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A TRADER'S LIFE

A TRADER'S LIFE

Nicholas Penrake

How do traders do it, overcoming setbacks, managing their risk and reining in their emotions to take chunks of money out of the markets? Showhost Nicholas Penrake chats with traders from all kinds of backgrounds, inviting them to share with us their highs and lows on their way to achieving consistent results.
Trading is a tough game – they say only around 5 per cent of those who try actually make a profit. Listen to A Trader’s Life to glean some valuable insights from the market wizards Nic get to talk to.

If you glance at my profile on LinkedIn, you’ll see I’m no big shot trader. Mid way through 2023, after nearly three years' trading, I'm still only break-even. But every week I learn something new. And part of that learning process is enriched by talking and listening to other traders, those with more experience than I have.
We all know that emotions can seriously derail your trading aspirations. It's been my experience - and I hope you agree - that every so often listening to other traders' stories can not only be instructive but inspirational, even comforting, to a degree.
Just one example: one of my guests lost 50,000 in just a just a few months. Today’s she’s crushing it in commodities. How did she do it? You come here to find out.

And here’s the thing... the picture I’m getting is that it’s not so much about the money, it’s about the challenge.

It’s also about freedom: finding a pursuit that can make you an income that only relies on your smarts and an internet connection.

If you can get there, trading can potentially free up your day, allowing you to explore a world that extends far beyond the daily commute to an office.

So, if you’re a trader interested in comparing your story with the stories of traders who’ve cracked it, or even if you’re just curious about trading, grab your headphones, open your browser and have a listen – A Trader’s Life.

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A TRADER'S LIFE - Episode 53 | Dan Passarelli - Options expert
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11/03/21 • 53 min

If you’re trading options, or thinking of giving options trading a go, stick around. Because my next guest, Dan Passerelli, is not only a highly successful options trader he’s also the president of Market Taker Mentoring, Inc. regarded as a global leader in option-trader education.
Dan trains motivated beginners, intermediate, advanced and professional option traders to reach their full potential. In today’s episode we cover his early days as a runner and a clerk in the trading pits, right up today’s micro second trading world. he also gives us some of the thinking that forms the basis of his approach to the markets.
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Looking for a way of making passive income by taking a stake in the crypto space that doesn’t require you to trade crypto.?
Check out Yieldnodes. These guys provide cutting edge services to the blockchain network, such as maintaining e-wallets and the like.

It’s easy to get set up on the platform, and the returns are truly exceptional, averaging around 10% per month. Once you factor in compounding you could be looking at just north of 200% per annum. Here’s another thing I think is really important: Yieldnodes have allowed members to audit their incomings and outgoings and found them to be entirely transparent.

I personally think this is an exciting proposition and, if you sign up through my link, instead of the usual minimum deposit of 500 Euros, you can make a start with just 50 Euros. Heck, some people put that on the lottery every weekend! So why not plant a seed today with Yieldnodes and see what grows from there?

By pass the 500 Euro minimum requirment and start participating in the Yieldnodes project with as little as 50 Euros via this link while helping to keep this podcast going.

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A TRADER'S LIFE - Trailer to Episode 22 | Don Yocham
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02/18/21 • 1 min

in Episode 22 I chat with Don Yocham, a leading expert in cannabis stocks.
With cannabis about to be legalised in the US, possibly as early as spring 2021, cannabis stocks are primed to soar, Don tells me.
Get the whole picture of what’s going on with this new potential break out stock when I publish the full episode later this afternoon, UK time.
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BEFORE YOU HEAD OFF... as we all know, a lot can go wrong in trading. Some days you can find yourself gasping for breath and telling yourself you need a complete break from it.

Well, take a look at this. It’s a way of making passive income by taking a stake in the crypto space but doesn’t require you to trade crypto. The company in question is called Yieldnodes. And essentially, what these guys do is provide cutting edge services to the blockchain network, such as maintaining e-wallets and the like.

It’s very easy to get set up on the platform, and the returns are truly exceptional, averaging around 10% per month. Once you factor in compounding you could be looking at just north of 200% per annum. Here’s another thing I think is really important: Yieldnodes have allowed members to audit their incomings and outgoings and found them to be entirely transparent.

I personally think this is an exciting proposition and, if you sign up through my link, instead of the usual minimum deposit of 500 Euros, you can make a start with just 50 Euros. Heck, some people put that on the lottery every weekend! So why not plant a seed today with Yieldnodes and see what grows from there?

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A TRADER'S LIFE - Kim Yew - Filmmaker and trader with 100% win rate
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03/11/24 • 50 min

So you know about Ukraine, you know about Gaza, but did you know there’s an even bigger war raging in Africa? At least in terms of death toll. i'm referring to the war in the Congo. Even though millions have died and many thousands are still dying, it’s a conflict that's hardly reported.
My guest for this episode is a man who set out to make a film about what’s been going on, and in so doing put an assassin’s mark on his back.

Kim Yew, filmmaker and trader, talks to me about film and his absolutely extraordinary win rate trading with a proprietary fibonacci tool and a strategy he learnt from Alla Peters-Plocher.
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Give it a go!

