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Q4: Scott Sanderson – Portfolio Optimization: Risk Preferences In, Trades Out

2016/12/12

When one has a price model that they think will work well for forecasting returns, the next step is

102: Eugene Soltes – Unraveling a $65-Billion Ponzi Scheme and Notorious Cases of Insider Trading

2016/12/7

Eugene Soltes is an author and finance professor at Harvard Business School.Over the past eight year

Q3: Jonathan Larkin – Seeking Alpha? Try MORE Alpha Factors

2016/12/5

In practice, no one trading model will ever be that good on its own. Luckily statistics has come up

101: Siam Kidd – Latching Onto Trends, Strategic Business Moves, and Breaking the Norm

2016/12/1

My guest for episode 1-0-1 is Siam Kidd, from Norwich in the UK. He’s a former-air force pilot, turn

Q2: Jessica Stauth – Seeking Alpha? Try Alpha Factors

2016/11/28

Factors are at the core of a modern quant equity workflow. This episode introduces the notion of alp

100: Bao, @Modern_Rock – Overcome Adversity, Dominate a Niche, Become ‘the House’

2016/11/24

My guest for this special milestone (being episode 100!) is someone who I’ve been attempting to brin

Q1: Delaney Mackenzie – You Don’t Know How Wrong You Are

2016/11/21

The worst case in finance is when you think you’re right, but you’re actually wrong. This can be esp

099: Brynne Kelly – What Happens on a Merchant Trading Desk—with an Energy Veteran

2016/11/17

My guest for this episode is Brynne Kelly; an electricity, natural gas, and crude oil trader who’s s

098: Peter To – How Successful Day Trading Can Fly in the Face of Conventional Wisdom—with a Former Poker Player and Ex-Prop Trader

2016/11/10

Before day trading equities, Peter To played a lot of online poker and did fairly well for himself.

097: Derek Wong – How to Think About Strategies Like a Quant and Diversify Like a Boss

2016/11/3

On this episode, I have our very first guest from China; Derek Wong—he is the Director of Systematic

096: Nico, @InefficientMrkt – An Eight Year Overnight Success Story, and a Thirst for Momentum

2016/10/27

Nico (@InefficientMrkt on Twitter) is a day trader with a thirst for momentum. He predominately trad

095: Adrian, @AdeyF69 – Why it Pays to be Relentlessly Process Driven, and When Stats Count

2016/10/20

For this episode, the trader who I had the opportunity to speak with, and who you’re about to hear f

094: Kenny Glick – Shady Tales From a Real-Life Boiler Room, and Things Profitable Traders Do

2016/10/13

My guest on this episode is a former-stand up comedian, turned questionable stockbroker, turned day

093: Ben, @BLB_Capital – What an Order Flow Fanatic Adapted From One of the 'Big Boys'

2016/10/6

What you’re about to hear is a conversation I had with a short-term futures trader, Ben—whose last n

092: Dario Mofardin – Observing the Whole Board, Building a Body of Evidence, Swinging at Fat Pitches

2016/9/29

For this episode I spoke with fund manager, Dario Mofardin.Dario went from a finance degree, straigh

091: Craig Scott – Trading Fundamentals, Sentiment and Events, and Why Conviction Matters

2016/9/22

Craig Scott is someone who has been trading and investing for most of his life, first starting in sc

090: Michael Halls-Moore – This Quants' Approach to Designing Algo Strategies

2016/9/15

For this episode I’m joined by Michael Halls-Moore, who runs QuantStart.com—a site well-known by man

089: Blake Morrow – From Ramen Noodles to a Lucrative Career Trading Forex Markets

2016/9/8

Blake Morrow (otherwise known as @PipCzar on Twitter) started out as a stock broker in 1995, but thi

088: Dave Lauer – A Former-High Frequency Trader Talks Speed, Market Structure and Dark Pools

2016/9/1

Dave Lauer is a former-high frequency trader for firms such as Citadel and Allston Trading. He’s wor

087: Tom Sosnoff – Speaks on Life Experiences, Trading Options, and Reaching Your Potential

2016/8/25

This week on the podcast, I spoke with Tom Sosnoff, who many of you will already know—he’s pretty cl

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