Desire To Trade Podcast | Forex Trading & Interviews with Highly Successful Traders

Trade with an Unstoppable Mindset In episode 227 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, you'll be hearing a compilation of advice from highly successful traders. We prepared this so you're can start your trading year in top shape. Whether you aspire to trade full-time and travel the world, or simply to trade from home, the biggest obstacle you can face is yourself. That's why surrounding yourself with the right thoughts & people is crucial! Sit back and relax...and if you're not yet subscribed to the channel, don't hesitate to do so! Forex Trader Motivation playlist >> Watch the video recording! Complete interviews used for this Forex Trader Motivation video Linda Raschke Richard Jackson Mike Bellafiore Raja Zahoor (WicksDontLie) Scott Welsh What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! DesireToTRADE's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: Pepperstone (special signup offer) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) SCM (Scandinavian Capital Markets) Desire To TRADE Academy About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

Trading Advice You Need To Succeed In 2020! In episode 226 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, you'll be hearing a compilation of advice from highly successful traders. We prepared this so you're on the right track to crush your trading goals in 2020. Whether you aspire to trade full-time and travel the world, or simply to trade from home, the biggest obstacle you can face is yourself. That's why surrounding yourself with the right thoughts & people is crucial! Sit back and relax...and if you're not yet subscribed to the channel, don't hesitate to do so! Forex Trader Motivation playlist >> Watch the video recording! Complete interviews used for this Forex Trader Motivation video Michael Toma Steve Patterson Kevin Davey Raja Zahoor (WicksDontLie) The Lazy Trader What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! DesireToTRADE's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: Pepperstone (special signup offer) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) SCM (Scandinavian Capital Markets) Desire To TRADE Academy About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

Becoming A Full-Time Algo Trader In episode 225 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview DesireToTrade collaborator, full-time hybrid trader Alejandro Pérez. Alejandro has been trading since 2012 and started to get into algo trading since early on, but it was recently when he made the change to mostly algo trading with some discretionary trading to complement. He is our resident algo expert at DesireToTrade and helps consult clients on developing their own algo strategies and automating their existing trading strategies. >> Watch the video recording! In This Episode, You'll Learn... How Alejandro got involved with algo trading 01:11 How Etienne and Alejandro met and started collaborating 04:11 How to start learning algo trading 05:54 The importance of testing and experimenting with algo trading 09:06 How to backtest your Algos, step by step 11:06 The importance of having enough data and stats from your algos 13:30 How to analyze your stats 14:30 Treating your Algos as your employees and manage them adequately 16:22 Letting your Algos trade during news and holidays 18:43 How Alejandro uses price action + algos for hybrid trading 23:15 How Alejandro deals with correlated pairs and trades 24:51 And much more! What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! Resources Mentioned FxPro Quant (free EA builder) MyFXBook "Strategies" section DesireToTrade Trading Assistant DesireToTRADE's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: Pepperstone (special signup offer) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) SCM (Scandinavian Capital Markets) Desire To TRADE Academy About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes Where to find Alejandro Perez! Twitter Email What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

Millionaire Fund Manager & Investor's Success Lessons In episode 224 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview a highly successful fund manager and investor Marc Faber. Marc Faber is the Editor and Publisher of the "Gloom, Boom & Doom Report", successful multi-asset investor and hedge fund manager. Marc is not accepting new clients but he still manages large amounts of funds for clients. >> Watch the video recording! In This Episode, You'll Learn... Who is Marc Feber and how he got to where he is now 00:41 Mark main investment focus 04:11 The work you have to do when you run an independent trading business 04:46 Why Marc started to write his own newsletter, even before he went independent 05:45 How Marc learned to invest and trading 08:19 What is an "attractive" chart for Marc 13:16 Marc's thoughts on china investing 16:23 Could countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, etc. could develop as China did in the 70's to today? 19:08 New video in our successfully Trading Forex in 2020 Series with Pepperstone 21:07 What are Marc's thoughts on Thailand 22:01 Why Marc prefers investing in stocks instead of currencies 26:48 Marc's advice for people wanting to start their own fund 30:45 How investors choose an investment manager/ account manager 34:49 How to present your trading to investors 37:58 How to deal with "bad" clients 43:24 Turning down clients when starting 46:52 And much more! What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! Resources Mentioned New video in our successfully Trading Forex in 2020 Series with Pepperstone DesireToTRADE's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: Pepperstone (special signup offer) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) SCM (Scandinavian Capital Markets) Desire To TRADE Academy About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes Where to find Mark Faber! Gloomboomdoom.com What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

