In this solo episode, host Evan Medeiros reflects on his conversations from Season 2 guests and shares his favorite lessons and highlight clips. ----- This episode is sponsored by Investor’s Business Daily. IBD has helped investors navigate every market cycle with their time-tested methodology for over 35 years. Right now Smarter Trading podcast listeners can get their first 2 months of IBD Digital , a subscription service that gives you access to IBD’s proprietary market analysis and top trade ...
Feb 14, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Hello everybody, our guest today is Brian Lund , a fintech executive, investor, and writer with over 35 years of trading experience. Brian is the publisher of The Lund Loop , a weekly newsletter in which he writes about the intersection between markets, trading, and life. In this special live episode of Smarter Trading, host Evan Medeiros and special guest Brian Lund, are on camera, sharing their screens, chatting about the current market environment, trade opportunities, and the psychology of m...
Feb 02, 2022•57 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Patrick is the founder of Mission Winners . He has had the privilege of meeting and learning from legendary traders like: Martin Zweig, Bill O’ Neil, and Ed Seykota. He was an IBD Meetup co-leader and most importantly, he is a family man, happily married with 4 kids. In Patrick's own words, "My trading and approach to investing is “stolen.” It’s taken from the greats. I’ve tweaked and fine-tuned it over the years. Nevertheless, I owe much to all of them. I love to learn. Love to teach. Love to i...
Jan 19, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Our guest today is Samantha Laduc . Samantha is the Founder of LaDucTrading.com and CIO at LaDuc Capital LLC . Samantha is known for timing major market inflection points in equities, commodities, bonds, currencies, cryptos and especially volatility. In this episode we break down Samantha’s macro-to-micro framework and cover a wide range of topics. We start with some high-level macro discussions of why it’s important to pay attention to policy decisions and credit markets in order to inform stoc...
Jan 03, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Our guest today is Kunal Desai . Kunal is an American stock trader and CEO of Bulls on Wall Street , an online trading academy. He began trading in 1999 and has spent most of career perfecting momentum based day-trading strategies. In this episode we talk all about what it takes to day trade stocks. Kunal shares lessons he learned from his early days, the importance of finding mentors, and why being accountable is a winning trait for a trader. He then dives into his trading philosophy, stressing...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Our guest today is Eddy Elfenbein . Eddy has been a leading writer in the financial community since starting the Crossing Wall Street website and CWS “Buy List” in 2005 and 2006, respectively. He often appears on CNBC and Bloomberg, where he shares his insights on the market and the economy. In this episode we talk all about constructing a high quality stocks portfolio. This has nothing to do with technical analysis, Eddy walks us through how to find value by looking for companies with pricing p...
Dec 06, 2021•59 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Our guest today is Dr. Barry Burns . Barry has been trading markets for over 50 years and is the founder of Top Dog Trading and author of the popular book, Trend Trading for Dummies . In this episode Barry breaks down the many different trading strategies that he uses to invest his money and his family’s pension plan. He talks about swing trading markets using options, selling credit spreads, day trading futures, and investing over the long-term based on major growth trends and fundamental analy...
Nov 22, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Our guest today is Dr. Phil Pearlman . Phil earned his doctorate in clinical psychology and has been involved in markets since the 1990s. He’s currently the chief behavioral officer at Osprey Funds and has held roles at Yahoo Finance, Stocktwits, and Bank of the Ozarks. In this episode we talk about the importance of taking care of your body through good nutrition. Trading after all, is about performance and execution, so who wouldn’t want to get a leg up on their competition? Phil shares insigh...
Nov 08, 2021•56 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Our guest today is Frank Zorrilla . Frank is the founder of Zor Capital , a registered investment advisory firm in New York. He started his career in 1997 and has been professionally managing money since 98. In this episode we get tactical discussing Frank’s short-term swing trading strategy. We talk about the importance of knowing where a stock’s move started from, how to be situationally aware of your market surroundings, and why profit targets are all just made up numbers. Frank also talks ab...
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Our guest today is Cesar Alvarez. From 2004 to 2013, Cesar was the Director of Trading Strategies at TradingMarkets.com and Connors Research. Cesar has developed strategies for private equity funds, authored multiple books on trading, and was a Software Engineer on the early versions of Microsoft Excel. He is well known in the quant community nowadays for his blog, Alvarez Quant Trading. In this episode we talk about what it means to be a systems trader. Why Cesar willingly leaves money on the t...
