The AlphaMind Podcast

Peter Castle started trading in 1995. Whilst going through the process of learning trading and listening to many of the great trainers and teachers of trading, he noticed how many of themes focused on lessons that had a spiritual component. He realised how trading the markets can push you to the edge of desperation, which then impacts you mentally and can lead you into downward spiral of negativity that manifests poor performance and eventually mental burn out.Peter started to incorporate some of the teaching of his learnings from Buddhism, into a mental process which helped him to cope better with demands placed on him as a trader. This was to have a hugely positive impact on how he managed himself in markets, how he processed information and how he made trading decisions. Peter has now shared his reflections on this journey in a new book ‘The Zen Trader: How Ancient Wisdom Can Help You Master Your Mind and the Markets’ You can find out more about Peter on his ‘easy share trading’ website: https://easysharetradingsystems.com.au/The book ZenTrader can be purchased on the Harriman-House website here:https://www.harriman-house.com/zentraderAlphaMind Podcast Sponsor: TradeStation GlobalTradeStation Global is a multi-asset trading platform with access to international markets. Trade Stocks, Forex, Futures and Micro e-Mini Futures from one account. Leverage professional-grade tools like RadarScreen®, The Matrix, and EasyLanguage® an intuitive coding language for traders.With TradeStation Global there are no hidden price spreads - just transparent, low commissions. Click here to find out more and open an account.TradeStation International Ltd, authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) in the United Kingdom, acts as an Introducing Broker to Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Ltd. The firm does not provide investment advice or trading recommendations. Investment and trading involve risks, including possible loss of principal. TradeStation®, EasyLanguage® and the other company trademarks in the TradeStation platform are owned by TradeStation Technologies, Inc., a technology research and development company affiliated with TradeStation International Ltd. At present, the TradeStation Global product is not available to EU residents.AlphaMind Podcast Sponsor:  The Society of Technical Analysts (The STA):The Society of Technical Analysts provide world beating technical analysis education programmes and offer outstanding membership services with regular talks and meetings. Their Home Study Course is based on the Diploma Programme they deliver to students at the London School of Economics and has been created by many of the leading minds in the field of technical analysis. Alphamind Podcast listeners can obtain a 10% discount on the Society of Technical Analysts world-beating Home Study Course at this link: bit.ly/3r3TawOAlphaMind Podcast: Podcast Website: bit.ly/3K6xx5F YouTube bit.ly/3J54QWx AlphaMind Social Media: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.

OIiver Kell won the 2020 US stock trading champion with an astonishing return of 941%, almost double the return of the second-place competitor. However, there is a lot more to Oliver than just great trading, his success is born of a deep humility and a huge respect for risk and the market. And as you listen to him, you may be surprised to notice how his process and success is built upon a foundation of high-risk aversion allied to a deep passion for what he does.In this episode Oliver opens about his trading, his background and what he feels it takes to achieve mastery in trading. Oliver is a great advert for the small retail trader taking on the Wall Street giants and coming out on top. You can find out more about Oliver, including an excellent book he has written called ‘Victory in Stock Trading’ where he shares some of his strategies, developed through trial and error over more than a decade at https://www.kelltrading.com, and can follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/1charts6The AlphaMind Podcast Sponsoring Partners: TradeStation Global is a multi-asset trading platform with access to international markets. Trade Stocks, Forex, Futures and Micro e-Mini Futures from one account. Leverage professional-grade tools like RadarScreen®, The Matrix, and EasyLanguage® an intuitive coding language for traders.With TradeStation Global there are no hidden price spreads - just transparent, low commissions. Click here to find out more and open an account.TradeStation International Ltd, authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) in the United Kingdom, acts as an Introducing Broker to Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Ltd. The firm does not provide investment advice or trading recommendations. Investment and trading involve risks, including possible loss of principal. TradeStation®, EasyLanguage® and the other company trademarks in the TradeStation platform are owned by TradeStation Technologies, Inc., a technology research and development company affiliated with TradeStation International Ltd. At present, the TradeStation Global product is not available to EU residents.The Society of Technical Analysts (The STA) provide world beating technical analysis education programmes and offer outstanding membership services with regular talks and meetings. Their Home Study Course is based on the Diploma Programme they deliver to students at the London School of Economics and has been created by many of the leading minds in the field of technical analysis. Alphamind Podcast listeners can obtain a 10% discount on the Society of Technical Analysts world-beating Home Study Course at this link: bit.ly/3r3TawOAlphaMind Podcast:Podcast Website: bit.ly/3K6xx5FYouTube bit.ly/3J54QWxiTunes apple.co/3grmcANSpotify spoti.fi/3ruiRHzAlphaMind Social Media:Website: bit.ly/3GpcOIs Blog: bit.ly/34dVoBKTwitter: Steve Goldstein bit.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.

