimes it will fall and sometimes it will go up. This prevents the really large move in a certain direction. When you’re able to make coffee beans to that extent, to kind of give you a focus idea, not that long ago Columbia was the largest producer of coffee, producing 10 or 20 million bags of coffee. Everyone counted on Columbian beans to supply the world. Brazil is now making 50 and 60 million bags of coffee. This year’s expected to be an off-cycle crop record year. Next year will likely be a record production year in Brazilian coffee. That is production that we see coming down the pike. How are supplies now? In the United States, it was just broadcast this past Monday that coffee supplies in the United States are at the largest level since they’ve been counting coffee beans starting in 2002. So, supplies here in the United States are at all-time highs. Production in the next 2-3 years is expected to be a record. Seasonality for coffee, as it normally rallies in April or May, the Brazilian starts in earnest in June, July, and August, these coffee beans then are looking for a home. That’s when prices tend to fall. Coffee recently has rallied up to 140-145 level. Selling coffee calls for late this year, beginning of next year, is just a sweet spot and an ideal candidate for option selling going forward for this year. The natural gas looks like a very good opportunity. Coffee is just a great way to diversify your account. We really love the aspects for coffee to be having probably an overabundance supply over the next year or two. We’ll be looking at selling coffee calls this year and next. Generally, you sell them in March and April and the market starts to fall as Brazilian products come in June and July. This year looks like it’s a good setup, as well. Michael: James, we’ve already had a pretty good downward move in coffee and I know you’ve been selling these most of the month. One thing I noticed is even with that downward move in prices, that volatility that we got from the drought you talked about back in the fall, that’s still in the market. So, you can see, even though you’ve had a downward move in prices, you can still sell coffee calls so much further above the market. That’s just the added value of that volatility that’s still working in there. James: The volatility is something, as we were discussing earlier, the VIX on Wall Street rallied some 24%. Volatility allows someone who maybe has missed a position or I missed a buy or I missed a sell on options, or basically anything else. On commodity options, that volatility allows the person who did get in on the low and the market’s rallying, you still have time to sell puts. A market that’s falling and you didn’t get in on the sell on gold calls or coffee calls or whatever it happened to be, that volatility allows you to not have to be in on the high or low day. The volatility still stays there and really gives the person the ability to take their fundamental analysis, put the position on even though you didn’t catch the low, you didn’t catch the high. The coffee market did weaken recently, just like we expected it to. We think that selling calls in coffee on subsequent rallies is still going to be a very good idea. Michael: So, the market’s over sold right now and we get a little bump, that might be an opportunity for some people that are watching this that might want to look to enter. That might be a good opportunity for doing that. James: We’ve been selling coffee calls with both hands here recently and it did just slide over the last week or so. The months of May usually has some up-turns in coffee, so we’re not expecting that coffee is going to be down and out for the rest of the year. We would expect some higher priced days in the coming month of May. We will be looking at that to add into our short position in coffee, yes. Michael: So, much like in the grain market, as the harvest begins supply start to rise and as supply rises that often contributes to an overall lower gravitational pull of prices. That’s what James is talking about taking advantage of here. If you would like to learn more about this trade and the coffee market, you can look at our blog post on coffee that was posted earlier this month. That is available on the blog. If you’re interested in learning more about the natural gas market, that is going to be the feature in our upcoming May Newsletter. You can certainly take a look at that. That should be in your mailbox and e-mail box somewhere on or around May 1st. Keep a look out for that. We also have a good feature in there this month on proper diversification and some of the best ways high-net-worth investors can use to diversify into alternative investments. Keep an eye out for that. James, I believe we’ve covered the topics we wanted to cover this month. For those of you who are interested in a potential managed portfolio with our firm, we do have no openings left available in May. We do have a handful still remaining for June, so if you’re interested in one of those remaining openings in June feel free to call the office this month. You can call Rosemary at 800-346-1949. She will schedule you a free consultation. Those will take place during the month of May for June openings, so if you’re interested in that please feel free to give her a call. James, any last words on the markets this month? James: Diversification really seems to be the word of the year right now. So many investors that seek our guidance and seek accounts with us, that is the word that everyone is using. No one is really quite sure what’s going to happen with the stock market or the economy, for that matter, and diversifying away from stocks is something, I think, a lot of investors are doing. We’re not sure if this economy is a 4% economy or a 1% economy. Lately, it’s going to be the latter, and it’s interesting to see how the stock market’s going to continue its ascent while that’s the case if the economy is slowing. Maybe demand for stocks and certain real estate and such might be waning. This is certainly a sweet spot for us and we certainly enjoy what a lot of investors are seeking right now. Michael: Well, it should be an interesting summer for stocks. Here in commodities, though, I think it’s business as usual and I think we’ll just keep doing what we are doing. Well, everybody, we’ve appreciated you watching this month and we will be back in 30 days. Have a great month of premium collection. We will talk to you in June.

