Band of Traders - Together We Trade

Joining Kyle in the China Shop this week is Tony Pawlak, full-time trader and Master coach with RealLifeTrading.com! Listen in as Tony shares his story and the lessons he learned from the many setbacks he encountered. From lacking a plan, to not enough EDU and missing risk management controls. Tony suffered through all the beginner mistakes and shows us how to make it out on the other side. And be...

This week in the China Shop, Dan kicks things off with the Mega Millions jackpot for some reason before diving into the latest NFP numbers and the US's new top trading partner. In Stock News, US Cellular skyrockets, Alphabet Dumps most of its HOOD stake and Hindenburg's report on ICAHN is looking more accurate as time goes on. Over in the Crypto Corner, POTUS accidently pumps BTC while COI...

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Joining Kyle in the China Shop this week is Walter Holmes, champion of education and creator of the Wall Street Whiz stock market simulator! Listen along as Walter talks about his motivations for creating Wall St. Whiz , and the impact it had in the classrooms before diving into a broader discussion about the methods Walter uses to teach valuable skills and how to effectively measure the impact of...

This week in the China Shop, another rate hike from the latest FMOC can't slow down the markets as more economic data comes lands in the 'goldilocks zone' and India makes a play to become the next big semiconductor producer. In Stock News, the FTC sets its sights on breaking up AMZN, META's Threads has a retention issue and Subway tries a new marketing campaign. Over in the Crypto...

Joining Kyle for this new miniseries focused on learning options is Blayne MaCauley (Host of the PennyLane Podcast) and Erik Smolinski (Creator of esInvests)! In this first episode, Erik pops a quiz to establish a baseline of the students' options knowledge before diving into the importance of trading plans and logs. Erik then wraps things up with a homework assignment... Make three paper trad...

Joining Kyle in the China Shop this week is the host of the CAPitalize Your Finances podcast (and author of the book of the same name ), Chris Panagiotu! Listen along as Chris shares his journey, from about his first investment at age 10 to leaving Morgan Stanely and building a practice from scratch. Chris's story wasn't all roses though, as he also opens up about dealing with Crohn's...

This week in the China Shop, competing recession headlines are back as experts can't seem to agree on whether or not the US managed to dodge one, the Fed announces a new payments system and Yellen makes friends with Vietnam! In Stock News, AMC lifts off on news about APE, DIS looks to sell part of it's stake in ESPN and SIRI is in some kind of weird short squeeze... Over in the Crypto Corn...

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Joining Kyle in the China Shop this week is the award-winning Bond portfolio manager and Senior VP of Fixed Income at ICON Advisers! Listen in as we discuss why Jerry trades bonds, some of the ways he is able to mitigate risk and how the macro environment affects the markets before wrapping up with some of the lessons learned during his 38+ year career! About Jerry: JERRY PAUL, CFA, is Senior Vice...

This week in the China Shop, inflation continues to soften and consumer optimism grows, while reservists getting called to active duty has Kyle speculating that will impact MJ reform. In Stock News, the FTC loses its case vs MSFT but aren't ready to give up just yet, but they did score a win against a group of scammers. Over in the Crypto Corner, a former Celcius CEO is arrested and Ripple Lab...

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Joining Kyle in the China Shop this week for his first Forex discussion is Kevin Jefferson, founder of FMTrades.com ! Listen along as Kevin talks about why he likes to trade Forex, how his military experiences shaped his trading journey and the impact his father had in his life. We also discuss what FMTrades.com has to offer new traders as well as some good free resources out there to help learn a...

This week in the China Shop, JPM and BofA have opposite predictions for the stock market and interest rates for mortgages hits its highest levels for 2023. In Stock News, Toyota claims to have made some massive improvements to EV batteries, more pundits weigh in on the MSFT v FTC case and a billionaire feud spills over into the legal world. Over in the Crypto Corner, the guys debate what impact a...

Joining Kyle in the China Shop this week and making his first ever podcast appearance is the other half of Vanta Trading, Mr. Banks. Listen in as we discuss a range of trading topics, from adapting your trading to fit your life, figuring out who you are as a trader and even the added pressures of trading in a spotlight. Mr. Banks also talks about the importance of community, and having someone you...

This week in the China Shop, Dan voices concerns about the impact of school loan payments restarting in October, and both are shocked to find out China is hiding $3 Trillion in foreign currency reserves. In Stock News, Overstock gets a screaming deal on BBBY's assets, Lordstown Motors files for bankruptcy and flying taxis get one step close to reality. Over in the Crypto Corner, Coinbase's...

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This week Vico from TRADEPRO Academy is back in the China Shop to discuss the free Futures Trading workshop that he recently hosted. Listen along as Kyle and Dan learn more about why Vico changed his system to rely on mostly volume profile and order flow, before finally understanding the true importance of utilizing the replay feature... If you missed the workshop, you can register here to watch t...

This week in the China Shop, the odds of the US slipping into a recession seem to be decreasing, even while Japan's inflation stays hot and Turkey's central bank raises rates sharply. In Stock News, the FTC goes after Amazon for deceptive practices while arguing its case against the ATVI acquisition by MSFT. Over in the Crypto Corner, institutional money is getting into crypto and it's...

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This week in the China Shop, the Fed hits the pause button, Bostic runs afoul of the Blackout restrictions (again) and Janet Yellen comments on the USDs falling global reserve share. In Stock News, NVDA joins the trillion dollar market cap club while CRM unveils its AI cloud. Over in the Crypto Corner, Blackrock files for a BTC ETF and Mark Cuban draws parallels to the dot com bubble and crypto&#3...

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In this latest installment of Round Table, Square Traders, Kyle and Dan sit down with JoelMC to discuss the current struggles each are going through and offer ideas for improvement. Topics discussed include: Motivation (or lack thereof), shifting focus from PnL to process and of course, going rogue! Want to join an expert on the next episode? Send us an email at 2bulls@financialineptitude.com with...

This week in the China Shop, a new bull market is declared after the longest bear market since 1948, but JPM and VCs still see similarities to the 2008 crash. In Stock News, Delta rises on strong travel demand while MSFT considers exiting the UK market if they can't get approval for the ATVI merger. Over in the Crypto Corner, Robinhood drops three more tokens, and the SEC continues its crackdo...

Phil Muscatello, Host of Stocks (& Shares & ETFs) for Beginners makes his triumphant return to the China Shop this week. Listen along as Kyle and Phil catch up on what's happened in the past year. They eventually talk about trading, but not before some digressions into language history, nuclear engineering and some criminally underfollowed twitter accounts. When they do get into some m...