Trader Rajan Dhall started out as a personal trainer. As well as helping others exercise their muscles, he exercised his initiative by chatting with traders who worked at JP Morgan in the offices above his gym.  Fast forward 14 years and Rajan is not only making consistent profits through trading, he’s also helping others do the same while developing his own prop firm, DND Capital, which follows a different model from most firms out there.  Support the showPlease follow A Trader's Life on...

Trader Rajan Dhall started out as a personal trainer. As well as helping others exercise their muscles, he exercised his initiative by chatting with traders who worked at JP Morgan in the offices above his gym.  Fast forward 14 years and Rajan is not only making consistent profits through trading, he’s also helping others do the same while developing his own prop firm, DND Capital, which follows a different model from most firms out there.  Support the showPlease follow A Trader's Life on...

If you thought trading was all about support and resistance, it would seem you only have half the picture. Trader and fund manager Gavin Holmes, is big on volume and has made his analsysis of volume a real profit hunter.  Once he'd backtested his strategy and was happy with the results, he went on to develop a piece of software that has helped him and his team spot set-ups with uncanny accuracy on all kinds of assets, from forex to stocks.  Listen to the full episode on here, #83. Support...

If you’re interested in the part volume - in particular, volume spread analsyis - has to play in picking a winning trade, this episode is for you.   Trader, mentor, author and CEO of TradeGuider, Gavin Holmes got into trading quite by chance when he met a professional trader while working in events. The two men got talking and Gavin started to gobble up everything he could on the subject of supply and demand.   Where does the smart money leave its footprints? he wanted to know. Volume. How to...

One of the biggest trends in trading today is the proliferation and evolution of prop firms. They seem to be popping up everywhere. It's hardly surprising when you realize that more and more people are looking for a side hustle, but don’t have much capital to play with. They take a crack at trading, blow a lot of their savings and decide it might be less stressful trading a fund, not tied to their bank account.   For prop firms, competition is hotting up, and, on the whole, that tends to be a...

In Episode 81 I talk with a trader who is of the opposite sex. Wow. What a rare event. And it’s not been for want of trying, I might add. But it’s really quite a job to find women who trade.  Trading is still a profession or activity where men vastly outnumber women. Will that change before AI take over?  New Yorker Kimberly Sokoloff talks to me about her experiences of trading in a man’s world. From trader's assistant on the floor, executing order for stocks and options to a trader in her...

In Episode 81 I talk with a trader who is of the opposite sex. Wow. What a rare event. And it’s not been for want of trying, I might add. But it’s really quite a job to find women who trade.  Trading is still a profession or activity where men vastly outnumber women. Will that change before AI take over?  New Yorker Kimberly Sokoloff talks to me about her experiences of trading in a man’s world. From trader's assistant on the floor, executing order for stocks and options to a trader in her...

A few weeks ago I got chatting with a Nigerian trader whom I’d come across on Twitter.  Typically he trades in the early hours of the morning before catching a few hours’ sleep, then rushing out to work as a nurse. He trades synthetics, which are a kind of derivative popular among African traders. What stood out to me, as we talked, was just how passionate he is about helping people – the students in his trading group, and the patients under his care. Check out Episode 80 for the main...

A few weeks ago I got chatting with Emmanuel Joshua, a Nigerian trader, whom I’d come across on Twitter.  Typically he trades in the early hours of the morning before catching a few hours’ sleep, then rushing out to work as a nurse. He trades synthetics, a kind of derivative popular among African traders, using ICT strategies. What stood out to me, as we talked, was just how passionate he is about helping people – the students in his trading group, and the patients under his care. I give...

About a year ago I got to know and like a guy  who had been trading for about twenty years. I enjoyed chatting with him about trading. Then one day, he proposed trading a small fund on my behalf.  The arrangement would entail his taking a cut of the profits, if any, and while he was trading, he would happily teach me how to read the markets.  Sounded good to me. We got off to a positive start. Oh, dear, how often that happens in trading, right? The markets were turning bearish - and choppy,...

My next guest studied science as a graduate. When he walked away from a Phd course that left him uninspired, he wasn’t sure what to do. Whatever it was, it had to present some sort of scientific challenge and an income that would give him plenty of freedom - with hours and locations he was in control of.  Today Thiru Nagappan is one of the founding members of Master The Markets teaching over 20,000 people around the world, consulting on trading floors and presenting live trading seminars....

My next guest studied science as a graduate. When he walked away from a Phd course that left him uninspired, he wasn’t sure what to do. Whatever it was, it had to present some sort of scientific challenge and an income that would give him plenty of freedom - with hours and locations he was in control of.  Today Thiru Nagappan is one of the founding members of Master The Markets teaching over 20,000 people around the world, consulting on trading floors and presenting live trading...

My next guest is a man who spent 20 years at the top – trading for JP Morgan – retiring in his forties so he could spend more time with his family, more time travelling and generally finding more things to do than stare at a screen all day. He still trades today but more sensible hours. Clive Ponsonby.    == Before you leave this page... Use my 10% Discount Coupon ATL10off for your 'audition' with Surge Trader prop firm. Click the link to get started: https://www.surgetrader.com/?afmc=vd...

