Behind the Screens

Ian is joined by Aaron Korbs to discuss his start from window cleaning to getting in to day trading. Ian and Korbs also talk travel, and most importantly viewing markets using volume profiling. Korbs shares how he got in to volume profiling and why he personally would never use any other methodology.

Ian is joined by the team at Gexbot to discuss their tools, how they are using Gamma Exposure to inform trading decisions, and a sneak peak at what's next in the world of GEX.

Ayesha, Horse, and Mayhem join Ian to talk all things Macro and some Micro. The discussion starts around everyone's favorite topic, the Fed, rate hikes, and what analysts are saying for the rest of 2023.

We move to the global picture, China, and Europe, and finish up with a discussion around 0DTE options and ChatGPT.

Derivatives trading is not suitable for all investors. Past performance is not indicative of future results. 

Ian is joined by Leo from OrderFlow Labs to discuss market reversals and exhaustion.  In volatile and calm periods, it can be hard to spot when a market is ready to make another leg up or down, or getting ready to turn and head the other way. Leo digs in to some of his methods the tools he utilizes for spotting these these situations. 

Ian is joined by FT71 to discuss how they approached trading in 2022, volatility, and risk.  They also discuss the outlook for 2023, accomplishments, and life goals. 

Derivatives trading is not suitable for all investors. Past performance is not indicative of future results. 

Josh Schuler joins host Ian Blanke to discuss managing risk in a market that has transitioned from a monetary market to a fiscal market.  Josh and Ian also discuss how the auction behaves in the current market, the dangers of negative reinforcement, and positioning in volatility. 

Futures trading not suitable for all investors, past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. The opinions shared on this podcast should not be construed as trading recommendations and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Edge Clear, the hosts, officers and affiliates of the podcast.

Ian is joined by the OrderFlow lab team in our first ever video podcast to discuss framing the market, and gathering information utilizing the OrderFlow Labs studies.  Each member shares their favorite indicator as well as how they use them in their trading approach.  

Futures trading not suitable for all investors, past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. The opinions shared on this podcast should not be construed as trading recommendations and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Edge Clear, the hosts, officers and affiliates of the podcast.

Ian is joined by fellow Edge Clear broker, Options, and crypto trader Giancarlo Saraceno.  

Giancarlo takes us through his journey from starting to trade at 18, diving head first in to equity Options (and learning a painful lesson), getting in to the Crypto space, and starting with Edge Clear. 

We then discuss the common characteristics, behaviors, and trading style Giancarlo observes from consistent and struggling traders. 

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The risk of trading futures and options can be substantial. Trading derivatives carries a high degree of risk, and may not be suitable for all investors. You should be aware that NFA does not have regulatory oversight authority over underlying or spot virtual currency products or transactions or virtual currency exchanges, custodians or markets. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

Ian is joined by traders Horse and Mayhem to discuss the market volatility and what they view as the current trends.  Horse shares his intraday perspective, background, and approach.  Mayhem shares his macro view and long term opinions. 

Futures trading not suitable for all investors, past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. The opinions shared on this podcast should not be construed as trading recommendations and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Edge Clear, the hosts, officers and affiliates of the podcast. 

Anthony Crudele - host of the Futures Radio Show podcast, the Develop Your Edge series, and Trading Futures with Anthony Crudele, joins Ian Blanke to talk Trading "Rules" and Trading "Instincts."

Anthony dives in to how he views "rules" as they apply to trading strategies, entries, and exits, versus what he calls trading "instincts" which should become engrained in any aspiring traders mind. 

Anthony discusses some of his trading "instincts" he has developed over the years, and the process of discovery to get them engrained in his mind. 

On this episode Ian and FuturesTrader71 break down how to develop a trading plan. We cover:

1. What is a trading plan?
   1. Why is it key to our success?
   2. What does a proper trading plan consist of?
   3. How do I got about starting my trading plan?
   4. How do you measure whether your plan is working? 
   5. How often should you re-review your trading plan? 
   6. When and how can I scale my trading up according to plan? 
   7. When/under what criteria is my plan failing? 
   8. Should your broker work with you to see your plan succeeds? Who should you be accountable to? 

Ian is joined by order flow trader Scott Pulcini. Scott discusses his experience leading up to trading 10% of the daily E-Mini S&P volume, his two big blow up days, and the role negative reinforcement can play.  Scott also digs in to his use of Order Flow, and how ultimately order flow tools helped him get back in to trading. 

Ian is joined by long time market enthusiast Alex Demosthenes (@AlexDemosthenes) to discuss his love of trading, market making, and reading order flow. 

Ian and Alex cover everything from his ventures in to markets before discovering Futures, including selling Beanie Babies, NFT's, and Crocs, to his dive in to the Futures markets using Order Flow analysis.  Finally we talk about how Alex's passion for markets puts him in a unique position of understanding of the auction supply, and demand.