Linda Raschke is one of those traders who is quoted often by other traders. That gives you a sense of the respect and regard with which she is held in the trading world. Linda started trading since the early 1980s, and after a tough introduction to the world of trading, went on to achieve great success and attained notoriety in the trading world after she was featured in one of the early Market Wizards books. Recently Linda wrote ‘Trading Sardines, Lessons in the Markets from a Lifelong Trader’, a brilliant and high entertaining recap of her trading journey, where she shares  great advice, valuable reflections, and a fair dash of humour, which really captures her zest for life. In this interview, you can hear how Linda's incredibly deep passion for trading, markets, and how to overcome the mental challenges which make success in this career so elusive and challenging, and we were delighted that she was willing to discuss this so deeply on the AlphaMind Podcast.Linda Social MediaTwitter: @LindaRaschke Website: LindaRaschke.net Book: Trading Sardines: https://lindaraschke.net/trading-sardines/AlphaMind Podcast Sponsor1: TradeStation Global:TradeStation Global is a multi-asset trading platform with access to international markets. Trade Stocks, Forex, Futures and Micro e-Mini Futures from one account. Leverage professional-grade tools like RadarScreen®, The Matrix, and EasyLanguage® an intuitive coding language for traders.With TradeStation Global there are no hidden price spreads - just transparent, low commissions. Click here to find out more and open an account.TradeStation International Ltd is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) in the United Kingdom, acts as an Introducing Broker to Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Ltd. The firm does not provide investment advice or trading recommendations. Investment and trading involve risks, including possible loss of principal. TradeStation®, EasyLanguage® and the other company trademarks in the TradeStation platform are owned by TradeStation Technologies, Inc., a technology research and development company affiliated with TradeStation International Ltd. At present, the TradeStation Global product is not available to EU residents.AlphaMind Podcast Sponsor2: The Society of Technical Analysts (The STA):The Society of Technical Analysts provide world beating technical analysis education programmes and offer outstanding membership services with regular talks and meetings. Their Home Study Course is based on the Diploma Programme they deliver to students at the London School of Economics and has been created by many of the leading minds in the field of technical analysis. Alphamind Podcast listeners can obtain a 10% discount on the STAs world-beating Home Study Course at this link: bit.ly/3r3TawOAlphaMind Podcast: Podcast Website: bit.ly/3K6xx5F YouTube bit.ly/3J54QWx iTunes apple.co/3grmcAN Spotify spoti.fi/3AlphaMind: 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 episode, we discuss with Garth Mackenzie, what he feels drives trading success, what drives his trading success, and what is it about his approach which has contributed to his success thus far.Garth has been trading for over 20 years, however Garth admits the journey was anything but smooth, and despite some early successes, he found that the market was as adept in taking away, as it was in giving. In the years since his early trading days, Garth has gone on to build a thriving trading practice, putting both his own money and institutional money to work in the markets. In addition to being a trader, Garth is one of the most genuine and honest Trader Educators out there, providing excellent trading education services for the wider trading community through his ‘Trader’s Corner’ service and his ‘Talking with Traders’ podcast. Garth Mackenzie Contacts and Services: Twitter: bit.ly/3vDIYwtLinkedIn: bit.ly/3K9NPLhTrader’s Corner Website: bit.ly/3xIa8VITalking with Traders Podcast: apple.co/3k3mz6fAlphaMind Podcast SponsorThe Society of Technical Analysts:  bit.ly/3KaCnilOffer: Receive a 10% discount on the Society of Technical Analysts world-beating Home Study Course: bit.ly/3r3TawOAlphaMind Podcast:Podcast Website: bit.ly/3K6xx5FYouTube bit.ly/3J54QWx iTunes apple.co/3grmcAN Spotify spoti.fi/3ruiRHzAlphaMind Social Media:Website: bit.ly/3GpcOIs Blog: bit.ly/34dVoBKTwitter: Steve Goldstein bit.ly/3J9SNHQ Mark Randall bit.ly/3uqL9EzLinkedIn AlphaMind Group: bit.ly/3vwo6HuThe AlphaMind Project Ltd: bit.ly/3OJ4zwr Newsletter Sign-up for our Newsletter: bit.ly/3gtk0ZqAlphaMind: 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.