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A TRADER'S LIFE - Episode 39 | Michael Filghera - Futures & Options
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06/10/21 • 61 min

My guest today is a man who started out as a musician and composer. Then one day he happened to find himself in a trading pit and was instantly hooked. Michael Filighera has been trading a few decades now. He’s made his money and loves to teach what he’s learned.

What I particularly enjoyed about this episode was the internal drama that Michael’s voice evokes. Listening back to our recording I found myself drawn in to a complex narrative in which fear, anger, discipline and an almost zen like acceptance wrestled with each other for ascendancy.
Michael site: Teachable.com <<

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BEFORE YOU HEAD OFF... as we all know, a lot can go wrong in trading. Some days you can find yourself gasping for breath and telling yourself you need a complete break from it.

Well, take a look at this. It’s a way of making passive income by taking a stake in the crypto space but doesn’t require you to trade crypto. The company in question is called Yieldnodes. And essentially, what these guys do is provide cutting edge services to the blockchain network, such as maintaining e-wallets and the like.

It’s very easy to get set up on the platform, and the returns are truly exceptional, averaging around 10% per month. Once you factor in compounding you could be looking at just north of 200% per annum. Here’s another thing I think is really important: Yieldnodes have allowed members to audit their incomings and outgoings and found them to be entirely transparent.

I personally think this is an exciting proposition and, if you sign up through my link, instead of the usual minimum deposit of 500 Euros, you can make a start with just 50 Euros. Heck, some people put that on the lottery every weekend! So why not plant a seed today with Yieldnodes and see what grows from there?

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My guest today is a man who started out as a musician and composer. Then one day he happened to find himself in a trading pit and was instantly hooked. Michael Filighera has been trading a few decades now. He’s made his money and, at Teachable, loves to teach what he’s learned.

What I particularly enjoyed about this episode was the internal drama that Michael’s voice evokes. Listening back to our recording I found myself drawn in to a complex narrative in which fear, anger, discipline and an almost zen like acceptance wrestled with each other for ascendancy.
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BEFORE YOU HEAD OFF... as we all know, a lot can go wrong in trading. Some days you can find yourself gasping for breath and telling yourself you need a complete break from it.

Well, take a look at this. It’s a way of making passive income by taking a stake in the crypto space but doesn’t require you to trade crypto. The company in question is called Yieldnodes. And essentially, what these guys do is provide cutting edge services to the blockchain network, such as maintaining e-wallets and the like.

It’s very easy to get set up on the platform, and the returns are truly exceptional, averaging around 10% per month. Once you factor in compounding you could be looking at just north of 200% per annum. Here’s another thing I think is really important: Yieldnodes have allowed members to audit their incomings and outgoings and found them to be entirely transparent.

I personally think this is an exciting proposition and, if you sign up through my link, instead of the usual minimum deposit of 500 Euros, you can make a start with just 50 Euros. Heck, some people put that on the lottery every weekend! So why not plant a seed today with Yieldnodes and see what grows from there?

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A TRADER'S LIFE - Episode 37 | Chris Lori - forex trader
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06/02/21 • 46 min

My guest today is a man who has always had an appetite for risk. In his youth he was a bobsled driver competing in 4 Winter Olympic Games.
Retiring from sport he got into trading, he put the hours in, worked on his discipline, till he became world class at that too.
Having made a comfortable living for himself from trading, he took a look around the world and decided he wanted to help people much less fortunate than himself – he set up an anti-sex trafficking organisation in South East Asia. My guest today is by his actions alone an exceptional human being – Chris Lori.
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BEFORE YOU HEAD OFF... as we all know, a lot can go wrong in trading. Some days you can find yourself gasping for breath and telling yourself you need a complete break from it.

Well, take a look at this. It’s a way of making passive income by taking a stake in the crypto space but doesn’t require you to trade crypto. The company in question is called Yieldnodes. And essentially, what these guys do is provide cutting edge services to the blockchain network, such as maintaining e-wallets and the like.

It’s very easy to get set up on the platform, and the returns are truly exceptional, averaging around 10% per month. Once you factor in compounding you could be looking at just north of 200% per annum. Here’s another thing I think is really important: Yieldnodes have allowed members to audit their incomings and outgoings and found them to be entirely transparent.

I personally think this is an exciting proposition and, if you sign up through my link, instead of the usual minimum deposit of 500 Euros, you can make a start with just 50 Euros. Heck, some people put that on the lottery every weekend! So why not plant a seed today with Yieldnodes and see what grows from there?
By pass the 500 Euro minimum requirment and start participating in the Yieldnodes project with as little as 50 Euros via this link while helping to keep this podcast going.

https://yieldnodes.com/atraderslife

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This is a clip from one of the most riveting conversations I’ve had with any trader on my podcast A Trader’s Life. Mark Shawzin, aka The Pattern Trader, is my guest.
Whether you’re a beginner or a veteran in trading, there is so much you’ll find to inspire you here, not least Mark’s dry sense of humour.
Listen to the full episode from the file stacked one row above this one.
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BEFORE YOU HEAD OFF... as we all know, a lot can go wrong in trading. Some days you can find yourself gasping for breath and telling yourself you need a complete break from it.