On this minisode, FuturesTrader71 joins Ian to discuss proper funding.  Topics include funding with the amount (in our opinion) to maximize your life span as a trader and hopefully realize your edge, the inherent leverage built in to Futures contracts, and what it means to be a good risk manager with your funds. 

This may not be the most exciting topic, but in Ian and FT's opinion this episode is a must listen!

On this episode, Ian Blanke is joined by veteran trader Matt "Pax" Kenah. Pax discusses his time trading the big Nasdaq Futures in the pits, transitioning to electronic trading and how he stuck to his 30 second opening range methodology, what makes up a consistent trader in his opinion, and giving yourself time in the markets. 

In this episode of our series of "mini-sodes," Ian is joined by Morad Askar a.k.a FuturesTrader71 (FT71) to discuss focusing on the process of trading versus the outcomes.

We discuss the following key topics:

Understanding process and preparation. What goes in to your process? How do you go back to your process and not get flustered by external factors? How can returning to your process help you with your consistency?

When is there potentially an issue with your process or edge, versus the effort you are putting in to the process, and lastly, disconnecting from a bad day to go back to process.

In this episode Ian is joined by Donald Roberts, the President and CEO of The Small Exchange.  They dive in to his background, one of his funniest trading stories, and the genesis of The Small Exchange.  We also discuss how The Small Exchange has standardized Futures contracts while offering diverse products, keeping cost low for traders, and what goes in to building an exchange to compete with the established order. 

Ian is joined by John-Henry of Slingshot Futures Trading Group for a casual conversation about John-Henry's background - a.k.a "the hustle", risk, trading NQ using a top down analysis, Crude Oil blow ups, and why cookie cutter solutions for trading don't tend to work. 

In this episode of our new series of "mini-sodes", Ian is again joined by Morad Askar a.k.a FuturesTrader71 (FT71) to discuss trading with reasonable expectations for risk management planning.

We discuss the following key topics:

• Understanding margin and leverage - everyone wants lower margins, but do you really need it?
• Overtrading - often a sure sign of someone who is in trouble on a trading day is when there is too much activity in their account
• Overleveraging - when does scaling in making sense?
• Simulated vs Live Trading - sim trading has its place, but when does it become a hindrance rather than a benefit

We are excited about this series and look forward to your questions and comments. Please like our podcast so others can find out about it.

In this episode of our new series of "mini-sodes", Ian is joined by Morad Askar a.k.a FuturesTrader71 (FT71) to discuss actionable approaches to execution based on personal experience, and the many errors we have come to learn from.

We discuss the following key topics:

• Patience: Fighting the urge to participate and waiting for solid risk-reward setups. Avoiding getting caught up in the "tape" and letting the market show its hand before stepping in
• Entering Trades: How much information is too much before we act? How do we frame information in a way that reduces our risk?
• Exiting Trades: Our risk-reward performance is incredibly key in trading. The best way to make it play to our advantage is to let winners run while trapping losses within a reasonable stop and quickly moving on. We also discuss the frustration with watching a winning trade turn around and become a stop-out or loss
• Overtrading and Overthinking our process: The time to plan and do homework is best used before or after the market. Are we coming in with a plan? If not, then we are probably over-analyzing/over-thinking and so our execution likely suffers.
• Errors - the bully that takes our lunch money every day: Professionals understand their weaknesses and can immediately detect an error. Not tracking errors leaves us with little to focus on to see clear improvements. 

We are excited about this series and look forward to your questions and comments. Please like our podcast so others can find out about it.

Kevin and Ian break down what they’ve learned from personal experience, observations about risk, creating a plan, and understanding the time frame for your trades (0:00 – 28:24). Merritt Black joins us to chat about trading as a performance activity, knowing, challenging, and being critical of yourself, and what happens when your plan doesn’t have an edge anymore (28:25 – 1:11:54).

Kevin and Ian give an update on their trading, and utilizing stats and setups (0:00 – 10:54). Josh Schuler joins us to talk stats, setups, his approach to the market, and utilizing Volume Profile (10:55 - 1:01:54)

Kevin and Ian talk being accountable to each other, not fighting the market, and waiting for the trade (0:00 – 13:52). Jeff Wagner joins us to talk lifestyle, his transition in to Futures, trading the RTY and what he finds are important aspects to finding consistency (13:52 – 54:58).

Kevin and Ian talk trading, Edge Clear, and new starts (0:00 – 13:21). FuturesTrader71 joins us for some background stories (13:21 – 38:32) FT gets in to today’s trading, homework, Edge Clear, and his routine (38:32 - 59:00)

Kevin and Ian give an overview of Behind the Screens, their background, and why they should even have a podcast.