Band of Traders - Together We Trade

Taking over hosting duties this week is Cleo from the Vanta Trading Discord ! Listen along as she takes the opportunity to learn more about Baba Yaga, Joel and Kyle in this open and honest conversation… why they started trading, biggest fears and the struggles they are currently dealing with. Sponsors and Friends Our podcast is sponsored by Sue Maki at Fairway Independent Mortgage (MLS# 206048). L...

Joining the Roundtable this week is Perdue, along with regulars Baba Yaga and Mr. Banks from Vanta Trading for an in-depth discussion on fear and how to manage it, followed by a topic chosen by last week’s prediction winner. The Good, Bad and Ugly features more highs and lows than usual, and we cap off the episode with some new Bold Predictions, including one that shocked us all! Sponsors and Frie...

This week’s guest, Chris Dover (HMFIC at Pollinate trading ) discusses his journey into trading and the differences between discretionary and systematic trading. He emphasizes the importance of accumulating experience and knowledge before diving into discretionary trading. Chris also introduces the concept of market regimes and explains how to identify and analyze different market environments. He...

Joining the Roundtable this week is Baba Yaga and Mr. Banks from Vanta Trading for a deep dive on all things related to trading plans, followed by a discussion about dealing with losses (Thank you Cleo for the suggestion!). The Good, Bad and Ugly segment features more good than bad this week and as always, we cap off the episode with some new Bold Predictions, this time for the weekend slate of NF...

Retail Capital returns to the shop to talk about his recent road trip in the United States and his extended stay in France, before discussing his new project, Trade with Retail . After that, RC shares the story of the day he lost $80,000 and how it changed his approach to risk management. He discusses the balance between manual trading and algorithmic trading and the importance of journaling in hi...

Today’s summary provided by generative AI! In this episode, the hosts discuss various trading topics, including trading out of a hole and the differences between trading during bearish and bullish markets. They emphasize the importance of recognizing and managing emotions while trading and the need to have clear goals and strategies. The hosts also caution against reckless trading and chasing loss...

Sean Tepper, the founder and CEO of Tykr.com, is in the shop this week to share his journey into the stock market and the development of the Tykr platform. He emphasizes the importance of emotional control, patience, and courage in investing. Sean discusses his long-term value investing strategy and the significance of journaling and risk management. He also introduces the concept of the 4M score,...

Andrew Einhorn, CEO of Level Fields AI, stops by the shop to share his early trading experiences, his work in environmental studies and consulting, and how those experiences led to the creation of Level Fields AI and its event monitoring system. The conversation highlights the importance of events in shaping market behavior and the need for data-driven decision-making. A case study on the GameStop...

Joining Kyle in the shop this week is Mr. Banks, Perdue and JoelMC finally makes an appearance on the roundtable! Due to the holidays, we kept things light and shared some of our favorite Christmas stories along with our New Year’s resolutions! Thank you to everyone who’s supported the show over the past 3+ years, and we wish you all a Happy Holiday Season! Sponsors and Friends Our podcast is spon...

In this conversation, Kyle and Eric review 2023 and the split opinions in the market before dissecting the cheap argument of recession. The conversation then shifts to bank health and delinquency rates, as well as inflation and the possibility of a soft landing. They also touch on currency trends in 2024, the Central African Franc, and the joke of BRICS. Finally, they discuss unrealized bond losse...

In this conversation, Max Thomas, CEO of Traders Launch, discusses the challenges and successes of launching a prop firm. He emphasizes the importance of trading equities and the unique challenges it presents in the prop trading space. Max also highlights the value of data in augmenting traders' performance and shares insights on risk management strategies. He discusses the benefits of running...

Joining Kyle this week is Tony Saliba, CEO of Liquid Mercury and the only options trader featured in Jack Schwagger’s classic, Market Wizards! Listen along as Tony shares the sequence of events that led to the famous interview, as well as some other great stories from his impressive resume. From the crash of ‘87 to finding his face on a billboard in NYC… Not to mention founding multiple successful...

Joining the Roundtable this week is Perdue, along with Baba Yaga and Mr. Banks from Vanta Trading for an in depth discussion on how our traders handle contract rollover week, followed by a conversation about how our panel protects their established processes when exploring new ideas and concepts. The Good, Bad and Ugly segment features more valuable lessons learned that highlight the need for bein...

