All Episodes

Painting Corners to Protecting Portfolios: Former MLB pitcher Scott Karl on How Athletes Blow the Money, Alts, the Mental Side of Performance, and the NIL Era

Crisis Alpha, Cocoa Trends, and Correlated Trendlessness: Inside Aspect Capital’s Strategy with Christopher Reeve

Status of Alternatives - A Live Recording from Uncorrelated Puerto Rico

Spring Six Pack talking Florida Conferences, Bonds, AI & Hand Dryers

The Hedge Fund that Polls Regular People Where Markets Are Going ?

Oil, War, and the Strait of Hormuz: What current events look like through the eyes of an energy trader

OpenSnow’s Joel Gratz built a Pod Shop for Powder Days: the PMs are Meteorologists and the Returns are Faceshots. Send It!

Drone Wars, Space Intelligence, and AI-powered Defense Tech Investing with Ian Winer of Center15 Capital

SuperCars, Salad, and Sumo Wrestlers: Inside OneRiver’s Systematic Risk Mitigation Playbook with Patrick Kazley

Carry, Calendar Spreads, and Climate: Bruce Sinclair on the Future of Grain Markets

Going Nuclear: How Uranium is Powering Portfolios with Trevor Hall & Justin Huhn

Defensive Equity, Flex Options, and the Future of Quant at PGIM

Timing, Triggers & Transparency: Inside Potomac Funds’ Tactical Investing Playbook with Dan Russo

From Venezuelan Oil to Nuclear Frontiers: Navigating Resource Markets with Robert Mullin

The 2025 market review draft, talking Bears, Crypto Cycles & AI Paradoxes with David Dziekanski & Zed Francis

Signing Off for 2025: The Derivative Returns in January!

Building a Commodity Trader Multi-Strat with Tom Holliday of HIP investment

When the Gales of November Come Early: the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and Modern Maritime Trade with Sal Mercogliano

Volatility's Heartbeat, the AI Boom, and MJ’s Bulls with Equity Armor’s Brian Stutland

Engineering Alpha using Trend and Volatility on Equity Beta with Eric Leake of ALTUS Private Capital

Overheard at a Stacked Portable Alpha Symposium

Beyond Buy and Hold: Q3 Asset Mgmt's Quantitative Approach to Tactical Investing with Bruce Greig & Brad Giaimo

NASDAQ 100, Options & Volatility: 0DTE, Tail Hedges, Structured Products — with Kevin Davitt & Nicholas Smith

Bridgewater, Botany & Breaking the 2&20 mold with Unlimited ETFs' Bob Elliott

Solo Summer Six-Pack: Talking Trend, AI, Leverage, and Hurricanes

Beyond Traditional Trend: Leveraging Experience, Short Term, and Crypto with Mike Stendler

Beef Prices at All-Time Highs: Inside the Meat Markets with Jeff Apel of Wharton Capital

Options Alchemy: How Bernie Yu of Patronus Capital Transforms Market Making into Strategic Investing

Family Offices: an inside look on who runs them and how you get that seat, with Brian Adams of Mack International

Tech, Trust, and Tactical Investing: A New Era of Wealth Management with Kevin Jamali of Farther

Pivotal Perspectives: Decoding the Modern Hedge Fund Landscape with Jon Caplis

Is Trend Following Dead? (Again…) A Deep Dive with Crabel’s Grant Jaffarian

Value Creation Over Financial Engineering: Kinzie Capital’s Suzanne Yoon on Modern Private Equity

Stacking Assets: Bitcoin, Gold, and the Future of Portfolio Diversification with David Dziekanski of Quantify Funds

Podshops, Prices, and Physical Flows: A Commodity Trading Framework with Stephane Bernhard of CAM/ETG

The Endowment Playbook: Balancing Long-Term Goals with Current Market Volatility

WTF is this market? - with Vineer Bhansali of LongTail Alpha

Trends, Tall Heads, and Transformations with Transtrend’s Harold de Boer

A Four-Stack Pod, talking stacking assets with Return Stacked ETFs

Unlocking the Equity Risk Premium with Dividend Futures

Options give you Options with Scott Phillips of Lavaca Capital

Unlocking the Commodity Risk Premium with Kurt Nelson of SummerHaven

The State of AI, and AI in Alternative Investments with Mohammad Rasouli of AIx2

A US state with a sovereign wealth fund? Utah’s new approach to old money with Peter Madsen

General George Cashington had a Dream of a Grand Financial System (a humorous prelude to Season 5)

The Polymath Pod: Jason Buck and Zed Francis talk rates, vol, and cheeseburgers?!