Well, take a look at this. It’s a way of making passive income by taking a stake in the crypto space but doesn’t require you to trade crypto. The company in question is called Yieldnodes. And essentially, what these guys do is provide cutting edge services to the blockchain network, such as maintaining e-wallets and the like.

It’s very easy to get set up on the platform, and the returns are truly exceptional, averaging around 10% per month. Once you factor in compounding you could be looking at just north of 200% per annum. Here’s another thing I think is really important: Yieldnodes have allowed members to audit their incomings and outgoings and found them to be entirely transparent.

I personally think this is an exciting proposition and, if you sign up through my link, instead of the usual minimum deposit of 500 Euros, you can make a start with just 50 Euros. Heck, some people put that on the lottery every weekend! So why not plant a seed today with Yieldnodes and see what grows from there?
https://yieldnodes.com/atraderslife

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A TRADER'S LIFE - Episode 35 | Kym Watson - forex trader
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05/13/21 • 34 min

In this episode I talk with trader Kym Watson.
We talk about how he first got started, how he plans his trading day, and the key ingredients to his trading mindset. Down to earth bloke who 'says it like it is' and genuinely enjoys teaching new traders.
Kym jointly runs the educational company ezeetrader which allows clients the option to trade alongside him online.
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BEFORE YOU HEAD OFF... as we all know, a lot can go wrong in trading. Some days you can find yourself gasping for breath and telling yourself you need a complete break from it.

Well, take a look at this. It’s a way of making passive income by taking a stake in the crypto space but doesn’t require you to trade crypto. The company in question is called Yieldnodes. And essentially, what these guys do is provide cutting edge services to the blockchain network, such as maintaining e-wallets and the like.

It’s very easy to get set up on the platform, and the returns are truly exceptional, averaging around 10% per month. Once you factor in compounding you could be looking at just north of 200% per annum. Here’s another thing I think is really important: Yieldnodes have allowed members to audit their incomings and outgoings and found them to be entirely transparent.

I personally think this is an exciting proposition and, if you sign up through my link, instead of the usual minimum deposit of 500 Euros, you can make a start with just 50 Euros. Heck, some people put that on the lottery every weekend! So why not plant a seed today with Yieldnodes and see what grows from there?
By pass the 500 Euro minimum requirment and start participating in the Yieldnodes project with as little as 50 Euros via this link while helping to keep this podcast going.

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A TRADER'S LIFE - Trailer to Episode 34 | Giancarlo Prisco - scalper
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05/07/21 • 3 min

Giancarlo Prisco, expert scalper, talking to me on A Trader’s Life confessing to some early mistakes and setbacks in his trading career.
Born in Italy, and now living in Spain, Giancarlo exudes the warmth and ease of a southern Mediterranean. I was particularly struck by his almost poetic rendering of pivotal moments in time. Which makes this episode more than just a conversation about trading, you could say it’s also a conversation about knowing yourself in life. Join us for the full episode later today.

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A TRADER'S LIFE - Trailer to Episode 33 | Jay Harwood - cable scalper
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05/04/21 • 1 min

Episode 33 of A Trader's Life is with trader Jay Harwood.
After five gruelling years of losses and break evens, and cleaning toilets to pay the proverbial rent, Jay became an overnight success trading the lower timeframes on cable. You couldn’t meet a more humble trader.
Listen to the full episode from the listing above this.
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BEFORE YOU HEAD OFF... as we all know, a lot can go wrong in trading. Some days you can find yourself gasping for breath and telling yourself you need a complete break from it.

Well, take a look at this. It’s a way of making passive income by taking a stake in the crypto space but doesn’t require you to trade crypto. The company in question is called Yieldnodes. And essentially, what these guys do is provide cutting edge services to the blockchain network, such as maintaining e-wallets and the like.

It’s very easy to get set up on the platform, and the returns are truly exceptional, averaging around 10% per month. Once you factor in compounding you could be looking at just north of 200% per annum. Here’s another thing I think is really important: Yieldnodes have allowed members to audit their incomings and outgoings and found them to be entirely transparent.

I personally think this is an exciting proposition and, if you sign up through my link, instead of the usual minimum deposit of 500 Euros, you can make a start with just 50 Euros. Heck, some people put that on the lottery every weekend! So why not plant a seed today with Yieldnodes and see what grows from there?

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How many episodes does A TRADER'S LIFE have?

A TRADER'S LIFE currently has 192 episodes available.

What topics does A TRADER'S LIFE cover?

The podcast is about Forex, Entrepreneurship, Investing, Podcasts, Trading and Business.

What is the most popular episode on A TRADER'S LIFE?

The episode title 'Trailer to Episode 67 | Faina Vitebsky - Crude Oil' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on A TRADER'S LIFE?

The average episode length on A TRADER'S LIFE is 25 minutes.

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Episodes of A TRADER'S LIFE are typically released every 2 days, 5 hours.

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