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Season 10
Episode 2
Brian McMillan: Discussing capital guaranteed exposure to Chinese equities
Brian McMillan returns to the podcast and discusses an exciting capital-guaranteed opportunity from Investec Structured Products. It’s a product that gives geared exposure to the Chinese CSI300 index, whilst guaranteeing an investor’s capital. We discuss the mechanics of the product and the attractiveness of the Chinese market at this point in the cycle.
Season 10
Episode 1
Chris Dover of Macro Ops. Former military man, now a systematic trader
Chris Dover, a former US Marine, entered the market during the 1999 Dot.com boom. Initially trained in systematic trading, he explored other paths before returning to it. Now deeply engaged across various markets, he talks about systematic trading and how it allows him an enviable degree of freedom to do the things he enjoys most.
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Season 9
Episode 10
James Eaton: Personal trainer turned full time forex trader.
James Eaton exudes positivity. He has a real “can-do” attitude. It made for a really refreshing, insightful interview. He began his working career as a personal trainer. That allowed him time to learn about trading and he was quickly immersed in it. He’s since taken to trading full time and he goes about it in a very disciplined way.
Season 9
Episode 9
Talking to the Power team of IG's Premium Client Managers in London
This episode is a 4-way conversation with three of IG’s Premium Client Managers in London: Sean Power, Luke Moore and Pete Ward. We discuss what they see many clients doing wrong that puts them on the losing side of the ledger. We also discuss what IG’s most successful clients are able to do right that makes them consistent winners
Season 9
Episode 8
Richard Brennan: Pushing into outliers in the tails of distribution
Riding big trends is the aspiration of many traders. Richard Brennan has developed an ensemble of strategies that seek to capture big breakouts and trending moves that become outliers in a dataset. He refers to it as “hunting outliers”. In this discussion, we talk about how he has managed to capture outlier moves.
Season 9
Episode 7
Laurens Bensdorp: Internationally acclaimed systematic trader
Garth interviews best-selling author and systems trader Laurens Bensdorp. His approach to developing and trading over 50 systems is fascinating. He also shares candid views about trading competitions and trading systems. This is a real, honest interview with somebody who has done the hard yards to come up with hands-off trading systems that deliver consistent returns
Season 9
Episode 6
Garth Mackenzie & Gizelle Willows: Equity investing lessons that I wish I knew at 21.
Garth recently befriended a 21 year old film photographer. A common love of 1990’s Mercedes-Benz cars drew them together. This 21-year-old guy is earning well for his age, but suffers from the common naivety around how to manage money. Now 45, Garth was inspired to write a blog article about investing lessons he wished he knew at 21 years old.
Season 9
Episode 5
Peter Taylor: A former military man turned successful full time trader
Every once in a while it is interesting to interview a guest who is not from the financial industry. A former military man - Peter Taylor shares his story of how circumstances pushed him (willingly) into full time trading. A bit of capital, an accommodating partner and a hunger for knowledge allowed him to begin a full time trading career.