Episodes
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Ep. 665 My #1 Favorite Way to Trade
I've got a couple of things going for my trading in 2022, and this episode will tell you all about it.
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Ep. 664: Market Meltdown
The market melted down. Then it melted back up. What gives? What should you do next? Where might the market go from here?
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Ep. 663 - How to Find Short Squeezes Like Gamestop
Gamestop was the big stock story of 2021. But did you know that before Gamestop, Tesla did the same thing? And before Tesla, Wayfair did the same thing? These retail power plays - short squeezes - have some common elements, and in today's episode we'll cover what those elements are - what you can...
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Ep. 662: The New Power Plays
Short squeezes are the new power plays. Here's the type of trade that will be bigger than anything else in 2022.
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Ep. 661: Talking with Timothy Sykes
Tim and I have known each others for years, and I love this guy. He is generous, honest, and REAL! I interviewed him for my "Trader Interviews" series, but I wanted to share here because it's just too good not to. If you want, check out @karmagawa, Tim's charity organization.
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Ep. 660: When am I really going to trade for a living?
Someone asked me when are they really going to be able to trade for a living when they're making money, but not enough to quit their job? Well, here's my answer!
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659: The Power of Asymmetrical Returns
Asymmetrical trades are the big ones. The ones that have huge potential. And there are more of these trades out there than ever before.
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Ep 658: What's Been Going On
Rob is talking to you today from Austin, Texas and he's with Markus from Rockwell Trading. Welcome to Episode 658 of the Traders Podcast. Most of what Rob Booker offers will always be free. Rob's YouTube Channel has great free content for traders who want to learn. Want to meet Rob this year? You...
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Ep 657: The Carry Trade
Welcome to The Traders Podcast with your host Rob Booker. Today Rob is bringing you Episode 657 where he discusses the Carry Trade. Want to meet Rob this year? You can! He'll be traveling around to meet you. He's planning some quick events in Houston, NYC, Phoenix, Mexico City, Madrid, London,...
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Ep 656: Overcoming Fear
Are you afraid to pull the trigger on your next trade? Welcome to the Traders Podcast Episode 656. Your host is Rob Booker. He's a currency trader and author who loves getting to know other traders! You are asking a lot of questions because you want to CYA. All the worrying in the world won't...
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Ep 655: Why We Fail
http://traffic.libsyn.com/traderspodcast/RB655.mp3 Take responsibility and take the blame. Sounds fun, right? Stick with us! Welcome to the Traders Podcast Episode 655. Your host is Rob Booker. He's a currency trader and author who loves getting to know other traders! You don't need to spend...
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Ep 654: It's Never Too Late
http://traffic.libsyn.com/traderspodcast/RB654.mp3 Rob highly recommends that you take back your fancy car. Hi and welcome to the Traders Podcast Episode 654. Your host is Rob Booker. He's a currency trader and author who loves getting to know other traders! There are a lot of people out there...
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Ep 653: Let Me Tell You Something
Rob loves hearing from you, traders! He loves answering your questions. Today's episode of The Traders Podcast is all about how Rob will be doing even more this year to help traders succeed. Most of what Rob Booker offers will always be free. Rob's YouTube Channel has great free content for…
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Ep 652: Trade - Make Money - Stop
New to trading? Welcome! This episode is for you. Your host is Rob Booker. There is a lot of information online from supposed traders claiming wild success and telling you to do some pretty crazy things. New traders, you don't need to pay anyone any money and you don't need to buy anything.…
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Ep 651: I Forgot to Check my Trading Account
Let's talk about what happens when you get in a trade before you've gotten the green light. Hey! If you're are interested trading Forex check out ForestParkFX or give them a call at 877.557.3739 and get cash-back rebates on every trade you place. Welcome to The Traders Podcast Episode 651 with…
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Ep 650: Stupid Excuses We All Make
Hey! If you're are interested trading Forex check out ForestParkFX or give them a call at 877.557.3739 and get cash-back rebates on every trade you place. Welcome to The Traders Podcast Episode 650 with your host Rob Booker. Over the years Rob has known a lot of traders. He can usually tell who...
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Ep 649: Pay Defense!
Rob's got Italy and soccer on the brain today and you're in for a treat! Welcome to The Traders Podcast Episode 649. Your host is Rob Booker. Thanks for tuning in. Looking at soccer as an analogy for trading is pretty telling, and fun. But who is "the other team" in trading? It's the market. If…
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Ep 648: David is my Favorite Trader Right Now
Who is your favorite trader right now and why are they your favorite? Welcome to The Traders Podcast Episode 648. Thanks for tuning in today. Rob Booker wants to talk about a great trading mindset he just heard from David. Hi David! Thanks for your message. Trading to make a little money is fine....
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Ep 647: The Worst Advice I Ever Got
What's the worst advice you ever got? Welcome to The Traders Podcast Episode 647. Special episode in store for you today as Rob recounts the worst advice he ever got, when it was, who gave it and what he did with it. Things just aren't that black and white, are they? Conversations do change the...