Retail to Institutional: How David Sun Scaled His ODTE Options Strategies

Blending Insurance and Credit Expertise: How Obra Capital Finds Opportunities in Unique Situations

Carmika Partners Unpack the August Volatility Spike and Complexities of Options Trading

Is there Alpha in boring old Muni-Bonds, with Riverbend Capital

Trend, Prop, and Being Allergic to Optimization with Bill Gebhardt of 10Dynamics

China Tech, Carbon, and Option Overlays in ETFs? Yep, with James Maund of KraneShares

Unpacking the Sell-Off! Awesome Insights from discretionary macro trader Asim Ghaffar

Hedge Fund Quants Unlock the Power of Dispersion: Versor's Unique Cross-Sectional Relative Value Approach

Volatility Vultures: Hunting for Options Talent with Gary Selz of Zero Delta

Carry On: Demystifying the Carry Trade with Rodrigo Gordillo & Adam Butler of ReSolve

Surviving Adversity, Building Resilience, and Evolving a Quantitative Investment Firm with Joe Kelly of Campbell

50 Charts showing the Current State of Volatility, with Jeremie Holdom and Colin Suvak of LongTail Alpha

Finding Alpha in Unexpected Places: Doug Greenig on Trend Following Beyond Developed Markets

Optimizing the Supply Chain: Private Equity, Automation, and Economic Indicators in Logistics with Chris Jamroz

Constructing A Systematic Oil Trader: Fueling growth at Cayler Capital

Miami Hedge Fund week Panel 2024 Part II: Increasing Accessibility of Alternative Investments

Set Phasers to Stocks+Discretionary Global Macro – with Dynamic Alpha

Miami Hedge Fund week panel 2024 - Commodities: Outlook on Prices, Volatility, and Portfolio Diversification

Advanced Hedge Fund Replication with the Top Down – riding diverse ETF modeling flows with DBi’s Andrew Beer

Marrying Fundamental Factors into Commodity Quant with Patrik Safvenblad of VOLT CM

A brief history of Corn, food co valuations, GMO vs non GMO, and a guacable chip with Zack’s Mighty founder Zack Gazzaniga

Trend Following Asset Allocations with Jon Robinson of Blueprint

Systematic Commodity Trading (without Trend) with Jae-Min Hyun of NWOne

A Philly Alts Steak: Talking Commodities, Stacking, and Systematic with Auspice, Newfound & Campbell

Opportunities in Option Mutual Funds with Russ Kellites

Long/Short Commodities with Emil van Essen & Bryan Kiernan of Katonah/EVE

Portfolios of Power Futures with AMPD ETF’s Tim Kramer

Why Systematic? Why CTA? Why Now? A panel event with Mercer, Campbell, EMC Capital, & Resolve

Trend Following Plus Nothing with Jerry Parker

The World of Equity Hedging, Part II with Jason Buck

Volatility (LIVE IN VEGAS) panel discussion

Replicating Babies, Trend Following, Hedge Funds, and Warren Buffet with Corey Hoffstein

Global EQD ’23 Breakdown with Jason Buck (part 1)

The Current state of Commercial Real Estate: Armageddon or Overblown? Setting things straight with Matt Lasky of Equity Velocity Funds

Adding Spreads and Options to Trend Following, with Moritz Seibert

AI isn’t coming…it’s already here, with Adam Butler and Taylor Pearson

Alt (Digital) Trend Following with Sarah Schroeder of Coinbase Asset Mgmt.

