Insilico Terminal Podcast

HackermanAce joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about Ichimoku trading, finding a real system, crypto options, volatility, hedging, on-chain venues, LPing memecoins, Solana, Hyperliquid, and where the next cycle could come from.  We covered how Ace went from early crypto mistakes to full-time trading, why he built his style around Ichimoku Cloud setups, why day trading burns people o...

Hendrik Ghys, Co-Founder & CEO of Thalex, joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about crypto options, volatility trading, market makers, delta hedging, and why options are easier than most traders think.  We cover how Thalex is building a crypto options exchange, why options are harder to bring on-chain than perps, how MOVE-style contracts work, what market makers actually do when t...

EmptyBrainTrader joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about crypto trading, execution, mean reversion, and the psychology of actually clicking the button.  We covered his early mistakes buying XRP and Zcash, blowing up in 2022, studying DOM and auction market theory, building a mean reversion style, dealing with FOMO and revenge trading, and why execution often matters more than perfec...

CryptoGoon joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about leaving TradFi, discovering early DeFi, getting rugged, and finding real trading edges across crypto markets.  We cover the difference between solo trading and working inside a trading firm, how simple arbs and broken on-chain mechanics turned into profitable trades, what market making actually looks like, and why new perp DEXs and...

Marty joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his path from early Bitcoin and BitMEX to becoming a top perps and spot market maker on FTX, and later moving deeper into crypto options.  We discuss why options market making is so different from perps, why retail still prefers simple up/down leverage, how structured products work, what went wrong with DeFi options, and why portfolio ma...

In this episode, we’re joined by @GoshawkTrades, a systematic and algorithmic trader running 12+ live strategies across futures, equities, and crypto.  We talk about how he got into trading, why he moved toward systematic strategies, what he got wrong early, and what his trading looks like today.  We also cover where strategy ideas come from, how to test them properly, the most common ba...

Skew joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about how crypto markets have changed, why trading is more competitive now, and how he uses order flow, market structure, CVD, OI, funding, and sentiment to find trades.  We covered his early Bitcoin story, learning to trade on BitMEX, the difference between speculation and real trading, how large players create traps in the market, how to find...

Jords joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his path through crypto, from early trading mistakes and Solana NFTs to Hyperliquid, airdrops, logging off, and coming back when the market looked dead again. We talked about why he avoids perps, how he became early to Solana NFTs, what made Hyperliquid stand out before the airdrop, why he prefers buying depressed assets over chasing leverage...

StonXBT joined the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his path from early crypto, learning market profile and order flow, trading on a prop desk, and building a risk-first approach to markets.  We covered scalping DOM and iceberg orders, why most traders skip real source material, how he thinks about position sizing and leverage, turning £3k into £800k, and why the biggest returns usuall...

Krillin joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about getting into crypto in 2017, riding the altcoin euphoria, losing money through the bear market, and slowly turning that into a real trading process.  We cover early altcoin trading, manual market making on IDEX, risk management, adapting across market conditions, why he moved more toward SPX and TradFi, how macro helped him sell the 20...

Rbit joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his 15-year journey through crypto — from discovering Bitcoin on 4chan, mining BTC in 2011, losing funds on Mt. Gox, and trading the early BitMEX era, to building statistical arbitrage and HFT systems.  We cover the 2017 ICO cycle, Bitcoin fork trades, why 2018 pushed him toward quantitative trading, what stat arb actually means, how HFT...

TheCryptoNexus joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his path from blowing up trading accounts to making it back through news trading, how his style evolved from short-term scalping into more selective swing trading, and what he’s learned about risk, market structure, and surviving in crypto. The episode covers news trading, Hyperliquid, market evolution, meme coins, Bitcoin, and why m...

Audy joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his path from solo crypto trader to operations manager at Credo, how modern crypto prop firms actually work, and what separates traders who make it from those who don’t. The episode covers hiring, track records, discipline, confidence, portfolio construction, market regimes, and why working at a fund can be a much better path than trying to ma...

Worst Contrarian joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his path into full-time trading, why he approaches markets like a business, and where he thinks real edge actually comes from. The episode covers arbitrage, exploiter mindset, inefficiencies in crypto and TradFi, trading psychology, expected value, and why most people are better off not trying to become traders in the first place....

Liquidity Goblin joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his path from TradFi HFT into crypto, how he approaches DeFi, arbitrage, venue selection, and the kinds of inefficiencies smaller traders can still exploit. The episode covers market structure, manual vs systematic trading, risk management, points farming, meme coins, prediction markets, and where real edge still exists in crypto....

Jim Talbot joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his path from crypto trader to product manager, how trading shaped his market view, and why he found more meaning in building with a team. The episode covers burnout, market evolution, metals, high-timeframe trading, and the mindset shifts that come after the trader arc. Insilico Terminal Podcast Episode 27 - Jim 00:00 Intro, Jim’s backg...

In this episode, we’re joined by Bitcoin Charlie, a long-time crypto trader known for alt rotations and comparative “spaghetti” charts on CT. Charlie shares his journey from entering crypto in 2017, making and losing money in his first cycle, and returning more disciplined in the 2020–2021 bull market. We talk about the infamous missed SHIB fortune, lessons from fumbling huge gains, and how his tr...

In this episode, Mercury shares his journey from early crypto curiosity to becoming a systematic trader focused on momentum, carry, and volatility strategies. We dive into the differences between discretionary and systematic trading, how he builds and tests models, and why many edges in crypto are really risk premia rather than pure alpha. Mercury explains infrastructure for running strategies acr...

In this episode, PonziTrader shares his full journey - from buying Bitcoin to buy weed on the dark web to becoming a high-volume directional perp trader. He walks through spinning $2k into $50k in 2017, losing it all in 2018, printing during the COVID crash, and the brutal 2021 flash crash where he lost $800k in a single night. We dive deep into real vs fake moves, exchange flow dynamics, ETF-driv...

In this episode, Pedma shares his journey from bookkeeping and small-cap equities into fully systematic crypto trading. We dive deep into the difference between discretionary and quant approaches, why most retail trading is just momentum “seen through a potato,” and how real edge requires understanding why you’re getting paid for exposure. Pedma explains his long/short momentum models, carry strat...

In this episode, Magus shares his 11-year trading journey - from early tech stocks and silver to BitMEX-era crypto and full-time trading through the COVID crash. We dive deep into order flow, open interest, spot vs perp dynamics, and how market structure has evolved with ETFs and institutional flows. Magus explains his execution style, hedging philosophy, fixed sizing approach, and how professiona...

In this episode, Merp shares his journey from hospitality work during COVID to trading crypto full-time, navigating early bull-market luck, painful drawdowns, and the realities of maturing markets. We talk about buying dips, overthinking versus ignorance, working at a crypto fund through the FTX collapse, and why human dynamics often break funds. The conversation dives into perp DEXs vs options, a...

In this episode, Fofty shares his unconventional path into markets - from the euro crisis and the Wirecard collapse to crypto mining, ICOs, and eventually macro-driven trading across options, perps, and traditional markets. We explore how event-driven thinking, convexity, and seasonality shape his approach, why options offer a better way to express macro views, and how liquidity - not narratives -...

In this episode, DeltaXBT shares his journey from early Bitcoin exposure and getting wrecked in the 2017 altcoin cycle to becoming a disciplined, higher-timeframe trader focused on patience and simplicity. We talk about why he only trades a small basket of majors, how journaling and waiting for clean setups shaped his edge, and the hard lessons learned from losing over 90% of his net worth during...

In this episode, we’re joined by Lucas and Hersch to dive deep into World Markets , a new fully on-chain “prime DEX” aiming to bring spot, perps, and lending together under a single, unified risk engine. Lucas explains the core insight behind building everything on-chain: atomic state, transparent risk, and capital efficiency that simply isn’t possible with hybrid or centralized architectures. We...