The Market Gaggle by Pollinate Trading
By Chris
We cover not only financial markets, we reach further than just finance, learning from people in all walks of life in order to bring that mindset, those skills, that thinking into making ourselves better all around.
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The Market Gaggle by Pollinate TradingDec 09, 2019
When To Expect The Market To Bottom in 2022 With Seth Golden
Finom Groups Seth Golden tells of his story starting as a day trader in 1999 to now running a successful research firm with one of the best weekly newsletters in the business.
Getting fired from Goldman Sachs for calling $RIMM a sell, then actually shorting it and funding the firm for 2 years
New York Times article mayhem
Historical volatility, and today
50 Basis point hike priced in
Mid term election years....when market bottom ser?
How newer investors should play the game
Ukraine China, supply chains
Why tech is a way better investment than Oil stocks
Moving 1% of his fund in to crypto
Follow Seth on Twitter @SethCL and sign up for his newsletter at https://www.finomgroup.com/
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You Were Lied To
Ask yourself, what is the goal of being in the markets? Be honest with yourself. Is it to spend all day watching CNBC/Bloomberg? Is it being right on Twitter and dunking on people? If that's the case, then change nothing. I doubt that's the real reason that you chose to get into trading. The real reason is to make money, right? It's not a bad thing to say, it's true. It's important. People are counting on you, your family is counting on you. Society is counting on you. There are a lot of people who would have you believe that making money is evil or greedy.
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The Triple Halving - Ethereum to $150k with SquishChaos
SquishChaos (@SqhishChaos on Twitter) joins Chris and Aaron (Derek and Hansel) about his Triple Halving theory which will take $ETH to $30-50k and then finally a massive run to $150k in 2022.
If you want to get started with DeFi send your Crypto to Blockfi and borrow up to 50% of the value Use my link and you get $10 worth of free BTC!
https://blockfi.com/?ref=28c98bbf
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***DISCLAIMER: Everything I talk about here is for informational and educational purposes, this is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security.***
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Arca CIO Jeff Dorman
Chief investment officer of https://ar.ca a crypto hedge fund, Jeff Dorman and Chris chat about regulation in the crypto space, ArcaCoin, Interest Rates, the Federal Reserve, Blockfi, Greyscale Bitcoin Trust and a glimpse into their investment process at Ar.Ca
Follow Jeff on Twitter at https://twitter.com/jdorman81
Subscribe to their excellent blog "My Two Satoshis" https://www.ar.ca/blog
💰💰💰 If you want to get started with DeFi send your Crypto to Blockfi and borrow up to 50% of the value Use my link and you get $10 worth of free BTC!
https://blockfi.com/?ref=28c98bbf
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Market Gaggle - Crypto #SoHotRightNow
Crypto Derek Zoolander (Aaron) and Crypto Hansel (Chris) #SoHotRightNow
💎 Market Review
💎 CFTC Fines Coinbase and they delay their IPO
💎 ETH miners using bots to front run UniSwap trades and other games people play
💎 Defi user growth over time
🔥 Core portfolio vs Chasing Alpha
💎 Chris's Gem of the week
💎 Hansel buys his first NFT
Jim Cramer of CNBC ape's into $BTC at $12k with $500k
💎 Aarons Gem of the week
💎 https://radicle.xyz/blog/introducing-rad.html
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If you want to get started with DeFi send your Crypto to Blockfi and borrow up to 50% of the value Use my link and you get $10 worth of free BTC! https://blockfi.com/?ref=28c98bbf
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Crypto, DeFi and NFT's with Crypto Derek Zoolander
This week Chris and Crypto Derek Zoolander (Aaron) https://www.twitter.com/cryptoderekz talks about getting started in crypto, then going down the DeFi and NFT rabbit holes.
Reach out to Derek and chat!
If you want to get started with DeFi send your Crypto to Blockfi and borrow up to 50% of the value Use my link and you get $10 worth of free BTC!
Get signed up for our FREE Weekly Newsletter where I go deep on systems trading, market regimes, crypto, macro, equities, currencies and futures https://www.pollinatetrading.com/subscribe Follow me @ChrisDMacro on Twitter
***DISCLAIMER: Everything I talk about here is for informational and educational purposes, this is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security.***
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Carter Thomas discusses DeFi's MASSIVE potentials
Today Chris spoke with Carter Thomas going deep into the DeFi space, talking about how to do participate through a loan against a crypto asset and staking. The really big opportunity that is not being addressed yet in the space and how big of a potential opportunity exits. You can reach Carter at https://www.twitter.com/carterthomas
If you want to try Blockfi and borrow against BTC or ETH use this link to get started with DeFi on Blockfi
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Breaking down Robinhood, $GME, displaced workers and middle class revolt
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Today we spoke with Geff Tudisco https://www.twitter.com/geofftudisco we cover:
GME
What caused it all to unfold?