Stories for Traders: A Trend followers’ journey through it all with Andrew Strasman of Totem Asset Group

What are the Options for tech employee Options, With Bryce Emo of Sidecar Financial

Searching for Volatile Macro Environments with Alfonso Peccatiello, The Macro Compass

The Conscientious Culture behind Risk Control with Kapil Rastogi of PlusPlus

Setting the record straight – Trend following: the proof is in the track record with Marty Bergin of DUNN Capital

WTF?! Will 0DTE Cause Gammageddon? With Mike Green and Craig Peterson

You still don’t have enough Trend Following or Foreign Equity exposure with Meb Faber

Volatility as an Asset Class with Jason Buck, Zed Francis, Rodrigo Gordillo, and Luke Rahbari

We’re Back!! Talking Trend, Miami, and Volatility with Nasdaq’s Kevin Davitt

Why hasn’t “VOL” done better amidst stock market losses in 2022 with Logica’s Wayne Himelsein

What the hell is going on in logistics and is there any relief in sight? with Woodson Dunavant

Getting Long Skew in Short (term) trading models, with Quest Partner's President, Michael Harris

Being a GenZ’er during Crypto Winter with @DeadCaitBounce's Caitlin Cook

WTF is LDI, and What’s working in Vol Trading with Zed Francis of Convexitas

Is there room for a VIX competitor, SPIKES founder Simon Ho sure thinks so.

Hurricanes, Cat Bonds, and the Billions at Risk with Dr. Jeff Masters and Chris McKeown

The Game of Trading with SIG Alums Kris A, Tina L, & Steiner

Trends, Inflation Protection, & Getting Investors to the Finish Line with Eric Crittenden of Standpoint

Nobody is prepared for a 2nd leg down, with Ari Bergmann of Penso Advisors

The Business of Staying Wealthy with Homer Smith of Konvergent Wealth

There’s no Stupid Options questions, just Stupid Options Courses, SurgiFi attends Benn Eifert’s Class

Using the Laws of Trading to find our edge with Agustin Lebron

It's not whether commodities keep going up, it's whether they remain distinct and volatile with Tim Pickering of Auspice

YOLO is BS, and Investing as just one Dimension of Wealth with Brian Portnoy of Shaping Wealth

Don’t Call it Private Equity, Seeking Value (and Tax Alpha) in Small Business with Adam Tkaczuk

Covering Calls and Charting Curves with Jay Soloff of Investors Alley

Cotton the Canary, Why it’s a leading indicator, and how it’s traded with Ron Lawson

Trend Following Crypto with Leigh Drogen of Starkiller​

TIPS, Options & Rates. Increased Volatility environments with Nancy Davis

It’s Not a Fed Put, it’s a Fed Short Call! And more inflation thoughts with StoneX’s Vincent Deluard

Algorithmic Sports Betting, Trading Metals to Trending Commodities, & Crypto’s Future with Charlie McGarraugh of Blockchain.com

What happens in Vegas…. Gets Dished on this Pod. Overheard at a Derivatives Conference, Part 1

Wine as an Asset Class: Demands, Dilemmas, & Distribution with Vinovest's Anthony Zhang

Vol Arb, Rates Vol, Dispersion, & Risk Premium. Part II with Noel Smith

Setting the Risk Parity Record Straight (it’s NOT just stocks/bonds) with Resolve’s Rodrigo Gordillo and Mike Philbrick

The Glory Days, Market Making & Trading Options at the CBOE with Noel Smith of Convex AM

Trend Following, Signal Deterioration, & Crypto Modelling With Quant Artur Sepp

What’s New about the New -1x/+2x VIX ETFs SVIX and UVIX, w/ Stuart Barton, Jim Carroll & Vance Harwood

Using Emotions to Make Better Decisions and Deliver Results with ReThink’s Denise Shull

Hedge Funds vs ETFs, Passive vs Active, 70s Inflation vs Now, & Commodities vs CTAs with Simplify's Mike Green

Why is intraday trading so hard, Where is the ES liquidity, and When are most market moves happening (overnight), with Deepfield’s CEO, Bastian Bolesta

The Trillions of Dollars tracking Three Million Indices, with F.T.'s Finance Correspondent, Robin Wigglesworth

Commodity Volatility, Global Macro, and Trend Following with Alan Dunne from Archive Capital

