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Chat With Traders

Kevin Avery

Chat With Traders is your key to the minds of trading's elite performers. Start listening to learn how a diverse mix of traders went from zero to hero, how they successfully trade markets today, and get their best tips 'n pointers for profitable performance, plus much more. Note: You are responsible for your own trading decisions—this is not financial advice.

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  • English

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  • #332
    Wednesday · 48 min

    332 · Steve Nison - The Man Who Introduced Candlestick Charting to the West

    Steve Nison transformed the global financial landscape after discovering an obscure 300-year-old Japanese charting method while working as a technical analyst in the late 1980s. From translating 14 rare Japanese texts with the help of a chance-encounter translator to generating the highest-performing track record using secret candlestick signals at Merrill Lynch, he built his legacy by bridging ancient Eastern price action with Western technical analysis. In this episode, he breaks down the hist

  • #331
    September 2 · 1 hr 39 min

    331 · Jeff Holden - How Top Prop Traders Find and Scale Their Edge

    Jeff Holden transformed his early trading journey into becoming the Head of Trader Development at SMB Capital, where he has helped coach prop traders into seven and eight figure performers. From finding personal motivation in childhood lessons about financial control to working at SMB Capital, he built his edge on structural discipline, baseline scalping, and dynamic risk allocation. In this episode, he breaks down how great traders are actually developed, the step-by-step ASET protocol for trad

  • #330
    August 19 · 51 min

    330 · Steve Quirk - From Chicago Pit Trader to Robinhood Exec

    Steve Quirk transformed his origins as a 1987 Chicago pit trader into his role as Chief Brokerage Officer at Robinhood, where he helps oversee platform capabilities for over 27 million customers. From navigating open-outcry trading floors to scaling industry-defining retail platforms like thinkorswim and TD Ameritrade, he built his edge on disciplined risk management, worst-case scenario analysis, and continuous learning. In this episode, he breaks down the evolution of market structure, the psy

  • #329
    August 5 · 1 hr 43 min

    329 · Peter Brandt - How a 50-Year Veteran Thinks About Risk Management

    Peter Brandt transformed his start at ContiCommodity Services into a legendary five-decade career as a premier classical chartist. From the open-outcry pits to founding Factor LLC, he built his edge on process, discipline, and classical price action. In this episode, he breaks down the myth of high win rates, capping risk at 60–70 basis points per trade, and how to survive the learning curve as a master craftsman in speculation.

  • #328
    July 22 · 1 hr 28 min

    328 · Paul Scott - Why Technical Analysis is Just Retail Noise

    Paul Scott built a career across commodities and forex markets spanning over three decades after entering the London Metal Exchange pits at just 16 years old. From navigating high-adrenaline market panics to mastering floor-based price discovery under his father, LME legend Harry Scott, he built his edge on human intent and raw market logic. In this episode, he breaks down the transition from pit noise to digital screens, why technical indicators are mostly noise, and how to master capital prese

  • #326
    June 24 · 1 hr 19 min

    326 · Jason Berry - This Market Wizard Only Had 5 Losing Months in 14 Years... Here's How

    Jason Berry discusses what it takes to maintain multi-decade longevity in futures markets, drawing on insights from a 27-year career and verified records featured in Market Wizards: The Next Generation. He explains how the most consistent traders align their execution with strict risk rules, share surprising order-flow edges that generated exceptional returns, and explore why effective team collaboration often matters more than trading in isolation.

  • #325
    June 10 · 1 hr 13 min

    325 · Jack Schwager & George Coyle - The 3 Timeless Rules Shared by 100 Years of Market Wizards

    Peter Robbins transformed a 50-year trading career from an ambitious 15-year-old requiring a parental signature into a legacy of market longevity. From battling massive 1970s commission costs to navigating the historic shift from open outcry pits to the digital age, he built his edge on self-awareness and an unwavering business-first discipline. In this episode, he breaks down his 50-Year Market Evolution, the mechanics of aligning strategy with personality, and how to transition from chasing th

  • #324
    May 27 · 58 min

    324 · Peter Robbins - The Hard Truths of a 50 Year Trading Career

    Peter Robbins transformed a 50-year trading career from an ambitious 15-year-old requiring a parental signature into a legacy of market longevity. From battling massive 1970s commission costs to navigating the historic shift from open outcry pits to the digital age, he built his edge on self-awareness and an unwavering business-first discipline. In this episode, he breaks down his 50-Year Market Evolution, the mechanics of aligning strategy with personality, and how to transition from chasing th

  • #323
    May 13 · 1 hr 2 min

    323 · Alex Temiz - Starbucks Barista to 8-figure Short Selling Strategy

    Alex Temiz turned a $2,000 account into over $16 million in trading profits, starting from nothing as a part-time Starbucks barista. In this episode, he breaks down the real journey: the years of losing, how he transitioned from long breakouts to short selling, and the mechanical "guardrails" he used to survive long enough to succeed.

  • #322
    April 29 · 1 hr 7 min

    322 · Stephen Kalayjian - What 43 Years in the Markets Teaches You

    Steve Kalayjian started his journey on the floor of the American Stock Exchange in 1983, a time when the noise of the pits was the only heartbeat of the market. Over the next four decades, he didn’t just witness the evolution of trading, he conquered it, trading nearly two billion shares of U.S. stocks and surviving every major market cycle.