Did Robinhood react maliciously?
What will the ripple effect be?
Employment
- Today, CoStar reported that Kroger currently employs 19,000 workers in AZ through Fry’s, Smith’s and three manufacturing and distribution centers, and that they plan to build a new $89m warehouse in SW PHX that uses robots w/ AI to fulfill online orders. “Automated fulfillment centers can help grocers increase productivity and lower costs, and now, can also help with social distancing by reducing the amount of human workers who could be susceptible to catching or transmitting the virus."
- What is to be done about the displaced workers?
- There is a labor shortage in trade skills, and an oversupply of liberal arts degrees
- What are the consequences of a sustained large population of unemployed, able-bodied, working age males
An aging population
- the senior middle market is vastly undeserved
- Migratory patterns
- Walkable suburban town center developments
- Labor shortages, but it is a difficult job
Opportunities:
Rejuvenate the Black Belt and the Rust Belt through an infrastructure upgrade and economic incentives
Create (mandatory?) civic service programs that get city dwellers to national parks to rebuild infrastructure
Provide investor education to help consumers avoid committing financial suicide
Develop a national wellness program that rewards citizens for maintaining good nutrition, fitness standards and mental health to reduce long-term health care costs and have quality of life until the very end
Ray Dalio Calls Threat to Dollar As Reserve Currency
Ray Dalio calls for a dollar collapse. Chris explains what that really means and how beneficial that will be if you are prepared and positioned to take advantage of it instead of freaking out and living in fear!
That's what we do in the Trading Lab https://www.pollinatetrading.com/lab
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Trading For Long Term Compounding Returns
Warren Buffett is best known for his ability to pick stocks and earn compounding interest over the long haul. Most people associate trading with high risk, high return. But about 90% of all traders don't actually make money. Imagine spending all day trading only to end the month negative, and not making that 10, 100, 1,000% that the Instagram butt Models are promising you...that's what 90% of all traders do. Now imagine having a strategy that YOU built, your very own, that makes 2R per month for the rest of your life! That's what we do in the Trading Lab https://www.pollinatetrading.com/lab
***DISCLAIMER: Everything I talk about here is for informational and educational purposes, this is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security.***
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Bull Market Will Rally On and a Dem Sweep, with Alex Barrow
Alex Barros @MacroOps on Twitter, Co-Founder and Chief Market Strategist at Macro Ops joins Chris today to talk about the upcoming bull market in equities, a Dem sweep of the election, the US Dollar, demographics, real estate and everything else in the markets.
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Join the Pollinate Trading Lab
A Slack Channel (live chat) 24-7 monitoring markets, world events and most importantly a place to collaborate with other systems traders.
From FX, Futures, Crypto, Bonds and Equities, our fellow systems traders are involved in all sorts of markets.
Collaborate with other systems traders who have built their and run their own trading systems as well as traders who are just starting out.
This is a place to learn, to teach and to become better together, A TEAM! As systems traders we are able to monitor and improve upon weaknesses in our trading.
Not just the systems themselves, but we must focus on optimal human performance as well, health, wellness, fitness, habits and techniques to live better lives.
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What Is Up everybody? Chris Dover here, Head MFIC here at Pollinate Trading and host of the Market Gaggle Podcast and Host of the Pollinate Trading YouTube Channel but before that....
Chris served in the United States Marine Corps before getting into the world of trading as a prop trader back in 1999, at the height of the Dot Com Bubble. Since then he has been trading and more importantly he continued to learn during recessions, 9/11, Global Financial Crisis, Flash Crashes, US Debt Downgrade, Brexit, Volpocalypse 2018 and the 2018 Q4 Meltdown...and every market in between.
Chris has developed winning systems that stack true edges in the markets, and more importantly remove the confusion of what is important to focus on and what isn't.
In addition to his over 20 years of trading experience, he has founded multiple technology startups, worked with Department of State in Iraq, Protected the President of Haiti, Steven Speilberg and numerous politicians throughout the world.
He is fluent in Spanish and lived over ten years in Colombia and Mexico.
