Trader Mindset

Jeff is at the helm of a Modern Trader Magazine - a storied publication that dates back to 1972. It was originally known as Commodities and then Futures Magazine. Today's incarnation is not relegated to commodity futures only, but equities, options, and exchange traded funds. Go to >>ModernTrader.com

Join Michael Martin, publisher of the new book Managing Expectations by Market Wizard Tony Saliba and listen to this free chapter from the upcoming Audiobook. This is Chapter 4 of the 24 chapters and it's called "Options Gamma." For a limited time, you can get free copies of the ebook and audiobook when you purchase the hardcover. Go to >> Managing Expectations Managing Expectations: Driving Profitable Options Trading Outcomes through Knowledge, Discipline, and Risk Management 450 pages with over 200 charts and graphs Written by Anthony J. Saliba with Foreword by Jack Schwager.

Ally Hamilton is a Santa Monica-based yoga teacher, writer and life coach, who streams online yoga classes all over the world. She's the co-creator of http://YogisAnonymous.com, which has been featured in The New York Times, Yoga Journal, Self Magazine, Shape Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. She's a regular contributor for The Huffington Post, a wellness expert at MindBodyGreen, and writes an almost-daily blog athttp://blog.yogisanonymous.com. Ally Hamilton changed her life with the eight limbs of yoga, a spiritual tradition first recorded in the Yoga Sutras 1,600 years ago. Join Ally as she shows you how to apply the wisdom of this honored tradition to your modern-day life. Physical poses―asanas―are the best-known aspects of yoga, but in the eight limbs practice, healing comes through exploring your relationship to the world and to yourself while learning to recognize the obstacles that block your path. Yoga's Healing Power shows how to create the life you want from the inside out, working with your mind and emotions, your body and breath, your memories and your pain. With hands-on exercises, meditations, journaling prompts, and stories of healing, this book helps you uncover your particular gifts and begin to feel joy.

Russell Rhoads is the Director of Education with the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).

Dr. Norman Rosenthal, MD is an expert in Transcendental Mediation and has written a new book on the subject called Super Mind: How to Boost Performance and Live a Richer and Happier Life Through Transcendental Meditation. In 1980s, he was a pioneer in the use of light therapy to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder or Winter Depression. He speaks with Michael Martin on the many benefits that TM provides its practitioners regardless of whether they trade or manage risk.

This is a TBT interview that I recorded with Larry about 5 years ago. You'll hear the difference between the audio in that we are using newer hardware and software.

In today's trading environment, you need more going for you than just a set of rules to make it as a trader. There's compliance, clearing and execution, legal, accounting, and creating a track record. Most traders don't like the sales and marketing end, so they bury their heads and create trading models. Unfortunately, that is not the path to getting discovered by a seeder or allocator. An aspiring PM or trader needs to begin the thought and planning processes at the same time they are developing their models. If you don't know what you're doing, take a course in sales and marketing. Michael Martin ends this podcast by reiterating why you need to have your own model that you yourself have developed.

By the time he retires in a few years, Peter Brandt will have traded across 6 decades. He is the author of Diary of a Commodity Trader and the brains behind Factor Research.