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Full-Time Traders With Uncommon Yet Powerful Advice! In episode 217 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, Etienne is joined by two other full-time traders and good friends. Michael Toma and Alejandro Perez are part of the Desire To Trade Team. They help students crush their trading goals inside the Desire To Trade Academy. They are both experts in their field! Michael is a pro at risk management while Alejandro knows a lot about algorithmic trading. >> Watch the video recording! In This Episode, You'll Learn... Who is Alejandro and what is his background 00:46à Who is Michael Toma and what is his background 01:56 Mike's top piece of advice for developing traders 03:07 Alejandro's top advice for developing traders 04:11 Etienne's top advice for developing traders 05:02 What are the value and use of different chart types (Renko, candlesticks, Range, Heikin-Ashi) 04:43 Viewer question: How much should you risk per trade? 14:06 How Alejandro develop his current trading style 16:18 How Mike develop his current trading style 24:50 Viewer question: ShuouldI perfect 1 strategy or expand to others? 28:45 Viewer question: What drawdown should I expect if I want to make 1% of profits per day? 36:41 Viewer question: How is Mike trading and working with options? 40:09 The biggest challenge with Mike's optios trading 43:12 Where to find the Desire To Trade Team and learn from us 44:35 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 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: 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!

Special 200+ Interviews Of Highly Successful Traders In episode 216 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I sit down with Michael Toma to look back to the 200+ podcasts and 500 trading Vlogs that I made in these past years since starting DesireToRADE. We look at some of the best interviews as well as my journey developing the podcast and my own as a trader. Big thanks to all of you for listening to the podcast and watching the Vlogs, without all of you this would not be possible. Now let's get right into this special episode!! >> Watch the video special! In This Episode, You'll Learn... Welcome to the 500th Vlog and 200+ trader interviews at Desire To Trade 00:18 Did you ever expect to get to 500 vlogs and 200+ trader interviews? 00:56 Some of the interviews that Etienne really wanted and worked hard to get into the podcast 02:37 The value of listening to a variety of themes 03:19 On how to manage making vlogs, trading, and interviews on over 28 countries 04:51 How the vlogs are made (all the work and time that comes into each video) 6:15 Etienne's self thaught progress for making and editing the vlogs 07:52 Michael Toma's top 5 traders from the podcast 08:40 Navin Prithyani 08:55 Houston Truong 09:55 Mandi Pour Rafsendjani 11:01 Jerremy Newsome 12:16 Karen Foo 13:46 How Etienne's trading evolved thanks to the Desire To Trade Podcast 15:11 What are Etienne's plans for the future 16:10 What is Etienne most proud of from the journey of making the Desire To Trade podcast 19:40 The importance of meeting other traders to improve 20:24 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 Top Interviews from the DTT Podcast: Navin Prithyani : https://youtu.be/i9WbeAgRUDE Houston Truong : https://youtu.be/G2QePnYQBBY Mandi Pour Rafsendjani : https://youtu.be/pslHHqBjjDM Jerremy Newsome : https://youtu.be/8KMDuBCFlds Karen Foo : https://youtu.be/bIWwxYF-2HQ 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!

How To Get Funded In Forex In episode 215 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Forex trader and co-founder of FTMO Otakar Suffner. Here is a short intro by Otakar: "My name is Otakar Suffner. I am the co-founder of a young and ambitious company, which searches and financially supports trading talent in financial markets. Before starting the Project FTMO, I myself have traded full-time for about three years until I decided to fully commit to FTMO. Besides working, I love to spend time with my family and friends." Earn up to 100K USD in Trading Capital by taking the FTMO challenge. (Use our link to get a 5% discount) >> Watch the video recording! In This Episode, You'll Learn... Who is Otakar and what's the story behind FTMO 01:25 How they got the idea of starting a prop firm 02:53 What Otakar trades and does in his daily analysis 04:53 What makes FTMO the best online prop firm to apply for 09:25 What is the process a trader needs to do to get funded by FTMO 12:40 Where you can check the stories of some FTMO funded traders 15:09 FTMO funded traders profit split 16:45 Where does the money FTMO gives traders come frim 17:28 Otakar advise for traders interested in getting funded 18:56 What is the thing that most people complain about 21:14 What people love the most of FTMO 22:13 Where to find Otakar 22:58 FTMO goal for the future 23:21 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 Earn up to 100K USD in Trading Capital by taking the FTMO challenge. (Use our link to get a 5% discount) FTMO Blog 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 Otakar Suffner! FTMO Website Twitter Facebook 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!