Vol Persistence, The Unholy Trinity of Risk, and the (100 yr) Dragon Portfolio for our 100th episode with Chris Cole

A Macro take on Russia’s Gambit, Oil, Gold, Bitcoin and more with Luke Gromen

VIX in the 30s, talking market shocks and VIX spikes with Brian Stutland of Equity Armor

Trend following. The dynamic systems & strategies that make up a modern CTA, w/ EMCs John Krautsack

High Frequency Trading and Systematic Macro Funds with Matthew Hanna of Teza Technology

Wood is Good! With the Lords of Lumber: Stinson Dean and Kyle Little

Protecting the Portfolio not with Long Vol, but with Long Gamma, with Convexitas

Talking Tech, VC, eSports, Uranium, Bitcoin & more with Dr. Chris Dark

Emissions Trading and Carbon Allowance Futures with Michael Azlen

2021's Vol moves, 2022's outlook, Meme stocks, Option Flows and KAI with Cem Karsan

Welcome to The Derivative by RCM Alternatives

The Bitcoin ETF parade and Grayscale Trust, with Jason Urban of Galaxy Digital

A Multi PM (Global) Macro Masterclass with Markian Zyga

Attaining an Allocator's Edge with Phil Huber

Convex (CONVX) to the Core with Certeza’s Brett Nelson

Weigh More than You Wanted to Know About Meat, with AgriTrend’s Simon Quilty

Reimagining Risk and Reinsurance (& Cat Bonds) with Chris McKeown of Vantage Risk

Why Whales Tails Whip Up Market Tremors with Hari Krishnan

Blissfully Buying BB Bonds with Greg Obenshain of Verdad Capital

Researching the Risks of Return Stacking with Corey Hoffstein & Rodrigo Gordillo

Digging Deep into ETFs with Davie Nadig of ETF Trends

Options to Trend Following, and Back Again with Scot Billington of Covenant Cap.

Valuations….Are you F*&^ing Insane, with Howard Lindzon

Charting a Chinese Commodities Course with Fred Schutzman of Abingdon Global

BITFD & Wake the F Up with Ben Hunt of Epsilon Theory

Behind the Buffered Notes Bonanza With Joe Halpern of Exceed Investments

"Maybe I’m the Retail Idiot" with Bill Brewster

Teams of Options to Tackle the Tails with Jerry Haworth of 36 South

The Kaoboy of Convertible Arb with Michael Kao

Engineering, Exponentials, Enigmas, and Equations with Breaking the Market’s Matt Hollerbach

The Kid who Kaptures Kurtosis with Kris Sidial of Ambrus Group

Tis This Inflation Transitory with CME Group Economist Erik Norland

Sowing the Seeds of AI Strategies with Howard Siow of Taaffeite Capital Management

Carefully Constructing a Cockroach (portfolio) with Mutiny Funds Jason Buck and Taylor Pearson

Blame it on the Bossa Nova with New Market Wizard Tom Basso

WTF ^%$# is Happening With Crypto??

Allocating Assets and Attracting Allocators with Ted Seides

The NON-Wisdom of Crowds with Nigol Koulajian of Quest Partners

Turning the Tables: Trading Pits and Dip Spits with RCM’s Jeff Malec

A Crude Oil Cornucopia: Covid, Crack, CSOs & Contango with Brent Belote of Cayler Capital

Yep, She's Opening Up Option Eyes with NOPE It's Lily

Asian Markets, American Investments, & Accessing (Chinese) Futures with Alvin Fan of OPIM

eSports, ETFs, and Enormous Deals with the Sports Pomp, Joe Pompliano

Making Market Music with Roy Niederhoffer with Roy Niederhoffer

Modeling Markets and Accessing AI with Robert Rotella and Jag Prakasam

Taming the Tails with LongTail Alpha’s Vineer Bhansali

Crazy Commodity Cycles (and cross-continent motorcycles) with Jim Rogers

The VOLvengers: Wayne Himelsein (Iron Man) & Mike Green (Captain America)

