My guest today is Pierce Crosby, the general manager of TradingView. TradingView has become the largest finance website in the world with 50 million users across 180 countries and Pierce takes us through this journey today. We talk about TradingView’s business model and their role in the brokerage industry, which is facing declining margins. We also cover how consumers use the platform today across different asset classes and geographies. Please enjoy this conversation with Pierce Crosby. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to the best content to learn more, check out the episode page here. ----- Making Markets is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Making Markets, visit joincolossus.com/episodes. Stay up to date on all our podcasts by signing up to Colossus Weekly, our quick dive every Sunday highlighting the top business and investing concepts from our podcasts and the best of what we read that week. Sign up here. Follow us on Twitter: @makingmkts | @ericgoldenx  Show Notes (00:02:11) - (first question) The rise of TradingView's ubiquity in the trading market (00:02:53) - Exploring previous companies before joining TradingView (00:05:53) - Defining the services offered by TradingView (00:12:21) - Detailing the business model of TradingView (00:14:58) - Understanding how the company gained widespread acceptance (00:19:21) - Implementing charges for charting services (00:21:21) - Managing relationships with various brokers (00:24:02) - Categorizing the customer base (00:26:13) - Analyzing trends in mania-based trading (00:31:27) - Assessing the quality of TradingView's data (00:34:32) - Drawing comparisons between global markets (00:40:04) - Identifying exciting new areas for inclusion in TradingView (00:43:59) - Deliberating on the three main types of data sets (00:45:07) - Evaluating the current position in the market hype cycle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices