Pain & Profit Podcast

In this episode of Pain & Profit: Trader Mastermind , Tony and Mike sit down with a prop firm futures trader, Dee Futures, whose journey into the markets started in an unexpected place of survival. After COVID shifted his perspective on income and freedom, he was introduced to trading through a friend and eventually found his way into the world of ICT concepts. But like most traders, the road...

This week on Pain & Profit , we kick things off with one of the hottest stories in the market — Lululemon . With the CEO stepping down and the founder attempting to reclaim control of the company, we break down what this kind of corporate drama really means for traders and why, as Mike says, everything in the market is calculated . From there, we reflect on last week’s takeaways and outline wh...

This Thanksgiving week brought slow markets, low volume, and a whole lot of reflection. In this episode, we dive into the deeper side of trading — discipline, purpose, ego, and the journey of becoming the trader you want to be. Tony opens up about wrestling with his “why” and forgetting the purpose behind why he trades. He talks about creating a Trader’s Creed — something he can recite daily to ke...

In this episode of the Pain & Profit Podcast , we go deep into the psychology behind trading — and why most traders never make it. We open by breaking down our theories on why Bitcoin is tanking and how that ripples through larger markets. But the real story for us as traders isn’t about the charts…it’s about how the human mind reacts when real money is on the line. Mike shares how he can make...

Episode 5 of the Pain & Profit Podcast is pure chaos in the best way. We kick things off unhinged—venting about the struggle of staying consistent with weekly episodes while dreaming big about where we want to take the Pain & Profit brand next. From there, we dive straight into the trading trenches. Tony just took his first swing at a prop firm combine…and blew the account on Day 1. Even t...

In this episode, we dive into trading as a business. We unpack the deep overlap between being an entrepreneur / business owner and being a trader — from building systems and managing risk to developing discipline and finding your flow. Drawing from our own experiences running businesses, we talk about the importance of structure, processes, and mindset — and how the same principles that help you g...

In this episode of the Pain & Profit Podcast , Tony and Mike go deep on one of the hardest truths in trading — risk always comes before reward. After a tough red day in the market, Mike opens up about how losses test your mindset and your process. We talk about what happens when discipline collides with emotion, and how understanding your max loss and cutting trades early can be the difference...

In this episode of the Pain & Profit Podcast , Tony and Mike dig into what it really means to live the life of a trader — not the highlight reel, but the grind that most people can’t stomach. We start off breaking down this week’s market action from a retail trader’s perspective — our theories on how the market moves, how big money plays the game, and why the market isn’t your friend. We touch...

In the very first episode of the Pain & Profit Podcast , we lay the foundation for what this movement is all about. This isn’t a technical breakdown of charts or trade setups — it’s a raw conversation between two traders on the same battlefield but fighting in different ways. Tony is a day trader. Mike is a swing trader. But both wake up every day and choose the same path: embracing the pain,...