Playing like a Poker Pro in Life/Investments/Career with Chris Sparks

Vol - Benn There, Done That with Benn Eifert of QVR Advisors

The Bull and Bear Cases for Bitcoin with Meltem Demirors & Nic Carter

Wallstreet Bets Busts Wallstreet? WTF ^%$#

Wisdom from the Wizard Maker with Jack Schwager

Gold, Gas, and Global Inflation with Diego Parrilla of Quadriga Asset Managers

Butler and Buck Back to Bookend 2020

2020’s Best Strategies, Styles, and Stories with Adam Butler and Jason Buck

Cover to Trend Legends Cover with Michael Covel

Really? Real Estate? Right Now? with Matt Lasky and Darren Kottle

Overheard at a Vol Conference, breaking down EQD Global 2020

The Mysteries and Makings of Machine Learning with Dr. Ernie Chan of QTS Cap

Don’t Buy the Narrative (and It’s All Narrative) with Epsilon Theory’s Ben Hunt

No President Yet, So Market Rallies Huge What ^%$#?

Who Would Want to SELL Options, with Mark Adams of Warrington Asset Management

Debunking Trend Following’s Dead Theories with Kathryn Kaminski

Vol Curves and Vanna Charm with Cem Karsan

Super Storms, Mathematical Modeling, and Hurricane Hunting with Dr. Jeff Masters

Bull Markets, Behavioral Biases, and Blogs with Baird’s Michael Antonelli

Sequencing, Skew, and (Option) Strikes with Hari Krishnan

A Professor, Prop Trader, & Risk Manager walk into a bar, with Victor Canto

Market Up/Vol Up, Market Down/Vol Down…WTF Episode

Canadian Commodities and Building Business with Tim Pickering of Auspice Capital Advisors

Straddles, SVXY, and (Gamma) Scalping with Logica’s Mike Green

Expect the Expected and Control the Controllable with Russ Rausch of Vision Pursue

Trend Following Turtle Tails (and Tales) with Jerry Parker

Do Hedge Funds Suck? With Max Nissman, Olivier d’Assier, and Scott Treloar

Seeking (VIX) Certainty with Certeza's Brett Nelson

BLNDX[ing] Trend Following and Global Equity with Standpoint’s Eric Crittenden

Why Charts and What Data with Sean Brown of YCharts

5 Asia/China Focused Hedge Funds, 1 Podcast!

$TVIX gets Terminated – What^%$#

Noodling on Ensembles, Trend, & Convexity with Newfound’s Corey Hoffstein

Allocating to Alts with RPMs Alexander Mende

Navigating Market Volatility with CBOE’s Kevin Davitt, Wayne Himelsein of Logica Capital Advisers, Jason Buck of Mutiny Fund, and Bastian Bolesta of Deep Field Capital.

Black Swans, Gray Rhinos, and Tigers..Oh My with Michele Wucker

Tagging a Value to Pro Sports Teams with Bob Reif and Josh Moscot of TAG

Uncovering the Known Unknowns of the Pandemic with Chief Economist Blu Putnam, ReSolve's Rodrigo Gordillo, and Teza's Dan Deering

Tackling Trading Technologies and (lower case t) technology with Guy Scott of TT

Texas Style Trend Following with Salem Abraham

Valuing VIX and Volatility with Joe Tigay

Crude Oil goes Negative… What^%$#

Exchanging Intellectual Assets with $TAIL, $SYLD $GVAL ETF-icionado Meb Faber

The principles of VIX trading with Alex Orus of Principalium

Trading Chinese Futures Markets with Abingdon Global

Trading Commodity Volatility – A Woman’s Perspective

Capturing the Global Sell-Off with Bastian Bolesta of Deep Field Capital

Crypto & Bitcoin Lending with Tom Anderson of Drawbridge Lending

Asset Allocation, AI, and the Alpha Process with Resolve Asset Management

Staging a Market Mutiny with Jason Buck and Taylor Pearson of Black Pearl

Decoding Execution Algos with Joe Signorelli & David Don

The Life of a Discretionary Trader with Breakout Funds’ Aaron Larkin & Matt Laviolette

Wayne Himelsein: The Human Behind the Hedge Fund