Talking with Traders

James Bruce first appeared on Talking with Traders in 2022. Since then, his trading career has grown and so has his family. He became a dad three months ago. In this episode, we talk about how his trading has progressed. He’s very open about a bad month earlier in the year that saw his prop fund capital being withdrawn. He’s now in the process of working his way back to being fully funded again. He’s always energetic and exudes a passion for trading. Facebook · IG

Colm Murphy hosts the Unpacking the Markets podcast. Garth has featured on his podcast previously, and this time Colm is our featured guest on Talking with Traders. He’s 28 years old, has a full time job in the city of London, and has adapted his style of trading to fit his schedule and his time availability. In this interview, we discuss his approach to trading, and some of the valuable lessons he has learned from interviewing other traders on his own podcast. Facebook · IG

In this week’s episode, Garth appears solo as he discusses the recent Trump induced turmoil in the market. He shares a number of charts that illustrate the recent sharp moves in the S&P500, VIX, the dollar and a number of confidence indicators. He then asks: “What next?” and discusses some broad behaviours to keep in mind when managing your portfolio through these volatile times. Facebook · IG

Morpher is a new trading platform that aims to democratise trading by giving users access to fractionalised markets. The platform allows tokenised trading on products ranging from traditional shares and commodities, to exotic things like collectible watches and sports teams. In this interview, I spoke to Thomas Wiesner who is the CTO at Morpher. We discussed the appeal of tokenised trading and how it is breaking down the barriers to entry to those wishing to start trading with as little as $10 US Dollars. Facebook · IG

Marc Walton has in interesting back story. After running a successful business in the UK, he decided to pack it all in and take his family off to live a sun-drenched life in the Canary Islands and take up trading. He admits it was a mid-life crisis. He began trading in the early 2000’s and went through the usual booms and busts that most traders go through when they start out. Eventually he hired a coach and started to take trading seriously. Progress followed. He later spent over a decade trading client accounts. Now semi-retired, he runs Forex Mentor Pro. In this interview, he shares some nuggets on what helped him become consistent as a trader. Facebook · IG

Cary Artac’s career started at the Chicago Board of Trade in 1986, where he devoted himself to learning the art and science of effective technical analysis, eventually becoming a renowned advisor within Chicago’s greater floor-trading community. His latest venture is WickedStocks.com – a subscriber service that he began with his son and daughter. They publish daily market analysis and strategies on the SPY and QQQ etfs, as well as two weekly stock ideas, with technical analysis as a primary tool. In this interview, we discuss his approach to how he looks for trade setups and how he manages risk once a trade is on. Facebook · IG

Kim Ann Curtin has been The Wall Street Coach for 18 years. Formerly an executive within a hedge fund, she found her “bliss” in coaching in 2007. During 2008 after the financial crisis, she began coaching traders – many who were in need of some help at the time. She is now based in Hawaii where she runs her coaching business and hosts her own weekly podcast, “The Wall Street Coach with Kim Ann Curtin”. In this interview, we discuss the benefits of having a trading coach. She shares some fascinating insights on the return on investment that can be achieved by working with a good coach. Facebook · IG

Evan Medeiros was a professional poker player while he studied computer science at university. After online gambling became illegal in the US, he turned his poker playing skills over to the stock market. He has since combined his computing expertise and his market knowledge to form three automated trading systems with names inspired by the Knights of the Round Table: Merlin, Lamorak and Galahad. In this interview, he shares the workings of each of the three trading systems in detail. https://www.thetraderisk.com · Facebook · IG

Alan Edward returns for a third appearance on Talking with Traders. His insights are always valuable. In this episode we’re discussing the three P’s of successful trading: Process, Purpose and Psychology. Each of these aspects go hand-in-hand to make for successful outcomes as a trader. We also discuss journaling and how it is important to keep these three P’s at the centre of your trader journaling process. Facebook · IG

Anmol Singh began trading at age 18 and went through the usual school of hard knocks that most traders face in their early years. 5 years in a prop firm environment gave him the necessary skills to venture out on his own to trade his own capital. He now runs a live trading room where he shares his daily trading activity with clients. He also runs coaching programs and authored the book: Prepping for Success. In this interview, Anmol shares his story and his approach to trading successfully. Facebook · IG