Episode 11:Mark Austin | Co-Founder of Magnetic Trading

Mark Austin (LinkedIn) is the Co-Founder of Magnetic Trading, a trading coaching and services business. With experience across prime institutions such as The Royal Bank of Canada and EFG, Mark’s unique insights have helped many discover what it takes to trade with a principled approach.

In this episode we covered:

1. Life in Thailand
2. How he got into trading
3. Magnetic Trading
4. Technical vs. fundamental
5. Publishing results with transparency; and
6. Trading principles & mindset

Episode 10: Chris Tate | Co-Founder of Trading Game

Chris Tate is an Author, Trading Mentor, Co-Founder of (Trading Game), and Founder of Talking Trading. With a penchant for applying the scientific method to most elements of life, Chris (along with his co-founder Louise) is one of the longest standing mentors in the trading business – weathering all the fads that have passed through the industry.

And don’t forget to pick up your free trading plan template from Chris’s website – tradinggame.com.au. It will help you trade like a professional, and give you the focus you need to excel in the markets.

In this episode we covered:

1. Averages, statistics & people
2. Technical analysis, simplicity & complexity
3. Delaying gratification & FOMO
4. How he got into trading
5. Working with Louise Bedford; and
6. Managing downsides

Episode 9: Louise Bedford | Co-Founder of Talking Trading

Louise Bedford is an Author, Trading Mentor, Co-Founder of (Trading Game), and Founder of Talking Trading. With a penchant for psychology and mindset, Louise is one of the longest standing mentors in the trading business – weathering all the fads that have passed through the industry.

In this episode we covered:

1. What Talking Trading and Trading Game are
2. Deprogramming yourself and Imposter Syndrome
3. Dealing with people’s presumptions
4. How she began teaching
5. Positive mindset and dealing with negativity

Episode 8: Chris Gore | CEO of GO Markets

Chris Gore (Linkedin) is GO Markets’ CEO, Company Secretary and Responsible Manager for their AFSL licence. He’s a long-serving staff member at GO Markets and an industry veteran in the Forex operations and commentary business, with at least 10 years’ experience.

Chris is most known for showing a level-headed approach to a market that often opts for scuttlebutt and hearsay.

This is a fascinating episode recorded earlier in the year, where we covered:

1. Distribution & intervention bill
2. Applying new laws, Consumer risk, leverage
3. GO Markets update and future
4. Recent AU election, market movement
5. Current state of economy
6. Global state of affairs

Episode 7: Vee Leung Phan | Founder of Track Record Asia

Vee Leung Phan (@TrackRecordAsia) is the Founder of TrackRecord Asia and former Head of Trading across multiple divisions for Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley.

TrackRecord Asia is a financial training academy for trading teams in banks and professional traders – designed to teach you the frameworks learnt in his days across first-class institutions.

In this follow-up episode from Season 1, we covered:

1. TrackRecord Asia Philosophy & Risk management
2. His approach to trading
3. Global state of affairs
4. Hong Kong protests & China

Episode 6: Martin North | Principal of Digital Finance Analytics

Martin North is the Principal of Digital Finance Analytics, a boutique research, analysis and consulting firm. This former consultant of Booz Allen & Fujitsu Australia pedigree is well known for his level-headed approach to financial markets & the economy.

His Walk The World channel on YouTube is a must for astute economy watchers in Australia. While his commentary is highly regarded across mainstream media such as the AFR, Sydney Morning Herald, the ABC, 9News and many more.

In this episode we covered:

1. Growing up in UK & early memories
2. His career path and insight, corporate consulting
3. The state of Australia’s economy, housing sector
4. Productive vs. non-value adding investments
5. His first 90 days as Prime Minister; and
6. His take on crypto.

Episode 5: Craig Cobb | Managing Director of Trader Cobb

Holding over 11 years of experience as both a trader and educator, Craig has always been the type to distil noise into digestible information.

He is one of the most original & astute Australian commentators from the early days of the industry and with that comes a wealth of market experience.

Well known for his institutional background, Craig has helped many in the crypto space navigate this fascinating new world with a framework that can be applied to all asset classes.

In this episode we covered:

1. Chronic fatigue syndrome
2. How he got into trading
3. Successes and failures
4. The state of crypto; and
5. Cobb’s trading principles

Episode 4: Daryl Guppy | Founder of GuppyTraders.com

Daryl Guppy is the founder of GuppyTraders.com, Commentator for CNBC Asia, Author of multiple books on trading including Share Trading, Bear Trading and Trading Asian Shares.

He is one of the most original & astute Australian commentators from the early days of the industry and with that comes a wealth of market experience.

In this episode we covered:

1. China and his experience
2. How he got into financial markets
3. Technical charting, Fundamental analysis
4. How Guppytraders.com started; and
5. Perception of China & the Trade Wars.

Episode 3: Rupert Hackett | Co-Founder and Advisor at Caleb & Brown

Rupert Hackett is the Co-Founder and Advisor at Caleb & Brown, while also a Director at ADCA (Australia Digital Commerce Association)

Caleb & Brown is Australia’s first cryptocurrency brokerage, and Rupert is undoubtedly one of the best minds when it comes to local industry governance in Australia.

This was a great chat on the developments in the world of cryptocurrency on the client side on the business.

In this episode we covered:

1. OTC, Caleb & Brown
2. Crypto, consulting, and risk
3. How exchanges and settlements work
4. Client demographics and acquisition; and
5. The global crypto market & analytics.

Episode 2: Damien Loh | Chief Investment Officer of Ensemble Capital

Damien Loh is the Chief Investment Officer of Ensemble Capital, and former Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Singapore.

Ensemble Capital is a fund manager focused on global absolute returns, through an AI & human investing approach in Singapore.

Damien is a super fascinating guy with a long career ahead of him in this new world of AI-driven investments.

In this episode we covered:

1. Insight from his time at J.P. Morgan
2. How he got into finance and trading
3. Ensemble Capital, the AI system
4. Investment time frames
5. How they approach risk

Episode 1: Alex Saunders | Founder of Nuggets News

Alex Saunders who is affectionately known as “Nugget”, is one of Australia’s foremost market commentators and educators in the digital asset space.

The Founder of popular media and education in Nuggets News, Alex’s passion for crypto was born from a frustration of traditional financial markets that many first adopters feel in this space.

His education has allowed many traders to steer clear of scams in the industry, focusing instead on developing a framework and community that centres on high-value projects.

In this episode we covered:

1. What Alex loves about Tasmania
2. Pharmacy over dentistry
3. How he got into crypto
4. Banking and financial services
5. The current and future state of crypto
6. His approach to value-investing