With a little knowledge about the trading world, Craig Sloper fell into the hands of Binary Options scammers (surprisingly a very similar story to Shope Aina). In the end he ended up losing $25,000 and paying monthly interest on his credit card debt. Sending him into...
Our three students have said goodbye to their mentors and are and over the past week I’ve caught a) stay focused on trading goals b) keep their trading motivation levels high c) establish a trading routine I had to laugh when Phil shared it. What’s more, it...
Bryan Downing, a software developer since the age of 14, became fascinated by trading after visiting a bookstore where he discovered an Ernie Chan book. With his programming skills and love for the financial markets, he decided to focus on automated trading. With the...
After Nick’s correct Bitcoin forecast (his prediction had Bitcoin hitting $7,000 in November), I decided to get Forex and Cryptocurrency trading expert, Nick Bencino, back on the show to ask him all about trading Bitcoin, investing in ICO’s and the future of...
Carley Garner is an experienced commodity broker with from Las Vegas. She is also the author of “Higher Probability Commodity Trading”, “A Trader’s First Book on Commodities”, “Currency Trading in the FOREX and Futures Markets”, and “Commodity...
It’s been 3 months since my last update in August. Surprisingly, I feel I’ve managed to progress a lot since then, albeit by taking a slightly different route, which I’ll explain in detail below. It’s designed to change the neural pathways in...
I was in stitches after Phil shared a trading discipline tip in this update of Trading Mentors Match-off. It’s Phil and Andre’s Month 3 update and this tip worked for Phil and will work for almost anyone who really wants to: a) stay focused on trading goals b) keep...
Working as an Engineer for Motorola, Morgan Slade became interested in trading because it was simply “more exciting and dynamic” than sitting in his cubicle designing microprocessors. Morgan started his trading career working for an old commodity trading...
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...