  • March 12 · 1 hr 3 min

    319 · Sam Gaer - From the Copper Pits to Crypto Derivatives: How Trading Edge Evolves

    Sam Gaer’s career spans several major shifts in market structure — from the open-outcry pits of COMEX to high-frequency trading and now crypto derivatives. Sam began his career as a teenage runner on the COMEX floor during the gold boom of the early 1980s before becoming a copper pit trader himself. While most traders relied purely on instinct, Sam was already experimenting with technology — building early pricing tools that helped identify inefficiencies in spread markets. His path eventually led beyond the trading floor into exchange technology and market infrastructure, including building trading software that was later acquired by the New York Mercantile Exchange. In recent years, Sam has focused on crypto markets, where he applies traditional derivatives frameworks to volatility, options, and digital asset trading. In this episode, Sam shares insights from decades of experience across multiple market regimes and discusses how trading edge evolves as markets and technology continue to change. In this episode, we explore: · Getting introduced to markets as a teenager · Life inside the COMEX copper trading pits · Early use of computers to price commodity spreads · Inefficiencies in open-outcry markets · Building exchange technology and selling Trading Gear to NYMEX · The transition from pit trading to electronic markets · Market structure lessons from traditional derivatives markets · Why Sam shifted his focus to crypto markets · Opportunities in crypto options and derivatives · Convexity, volatility, and institutional trading frameworks in digital assets About the guest: Sam Gaer, Chief Investment Officer of the Directional Strategy at Monarq Asset Management, has more than three decades of experience across derivatives trading, exchange technology, and quantitative strategy development. He previously served as Chief Information Officer of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), where he helped modernize the exchange’s trading infrastructure. Earlier in his career, he was a floor trader on the COMEX commodities exchange and later founded Trading Gear, a technology firm whose trading software was acquired by NYMEX. Sam has also launched and managed quantitative trading strategies focused on derivatives and volatility markets, and today works on institutional trading approaches within digital asset markets. Links + Resources: · Website: https://www.monarq-am.com · Email: investors@monarq-am.com Sponsor of Chat With Traders Podcast: Trade The Pool: ⁠http://www.tradethepool.com Time Stamps: Please note: Exact times will vary depending on current ads. 00:00 Intro and Background 01:48 Early career: COMEX runner to copper pit trader 06:40 Programming background and early trading automation 16:19 TradingGear: pivot to exchange software and NYMEX sale / CIO role 21:09 Trading style evolution: scalping to event-driven and electronic trading 23:42 High frequency trading, FINRA experience and entrepreneurship 25:09 Transition into crypto: Katana Financial and early crypto market making 28:01 Crypto derivatives focus: options, convexity and strategies 34:19 Recent crypto market decline: causes, liquidations and regulatory uncertainty 39:51 Institutional adoption, ETFs (IBIT) and market-structure impacts 42:57 Tokenization, real-world assets and digital asset treasuries (DATs) 56:17 Reflections on markets, challenges and use of AI 58:36 Closing remarks and contact information Trading Disclaimer: Trading in the financial markets involves a risk of loss. Podcast episodes and other content produced by Chat With Traders are for informational or educational purposes only and do not constitute trading or investment recommendations or advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • #318
    February 27 · 56 min

    318 · Dave Mabe - The Shift to Systematic Trading — Building Backtested Confidence

    When a systematic version of Dave Mabe's strategy outperformed his own discretionary trading, it reshaped how he approached markets. That shift led him toward automation, scaling from hundreds of trades per year to thousands, and developing multiple uncorrelated strategies to manage drawdowns and long-term durability.

  • #317
    February 11 · 1 hr

    317 · John Assaraf - The One That Shows Up — The Identity You Practice

    This episode focuses on the moment intention gives way to instinct. In a wide-ranging conversation, John Assaraf reflects on the internal mechanisms that shape follow-through — from identity and automatic habits to fear, comfort, and commitment. Drawing on both personal experience and decades of work in behavioral neuroscience, John explores why people often return to familiar outcomes despite clear intentions, and what it actually takes to sustain change across trading, business, health, and ev

  • #316
    January 29 · 24 min

    316 · The Turning Points That Shaped Great Traders

    In this special episode of Chat With Traders, we revisit turning points from past conversations with traders who reached those moments and came out different on the other side. Featuring excerpts from Tom Dante, Peter Brandt, Jason Shapiro, Kristjan Kullamägi, Lance Breitstein, and more, this episode explores the decisions, realizations, and hard lessons that reshaped how these traders approach risk, discipline, and longevity. Progress doesn’t stop. It evolves.

  • #315
    January 5 · 59 min

    315 · Jamaal Ghauri - From Early Crypto to 0DTE Options: Fast Money, Fast Reality

    From early crypto exposure as a teenager to options trading and launching a multi-strategy fund, Jamal Ghauri shares the hard lessons behind his evolution as a trader. We discuss rapid gains, painful drawdowns, risk management, and how he approaches swing trades, breakouts, and short-term options structures today.

  • Dec 26, 2025 · 6 min

    314 · In the Middle: The Demons We Trade With

    A quiet, end-of-year reflection on the middle stage of trading — where progress is subtle, patterns are familiar, and the real work happens internally. Sponsor of Chat With Traders Podcast: ● Trade The Pool: ⁠⁠⁠http://www.tradethepool.com⁠⁠ Trading Disclaimer: Trading in the financial markets involves a risk of loss. Podcast episodes and other content produced by Chat With Traders are for informational or educational purposes only and do not constitute trading or investment recommendations or advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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