Michael A Gayed is a  a Portfolio Manager at Tidal Financial Group. His approach is to focus in on zones/period of volatility to find the best investment opportunities in the markets. For powerful market insights to improve your long-term investment strategy, take a read of his Lead Lag Report. == Before you leave this page... Use my 10% Discount Coupon ATL10off for your 'audition' with Surge Trader prop firm. Click the link to get started: https://www.surgetrader.com/?afmc=vd Once you...

Mid February 2023 Corey Andrews at Surge Trader put me in touch with trader Jean-Francois Boucher. I was very grateful he did, because my conversation with Jean-Francois has been one of the most absorbing I’ve had since I started this podcast.  If you subscribe to A TRADER’S LIFE, you’ll know by now that I’m particularly drawn to traders who have distinctive stories to tell. Jean-Francois certainly delivers on that front. It’s a wonder really that he’s trading at all after all the ups and...

Mid February 2023 Corey Andrews at Surge Trader put me in touch with trader Jean-Francois Boucher. I was very grateful he did, because my conversation with Jean-Francois has been one of the most absorbing I’ve had since I started this podcast.  If you subscribe to A TRADER’S LIFE, you’ll know by now that I’m particularly drawn to traders who have distinctive stories to tell. Jean-Francois certainly delivers on that front. It’s a wonder really that he’s trading at all after all the ups and...

This is a short episode (under 10 minutes) in which I share some thoughts on trading tops and bottoms, and how to identify and manage your limitations during an intense trading week.  == Use my 10% Discount Coupon ATL10off for your 'audition' with Surge Trader prop firm. Click the link to get started: https://www.surgetrader.com/?afmc=vd Once you pass the audition, you have access to funded accounts from $25,000 and upwards. Support the showPlease follow A Trader's Life on Twitter. And...

This is a clip from my conversation with Michael Katz, a day trader, stocks and futures. Michael also helps run Trade the Pool, a prop firm based in Israel.  I think you’ll find some useful tips and insights dotted about in this conversation, a handful perhaps that are worth noting down, especially if you’ve not been trading more than 2 or 3 years.  Support the showPlease follow A Trader's Life on Twitter. And if you're a trader with some stories you'd like to share and you'd like to be on...

Michael Katz is a veteran day trader. Stocks and futures. He also helps run Trade the Pool, a prop firm based in Israel. I think you’ll find some useful tips and insights dotted about in this conversation, a handful perhaps that are worth noting down, especially if you’ve not been trading more than 2 or 3 years. == Use my 10% Discount Coupon ATL10off for your 'audition' with Surge Trader prop firm. Click the link to get started: https://www.surgetrader.com/?afmc=vd Once you pass the...

Subscriber-only episode A short episode in which I run through a check list of bad habits in trading. And I've been guilty of all of them! Enjoy! == Use my 10% Discount Coupon ATL10off for your 'audition' with Surge Trader prop firm. Click the link to get started: https://www.surgetrader.com/?afmc=vd Once you pass the audition, you have access to funded accounts from $25,000 and upwards. Support the show Please follow A Trader's Life on Twitter. And if you're a trader with some stories...

In this very short episode (under 8 minutes) I describe how I came round to realising that NOT trading your own money was the best thing I could do if I ever wanted to make some proper money at this obsession of mine.  If you're trading your own money and haven't yet given funded trading a go, this brief account of mine might inspire you to give it a go.  == Use my 10% Discount Coupon ATL10off for your 'audition' with Surge Trader prop firm. Click the link to get...

Subscriber-only episode Here are my thoughts on reframing your mindset as a trader. Hardly definitive, but nice and short and, with any luck, more than a couple of useful takeways for you. == Don't trade with your own Money I don't know why it took me so long - confidence, perhaps, i.e., lack thereof - to realize I would be so much better off trading someone else's money, not my own.  Mid February 2023 I started the 'audition' at Surge Trader on a virtual account of 100K. If I pass - that...

Subscriber-only episode This short episode is a compilation of clips from various episodes with traders talking to me about how they got started in trading.  == Don't Trade with your own Money I don't know why it took me so long - confidence, perhaps, i.e., lack thereof - to realize I would be so much better off trading someone else's money, not my own.   Mid February 2023 I started the 'audition' at Surge Trader on a virtual account of 100K. If I pass - that means hitting a profit of 10K...

Subscriber-only episode Discipline in life is hard. Discipline in trading is harder still. Here are 8 'don'ts' to help keep you on course to a slow steady climb in your equity.  == I don't know why it took me so long - confidence, perhaps, i.e., lack thereof - to realize I would be so much better off trading someone else's money, not my own.  Mid February 2023 I started the 'audition' at Surge Trader on a virtual account of 100K. If I pass - that means hitting a profit of 10K - I get to...

Ben Sparham began his career at 19 as a Personal Trainer. A few short years later he got bitten by the trading bug and today he trades US equities for himself, friends and family.  == I don't know why it took me so long - confidence, perhaps, i.e., lack thereof - to realize I would be so much better off trading someone else's money, not my own.  Mid February 2023 I started the 'audition' at Surge Trader on a virtual account of 100K. If I pass - that means hitting a profit of 10K - I get to...