Recently Chris traveled the world with his family staying in Airbnb's while trading. Then it all changed, with a new addition to the family and trading desk. Chris, for now, is setup in Scottsdale Arizona advising hedge funds and family offices.
You can find him mostly on Twitter reach out!
Bitcoin price predictions and Microstrategy invests $250m in Bitcoin
Breaking News, MicroStrategy invests 20% of its treasury capital in Bitcoin stating it is a better store of value and a better investment than anything else out there.
Some BTC and ETH price predictions
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Join the Pollinate Trading Lab
A Slack Channel (live chat) 24-7 monitoring markets, world events and most importantly a place to collaborate with other systems traders.
From FX, Futures, Crypto, Bonds and Equities, our fellow systems traders are involved in all sorts of markets.
Collaborate with other systems traders who have built their and run their own trading systems as well as traders who are just starting out.
This is a place to learn, to teach and to become better together, A TEAM! As systems traders we are able to monitor and improve upon weaknesses in our trading.
Not just the systems themselves, but we must focus on optimal human performance as well, health, wellness, fitness, habits and techniques to live better lives.
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What Is Up everybody? Chris Dover here, Head MFIC here at Pollinate Trading and host of the Market Gaggle Podcast and Host of the Pollinate Trading YouTube Channel but before that....
Chris served in the United States Marine Corps before getting into the world of trading as a prop trader back in 1999, at the height of the Dot Com Bubble. Since then he has been trading and more importantly he continued to learn during recessions, 9/11, Global Financial Crisis, Flash Crashes, US Debt Downgrade, Brexit, Volpocalypse 2018 and the 2018 Q4 Meltdown...and every market in between.
Chris has developed winning systems that stack true edges in the markets, and more importantly remove the confusion of what is important to focus on and what isn't.
In addition to his over 20 years of trading experience, he has founded multiple technology startups, worked with Department of State in Iraq, Protected the President of Haiti, Steven Speilberg and numerous politicians throughout the world.
He is fluent in Spanish and lived over ten years in Colombia and Mexico.
Recently Chris traveled the world with his family staying in Airbnb's while trading. Then it all changed, with a new addition to the family and trading desk. Chris, for now, is setup in Scottsdale Arizona advising hedge funds and family offices.
You can find him mostly on Twitter reach out!
10,000 Hours To Trading Mastery
If you are familiar with Malcolm Gladwell's idea that it takes about 10,000 hours of work on a topic to become good at it, paraphrasing, then how do you do that in something like trading where markets are only open for a limited amount of time and well, you need to sleep too!
Today I talk about systems trading and how to do just that, get 10,000 hours in an accelerated time frame.
Let me know if you like these smaller episodes
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Join the Pollinate Trading Lab
A Slack Channel (live chat) 24-7 monitoring markets, world events and most importantly a place to collaborate with other systems traders.
From FX, Futures, Crypto, Bonds and Equities, our fellow systems traders are involved in all sorts of markets.
Collaborate with other systems traders who have built their and run their own trading systems as well as traders who are just starting out.
This is a place to learn, to teach and to become better together, A TEAM! As systems traders we are able to monitor and improve upon weaknesses in our trading.
Not just the systems themselves, but we must focus on optimal human performance as well, health, wellness, fitness, habits and techniques to live better lives.
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What Is Up everybody? Chris Dover here, Head MFIC here at Pollinate Trading and host of the Market Gaggle Podcast and Host of the Pollinate Trading YouTube Channel but before that....
Chris served in the United States Marine Corps before getting into the world of trading as a prop trader back in 1999, at the height of the Dot Com Bubble. Since then he has been trading and more importantly he continued to learn during recessions, 9/11, Global Financial Crisis, Flash Crashes, US Debt Downgrade, Brexit, Volpocalypse 2018 and the 2018 Q4 Meltdown...and every market in between.
Chris has developed winning systems that stack true edges in the markets, and more importantly remove the confusion of what is important to focus on and what isn't.
In addition to his over 20 years of trading experience, he has founded multiple technology startups, worked with Department of State in Iraq, Protected the President of Haiti, Steven Speilberg and numerous politicians throughout the world.
He is fluent in Spanish and lived over ten years in Colombia and Mexico.
Recently Chris traveled the world with his family staying in Airbnb's while trading. Then it all changed, with a new addition to the family and trading desk. Chris, for now, is setup in Scottsdale Arizona advising hedge funds and family offices.
You can find him mostly on Twitter reach out!