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Ep 646: The Trading Systems Don't Work
Welcome to The Traders Podcast Episode 646. Special guest host Jason Smith is here with us today sharing motivating insights into trading and personal responsibility. Declare yourself to be responsible for your equity curve. Be the person who causes your equity cure to increase. Jason's applied...
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Ep 645: Get the Details Right!
Hey! If you're are interested trading Forex check out ForestParkFX or give them a call at 877.557.3739 and get cash-back rebates on every trade you place. Welcome to The Traders Podcast Episode 645. Today Rob is talking about the benefits of being assertive as a trader. First of all, here's a…
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Ep 644: Stop Being a Jerk
Welcome to The Traders Podcast Episode 644. Thank you so much for tuning in. We are so glad you are here! Rob has something great to share with you today. He's talking about how to know which trading systems work and how to make them work for you. There's no magic answer here and it shouldn't...
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Ep 643: What I Tell Every Trader who Asks for Advice
Rob gets about 100 social media messages a day and he loves it! He loves hearing from traders and talking about trades. When people asking him for trading advice he generally says the same two things, so this episode is dedicated to telling you just about the most important thing he can think of....
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Ep 642: What is Your Motivation?
Have you ever wondered why you're able to trade really well for a while when you need to make money, you pay off some bills, and then your success levels off? In Episode 642 of The Traders Podcast, Rob talks about why we often trade better when we have pre-determined to use our profits to pay…
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Ep 641: Are There Natural Laws of Trading?
Happy New Year! Your hosts Rob Booker and the producer Jason Pyles are back! Thanks for sticking with us. In Episode 641, Rob and Jason announce the world premiere of The Traders Rap coming on January 31st! Are you ready for it? Get excited! There are all kinds of natural laws of the universe. We...
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Ep 640: When a Trading Question Haunts You
Happy October! It's been way too long. Your hosts Rob Booker and the producer Jason Pyles are grateful to be back in the saddle again on The Traders Podcast after a requisite hiatus. Thanks for sticking with us. In Episode 640, Rob discusses a trading issue that he and other traders have…
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Ep 639: A Trading League of Our Own
http://traffic.libsyn.com/traderspodcast/RB639.mp3 Welcome to the Traders Podcast Episode 639! Boy are we glad to be back. Today your host Rob Booker, who's 50% improved from a 7-day fever from the depths of you-know-where, regales us with his heroic recovery. And, he catches up with Jason on his...
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Ep. 638: Looking to the Future Like Elon Musk
Welcome to the Traders Podcast Episode 638! Today your host Rob Booker indulges a current event question from Jason about Elon Musk's recent investigation-stirring tweet. This guy lives in the future. For traders it begs the question, "What kind of trader would a future-dweller be?" A trader...
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Ep 637: Simplify Your Trading, See More Success
Has your trading plateaued? Do you feel stuck in a rut? Traders commonly become impatient with the process because they just don't feel like success is happening fast enough. How long should it take to become profitable? Many traders want to know how long until they can trade for a living. In...
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Ep 636: A Trader's No. 1 Goal Is to Reduce Drawdown
What is your No. 1 goal in trading? To make money? No. In Episode 636 of The Traders Podcast, your host Rob Booker explains why your No. 1 "secret goal" as a trader is to reduce drawdown. Rob says a trader's primary responsibility is to reduce drawdown and cut your losses. You want to avoid…
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Ep 635: Learning How to Make Money Trading
Sometimes the events of the news don't have to be strictly financially related in order for us to glean some truth about trading. In Episode 635, your host Rob Booker and the producer Jason Pyles discuss the recent, heroic rescue of the boys trapped in a cave in Thailand. We talk about pressure…
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Ep 634: Scott Heywood on Surviving to Trade Tomorrow (and Next Week)
Continuing on with our interview series, Episode 634 of The Traders Podcast brings you the wisdom of Scott Heywood. He talks about his primary trading goal of just surviving to trade tomorrow and next week! Scott says he doesn't consider himself a trend trader or even a counter trend trader. He...
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Ep 633: Raghee Horner on Proving a Good Trade With Price
Welcome back to The Traders Podcast! Your host Rob Booker continues his interview series with the great trend trader Raghee Horner! She talks about the importance of having a short memory when it comes to good trades (as well as the bad ones). Raghee encourages the listeners to not take a…
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Ep 632: Scott Welsh on Beating the Market
In Episode 632 of The Traders Podcast, your host Rob Booker poses a number of interview questions for guest Scott Welsh to answer at his leisure. In this show, we ask what it means to "beat the market"? Better yet, how does one beat the market? For Scott Welsh, beating the market means creating a...
