Chat With Traders
Sports Betting and Prediction Markets—Through a Trading Lens · Stefan Stadie
Stefan Stadie is a professional sports trader at Kero Sports whose work sits at the intersection of equities, sports betting, and prediction markets. After starting his trading journey in equities, Stefan evolved toward a more process-driven approach focused on price, liquidity, and market behavior....
From the Copper Pits to Crypto Derivatives: How Trading Edge Evolves · Sam Gaer
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....
The Shift to Systematic Trading — Building Backtested Confidence · Dave Mabe
When Dave Mabe backtested his strategy, it outperformed his own discretion — and changed how he approached trading. In this episode, we discuss gapping breakouts, expectancy, systematic trading, drawdowns, and the reality gap between backtests and live execution. A practical conversation for traders...
The One That Shows Up — The Identity You Practice · John Assaraf
John Assaraf shares his personal journey from a turbulent upbringing to building multiple multimillion-dollar businesses, and the pivotal moment at age 19 that reframed how he thought about success, identity, and commitment. From there, the discussion moves into the neuroscience behind habits, autom...
Chat With Traders Episode 316 The Turning Points that Shaped Great Traders
Over the years, we’ve recorded hundreds of conversations with traders across different markets, strategies, and generations. And while no two trading paths look the same, certain moments tend to repeat — not moments of big wins or dramatic calls, but quieter turning points. The moments where somethi...