What It Takes To Get Funded by The 5%ers In episode 223 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Trader and Prop firm founder Gil Ben Hur. Gil is the founder of The 5%ers prop firm. They are an online prop firm who looks to fund the top 5% of traders. They differentiate from other prop firms by giving you live capital from day 1 and allowing any trading style and having a 6 months evaluation program so short and long term traders can prove their skills to earn a funded account. >> Watch the video recording! In This Episode, You'll Learn... "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity" 00:46 How Gil started to trade, the full story 02:26 How The5%ers Fund got formed 11:00 What is The5%ers Fund exactly 12:38 What obstacles did Gil face when building The5%ers 13:31 How to gain trust as an online Prop firm 15:55 How to get funded by The5%ers - step by step rules 17:59 Where does the money to fund the traders come from 21:36 Why are the rules strict for the prop firm 22:24 Common traits of successful funded traders 25:11 Key factors differentiating The5%ers from the other prop firms 26:46 Why restricting trading styles is a bad idea 29:28 Gil's philosophy around trading 31:27 Where to find Gil and The5%ers 35:03 How the future looks for The5%ers 35:48 What is the motivation behind The5%ers 37:32 And much more! What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! Resources Mentioned The5%ers Prop Firm (get a $25 rebate on the 52K evaluation) DesireToTRADE's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: Pepperstone (special signup offer) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) SCM (Scandinavian Capital Markets) Desire To TRADE Academy About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes Where to find Gil Ben Hur! The5%ers Prop Firm Email What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

Trading Success Story From The Pit In episode 222 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Market Wizard, full-time trader and ex-hedge fund manager Linda Raschke. Linda, while being extremely good at scalping the markets, has a very interesting story of how she went from trading at a physical exchange to moving on her own and then starting a hedge fund. She recently published her book titled "Trading Sardines: Lessons in the Markets from a Lifelong Trader" available on her website https://lindaraschke.net >> Watch the video recording! In This Episode, You'll Learn... How did Linda start her trading career 01:51 1 important thing that Linda learned early in her career 04:50 What Linda learned about herself while writing her new book 09:19 Why Linda has so many notebooks full of texts from her trading 10:50 How different traders go around "Journalling" their trade ideas and notes 13:35 How did Linda build her own Hedge Fund 14:58 How themes changed and Linda adapted to it on the institutional space 16:37 The new trends for trading and managing money (OPM) 18:13 Linda's advice for people who want to manage money for others 19:24 What investors look for when approaching a money manager 21:35 Linda´s daily habits - What keeps her at the top level 22:54 How does Linda manage to trade the full US session? 24:12 Linda's trading style 25:08 Why Linda doesn't care about "missing" trades 28:48 The reality fo developing an edge on the markets 30:52 The great value of experience in the markets 34:17 Where to find Linda 37:20 What is in Linda's future 39:58 Linda's top advice for traders - "It's an endurance game" 41:58 And much more! What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! Resources Mentioned Trading Sardines (Linda's new book) DesireToTRADE's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: Pepperstone (special signup offer) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) SCM (Scandinavian Capital Markets) Desire To TRADE Academy About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes Where to find Linda Raschke! LindaRaschke.net What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

The Best Price Action Trader In The World In episode 221 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I sit down for a 2nd time with price action trader & scalper Al Brooks. Al is an absolute legend when it comes to price action. He wrote several books on his findings after studying and trading price action for several years. >> Watch the video recording! Watch my first interview with Al Brooks (2 years ago) In This Episode, You'll Learn... Who is Al Brooks and what he does 00:46 How was Al's transition to becoming a full-time trader 04:00 What has changed for Al in the past 3 years (since the last interview) 05:56 Is every market the same? or do they have their own "personalities"? 08:36 New Video Series announcement with Pepperstone 09:56 Al tells what is that attracts traders to Price Action 11:04 How Al developed overactivity in the markets 13:17 How do you keep working even when not getting immediate results 15:32 Most traders are better off letting their systems work instead of micromanaging them 21:29 What trading style Al prefers (scalping vs swing trading) 23:37 What is the best way to learn Price Action today 26:29 How to learn and research price action patterns to learn 30:00 Al Brooks experience with Trading Mentors 34:25 Even if you get a good mentor what they do has to suit your personality 41:48 What does a day in Al's life look like as a trader 44:17 Where can you find Al Brooks 48:02 Al Brooks top advice for traders 48:49 And much more! What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! Resources Mentioned New Video Series with Pepperstone Brooks Trading Course DesireToTRADE's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: Pepperstone (special signup offer) AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) SCM (Scandinavian Capital Markets) Desire To TRADE Academy About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes Where to find Al Brooks! Brooks Trading Course Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Youtube What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

