165: Michael Samuels – Speculating on Mergers—and a Case of “Excessive” Due Diligence

165: Michael Samuels – Speculating on Mergers—and a Case of “Excessive” Due Diligence

I was introduced to this weeks guest by an experienced trader and fund manager, who described him as being "hands down the best trader I know..." Michael Samuels is an equities trader, who once traded for First New York and Apex Capital, he now trades his own money under the banner of Broome Street Capital. Michael describes himself as being an 'event driven trader' with a primary focus on news flow surrounding mergers and acquisitions, shareholder activism and fundamentals—to seek out valuation disconnects. During this episode you'll hear about merger-arb strategies (including examples), what happens during takeovers, a case of "excessive" due diligence, mistakes made and lessons learned during Michael's career, plus plenty more. You should also note, Michael has recently begun hosting a podcast about M&A activity and the journalists who report on significant company news: According To Sources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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117: Larry Alintoff – Traders' Opportunity—When Things That "Should" Happen, Don't Happen

117: Larry Alintoff – Traders' Opportunity—When Things That "Should" Happen, Don't Happen

Larry Alintoff was a prop trader for Paul Tudor Jones, before running the largest group of traders on the AMEX (at the time). When he later went over to the NYBOT, Larry became the largest trader in t...

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116: Sean Hendelman – Taking Losses, Ultimately Winning, and Keeping Pace With Markets

116: Sean Hendelman – Taking Losses, Ultimately Winning, and Keeping Pace With Markets

Sean Hendelman is the co-founder and CEO of T3 Companies. T3 is one of the larger proprietary trading firms in the U.S. And incase you’re curious, the three T’s of T3 stand for; trading, training and ...

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115: Adam Grimes – What Hand Traders Can Learn From System Traders, and Vice Versa

115: Adam Grimes – What Hand Traders Can Learn From System Traders, and Vice Versa

Adam Grimes has been a trader for more than 20-years, he’s traded all major asset classes, across various timeframes. He’s traded independently, with a prop firm, and he’s run other trading businesses...

9 Mar 20171h 47min

114: Brannigan Barrett – The Process of Becoming a Bigger (and Better) Trader

114: Brannigan Barrett – The Process of Becoming a Bigger (and Better) Trader

Brannigan Barrett is a futures day trader—who trades a total of eight markets, across; bonds, equity indices, currencies and commodities. He was previously a trader at prop firm, Futex, but is now par...

2 Mar 20171h 10min

113: Benjamin Small – Normalizing Bitcoin, and Exploring the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem

113: Benjamin Small – Normalizing Bitcoin, and Exploring the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem

Benjamin Small is an electrical engineering PhD. He’s worked in quantitative research roles since 2006, at UBS, Citadel, Credit Suisse and the stock exchange, IEX. Today though, Ben is head of market ...

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112: Jorge Soltero – Reminiscences of a Trader at Hull Trading Co.—and a Sell-Side Career

112: Jorge Soltero – Reminiscences of a Trader at Hull Trading Co.—and a Sell-Side Career

Jorge Soltero began as a floor trader in Chicago, where he was an options market maker. A few years into his career, he landed a position at Hull Trading Company (the renowned firm of legendary trader...

16 Feb 20171h 12min

111: David Bush – Strategy Objectives, Statistical Significance, and Market Behavior

111: David Bush – Strategy Objectives, Statistical Significance, and Market Behavior

Returning to Chat With Traders for a second time is David Bush—first on episode 23. David began as a discretionary trader, more than 20-years ago, but over time he’s developed into a quant trader. And...

9 Feb 20171h 19min

110: George, @RollyTrader – Learning to Trade, Momentum Setups, and Becoming a Venture Capitalist

110: George, @RollyTrader – Learning to Trade, Momentum Setups, and Becoming a Venture Capitalist

On this episode, I’m joined by George—who goes by @RollyTrader on Twitter. George is an Australian equities trader, with a momentum/swing trading type of approach. In the past, George has held a few f...

2 Feb 20171h 9min

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