Swing Trading Algorithm: How We Built & Made It Profitable! ft. Alejandro Pérez In episode 214 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I sit down with Alejandro to talk about the story and process we went through developing our algo portfolio and more specifically the BB R Trading Algo. >> Watch the video recording! In This Episode, You'll Learn... Topic intro 00:22 Why Etienne needed an algo 01:10 How we got to work together 04:51 Story of the Trading Assistant development 08:09 Difficulties and issues we found along the way 10:04 SPONSOR: Soft4FX (manual backtesting software for MT4) 17:05 How we determined that something worked or not in the algo18:15 How to make sure your algo is trading as it should 20:26 The importance in testing and letting go when developing a strategy 25:00 Learn from the masters and then make it yours 26:54 How Alejandro learned to code for himself 28:28 Mixing Human discretion with Algo trading (this is what top prop firms are doing) 35:13 Example results from the BB Reversal algo portfolio 42:27 The value of compounding in a portfolio 46:07 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 App (free algo builder) TickDataSuite (high-quality data for algo backtest on MT4) MT4 ReportManager SPONSOR: Soft4FX (manual backtesting software for MT4) Charts and Images discussed Telegram Alert Example 8:40 BB R Algo Portfolio Backtest Results 42:27 BB R Algo Portfolio Compounding Backtest 46:07 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 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!

Ultimate Full-Time Trading Truths & Motivation In episode 213 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview full-time Forex trader Merlin De Santis whom I met in Bangkok, Thailand and more recently in his trader villa in Bali. Merlin is a young entrepreneur who started a business when he was 18. He was introduced to forex trading by his friends and since then he was hooked. He sold his business to pursue trading and he now spends most of his time traveling, trading and meeting traders around the world. His learning path was not easy, while he made lots of money at the start he quickly lost it all and realized the reality of trading. From there he has been working hard developing as a trader and improving constantly, leaving the trading lifestyle. >> Watch the video interview! In This Episode, You'll Learn... Who is Merlin De Santis and where he comes from 00:37 How did Merlin start to trade 01:35 What Merlin did to learn and improve his trading 04:15 How to approach people to meet and learn from them 05:11 How does Merlin trading style look like 07:12 How to actually follow your trading plan 10:04 How Merlin recommends developing your own trading plan 13:24 What is the Trading Avatar 17:35 The reason why Merlin travels so much 19:20 How Merlin handles trading while traveling 21:06 What are Merlin's plans for the future 22:27 What is the role of spirituality in trading 24:12 Where can you find Merlin De Santis 25:37 What is ALIVE and the motivation for it 27:14 Merlin's top piece of advice for aspiring traders 29:55 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 SCM (Scandinavian Capital Markets) DesireToTRADE's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) 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 How To Find Merlin De Santis? 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!

Prop Firm Trading & Performing Like A Pro In episode 212 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I sit down for a 2nd time with Mike Bellafiore, the co-founder of SMB Capital, a well-known proprietary trading firm based in New York, USA. Mike is also the author of One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading and The PlayBook: An Inside Look at How to Think Like a Professional Trader. SMB Capital's trader-training program was highlighted in the TV documentary Wall Street Warriors. His firm has appeared regularly on CNBC's Fast Money, CNNMoney, Bloomberg, and Fox Business. I first heard of Mike Bellafiore and SMB Capital through Mike's first book called One Good Trade. It describes how things are done in a proprietary trading firm and provides real stories of traders who had or hadn't what it took to thrive in this world of trading. I highly recommend the book! Mike has a lot of experience working with traders and came to understand what made them successful. He also knows what the learning process looks like for a trader. As some of you may know Mike and SMB Capital help sponsor Traders4ACause which is a charitable organization focused on value. They make a yearly conference in Las Vegas in which all proceeds are donated to a set of charities. If you want to assist to the next event, get great trading related value and networking and help a good cause you can check out the event, register and donate at: https://traders4acause.org/ >> Watch the video interview! In This Episode, You'll Learn... Who is Mike Bellafiore and what has he and SMB done since the last interview 00:33 How the whole ambient and culture of SMB encourages traders to continues improvement (concrete steps they take to improve every day) 06:05 How SMB use technology to improve their discretionary trading 07:41 How Mike and SMB are implementing algorithms and technology into a trading desk 10:44 How to implement a hybrid approach to automated trading 16:24 What does it take for someone to be hired by a prop firm like SMB 20:05 What type of traders do Mike and SMB like to see in prospective traders 28:02 Incredible level of investment into new talent at SMB: "We give everything we got to those people" 33:05 Great traders may not always be "traditionally" talented 33:42 The importance of measuring trading performance and process 36:14 The biggest mistake Mike sees traders make 40:57 Should a trader copy other trader's style or make their own? 43:42 Where you can find Mike Bellafiore 45:58 Which is Mike's vision for the future 46:45 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 The PlayBook: An Inside Look at How to Think Like a Professional Trader One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading Traders4ACause Anual Charity Conference Past Interview: Trade With Market Edge & Stick To One Good Trade DesireToTRADE's Top Resources DesireToTRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist One-Page Trading Plan (free template) Recommended broker: AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) 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 How To Find Mike Bellafiore? E-mail Twitter SMB Capital Website SMB Capital 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!

