Desire To Trade Podcast | Interviews with Highly Successful Traders

The Lazy Trader (Higher Time Frame Trading) In episode 50 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Rob Colville, a Forex trader using a method to trade higher time frames and maximize his lifestyle. He is the man behind the site  The Lazy Trader . Rob trades exclusively on the daily and weekly time frames. He looks for several types of trades and do not care so much about trading. His goal is t...

Patrick James: Working On Your Self-Images & Other Ways To Succeed If this isn't the first podcast episode you're listening to, you certainly know how passionate I am about trading. Sometimes, however, I like to expand my perspectives and bring guests outside the trading world on the Desire To Trade Podcast. These guests bring unique ideas based on their own field of expertise. So far, I've been g...

Chris Claflin: A Futures Trader Who Dropped Out of School In episode 48 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Chris Claflin, a Futures trader and the host of the new Uncharted Podcast . I strongly recommend you check out his podcast. It has a very impressive & uncommon touch to it! Chris started to trade in College. Learning to trade wasn't an easy task while he was pursuing studies of becom...

Ellaine Escueta: Tripling Your Trading Account While You Forgot About It In episode 47 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Ellaine Escueta, a Forex trader with a passion for trading. She is the women behind Trading Elevated . Ellaine had no interest for trading at first, but picked up a book about the subject in school. As time went on, she started to get more and more involved and interes...

Kim Krompass: Day Trading For A Living With Price Action   In episode 46 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Kim Krompass, a Forex price action day trader and the woman behind the Price Action Traders Institute. She is the very first woman to be featured on the podcast. During this interview, Kim shared a lot about her view on day trading vs. longer term trading. She also mentioned several...

The Power Of A One-Page Trading Plan I resisted the idea of creating a trading plan for so long... but the moment I finally came up with my first trading plan, I felt much better. First, I no longer had to keep everything in my head as I used to do. Second, I had clear guidelines concerning what I was supposed to do. The problem: that trading plan took 30 days to write and was huge. It was very ha...

The Great Advice From Market Wizards w/ Jack Schwager If I were to ask successful traders the ONE book that influenced them and guided them through becoming traders, Market Wizards would definitely come up. The book contains interviews with traders who are living off trading from around the world. It turns out to be packed with great lessons and highly inspirational. In episode 43 of the Desire To...

Trade Like A Casino w/ Richard Weissman "Trade like a casino" sounds like an awesome idea, right? After all, what do casinos do? They have a system/strategy to ensure that they are going to have an edge over the long-run. Does that mean the casino is going to win every poker game? Not at all, but over time, it is almost guaranteed to make money. In episode 42 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I inte...

All You Need To Know About Forex News Trading w/ Yohay Elam If you have been trading Forex for a while, you probably noticed the, sometimes, big spikes in the price of certain currency pairs. As a matter of fact, news reports are released almost every single day and the market tend to react strongly to them. A quick advice : if you aren't aware of this, you NEED to listen to this podcast episode!...

BONUS: Q&A With Dr. Andrew Menaker (Trading Psychology) Some background on Dr. Andrew Menaker? Dr. Andrew Menaker is a licensed clinical psychologist with a PhD in psychology. He is, in my opinion, the leading authority when it comes to trading psychology and has been recognized worldwide for his work in the fields of emotion management and emotion development. He has coached some of the world's t...

In episode 40 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Michael Toma, a futures trader who is also the author of  The Risk of Trading: Mastering the Most Important Element in Financial Speculation . Michael has a very interesting perspective on risk management and he shares several highly actionable tips you can apply to your trading to make risk management part of your business. That will be ve...

Finding Your Own Way To Trade w/ Dave Floyd In episode 39 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview a stock & Forex trader I really admire named Dave Floyd, the founder and head of trading at  Aspen . Dave started trading in college while he was in Boston. He first read  Market Wizards , a book showcasing stories of various successful traders (which I highly recommend!). The interviewed covered...

5 Elements To Go From Start To Profitable Forex Trading In episode 38 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I share the 5 elements I have applied in my trading journey so far to go from scratch to profitable Forex trading. Read the whole article as I share the 5 elements with more details.   I see that a lot of aspiring Forex traders spend a lot of time looking at trading as being just entering and exit...

