📘 Get your FREE 115-page Ultimate Trading Guide: https://links.traderlion.com/UTG-TOP In this episode, Richard Moglen interviews Marios Stamatoudis, who finished in 4th place in the stock division of the 2023 US Investing Championship with an outstanding 291% annual return. Marios shares his trading journey, from his early interest in the markets to struggling early & starting over. He discusses the importance of risk management, the mistakes he made in the past, and the changes he made to his trading approach after committing himself to the craft for four years. Marios also shares his influences and resources, including Mark Minervini and Kris Kristjan Qullamaggie. He explains that while his entry and exits are 100% based on technical analysis it's the fundamentals of a company that provide the fuel for massive moves. In this part of the conversation, Marios discusses his approach to find the most powerful stocks in the market on a daily basis along with his requirements he applies to find the highest probability trades. He shares many of the trades he took throughout the year in detailed examples during this 3 hour long interview. He concludes by encouraging viewers to embrace failure and use it as a learning tool stating that traders who rush the process of attaining trading knowledge are more likely to fail. Don't let short term goals distract you from long term progress! US Investment Championship Results 2023: https://financial-competitions.com/ Follow Marios on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/stamatoudism Enjoy! - The TraderLion Team ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next-Generation Stock Screener: https://links.traderlion.com/Deepvue https://bit.ly/34ktd3Y ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stay in touch: Follow us on Twitter/X: https://www.twitter.com/TraderLion_ Timestamps: 00:00 - How Marios Started Trading 06:03 - Blowing Out His First Account 11:52 - 2019 & Becoming Profitable 16:57 - Trading Setups (Episodic Pivots) 20:52 - Combining Minervini's Lessons & Day Trading 23:28 - Quallamagie Streams 25:37 - Trading Books & Influences 28:35 - Studying Other's Success 33:30 - Why Marios Joined the USIC 36:35 - Breaking Down Marios' Strategy 41:54 - Parabolic Short Setup 43:59 - Chart Layouts 47:00 - Daily Routine 55:05 - Preparing a Focus List 1:04:05 - Dense Volume Screen 1:09:43 - Weekly Routine 1:15:45 - 2023 Review 1:21:14 - Position Sizing & Risk Management 1:28:49 - CVV Trade Review 1:35:01 - January Trades (SMCI, MNSO, DADA) 1:39:15 - Entry Tactics with ATR 1:42:35 - February Trades (CVNA, LUNR, AMAM) 1:48:03 - March Trades (DUOL, AI, CDIO, PYXS, WAL) 1:51:26 - Marios' Use of Margin