Oct 11, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Hello everybody, our guest today is Nikki Dunn , a trader, investor, and Certified Financial Planner. Nikki is the creator of She Talks Finance , a financial education platform to help people learn money in a fun and approachable way. In this episode we talk about Nikki’s framework for picking companies and investing in stocks. She discusses the fundamental criteria she looks for, trading around positions, and the mental side of holding stocks for the long haul. We also get into the value that a...
Sep 27, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Hello everybody, our guest today is Brian Shannon of Alphatrends.net . Brian started his professional investing career in 1991 as a retail stock broker and then quickly moved on to follow his true passion of trading, in 1994, which he continues to do full-time to this day. Brian holds a CMT designation and is the author of the classic trading book: Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes . In this episode Brian reveals all of the details of his swing trading framework which he’s been perfec...
Sep 13, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Season 2 of the Smarter Trading Podcast is on its way and will be live on Monday, September 13th. We're excited to get to know our guests and for them to share their knowledge about trading the stock market. Learn more & connect with Evan & the Trade Risk Browse the Smarter Trading podcast catalog for this episode's show notes and check out past guests Watch this episode live on our YouTube channel Follow @evanmedeiros on Twitter Follow @TheTradeRisk on Twitter Join the Trade Risk's week...
Sep 01, 2021•2 min
Every single strategy has pluses (strengths) and minuses (weaknesses). There's no one strategy that's all pluses. Being able to trade multiple strategies will make sure you're never at a complete loss. Please enjoy this clip from Episode #8 of Smarter Trading with David Settle. Learn more & connect with David Follow David on Twitter , LinkedIn , Facebook , YouTube Visit David's website here Learn more & connect with Evan & the Trade Risk Browse the Smarter Trading podcast catalog for...
Aug 16, 2021•3 min
When should a trader call it quits? That applies for when things are going well and when things aren't working out as intended. Hear Brian Lund give his perspective in this clip from Episode 7 of Smarter Trading. Learn more & connect with Brian Follow Brian here Visit Brian's website here Learn more & connect with Evan & the Trade Risk Browse the Smarter Trading podcast catalog for this episode's show notes and check out past guests Watch this episode live on our YouTube channel Foll...
Aug 09, 2021•7 min
Want to minimize your mistakes? Worry less about your returns and focus more on your trading process. Please enjoy this clip with Gregory Krupinski from Episode 6 of Smarter Trading. Learn more & connect with Gregory Follow Gregory here Visit Gregory's website here Learn more & connect with Evan & the Trade Risk Browse the Smarter Trading podcast catalog for this episode's show notes and check out past guests Watch this episode live on our YouTube channel Follow @evanmedeiros on Twit...
Aug 02, 2021•3 min
"The mechanics of trading are actually pretty easy, but it's your own brain that conspires against you to make it much harder than it needs to be" — Sean McLaughlin. Please enjoy this clip from Episode 5 of Smarter Trading. Learn more & connect with Sean Follow Sean here Visit Sean website here Learn more & connect with Evan & the Trade Risk Browse the Smarter Trading podcast catalog for this episode's show notes and check out past guests Watch this episode live on our YouTube channe...
Jul 26, 2021•6 min
Looking for greater reward and bigger profits out of the market? Not a problem, but you have to be willing to take on some more risk. Hear Anne-Marie Baiynd give her thoughts on balancing risk and reward in this clip from Episode 4 of Smarter Trading. Learn more & connect with Anne-Marie Follow Anne-Marie here Visit Anne-Marie website here Learn more & connect with Evan & the Trade Risk Browse the Smarter Trading podcast catalog for this episode's show notes and check out past guests...
Jul 19, 2021•3 min
TuringTrader's Felix Bertram shares the benefits of backtesting strategies for discretionary traders and some tips on learning how to code. Please enjoy this clip from Episode 3 of Smarter Trading. Learn more & connect with Felix Follow Felix here Visit Felix's website here Learn more & connect with Evan & the Trade Risk Browse the Smarter Trading podcast catalog for this episode's show notes and check out past guests Watch this episode live on our YouTube channel Follow @evanmedeiro...
Jul 12, 2021•4 min
Suri Duddella shares his thoughts on day trading chart patterns and why there are some technical advantages to trading intraday time-frames. Please enjoy this clip from Episode 2 of Smarter Trading. Learn more & connect with Suri Follow Suri here Visit Suri's website here Learn more & connect with Evan & the Trade Risk Browse the Smarter Trading podcast catalog for this episode's show notes and check out past guests Watch this episode live on our YouTube channel Follow @evanmedeiros ...
