The AlphaMind Podcast

Mark Randall, Co-host of AlphaMind Podcast, reflects on vital lessons for traders in 2024. Topics include optimizing well-being, smart trading strategies, risk aversion, learning from experienced traders, resilience and mental state in trading, and the importance of finding true mentors and Mark Randall's coaching.

Jason Shapiro, renowned as 'the contrarian' in Jack Schwager's 'Unknown Market Wizards,' shares insights into his distinctive trading philosophy, embracing discomfort, learning from setbacks, and adopting a contrarian stance. They discuss the challenges and approaches to contrarian trading, trading strategies, risk management, personal responsibility, fading the market, and the concept of 'the biggest fake in the world.'

In this podcast, Louisa Nicola discusses the importance of fitness, nutrition, and wellness in trading mastery. She emphasizes the relationship between physical well-being and cognitive performance, highlighting how nutrition, sleep, and exercise enhance decision-making abilities. Louisa's insights inspire listeners to adopt a holistic approach to success in trading and beyond.

Join the AlphaMind podcast as they delve deep into the world of trading with seasoned trader and trading educator Joseph Gasperoni, known as JTrader. They discuss the secrets to success in trading, from mindset and discipline to risk management and market analysis. Joseph shares his invaluable wisdom, giving listeners a unique opportunity to tap into the mind of someone who has helped many aspiring traders achieve success.

Adam Birkett, Global Trading Lead at Cargill Ocean Transportation, discusses the power of non-attachment in trading. He explains how traders can achieve clarity and emotional balance by detaching from ego-driven impulses and negative outcomes. Birkett emphasizes staying true to the trading process and not succumbing to impulsive reactions. The podcast also explores the importance of diversity and inclusion in trading teams, as well as the value of vulnerability and seeking support.

In this episode, Todd Simkin, a trader at Susquehanna International Group (SIG), shares insights into the making of great traders. Topics include navigating challenges in trading, trader development programs, the evolution of trading, educating and improving traders, developing trading skills and mindset, overconfidence and overreliance on intuition, and the importance of different views and communication in trading.

Jonny Matthews, ex hedge fund trader, shares his journey and wisdom in the finance industry. He discusses the importance of macroeconomic factors, forming independent opinions, and taking risks. He reflects on the 2008 financial crisis and trading strategy, emphasizes the significance of macro considerations in trading, and shares cautionary advice for trading in Japan. His blended approach to trading, focusing on futures, outright positions, and options, is also highlighted.

This week we talk with Robert Van Eyden, author of Badass Trader. Robert discusses the challenges and mindsets of traders in the market, the evolution of technical analysis, the importance of risk management and adaptability, the significance of trading approach and mindset, the danger of information overload, the impact of a terrible trade, and the importance of keeping trading simple.

Life, markets and trading, often tries to wear you down, challenging your confidence, and shattering your self-belief. This week's guest on the AlphaMind Podcast takes us on a unique journey, deviating from our usual guests. Once you hear what she has to say, you'll hopefully recognise its relevance not only to your trading but also to much broader and deeper aspects of your work and life.Maria Iliffe-Wood is a seasoned Executive Coach and specialist in Leadership Development. She is the author of two books, one aimed at coaches, focusing on developing their coaching presence, a vital skill in coaching and other high-performance fields. However, it's her recently published second book, 'A Caged Mind,' that inspired us to invite Maria to the AlphaMind podcast.At AlphaMind, our primary focus is  on  individuals who take on the role of traders, and other challenging high performance roles, in the complex and uncertain worlds they inhabit, and how they can bring the best of themselves to their work and these challenges. They face constant tests from the outside world which seek to expose their weaknesses, undermine their processes and behaviours, and attempting to hinder them from achieving the sort of high-performance they are potentially capable of.  This battle largely happens within them, and this is where the real battle for success happens.Maria's book delves into her own journey through life, grappling with her own challenges and life's trials. She shares her throughs and reflections on her travails, from the perspective of someone who has come through her difficult challenges, and emerged on the other side, a stronger, better and far happier person for it. Maria's story is all of our stories, and thus encourages introspection about one's own life journey and the obstacles faced. Her experiences can be applied to you and your own work, enabling you to embrace to reflect upon how you can embrace you own innate wisdom and bring it to every aspect of your professional life.The full title of Maria's book is: "A Caged Mind: How Spiritual Understanding Changed a Life". It can be purchased on Amazon at this link here.To find out more about Maria, and her work supporting and helping writers, visit her website at https://www.iliffe-wood.co.uk/________________________________________________________________________________________________AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global MarketsAlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets. Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities. Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.

In this captivating podcast episode, Co-host Steven Goldstein delves into the intriguing world of trading and markets, offering insightful thoughts and reflections. Drawing from his extensive experience spanning nearly four decades, Steven explores what the markets truly need from you as a trader in order for it to emerge victorious, at the expense of you the trader.Prepare to embark on a journey deep into the intricacies of the 'Inner Game' of trading. Steven's wealth of knowledge and expertise, acquired through his roles as a trader at the forefront of markets and as a performance coach working closely with traders from various market segments, enables him to provide a unique and enlightening perspective.Throughout the episode, listeners gain exclusive access to Steven's valuable insights, shaped by his unwavering proximity to the pulse of markets, and which also provides us with a glimpse of some of the topics and themes, covered in his new book, 'Mastering the Mental Game of Trading', which will be released in January 2024. Whether you're an experienced trader or someone fascinated by the intricate workings of financial markets, this episode promises to captivate your attention and offer a fresh understanding of the complex dynamics at play within traders, as they tackle the challenge of the markets. AlphaMind: Powering Performance in Global MarketsAlphaMind brings powerful change, growth and development to people and businesses within global markets. Driven by a deep understanding of how markets work, and how people and businesses function within them, we partner with clients to create personal performance improvements that elevate returns across their trading activities. Go to the AlphaMind website to know more.