Kirk Du Plessis is a full-time options trader, real estate investor, and stay-at-home Dad. A former Mergers and Acquisitions Investment Banker for Deutsche Bank in New York and REIT Analyst for BB&T Capital Markets in Washington D.C., he founded Option Alpha in 2007 and currently serves as the Head Trader. What started as a small personal blog has quickly grown into one of the industry's most respected authorities on options trading with more than 6.4 million visitors each year and 35,000 active members representing 42 different countries. Kirk's been interviewed on dozens of investing websites/podcasts and was recently featured in Barron’s Magazine as a contributor to their Annual Broker’s Review. When he's not helping thousands of people turn options trading into a passion and income stream they love, you'll find him spending time with his beautiful wife and two girls or working on his 1974 Pontiac GTO in their home state of Pennsylvania.   Welcome to the Expert Trading Systems Podcast with your host Steven Cawiezell. Steven has established TheTradersPlan.com as a distinctively unique ETF & Growth stock newsletter that focuses on trends in the market indices. Being a former Financial Advisor at a large broker dealer (and watching portfolios crash in 2008) forced Steven to create a Simple, Powerful Market Timing Strategy That Consistently Outperforms the Market Indicies that anyone can follow" To watch a free training webinar where Steven shares with you the secrets to his easy to follow ETF trading system simply go to TheTradersPlan.com On the Podcast Steven brings together trading systems experts, Professional Traders, and financial authorities to share with you how they help their clients make profitable trades and you can too.

Kirk Du Plessis is a full-time options trader, real estate investor, stay-at-home Dad and trading coach. His background and experience includes time on Wall Street as an investment banker, a senior stock analyst and a senior loan officer. He is the Founder and Head Trader at Option Alpha, an online education and training platform for options traders with students from 42 different countries around the world.

Kirk is a full-time options trader, real estate investor, stay-at-home Dad and trading coach. His background and experience includes time on Wall Street as an investment banker, a senior stock analyst and a senior loan officer. He is the Founder and Head Trader at Option Alpha, an online education and training platform for options traders with students from 42 different countries around the world.

Charles is a trading coach at Trade Empowered and is currently a part-time trader. He's also the President and Head Trader at Trade Katz based in Lenexa, Kansas, USA.

Jay Kaeppel has over 25 years experience in the financial markets. He has worked as the Head Trader for a CTA and published a number of popular trading books on Futures, Options and Stock Market Seasonality. He also spent a number of years writing a weekly column titled “Kaeppel’s Corner” and publishes on his blog “Jay On The Markets”. He is now Portfolio Manager for Alpha Investment Management, offering strategies such as the ‘Alpha Multi-Income Strategy’ to investors. In this episode we discuss a number of seasonal tendencies, how they can be integrated into a trading model, the applications of the Known Trend Index and the reasons why most traders fail. Topics discussed The Santa Claus rally - what it is and how to trade it How to use seasonality to complement other models Seasonality tendencies around holidays Monthly seasonal tendencies and a simple monthly seasonal system that vastly outperforms stock index returns Boiling down the trading process into 4 simple words Using leveraged ETFs for seasonality trades The worst performing month of the year (it’s not October) Converting seasonal tendencies into a trading model A simple seasonal sector system that takes only 6 trades per year Diversification vs Specialisation and the impact it can have on trading and drawdowns Are seasonal trading strategies just data mining? The Known Trends Index (KTI) and how it can be used in trading Why most traders fail

Visit EOFire.com for complete show notes of every Podcast episode.   Kirk is a full-time options trader, real estate investor, stay-at-home Dad and trading coach. His background and experience includes time on Wall Street as an investment banker, a senior stock analyst and a senior loan officer. He is the Founder and Head Trader at Option Alpha, an online education and training platform for options traders with students from 42 different countries around the world.

Robert Bubalovski is the Managing Director and Head Trader at TradeView investments, a privately held proprietary trading firm located in Melbourne, Australia. Since 1996 Robert has been actively involved in the financial markets and trading, in 2012 he decided to set up his own Proprietary Trading Firm to concentrate on his own trading strategies. His team of professional proprietary traders specialize in the trading of Equities, Futures, Options, FX and Money Markets across multiple exchanges around the globe and around the clock. In this weeks episode we discuss prop trading, the challenges and lessons from beginner trader to starting an investment firm and what it takes to be a successful trader. We also discuss arbitrage and pairs trading strategies, statistical rather than indicator-based trading and the importance of simplicity. Topics discussed The pros and cons of prop trading The progress of a prop trader How long it takes to become a successful prop trader The attributes of successful traders Advice for those wanted to get started in prop trading Challenges starting out and the lessons learnt Arbitrage and Pairs trading Index arbitrage Selecting stock pairs for arbitrage opportunities Getting started in pairs trading/arbitrage The benefits of pair trading indices vs stocks The dangers of pairs trading in stocks Why keeping strategies simple is so important The main attributes a trader needs to be successful How to increase trade size and be comfortable with it The advantages of strategies based on statistics rather than indicators

Let me introduce you to a man who came through the doors of a prop firm in 2006, with absolutely no trading knowledge. Zilch! He mashed keys for a few years until the firm later shut shop during the GFC, then he was out on his own. Gathering $50,000 he rapidly compounded this to $2,400,000 in the two years that followed... His name is Anand ‘Lucci’ Sanghvi, and that was just the warm up. Here he is to share his story in much more detail, and open up about some of the hard lessons he’s learnt along the way. Pay extra close attention when he talks about trading psychology – this is straight up gold! And before you do anything else, make sure to enter our MASSIVE GIVEAWAY at: http://chatwithtraders.com/giveaway

Throughout the interview we discuss Kirk's journey in great detail, plus much more. But not to give to much away… Just know this is a jam packed episode with Kirk sharing plenty of great insights on how you can gain an edge with your trading. This is certainly an interview you should not skip past.

