

Line Your Own Pockets
Dave Mabe and Michael Nauss
A weekly show for systematic traders who want to make more money from their trading strategies.
Episodes
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Jun 23, 2025 • 47min
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
---Before you go!If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.I hope to see you there!

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.
---Before you go!If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.I hope to see you there!

Jun 9, 2025 • 49min
How Real Traders Use AI to Trade
Dive into the world of AI in trading, featuring innovative tools like the Strategy Cruncher powered by ChatGPT. Discover how traders optimize strategies and navigate a landscape filled with evolving AI tools. Gain insights into personalized trading approaches and the importance of visual aids. Hear personal stories about the transformative impact of AI on trading efficiency and coding challenges. The discussion also highlights the significance of foundational knowledge amidst the rapid advancements in technology.

Jun 2, 2025 • 48min
What Metric Should You Be Optimizing For?
Every trader has an opinion on what the perfect metric is to evaluate a strategy and to optimize on.We discuss our favorites and why.
---Before you go!If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.I hope to see you there!

May 26, 2025 • 47min
How Far Back Should Your Backtest Look Good?
"If your backtest looks great for the last 3 months, why do you care what it looked like before that?"A trader Dave started coaching recently asked this question. The answer cuts to the core of why most traders give up on a trading strategy and end up quitting trading altogether.The Spurious Correlations website that was mentioned in the podcast.
---Before you go!If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.I hope to see you there!

May 19, 2025 • 48min
What to Prioritize
You've got a lot of ideas, each requiring a certain amount of work. How do you decide what trading ideas are likely to pan out?Improving an existing strategyCreating a new strategyRelated workflow tasksThe ICE Method
---Before you go!If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.I hope to see you there!

May 12, 2025 • 35min
Why Not Automate Your Trades?
We discuss the most common objections traders have to using automation and how to get over the hump.
---Before you go!If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.I hope to see you there!

May 5, 2025 • 40min
Learning From Top Performers
A follow-up on our previous interview with Jared Tendler where we go deeper into:the role of optimism in tradingpoker and tradinglearning from top performers in non-trading fieldsA chart of earnings season:https://www.davemabe.com/earnings-season/
---Before you go!If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.I hope to see you there!

Apr 28, 2025 • 58min
Interview with Jared Tendler
This week, we interviewed Jared Tendler, a mental coach for traders, poker players, and golfers. Jared has written several books, including The Mental Game of Trading.This was a wide-ranging interview where we discussed:The mental side of systematic tradingHow poker and trading are similar and differentWhat traders can learn from top performers in other fieldsFind more info about Jared on his website: https://jaredtendler.com/
---Before you go!If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.I hope to see you there!

Apr 21, 2025 • 37min
Should You Turn Off Strategies On Crazy Days?
When the market is raging in a way that's far out of the ordinary, should you turn your strategies off? Or let it be business as usual? We discuss the things to consider.
---Before you go!If you're a trader and interested in backtesting and automating your trading strategy and don't know where to start, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to davemabe.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course.I hope to see you there!


