Line Your Own Pockets

Dave Mabe and Michael Nauss
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Aug 11, 2025 • 43min

Running Out of Buying Power - Part 2

More discussion on buying power and running out of it might be a good thing.
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Aug 4, 2025 • 42min

Running Out of Buying Power - A Good Thing?

Is running out of buying power... actually good?Here's the graph of buying power mentioned in the episode:Is Running Out of Buying Power A Good Thing?
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Jul 28, 2025 • 38min

Deep vs. Wide: Two Paths to Trading Profits

How many trades should your strategy take and how profitable should each one be?There are two distinct approaches to answering this question, and most profitable traders fall into one camp or the other.
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Jul 21, 2025 • 50min

Symbol Lists in Strategies - Yes or No?

Should you restrict your strategy to trade a certain list of symbols?In a surprisingly heated debate, Michael and Dave discuss this topic and different reasons for each approach.
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Jul 14, 2025 • 36min

Looking at P&L (Your's or Some Else's) Is Toxic

Looking at your P&L while you're trading is toxic.  This also applies when looking at someone else's results - perhaps even more so.
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Jul 7, 2025 • 53min

Your Backtest Looks Great - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Be wary when going from backtest to live trading.  You're at peak optimism, and if you're not careful, disappointment awaits.In this episode, we discuss all the ways a live trading can fall short of your backtest and what you can do about it.
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Jun 30, 2025 • 41min

When is your Strategy Good Enough?

How to get out of backtest world and make the next steps to get your strategy live.
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Jun 23, 2025 • 46min

The Key to Backtesting: Your Library of Columns

The second episode in our series on creating profitable strategies using backtesting.We review:How most traders backtest the wrong wayHow to add columns to your backtestWhat columns make the most senseHow your "library of columns" gets more and more valuable over time
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Jun 16, 2025 • 44min

You're Probably Backtesting Wrong

The first episode in a mini-series on how to create a trading strategy using backtesting.
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Jun 9, 2025 • 48min

How Real Traders Use AI to Trade

We discuss Dave's recent experience using ChatGPT to create the Strategy Cruncher, a tool for optimizing your trading strategies.Prediction market for who will have the best AI model by the end of the year.

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