My guests today are Scot Billington and Jon Boorman. Billington is one of the managers of Covenant Capital along with Brince Wilford. Billington is the Chief Manager, Head Trader, and is responsible for all system development at Covenant. Boorman is the President and CEO of Broadsword Capital, LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser in Charlotte, NC. Boorman has spent over two decades in global markets, witnessing first-hand some of the most tumultuous periods in financial history. Boorman started the Alpha Capture blog in January 2013 to keep a record of trading signals and market commentary, and demonstrate to a wider audience what could be achieved through trend following. The primary aim has always been to inform and educate. The topic is  In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Covel and Billington discuss his firm's exceptional performance in September of 2014; why low volume and low volatility tend to be accompanied by low returns; whether all of Billington's trend following trading is predicated on a weekly system; Billington's background and what got him into the systematic trend following space; why simplicity is the ultimate sophistication; marketing vs. trading reality; why certain investors try and disguise their trend following strategies as something else; why trend following is one of the most repeatable, teachable strateges; why the world still believes in the efficient market hypothesis; why trends continue to emerge as a function of the marketplace; the idea of a barbell strategy; and why upside volatility is not such a bad thing.  Covel and Boorman discuss the fear of public speaking; the idea of ego in the context of both trend following and buy & hold systems; why you'd seek to minimize rather than eliminate both ego and emotion in the context of trading; how Boorman and Jerry Parker connected and Parker's early influence on Boorman; both Parker and Boorman's views on exit strategies; how Twitter changes the level of access we have to each other; whether Boorman's RIA might move into a fund structure; and process vs. outcome. Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

Michael Covel speaks with Scot Billington and Jon Boorman on today’s podcast. Scot Billington is one of the managers of Covenant Capital along with Brince Wilford. Billington is the Chief Manager, Head Trader, and is responsible for all system development at Covenant. Covel and Billington discuss his firm’s exceptional performance in September of 2014; why low volume and low volatility tend to be accompanied by low returns; whether all of Billington’s trend following trading is predicated on a weekly system; Billington’s background and what got him into the systematic trend following space; why simplicity is the ultimate sophistication; marketing vs. trading reality; why certain investors try and disguise their trend following strategies as something else; why trend following is one of the most repeatable, teachable strateges; why the world still believes in the efficient market hypothesis; why trends continue to emerge as a function of the marketplace; the idea of a barbell strategy; and why upside volatility is not such a bad thing. Next, Covel talks with Jon Boorman in his second visit to the podcast. Boorman is the President and CEO of Broadsword Capital, LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser in Charlotte, NC. Boorman has spent over two decades in global markets, witnessing first-hand some of the most tumultuous periods in financial history. Boorman started the Alpha Capture blog in January 2013 to keep a record of trading signals and market commentary, and demonstrate to a wider audience what could be achieved through trend following. The primary aim has always been to inform and educate. Covel and Boorman discuss the fear of public speaking; the idea of ego in the context of both trend following and buy & hold systems; why you’d seek to minimize rather than eliminate both ego and emotion in the context of trading; how Boorman and Jerry Parker connected and Parker’s early influence on Boorman; both Parker and Boorman’s views on exit strategies; how Twitter changes the level of access we have to each other; whether Boorman’s RIA might move into a fund structure; and process vs. outcome. Want a free trend following DVD? Go to trendfollowing.com/win.

Option Block 201: Traders as Quarterbacks Trading Block: Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Holiday season appears to be off to a good start. Facebook pops 8% with 60% more volume than normal. Apple rallies 18 handles. Microsoft drops their second-in-command. Interview Block: Today's guest is Anthony Crudele, Head Trader at eMini Executors. Xpress Block: Alex Jacobson gets the OX hot seat today and discusses the slow day in today's market. In other news, ISE announced that March 13 is the Mini Options launch date.  They're the first exchange to announce a specific date, but will others jump the gun? Around the Block: The VIX doldrums may be ahead.

Option Block 201: Traders as Quarterbacks Trading Block: Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Holiday season appears to be off to a good start. Facebook pops 8% with 60% more volume than normal. Apple rallies 18 handles. Microsoft drops their second-in-command. Interview Block: Today's guest is Anthony Crudele, Head Trader at eMini Executors. Xpress Block: Alex Jacobson gets the OX hot seat today and discusses the slow day in today's market. In other news, ISE announced that March 13 is the Mini Options launch date.  They're the first exchange to announce a specific date, but will others jump the gun? Around the Block: The VIX doldrums may be ahead.