Don't Rush The Trading Process & You'll Succeed In episode 220 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Raja Zahoor known as WicksDontLie online. Raja is a Forex day trader who focuses on trading with the trend. He had very interesting advice on how you too can succeed as a full-time Forex trader. >> Watch the video recording! In This Episode, You'll Learn... "If you remove emotions from every position, it becomes really easy" 00:40 How did Raja Zahoor start to trade 01:40 What were Raja Motivations to get into trading 03:02 What learning curve Raja have to go through to become successful 04:40 Which was the turning point in Raja's trading? 06:42 How Raja determined which were the best times to trade for him, and how he stuck to them 10:29 How your trading times will depend on your lifestyle and personality 12:48 Why Raja prefers day trading over swing trading 14:44 SPONSOR: Soft4FX (manual backtesting software for MT4) 16:27 What is Raja's current trading style 17:37 Which markets Raja is focusing his trading on 19:26 Which challenges Raja faced in his transition from part-time to full-time trading 20:58 Some of the times in which Raja changed his trading because of the psychological effects of living from your trading 24:26 How do you make sure that emotions don't affect your trading too much 26:23 How did Raja find his trading personality and made tweaks to his trading 30:28 Raja's piece of advice for struggling traders 34:04 Where to find Raja 36:32 How the future looks for Raja 37:13 Raja's motivation for all he does 38:24 Raja's top piece of advice for traders 39:35 And much more! What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! Resources Mentioned SPONSOR: Soft4FX (manual backtesting software for MT4) DesireToTRADE's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) Pepperstone (special signup offer) SCM (Scandinavian Capital Markets) Desire To TRADE Academy About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes Where to find Raja Zahoor! Youtube Instagram What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

The Power Of Compounding ft. Alejandro In episode 219 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I sit down with Alejandro to talk about the power of compounding. Compounding is a great tool that has been used by legendary investors and the richest people in the world to grow their fortunes. Compounding is best seen over long periods, but in trading, there are more ways to compound your returns and grow your capital. In this live recording, we will be showing you just how much compounding can change your trading results in the long run. We will also show you ways to increase your account even faster using other people's money and we will answer your questions about trading. Ready...? Let's get started !! >> Watch the video recording! In This Episode, You'll Learn... A quick background of Alejandro, our DesireToTRADE partner 00:17 What is compounding (the basics) 02:24 Why you should use a growth plan or compounding 5:25 Viewer questions: Would you take a larger risk in a trade with more "confirmation"? 09:00 How much of our trading is algo vs manual? 13:46 What type of % return per month do professionals do? 15:27 The difference between compounding and simple interest and money management 18:30 The power of compounding 25:10 Other methods of "compounding" in trading (frow your account exponentially) 27:09 Etienne recaps the power of compounding in 3 points 30:05 Viewer questions: How to stop missing trades for your trading strategies (discretionary and systematic) 31:10 How do you decide when you are ready to go live and trade for a living 34:16 When trading algos should you modify or stop them for news events or let them run? 40:25 And much more! What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! Resources Mentioned Grow your Trading Capital Earn up to 100K USD in Trading Capital by taking the FTMO challenge. (Use our link to get a 5% discount) The5ers (prop firm) AxiSelect (a trader funding program of AxiTrader) Mentioned Videos: How to Draw SUPPORT and RESISTANCE Zones: step-by-step approach! Charts and Images discussed BB R Algo Portfolio Backtest Results 18:30 BB R Algo Portfolio Compounding Backtest DesireToTRADE's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) SCM (Scandinavian Capital Markets) Desire To TRADE Academy About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes Where to find Alejandro Pérez! Email Twitter Desire To TRADE Academy What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!

How To Recover From Your First Drawdown In episode 218 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I share with you how I had my 1st drawdown in the Forex market and what steps I took to get out of it. >> Watch the video recording! In This Episode, You'll Learn... Into to the podcast and updates on Etienne's trading 00:15 How Etienne's 1st drawdown happened? 03:01 Factors that lead to the drawdown 05:19 Different timezones 05:19 New strategy / Changing strategies 05:47 Lack of quality trading opportunities 06:34 Peer / Self-pressure to take trades -> take lower quality trades 07:11 Handling my 1st drawdown 07:55 Coming out of the drawdown 08:44 How to get out of your drawdowns 10:01 And much more! What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group! Resources Mentioned Desire To TRADE Academy DesireToTRADE's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended brokers: AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) Pepperstone (special signup offer) SCM (Scandinavian Capital Markets) Desire To TRADE Academy About The Desire To Trade Podcast Subscribe via iTunes (take 2 seconds and leave the podcast a review!) Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via TuneIn Subscribe via Google Play See all podcast episodes What is one thing you are going to implement after listening to this podcast episode? Leave a comment below, or join me in the Facebook group!