TraderDane

In the Season 1 finale, I’m joined by Jorden Pagel, a Southern California based health and fitness coach who transitioned into trading after a client introduced him to the markets. We discuss how his gradual, habit-based transformation from being overweight to building a fitness career parallels developing as a trader: consistency, routines, journaling, and avoiding the “more is better” trap in bo...

This week, I'm joined by Ben Price, an upcoming futures day trader from the UK. I met Ben at the Futures Bootcamp in Tampa and we quickly agreed to do an episode as Ben has so much value to share with other developing traders and a cool story on how he got started.  This is a deep dive into Ben's trading style, his setups, risk management, prop gaming and more. If you want to be inspired...

This week, I am joined by Clay Hodges, Co-founder and Chief Trading Officer at Top One Futures.  As is customary, I explore my guest's back story to find out what brought them to the world of trading, and Clay's story stands out. He has managed to turn his life around in a way most people can't even dream about, and pulled himself up from the gutter, to become successful as a trader...

I am joined by DrewTrades, who shares his path from paper-trading forex at the age of 17–18 to taking futures seriously from Oct 2024, starting with options, then prop trading NQ/ES and later natural gas before settling on ES for cleaner price action and easier risk management. Drew describes struggling during highly volatile market periods while learning ICT/smart money concepts, then finding con...

I am joined by Judy, the creator of Freya Futures, who began trading about a year and a half ago as a way to apply concepts from a book she was writing on overcoming limiting beliefs and identity shifts. Judy describes trading as a tool for confronting fears like loss aversion, greed, and FOMO, noting her biggest challenge was handling red days and placing stop losses too tightly when trading her...

This time, I welcome Ryan to the TraderDane podcast, where we discuss Ryan’s path as a 21-year-old entrepreneur who left plumbing in favour of car detailing and couch flipping businesses. Ryan became drawn to trading to obtain financial freedom. Ryan describes starting with stock investing and then prop firms, initially failing multiple evals without a clear strategy, struggling with small winners...

Jesper hosts the TraderDane podcast, this time with guest Dr. David Bonanno, a clinical psychologist and author of The Consistently Calm Trader (see link below), who has worked in the mental health field since 1993 and served over 17,000 clients. Dr. Bonanno explains how adrenaline activates fight-or-flight, taking the logical brain “offline,” leading to execution problems like FOMO, impulse entri...

In episode eight of the Trader Dane podcast, I explain how I went from knowing nothing about trading to earning my first prop firm payout in under six months after starting my first prop account and about eight months total trading experience. I shares costs and transparency around my journey, including about $320 spent on prop accounts vs a $635 payout, plus additional gear expenses, while noting...

In TraderDane Episode 7, I sit down with upcoming day trader Emiel Middel who hails from the Netherlands. We dive into his background, how he got into trading while managing a career as a marine surveying engineer and applying his experience with data and analytics to his trading. We also geek out on trading systems and how to apply discretion vs mechanics in trading, before ending up with dreams...

Episode 6 - How I generate profits in my own trading - A deep dive Introducing episode six as a deep dive into how I trade, recommending viewers watch on YouTube due to chart markups. I explain using black-on-white candlestick charts to reduce emotional reactions, then detail my core principles: an ASFX “Automatic VWAPs and Key Levels” tool with three VWAPs (yesterday’s NY session, 6:00 PM EST cha...

In Episode 5 of the TraderDane podcast, I welcome my first guest, Griffin, and we discuss connecting through Austin Silver’s Black Shirt Club, carrying forward accountability habits via a shared Discord, and the value of community and mentorship in what is ultimately a personal trading journey. Griffin shares his path toward entrepreneurship, including running a small business flipping couches and...

In episode four of the TraderDane podcast, I frame how current macro uncertainty affects trading, citing Middle East turmoil and disruption through the Strait of Hormuz, spiking oil (WTI near 120 and Brent above 100), a strengthening dollar as a perceived safe haven, and weaker precious metals. I note major indices have been slowly declining but remain supported, creating headline-driven volatilit...

Episode three of the Trader Dane podcast (not financial advice) explains what technical indicators are and how they’re derived from candlestick price and time data, using moving averages as a core example, including concepts like golden/death crosses and tools such as Bollinger Bands. Dane argues indicators can simplify price action and help traders make decisions, then focuses on the subset he us...

On this first episode, I introduce myself and go through my journey all the way from studying at university, via conventional investing to venturing into day trading in 2025.  TraderDane, hosted by TraderDane himself, Jesper Holst, is a podcast built specifically for European retail traders navigating today’s futures and prop firm trading landscape. With a distinctly European perspective, the show...

In episode two of the Trader Dane podcast, I explain my goal of creating a European- and Danish-focused counterbalance to mainstream investment media that emphasizes long-term buy-and-hold and “cheap vs. expensive” stock narratives. Drawing on classic trading literature and examples from renowned traders, I argue that markets often reward strength—breakouts and “expensive” stocks can become more e...