A Truck Driver Who Blew Up 9 Accounts To Become A Profitable Trader w/ Ryan Herron Episode 37 of the Desire To Trade Podcast features Ryan Herron, a binary option and Forex trader. HIs story of how he became a profitable trader is very interesting due to the fact that he blew up 9 accounts but kept going. He could see a progression in his results, which made him think that by staying in trading, h...

The Development Of An Automated Trading System w/ Shaun Overton Watch the video interview! Episode 36 of the Desire To Trade Podcast features Shaun Overton, the automated trading system developer also founder of  One Step Removed . Shaun started in the forex industry in 2005 working as a broker at FXCM. He led the sales effort for an automated trading fund, which led to his interest into automated...

Lessons From A Successful Forex Day Trader w/ Casey Stubbs Episode 35 of the Desire To Trade Podcast features Casey Stubbs, a Forex day trader and the man behind   Winner's Edge Trading . Casey usually starts his day around 6:30 am EST and is done with trading by noon. He specializes on trading the EUR/USD pair and uses only simple trading strategies. Upon finishing his trading day, Casey has the...

Trade With Edge w/ Mike Bellafiore Episode 34 of the Desire To Trade Podcast features Mike Bellafiore, the co-founder of  SMB Capital , a well-known proprietary trading firm based in New York, USA. Mike is also the author of  One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading  and  The PlayBook: An Inside Look at How to Think Like a Professional Trader . SMB Capital’s trade...

The Most Valuable Insights On Trading Psychology - Andrew Menaker Episode 33 of the Desire To Trade Podcast features Dr. Andrew Menaker, a highly knowledgeable and well-known psychologist in the trading world. Since 1995, Andrew has been coaching traders and top fund managers to achieve a better performance.  Being a trader himself, Andrew is frequently asked to speak at conference and is constant...

The Professional Forex Trader With A True Passion For The Market Episode 32 of the Desire To Trade Podcast features Dimitrios Charalampidis, a professional Forex trader based in Greece, and the man behind Snail Trading . The best thing about Dimotrios has to be his incredible passion for trading. He spends a lot of time looking at the market and testing his way of trading. However, that leads him...

A Great Lifestyle And 18,000% Return In The Stock Market with Gil Morales & Chris Kacher Episode 30 of the Desire To Trade Podcast features Gil Morales and Christian Kacher from  Virtue Of Selfish Investing . They discuss their philosophies on life and trading following the several books they wrote together. Aspiring traders would envy Gil and Christian' lifestyles of travel and discovery. At the...

Choosing Your Forex Trading Broker - Part 2 Episode 29 & 30 of the Desire To Trade Podcast features Justin Hertzberg and Trent Hoerr from Forest Park FX. They share crucial elements to consider when one go about choosing a Forex trading broker. That is the first step for any trader. This interview contains a lot of material and is divided in 2 episodes. While many traders are ready to dive into Fo...

Choosing Your Forex Trading Broker - Part 1 Episode 29 of the Desire To Trade Podcast features Justin Hertzberg and Trent Hoerr from Forest Park FX. They share crucial elements to consider when one go about choosing a Forex trading broker. That is the first step for any trader. This interview contains a lot of material and is divided in 2 episodes. Part 2 is available here. While many traders are...

Habits That Lead To Success In Trading Episode 28 of the Desire To Trade Podcast features Johan Nordstrom, a Forex trader living in Sweden. Johan launched  TradingWalk , a website where he shows how to trade the markets in a smart yet powerful way and profit for life. This podcast episode turned out to highlight some important habits traders should adopt. One of the measures Johan tracks helps him...

The Professional Trader & His Trading Process Episode 27 of the Desire To Trade Podcast features Daniel Sesay, a currency and commodity trader with a very interesting background. Daniel has been in South Africa, involved in physical trading of commodities where he learned about what was really important in trading. He now shares his passion and helps traders succeed through  Traders Club London ....

Advice from a former trader on trading Episode 26 of the Desire To Trade Podcast features Stig Broderson, the co-host of  The Investors Podcast - We study billionaires , which was featured in  The Podcasts I Follow To Become A Better Trader . Stig During graduate school, he co-founded a consultancy firm, providing clients with legal and financial advice relating to personal finance. Upon graduatio...