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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 historical journey from the Dojima Rice Exchange to modern trading platforms, his foundational "Trading Triad" framework, and why managing emotion and risk is far more critical than predicting individual chart patterns. For full episode show notes, click here: Episode 332
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332 · Steve Nison - The Man Who Introduced Candlestick Charting to the West
Steve Nison came to Wall Street as a technical analyst in the late 1980s, discovered an obscure Japanese charting methodology, and spent years translating rare texts to introduce candlestick charting to the Western world.Through his landmark research, bestselling books, and institutional training at...
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 bu...
330 · Steve Quirk - From Chicago Pit Trader to Robinhood Exec
Steve Quirk began his career in 1987 on the fast-paced trading floors of Chicago, surviving the historic market crash that wiped out $1.7 trillion worldwide.From navigating open-outcry pits where a trader's word was their bond, Steve transitioned into market technology, helping build landmark tools ...
329 · Peter Brandt - How a 50-Year Veteran Thinks About Risk Management
Peter Brandt entered the commodity trading business in 1976 with ContiCommodity Services, survived years of market shifts, and turned a passion for price action into a legendary career spanning over 50 years as one of the world's premier classical chartists.After starting with Conti handling large i...
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...
327 · David Capablanca - From Skid Row Showers to Short Selling Master
David Capablanca pursued architecture for a decade, culminating in studying under a Pritzker Prize winner at UCLA, before a life threatening brain tumor, massive medical debt, and student loans forced him to completely reevaluate his life.After starting from rock bottom and carrying the weight of ma...

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Move the female’s rambling monologue to the end of the show not the start. It’s turning a lot of people off because nothing is being said and it doesn’t make sense to reference a bunch of other episodes when we’re about to listen to an episode. Aside from that the questions and quality of guests are really good
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