Jul 05, 2021•4 min
Patrick Walker shares his secrets on how he rides winning stocks. He breaks down the psychology and technicals behind his approach. Please enjoy this clip from Episode 1 of Smarter Trading. Learn more & connect with Patrick Follow Patrick here Visit Patrick's website here Learn more & connect with Evan & the Trade Risk Browse the Smarter Trading podcast catalog for this episode's show notes and check out past guests Watch this episode live on our YouTube channel Follow @evanmedeiros ...
Jun 29, 2021•6 min
Season 1 of the Smarter Trading Podcast is in the books! We had 8 awesome guests join us and share their knowledge about trading the stock market and we hope you learned a lot. We'll be taking a short break from publishing new episodes, but we plan to be back with season 2 of the podcast before you know it. In the meantime, enjoy highlight reels and clips from past episodes every Monday. Thanks for listening! Leave us your feedback https://www.thetraderisk.com/feedback/ Learn more & connect ...
Jun 21, 2021•7 min
Hello everybody, our guest today is David Settle . David started in the investor education world in 2004 with Investools. He’s coached hundreds of individuals on how to invest and trade the stock, options and forex markets and he currently holds a CMT designation. In this episode we dive into David’s options trading process and how he uses a top down market posture approach to inform his market bias and trade decisions. We discuss some contrarian views David holds about selling options that I re...
Jun 14, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Hello everybody, our guest today is Brian Lund , a fintech executive, investor, and writer with over 35 years of trading experience. Brian is the publisher of The Lund Loop , a weekly newsletter in which he writes about the intersection between markets, trading, and life. In this episode we talk about what it was like getting started in the 1980s trading, we then get into some of the psychological hurdles that make trading difficult, like wanting to buy stocks when they’re cheap, and not knowing...
Jun 07, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Hello everybody, our guest today is Gregory Krupinski. Greg has been trading markets for about 20 years, all while working a full time job, raising kids, and continuing to find time to learn and improve his process. In this episode we talk about having balance, juggling real life responsibilities with actively trading markets, and how Greg makes it happen. He stresses the importance of keeping things simple, using daily and weekly charts, and how fewer but slightly bigger position sizes help him...
May 31, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Hello everybody, our guest today is Sean McLaughlin, aka @chicagosean on social media. Sean is the chief options strategist for All Star Charts and Senior Market Strategist at Trade Ideas. He’s been trading for over 20 years starting out as a prop trader during the late 90s, founded a hedge fund shortly thereafter, and since transitioned primarily to trading options. In this episode we talk about the tech boom of the 1990s, some of the bad habits Sean picked up during those years, and also some ...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Anne-Marie Baiynd joins us in Episode 4 of Smarter Trading to share her insights from nearly 20 years trading futures, stocks, and options. We discuss her dynamic strategy of analyzing the battle of supply and demand across multiple time-frames. We also get into techniques to avoid beating yourself up as a trader when you’re having a bad day, why it’s important to enter trades on your own terms, and why being able to do nothing and sit on your hands is a superpower for traders. Please enjoy this...
May 17, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 4
TuringTrader’s Felix Bertram joins us in Episode 3 of Smarter Trading to share his quantitative approach to investing in the stock market. We discuss why he decided to build a backtesting engine from scratch, the importance of tools and rich reports for traders to truly understand how they’re doing, ingredients to profitable momentum trading systems, and a whole lot more. Please enjoy this episode! Key learning points Traders need comprehensive reports and tools in order to measure and improve t...
May 10, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Suri Duddella joins us in Episode 2 of Smarter Trading to share his knowledge about stock market chart patterns and how he uses automation to find the best available setups. We discuss the dangers traders can run into of self-identifying chart patterns without the proper understanding of their structure and why Suri thinks you cannot trade charts blindly without taking into consideration what the market is doing. Key learning points Chart patterns are a tool just like any other indicator to assi...
May 03, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Patrick Walker joins us in Episode 1 of Smarter Trading to share his 30+ years of insights as a technical trader in the stock market. Key learning points Why taking care of yourself is so important to successful trading Why 5 minute charts are so dangerous MAXLIST stocks and the key criteria traders should look for The advantages of focusing on price and volume as key criteria Limiting your losses is essential to survive as a trader Learn more & connect with Patrick Follow Patrick here Visit...
Apr 23, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 1
