What an educational update from Derek and Alison, in our second Trading Mentors Match-off month three update! This episode gave me a great idea to help improve my back testing as well as a view on the “wacky approach” I had to ridding myself of money...
As with most traders, Morad Askar (aka FuturesTrader71), was also enticed by the ease of making money trading the markets. He left his job as a construction project manager and jumped into trading equities as a high volume NASDAQ scalper. He moved to Chicago and...
We’ve just started month 3 of the our Trading Mentors Match-off challenge. Episode 15 in the series and things are starting to heat up! In this catch up with mentor Avdo and student Zach, I really dig deep on a couple of issues this pairing have highlighted for...
I decided to bring Damon Aleczander EP61 (one of the three GBPJPY 1 Minute Chart traders) back on the show after he contacted me with 6 months since we last spoke. It’s a story of how an individual trader (doing his own thing) can go from doing well on his own...
With a bit of gambler’s luck, Emma Muhleman first’s trade ever turned $2000 into $4000 in just 2 days! She was amazed how easy it is to profit from trading and instantly became obsessed. Emma took an Options and Futures Trading course while at college....
Rick Wyatt has an amazing life story, let alone Futures trading career. From American Football, to the NFL and then onto becoming a YoYo Grand Master. Eventually he stumbled upon trading. His trading career started when he went to a seminar about Forex way back 2006....
Late pairing Andre Stewart and Phil Mullins return to update Trading Mentors Match-off listeners with Phil’s progress two months in. During the show we stumble across some absolute gems when it comes to overcoming trading’s psychological barriers,...
Scott Hale fell in love with the competitive environment of the market when his trading buddy piqued his interest after graduating College. Four months later Scott started in the pits at Midwest Stock Exchange and later went to Chicago Board Options Exchange. At...
Traders often use a demo or sim account to practice executing their strategies in real time without the added pressure of: a) Making mistakes b) Blowing accounts c) Ultimately, losing money So, is practicing on a demo account the same as practicing with real money at...
The mysterious Nick is back on the show to share with us how his trading has gone from “pretty-darn-good” to “I-can’t-complain-a-bit”! Plus, he’s giving away his 4 Day Live Trading Course this week: Join Nick’s 3 Day Pro Course 5am...
Having an interest in economics and finance since high school, Trader Dale (not his real name) started trading Stocks and some investment certificates. After trying a short stint in employment as an analyst at a brokerage, he realized it wasn’t for him, and quit...
I caught up with Avdo and Zach two months into our Trading Mentors Match-off challenge to see how Zach’s been progressing. During our chat we were also able to highlight one of the major traits every successful trader must has, and all of us newbies must master....
After watching Wall Street, the movie, Aussie born (now UK resident) Nick Bencino ended up winning his school’s trading competition called the Stock Market Game, at age 15. During class hours, Nick would sit at the back of the classroom with his laptop (not to take...
Originally from the UK, Paul Langham was attracted to trading at just 13 when he learned the math behind horse racing, odds, and stocks. After spending some time on commodity brokers trading copper, he landed a job as an order taker in a major banks FX division in the...
Can it be we’ve discovered one of the best trading strategies of all time? Has Trading Mentors Match-off been the genesis of such a strategy that can be used successfully on multiple time frames? If you’ve been following the series so far, you’ll be...
With $1500, Rag (full name: Raghav Tewathia) started trading equities when he was just 15. Four years later we have him on the show with an amazing “Rags” (excuse the pun) to Riches story. At this young age he realized the conventional education system...
We’re well into month 1 of Trading Mentors Match-off and today we hear from Derek Vandelinder and his student Alison Forsyth. For me, this episode highlights the biggest obstacle newbie traders face. And it’s probably not what you think. If you think...
It’s been a few months since my last trading update, but this one is special. Why? Because I share: 169 trades I’ve taken since June How I blew yet another account Why I found it so hard to stick to my trading plan My crazy discretionary trading strategy...
Let’s welcome Andre Stewart to the Trading Mentors Match-off challenge! It was unfortunate that Adam Lord had to pull out due to a conflict of interest. But the show must go on, so Andre takes his place as our new TMM mentor to teaching Adam student, Phil. Andre is...
Trading Mentors Match-off steps into it’s month one updates. We catch up with Zach and Avdo to find out how they’ve been getting on. Is Zach making a killing yet? Has he fallen at the first hurdle? Is it all much harder than he could ever imagined? Has he...