The trader and author of the book ‘Phantom of the Pit’ Art Simpson’s said of trading, ‘The Best Loser is the Long-Term Winner’. Trading like poker, and many games entails losing and failing often, many of the greats of trading will tell how failure and being able to cope with failure, lie at the core to success. In this episode of the AlphaMind podcast, we discuss the 3 ‘Fs’ of Fear, Frustration and Failure, and how success requires learning ‘how to cope with failure, since failure is such a big part of trading success. AlphaMind Podcast SponsorThe Society of Technical Analysts: https://www.technicalanalysts.com/Receive a 10% discount on their world-beating Technical Analysis Home Study Course, or Technical Analysis Home Study Course + Diploma Programme: DetailsAlphaMind Socials:YouTube bit.ly/3J54QWxiTunes apple.co/3grmcANSpotify spoti.fi/3ruiRHzTwitter: Steve Goldstein bit.ly/3J9SNHQ Mark Randall bit.ly/3uqL9EzWebsite: bit.ly/3GpcOIsBlog: bit.ly/34dVoBKSign-up for our Newsletter: bit.ly/3gtk0ZqAlphaMind: 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.

For anyone 30 or younger, the world of DeFi (Decentralised Finance) is their world. Some in their 30s are clued up, but to most, DeFi and the world of Cryptocurrencies is something of a mystery. To those over 40, DeFi is largely an alien and murky world, difficult to navigate let alone to even comprehend. In this episode of the AlphaMind podcast show hosts Mark Randell and Steven Goldstein, both far older than is healthy and a long way past the wrong side of 50, facilitate a panel of Defi and Crypto experts, who can speak to the ages, and bridge the gap between conventional trading and crypto markets, to help you start to make more sense of ‘The Defi Revolution’. Our panelists are:·      Paul Gordon, a former broker and derivatives trader, who co-founded Coinscrum, which hosts meetings and talks on all things Crypto. Twitter Linkedin·      Glen Goodman, a former BBC and ITV news reporter, turned retail equity trader, then crypto trader, and authored the best-selling book ‘The Crypto Trader’. Twitter, Webpage·      Matt Aaron, project lead for Uniwhales, a DeFi analytics community, a crypto podcast host, and trader/investor in Defi and Crypto projects and markets. Twitter, LinkedIn AlphaMind Podcast SponsorThe Society of Technical Analysts: https://www.technicalanalysts.com/Receive a 10% discount on their world-beating Technical Analysis Home Study Course, or Technical Analysis Home Study Course + Diploma Programme: DetailsAlphaMind Socials:YouTube bit.ly/3J54QWxiTunes apple.co/3grmcANSpotify spoti.fi/3ruiRHzTwitter: Steve Goldstein bit.ly/3J9SNHQ Mark Randall bit.ly/3uqL9EzWebsite: bit.ly/3GpcOIsBlog: bit.ly/34dVoBKAlphaMind ServicesWeaponizing the Trader's Mind - A Powerful Group Coaching Programme: Find out more.One-to-One Trader Performance Coaching: Find out moreSign-up for our Newsletter: bit.ly/3gtk0ZqAlphaMind: 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.

Sam North both trades for himself and mentors’ other traders for eToro, the world’s largest social trading and multi-asset brokerage company, where he is their trading school lead. In this great chat with the AlphaMind Podcast, Sam went deep into what it takes to succeed as a new trader, shared his reflections on patterns common to those he sees who succeed, and opens up about mistakes he witnesses which cause so many to fail.Sam NorthLinkedIn: hereTwitter: hereAlphaMind Podcast SponsorThe Society of Technical Analysts: https://www.technicalanalysts.com/Receive a 10% discount on their world-beating Technical Analysis Home Study Course, or Technical Analysis Home Study Course + Diploma Programme: DetailsAlphaMind Socials:YouTube bit.ly/3J54QWxiTunes apple.co/3grmcANSpotify spoti.fi/3ruiRHzTwitter: Steve Goldstein bit.ly/3J9SNHQ Mark Randall bit.ly/3uqL9EzWebsite: bit.ly/3GpcOIsBlog: bit.ly/34dVoBKAlphaMind ServicesWeaponizing the Trader's Mind - A Powerful Group Coaching Programme: Find out more.One-to-One Trader Performance Coaching: Find out moreSign-up for our Newsletter: bit.ly/3gtk0ZqAlphaMind: 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.

When it comes to trading, finding your trading edge and learning how to sharpen your trading edge, are what ultimately define whether you succeed or fail.  We believe there are 3 main sources of edge for traders, and that these 3 edges support each other to make each edge more potent and powerful. Developing trading mastery however requires the combining of the edges into one singular sustainable practice that is unique to the trader and which powers their success in the complex, uncertain and challenging situations they face.In this episode, AlphaMind podcast hosts Steve and Mark discuss this topic and illuminate for listeners how these 3 sources of edge are so vital to success and survival in financial markets.AlphaMind Socials:YouTube bit.ly/3J54QWxiTunes apple.co/3grmcANSpotify spoti.fi/3ruiRHzTwitter: Steve Goldstein bit.ly/3J9SNHQ Mark Randall bit.ly/3uqL9EzWebsite: bit.ly/3GpcOIsBlog: bit.ly/34dVoBKAlphaMind ServicesWeaponizing the Trader's Mind - A Powerful Group Coaching Programme: Find out more.One-to-One Trader Performance Coaching: Find out moreAlphaMind Podcast SponsorThe Society of Technical Analysts: https://www.technicalanalysts.com/Receive a 10% discount on their world-beating Technical Analysis Home Study Course, or Technical Analysis Home Study Course + Diploma Programme: DetailsSign-up for our Newsletter: bit.ly/3gtk0ZqAlphaMind: 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.

