135: Sheelah Kolhatkar – How Mastermind Trader, Steven Cohen, Bent Rules and Made Billions
Sheelah Kolhatkar is a writer at the The New Yorker, who was previously a journalist at Bloomberg Businessweek, and prior to that, a hedge fund analyst. She’s also the author of New York Times bestsel...
27 Juli 201743min
134: BTCVIX – Bitcoin: The Magic Internet Money You Can No Longer Ignore
On this episode, I have a returning guest—who first appeared on episode 53. His name is a mystery, but he goes by the handle: @BTCVIX Episode 53 was the first time I covered Bitcoin on this podcast, a...
20 Juli 20171h 16min
133: James King – Using Sports Science to Stack Probability in Favor of Trading Success
Up until recently, James King was the Performance Director at a commodity trading firm in London, Mandara Capital. And it was here that he implemented scientific methods to stack probability in the fa...
13 Juli 20171h 9min
132: Mark Gardner – Still Adapting After 80,000+ Hours of Screen Time
Mark Gardner began working in the field at 17-years old, straight out of high school. Initially he began with back office duties, before broking on the floor of the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE). Then...
6 Juli 201756min
131: Morgan Slade – Strategy Development, Powered by Machine Learning
Morgan’s career as a trader and portfolio manager began 20-years back, and since then he’s worked at many prominent firms and funds—to name just a few; Millburn Ridgefield, Merrill Lynch, Citadel and ...
29 Juni 20171h 9min
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 Juni 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 Juni 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 Juni 201749min
