130: Ben Mallah – How to Own 100’s of Millions of Dollars of Real Estate
Ben Mallah is a trader of a different kind—he doesn’t trade stocks and bonds, he trades in real estate. You could probably call him a property developer, although he doesn’t build from scratch; he buy...
22 Jun 201752min
129: Victor Haghani – Optimal Bet Sizing—Lessons From a Biased Coin Flip Experiment
Victor Haghani began his career at Salomon Brothers in 1984, starting out in a research role before joining their prop trading desk. In 1992, Victor left Salomon to become one of the founding partners...
15 Jun 201742min
128: Andy Kershner – Risk Tolerance, Daily Habits and Trade Critiques
Andy has been an active stock trader since the early 90’s, and in 2001 he founded Kershner Trading Group—a proprietary trading and technology firm in Austin (Texas) and, through a partnership with SMB...
8 Jun 201749min
127: Nell Sloane – Becoming a CTA—How to Begin Managing Money
Though not a trader herself, Nell Sloane has been in and around markets and exchanges for roughly 30-years, mostly working in roles that assisted commodity traders and brokers in one way or another. T...
2 Jun 201759min
125: Matthew Hoyle – Getting Hired—Who Trading Firms and Hedge Funds Are Seeking Out
Matthew Hoyle was once a trader, or more specifically, an options market maker. And he started at a very young age, on the exchange floor in Amsterdam. But since 2003, he’s been in the headhunting (or...
18 Mai 201759min
124: Max, @Madaznfootballr – When Chasing a Quick Buck Becomes Making a Quick Buck
Max got into trading about six years ago, after a co-worker pulled up in a brand new Lotus Elise—paid for with gains from trading BP stock. Working as an engineer at the time, with average pay, it was...
11 Mai 20171h 12min
123: Darren Reed – Grit, Hustle, Intent—and Environment
Darren Reed (@LiftTheOffer) has been a stock broker, the head trader at a $300M hedge fund, and an active prop trader at Australian firms, Propex, Aliom and Gensis. At the later two, he also mentored ...
4 Mai 20171h 47min
122: Doug Cifu – Virtu: Hitting Singles All Day Long—On a Global Scale
Doug Cifu is the co-founder and CEO of Virtu Financial, one of the largest electronic market making firms in the world. Around the clock, Virtu are trading in 12,000 instruments, across 235 markets an...
27 Apr 201739min
