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 Maj 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 Maj 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 Maj 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
121: Michael Mauboussin – Tactics for Better Decision Making, and Skill Versus Luck
Michael Mauboussin is a Managing Director and Head of Global Financial Strategies at Credit Suisse. He’s also a professor of finance at Columbia Business School, and the author of several books, such ...
20 Apr 201756min
120: Meb Faber – A Crash Course in Long-Term Investing—For Short-Term Traders
Mebane Faber is the founder and CIO at Cambria Investment Management, where he manages Cambria’s ETFs, separate accounts and private investment funds. He’s also authored numerous white papers and five...
13 Apr 20171h 13min
119: Alex, @TAGRtrades – What This Day Trader Learned After Four Years of Abandoning a Secure Job
Alex (@TAGRtrades) is a 27-year old day trader, from Texas. He’s been trading full-time for four years, and has really begun to hit his stride. Alex closed Q1 of 2017 with a $49,000 gain, after going ...
6 Apr 20171h 2min
118: Manoj Narang – Trading Technology, Alternative Data and Originality
High-speed trading veteran, Manoj Narang, originally worked on Wall St for the likes of Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs prior to founding Tradeworx, which became one of the larger trading firms in the...
30 Mars 201758min