Contrary to common belief, it is not market knowledge, analytical skills, or some special system or secret indicator that are the key differentiators of success in financial markets. The true differentiator is the ability to ‘Let Go’, and the capability to sustain a ‘Letting Go’ mindset at all times.  This week, Tom Canfield, a veteran US based Retail Trader, returns to the AlphaMind Podcast to discuss his ongoing journey of ‘Letting Go’ as a trader, and his battle to get there. Chapter on the Audio Podcast (00:00) Introduction (02:37) The Conversation Starts.(04:43) Tom’s 2021 Heart Attack. (07:49) That 2021 Podcast, my 25-year journey, evolving and learning to ‘Let Go’.(09:25) 55 years of hard-wired personality traits that don’t want to give up the fight.(10:25) You fall down, you get up, success is a function of resilience and failure. (13:52) The market is always evolving, and we must learn how to evolve with it.(17:15) People must find a way to break the stress in a productive way. (19:20) Rewinding to Tom’s massive drawdown and dealing with the angst.(22:30) Becoming acutely aware of my stress and the beginning of understanding myself.(23:48) The ‘Gun to My Head’ of having to make income from my trading.(27:38) Building a safety net for underperforming periods, to ease the stress and pressure.(29:38) It’s OK not to trade if the environment is difficult. (30:15) Trading is not as it is portrayed on Twitter.  (33:00) I’m a feel-trader, feel trading is tough to teach.(34:10) There is not one right-way to do it, there are multiple nuanced approaches. (37:25) The challenging now is how to do this without letting it own me. (42:20) Awareness of your stress profile. – Start from a view that stress is part of it. (44:37) The challenge of doing the job alone: The loneliness of the job gets to you. (50:30) You got to really ‘Let Go’(53:50) Want less, expect less, experience more. (55:53) The mental side of the game is everything, once you learn the basics. You can follow Tom on his excellent Twitter Feed @canny4AlphaMind Socials:YouTube bit.ly/3J54QWxiTunes apple.co/3grmcANSpotify spoti.fi/3ruiRHzTwitter: Steve Goldstein bit.ly/3J9SNHQ Mark Randall bit.ly/3uqL9EzWebsite: bit.ly/3GpcOIsBlog: bit.ly/34dVoBKAlphaMind ServicesWeaponizing the Trader's Mind - A Powerful Group Coaching Programme: Find out more.One-to-One Trader Performance Coaching: Find out moreAlphaMind Podcast SponsorThe Society of Technical Analysts: https://www.technicalanalysts.com/Receive a 10% discount on their world-beating Technical Analysis Home Study Course, or Technical Analysis Home Study Course + Diploma Programme: Details Sign-up for our Newsletter: 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.

Mike Bellafiore is co-founder of SMB Capital, one of the world's leading Proprietary Trading firms, based in New York City.  Mike has  authored two outstanding and highly popular trading books, One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading and the The Playbook: An Inside Look at How to Think Like a Professional Trader. For many new and aspiring traders, the chance to work in a proprietary trading firm, is the holy grail of trading. It is trading’s equivalent of making it to Broadway or being recruited by a major sports team or franchise. In this episode Mike talks about the realities of working in a Proprietary Trading firm, and how the focus on learning, development and mentoring is such a vital ingredient which helps his traders in striving for excellence in their prop trading. Mike shares with us how SMB puts a heavy emphasis on learning and continual improvement, and in supporting their traders to become the elite. What you will hear in this interview how SMB’s focus on, and a culture of, continual improvement and striving for excellence, is the fuel behind their success and is what helps so many traders at SMB capital to not just achieve their dreams, but to exceed them.  Follow Mike on Twitter @MikeBellafioreFollow SMB Capital on Twitter @smbcapitalBooks by Mike Bellafiore One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading The Playbook: An Inside Look at How to Think Like a Professional Trader. AlphaMind Socials:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AlphaMind101Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-alphamind-podcast/id1467395734 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1K4nmn10uoqZjF4q0ijeqQTwitter: Steve Goldstein @AlphaMind 101 Mark Randall @AlphaMind 102 Blog: https://alphamindblog.blogspot.com/ AlphaMind ServicesWeaponizing the Trader's Mind - A Powerful Group Coaching Programme: Find out more.One-toAlphaMind: 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.