177: Sam Bankman-Fried – Leaving Wall Street, Entering Crypto Chaos

177: Sam Bankman-Fried – Leaving Wall Street, Entering Crypto Chaos

This episode features Sam Bankman-Fried, who’s trading skill originated from 3-years at Jane Street—a proprietary trading firm renown for being one of the world’s largest ETF liquidity providers. In late-2017, Sam relocated to Hong Kong and began his foray into the cryptocurrency market when he co-founded Alameda Research. Alameda trade a range of quantitative strategies—such as statistical arbitrage and market making—which are mostly automated, but with a layer of human intervention. Within 2-years Alameda has grown to a point, where each day, it does approximately one billion dollars of turnover across 35 exchanges, accounting for somewhere near 5% of global crypto volume. Sam and I got to discuss many aspects of how Alameda operate and how his team have found lucrative opportunity amongst a chaotic environment… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Q1: Delaney Mackenzie – You Don’t Know How Wrong You Are

Q1: Delaney Mackenzie – You Don’t Know How Wrong You Are

The worst case in finance is when you think you’re right, but you’re actually wrong. This can be especially dangerous when you’ve used some methodology or statistics to justify a decision, but are una...

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099: Brynne Kelly – What Happens on a Merchant Trading Desk—with an Energy Veteran

099: Brynne Kelly – What Happens on a Merchant Trading Desk—with an Energy Veteran

My guest for this episode is Brynne Kelly; an electricity, natural gas, and crude oil trader who’s spent the majority of her career on merchant trading desks, for the likes of BP amongst others. She h...

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098: Peter To – How Successful Day Trading Can Fly in the Face of Conventional Wisdom—with a Former Poker Player and Ex-Prop Trader

098: Peter To – How Successful Day Trading Can Fly in the Face of Conventional Wisdom—with a Former Poker Player and Ex-Prop Trader

Before day trading equities, Peter To played a lot of online poker and did fairly well for himself. He then dabbled in markets as an investor, but was soon attracted to OTC stocks after discovering a ...

10 Nov 20161h 19min

097: Derek Wong – How to Think About Strategies Like a Quant and Diversify Like a Boss

097: Derek Wong – How to Think About Strategies Like a Quant and Diversify Like a Boss

On this episode, I have our very first guest from China; Derek Wong—he is the Director of Systematic Trading and Options at a private fund in Shanghai. Initially though, Derek got his start in the agr...

3 Nov 20161h 10min

096: Nico, @InefficientMrkt – An Eight Year Overnight Success Story, and a Thirst for Momentum

096: Nico, @InefficientMrkt – An Eight Year Overnight Success Story, and a Thirst for Momentum

Nico (@InefficientMrkt on Twitter) is a day trader with a thirst for momentum. He predominately trades low-priced stocks that have a tendency to move fast and far—and roughly 90% of his positions are ...

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095: Adrian, @AdeyF69 – Why it Pays to be Relentlessly Process Driven, and When Stats Count

095: Adrian, @AdeyF69 – Why it Pays to be Relentlessly Process Driven, and When Stats Count

For this episode, the trader who I had the opportunity to speak with, and who you’re about to hear from, is Adrian—or @AdeyF69 on Twitter. Adrian was a pro sailor for almost two decades, but for the p...

20 Okt 20161h 8min

094: Kenny Glick – Shady Tales From a Real-Life Boiler Room, and Things Profitable Traders Do

094: Kenny Glick – Shady Tales From a Real-Life Boiler Room, and Things Profitable Traders Do

My guest on this episode is a former-stand up comedian, turned questionable stockbroker, turned day trader—folks, I’d like you to meet, Kenny Glick. During the 90’s, Kenny went from the stages of come...

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093: Ben, @BLB_Capital – What an Order Flow Fanatic Adapted From One of the 'Big Boys'

093: Ben, @BLB_Capital – What an Order Flow Fanatic Adapted From One of the 'Big Boys'

What you’re about to hear is a conversation I had with a short-term futures trader, Ben—whose last name we won’t mention only for privacy reasons, but he goes by @BLB_Capital on Twitter. Before enteri...

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