How To Trade The Daily Chart In Forex (from a pro trader!) In episode 208 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I sit down for a 2nd time with The Lazy Trader to discuss how he is trading daily charts in the Forex market. Rob trades exclusively on the daily and weekly time frames. His goal is to have the life he desires first. Are you ready for it? Watch the video interview! In This Episode, You'll Learn... Who is The Lazy Trader and what he does 01:00 The importance of using higher timeframe charts for freedom 02:09 What are the steps to start trading the higher timeframes 04:08 How can someone trading the weekly chart be more profitable than someone trading intraday 06:28 How to handle the small number of trades that one takes with a weekly timeframe trading 11:10 Why The Lazy Trader would use the same strategies on the higher and lower timeframes 13:27 Sponsor: Soft4FX (manual backtesting software for MT4) 16:38 How Rob uses scaling into trades to for increased profits 17:48 What type of patterns The Lazy Trader trades 19:29 Moving your SL vs scaling out of a trade 21:20 How to use your "free" time obtained from trading the weekly charts 22:54 Why Rob doesn't trade penny stocks 25:16 How to more easily understand major Support/Resistance areas in charts 27:24 What are The Lazy Trader's students' biggest mistakes while developing (being too lazy) 31:22 How Rob and Etienne keep consistency in trading while traveling 32:29 Where can you find The Lazy Trader36:55 Joint webinar announcement (sign up here!) 37:26 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 broker: AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) DesireToTRADE 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 How To Find The Lazy Trader? E-mail The Lazy Trader website Register to Exclusive Trader Masterclass ft. The Lazy Trader 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!

Managing MILLIONS - How This Trader Trades Professionally in Florida In this episode 210 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Michael Toma, a full-time option & futures trader whom I work with inside the Desire To Trade Academy. Michael recently got a deal to trade millions from investors in China. He shares how that has worked for him, as well as how he's managing that kind of money! Are you ready for it? Watch the video interview! Topics Covered In This Episode Who is Michael Toma and what he does 00:47 How to get investors capital 04:57 A tour of Michael's trading setup 07:52 Sponsor: Soft4FX (manual backtesting software for MT4) 09:39 Biggest challenges of managing capital 10:46 How to simplify communication with investors 13:48 How to decide your compensation as a manager 14:47 How much time you need to manage clients money 15:45 Michael's goal with his education and money management business16:58 The mindset shift required to manage money 19:30 and much more Resources Mentioned SPONSOR: Soft4FX (manual backtesting software for MT4) The Risk of Trading: Mastering the Most Important Element in Financial Speculation (Wiley Trading Book 536) By Michael Toma Recomended broker: AxiTrader (use our link to get a special bonus) DesireToTRADE 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 How To Find Michael Toma? E-mail 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!

Daily Chart Trading Success Stories In episode 209 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, we're listening to the stories of Daily chart Traders! This short episode is a compilation of advice from traders I've interviewed on the Desire To Trade Podcast over the past 2+ years. Use this as motivation to reach your Forex trading goals or as Forex trader advice to listen to on-the-go. In this Forex Trader Motivation video, you'll be hearing the stories of how successful daily chart traders got to where they are now and how hard they work to stay on top. Subscribe on Youtube! Watch the motivational video! Interviews Used For This Episode 0:11 The Lazy Trader: Successfully Swing Trading Forex Like The Lazy Trader 3:08 Andrew Mitchem: Freedom Lifestyle Forex Trading Across Multiple Time-Frames DesireToTRADE Top Resources Desire To TRADE Forex Trader Community (free group!) Complete Price Action Strategy Checklist (free checklist!) One-Page Trading Plan (free template!) DesireToTRADE Academy (exclusive training program) 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!

Full-Time Forex Trader Q&A In episode 208 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I am joined by Alejandro from the DesireToTRADE Team to answer your questions about trading. Are you ready for it? Watch the video interview! In This Episode, You'll Learn... What does a perfect trade mean and should you trade only "perfect" setups? 01:33 Is your trading system irrelevant? and can good money management make any system profitable? 03:52 Do we trade systematic or discretionary systems? 09:03 Should you trade and master 1 instrument or trade a group of instruments? 11:48 Should one start live trading with day trading or swing trading? 15:13 How to deal with "large bank manipulation"? 20:27 How much capital do you need to trade for a living? 27:51 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 Soft4FX (manual backtesting software for MT4) TickDataSuite (high-quality data for algo backtest on MT4) Making a Living Trading Forex video series One-Page Trading Plan 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) DesireToTRADE 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