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Ep 631: The Genesis of a Traders' Rap
In a very unusual episode of The Traders Podcast, your host Rob Booker talks with the producer Jason Pyles about some of the themes of trading, including the perpetual pursuit of more time, money and influence. Traders are also commonly subject to disappointment, heartbreak, depression…
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Ep 630: The Clarity That Comes From Disappointment
Episode 630 of The Traders Podcast addresses a prominent condition of currency trading: disappointment. In this show, your host Rob Booker and the producer Jason Pyles discuss the clarity that comes from disappointment. We also talk about the way we conduct ourselves in the presence of various...
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Ep 629: Principles of Trend Trading
Welcome to Episode 629 of The Traders Podcast, featuring your host, Rob Booker. During this show, Rob discusses how trend trading is accompanied by inherent weaknesses and obstacles that can't be avoided. Even so, many traders still believe in trend trading as if it were "a trading religion," of...
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Ep 628: The Option Pit in Chicago
In Episode 628 of The Traders Podcast, your host Rob Booker travels to the Windy City and catches up with Mark Sebastian (right) from Cboe Global Markets. Rob and Mark discuss the concept of creating a competition for oneself. They also talk about explaining a trading system to another person by...
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Ep 627: Should Traders Follow the Rules or Not?
Welcome to a special edition of The Traders Podcast. Here in Episode 627, your usual host Rob Booker is traveling, so Jason the producer welcomes back guest host "The Coach" Scott Welsh! Scott asks a very simple question: Should traders follow the rules or not? To tease out this mystery, Scott...
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Ep 626: Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
There are a number of expressions that can easily be applied to currency trading. For instance, the idea of "beginner's luck" or not being able to "see the forest for the trees." Many of these notions seem to hold true, including the suggestion that "absence makes the heart grow fonder."…
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Ep 625: Where Versatility and Proficiency Intersect in Trading
In Episode 625 of The Traders Podcast, your host Rob Booker might not sound like himself, but rest assured, it's the real Rob! During this unusual show, Rob draws parallels between the versatility of character actors and the necessity of having similar versatility as a currency trader. Rob…
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Ep 624: Coming Back From a Terrible Decision
Welcome to The Traders Podcast Episode 624! Today your host Rob Booker and producer Jason Pyles dissect a trading mishap that Rob had recently. He recently took some trades with the New Zealand Dollar/US Dollar and the New Zealand Dollar/Canadian Dollar. You'd think that after 19 years of trading...
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Ep 623: How Trading Relates to Storytelling
During Episode 623 of The Traders Podcast, your host Rob Booker and the producer Jason Pyles discuss how trading relates to storytelling! Naturally, to kick off this conversation, Rob and Jason talk about "Solo: A Star Wars Story," spoiler-free. To the matter at hand: Does currency trading follow...
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Ep 622: How I Would Trade for a Living (if I Were a Brand-New Trader)
Welcome to The Traders Podcast, Episode 622. During this show, your hosts Rob Booker and Jason Pyles muse about what Rob would do differently if he began trading today with his current knowledge of the markets. To explore this topic a little more in-depth, Rob draws parallels with inventory...
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Ep 621: How to (Really) Trade for a Living From Home
In Episode 621 of The Traders Podcast, your hosts Rob Booker and the producer Jason Pyles revisit the age-old question of how one successfully trades for a living from home. Rob gives us the answer in three principles. Some of the advice in this episode will probably sound familiar to you. We…
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Ep 620: You Wouldn't Hit a Trader With Glasses on, Would You?
In Episode 620 of The Traders Podcast, Rob and Jason receive a funny, double-edged comment from Nick, a martial arts instructor, who makes fun of Rob's glasses. Nick talks about breaking boards as a martial arts demonstration. Nick says you should not focus on the board itself; he says you should...
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Ep 619: How Much Information Do We Need to Be Successful Traders?
Welcome to Episode 618 of The Traders Podcast! In this show, your host Rob Booker speaks with special guest Mark Langley, a former trading desk manager who shares some valuable insights from his years of experience! Mark and Rob talk about how the industry has changed, and they examine the...
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Ep 618: Adventures of a Trading Desk Manager
Welcome to Episode 618 of The Traders Podcast! In this show, your host Rob Booker speaks with special guest Mark Langley, a former trading desk manager who shares some valuable insights from his years of experience! Mark and Rob talk about how the industry has changed, and they examine the...
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Ep 617: What Avengers: Infinity War Can Teach Us About Trading - Part 2
In the previous episode of The Traders Podcast, your hosts Rob Booker and Jason Pyles used the new movie, "Avengers: Infinity War," to begin drawing parallels with principles of currency trading. In this show, Rob and Jason continue that discussion and explore it more in-depth by examining the...
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Ep 616: What Avengers: Infinity War Can Teach Us About Trading - Part 1
In Episode 616 of The Traders Podcast, your host Rob Booker and the producer Jason Pyles use the new Marvel blockbuster movie, "Avengers: Infinity War," to draw some parallels to principles in trading. We don't venture into major plot spoilers, and seeing the movie isn't required for…
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