In the final installment of our miniseries dedicated to options trading, Erik explains the difference between Implied Volatility and IV Percentile, and why the former is important to understand. We also discuss the plans for moving the series over to Erik’s YouTube channel , which will be streamed live every Tuesday at 7pm CST (start time updated). The first recording of the reboot can be found he...

The 2 Bulls in a China Shop podcast is now the Band of Traders podcast! Joining the Roundtable this week is Perdue, along with Baba Yaga and Mr. Banks from Vanta Trading for an in-depth discussion on how our traders react when the markets do something unexpected. We follow that up with a conversation about taking multiple stops on the same thesis and how many chances our traders are willing to giv...

The 2 Bulls in a China Shop podcast is now the Band of Traders podcast! In this week’s episode, Vanta Tradings own JM hops on the mic to give us some valuable insights into the world of quant trading and algos. Listen in as JM tells us about his experiences working in the field and shares a few stories about how they played others… and how they got played as well! Special thanks to RobertR for joi...

The 2 Bulls in a China Shop podcast is now the Band of Traders podcast! Due to the holiday shortened week, Kyle, Baba Yaga and Mr. Banks sat down for this holiday special in which they share their holiday plans and discuss their family traditions before shifting into story-telling mode after hearing about Baba’s kids 3-0 record vs family televisions… From sports to cooking to breaking expensive st...

The 2 Bulls in a China Shop podcast is now the Band of Traders podcast! This week Casey Stubbs, host of How to Trade it stops by the shop to talk about how he got into trading as well as share some of the lessons he learned along the way. Casey also tells us about his book, The Complete Trading System , as well as some of the unexpected benefits he’s realized since starting a podcast and how he’s...

Rich Friesen of Mind Muscles for Traders joins Kyle, Baba Yaga and Mr. Banks for a deep dive into trading psychology. Kyle kicks it off by suggesting a new application for Rich’s new course, Alpha Presence and Mr. Banks gets him animated after asking about Rich’s stance on daily targets. After answering out questions, Rich fields a few from the audience and we all learn how important the language...

In episode 8 of the Option(al) Experience, Kyle discusses his findings over the past 2 weeks from his earnings homework and asks a few questions that came up during his homework. Erik adds to the assignment by tasking everyone to begin tracking strangles in addition to the straddles in order to accelerate the data collection process! Check it out on YouTube to follow along with Erik's Scrren!...

The 2 Bulls in a China Shop podcast is now the Band of Traders podcast! In this episode, Baba Yaga and Mr. Banks from Vanta Trading, along with fan favorite Perdue join us for a great and timely discussion on fading trends and more specificially, what do our expert traders need to see in order to initiate a position. After that, we dissect an interesting tweet from Crudele that evolves into a conv...

This week’s episode was sent in to us by China Shop friend and frequent contributor, JoelMC that features an honest discussion about the recent struggles he has been dealing with. Listen along with your favorite notebook as Vanta Trading’s Baba Yaga and Mr. Banks listen and provide actionable ideas for how Joel can improve his trading, along with some new ideas to build on what he is already doing...

The 2 Bulls in a China Shop podcast is now the Band of Traders podcast! In this inaugural episode, we sit down for a Round Table discussion with Baba Yaga and Mr. Banks from Vanta Trading, and long-time shop friend, Fleri. We kick it off with a fun discussion about naming this podcast, and the goals and direction of both the show, and our newly combined Discord server, where the China Shop remains...

In this installment of the Option(al) Experience, Erik kicks things off by reviewing some of the trades made by Kyle and Blayne since they last met before leading a discussion about earnings and potential opportunities to trade. Homework for this episode is to track a minimum of one earnings play per week so we can learn how options move through the cycle. Check it out on YouTube if you want to be...

This week in the China Shop, we kick things off with a major announcement detailing changes to the format and the planned merging of discords with Vanta Trading before diving into the bearish headlines from the past week! In Stock News, UAW makes progress with GM and Stellantis and Jamie Dimon is selling some of his JPM stake for the very first time. Over in the Crypto Corner, SBF throws a legal h...