Market Regimes and Characteristics Of Each Regime
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Again it's absolutely free.
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Join the Pollinate Trading Lab
A Slack Channel (live chat) 24-7 monitoring markets, world events and most importantly a place to collaborate with other systems traders.
From FX, Futures, Crypto, Bonds and Equities, our fellow systems traders are involved in all sorts of markets.
Collaborate with other systems traders who have built their and run their own trading systems as well as traders who are just starting out.
This is a place to learn, to teach and to become better together, A TEAM! As systems traders we are able to monitor and improve upon weaknesses in our trading.
Not just the systems themselves, but we must focus on optimal human performance as well, health, wellness, fitness, habits and techniques to live better lives.
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What Is Up everybody? Chris Dover here, Head MFIC here at Pollinate Trading and host of the Market Gaggle Podcast and Host of the Pollinate Trading YouTube Channel but before that....
Chris served in the United States Marine Corps before getting into the world of trading as a prop trader back in 1999, at the height of the Dot Com Bubble. Since then he has been trading and more importantly he continued to learn during recessions, 9/11, Global Financial Crisis, Flash Crashes, US Debt Downgrade, Brexit, Volpocalypse 2018 and the 2018 Q4 Meltdown...and every market in between.
Chris has developed winning systems that stack true edges in the markets, and more importantly remove the confusion of what is important to focus on and what isn't.
In addition to his over 20 years of trading experience, he has founded multiple technology startups, worked with Department of State in Iraq, Protected the President of Haiti, Steven Speilberg and numerous politicians throughout the world.
He is fluent in Spanish and lived over ten years in Colombia and Mexico.
Recently Chris traveled the world with his family staying in Airbnb's while trading. Then it all changed, with a new addition to the family and trading desk. Chris, for now, is setup in Scottsdale Arizona advising hedge funds and family offices.
You can find him mostly on Twitter reach out!
Systems Trading and the Hierarchy of Technicals by Alex Barrow
Alex Barrow @macro-ops on Twitter sent out an email this morning about his hierarchy of market technicals, and I thought it was great. So I just wanted to piggy back on his insights because they summarize how important some things are, that few focus on, and how insignificant other things are, that most focus on.
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Just go to http://pollinatetrading.com and sign up via pop-up or scroll to the bottom to join.
Again it's absolutely free.
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What Is Up everybody? Chris Dover here, Head MFIC here at Pollinate Trading and host of the Market Gaggle Podcast and Host of the Pollinate Trading YouTube Channel but before that....
Chris served in the United States Marine Corps before getting into the world of trading as a prop trader back in 1999, at the height of the Dot Com Bubble. Since then he has been trading and more importantly he continued to learn during recessions, 9/11, Global Financial Crisis, Flash Crashes, US Debt Downgrade, Brexit, Volpocalypse 2018 and the 2018 Q4 Meltdown...and every market in between.
Chris has developed winning systems that stack true edges in the markets, and more importantly remove the confusion of what is important to focus on and what isn't.
In addition to his over 20 years of trading experience, he has founded multiple technology startups, worked with Department of State in Iraq, Protected the President of Haiti, Steven Speilberg and numerous politicians throughout the world.
He is fluent in Spanish and lived over ten years in Colombia and Mexico.
Recently Chris traveled the world with his family staying in Airbnb's while trading. Then it all changed, with a new addition to the family and trading desk. Chris, for now, is setup in Scottsdale Arizona advising hedge funds and family offices.
You can find him mostly on Twitter reach out!
Trading Stories: Y2k and 9/11
Looking back, as much as things have changed, they've stayed the same.
I started trading in 1999, I was the equivalent of the RobinHood generation now, back then.
In this episode I go back in time and go over the dot com bubble, y2k and 9/11, but there is sooooo much more to unpack. Let me know if you like this episode and want more like this, or not.
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I highly recommend you take those emails and save them like chapters in a book as a reference so you when you have questions, you can turn to the chapter you have questions on. These emails are not picking stocks for the next trading day, it's about real tactics that last a lifetime of trading.
Just go to http://pollinatetrading.com and sign up via pop-up or scroll to the bottom to join.
Again it's absolutely free.
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What Is Up everybody? Chris Dover here, Head MFIC here at Pollinate Trading and host of the Market Gaggle Podcast and Host of the Pollinate Trading YouTube Channel but before that....
Chris served in the United States Marine Corps before getting into the world of trading as a prop trader back in 1999, at the height of the Dot Com Bubble. Since then he has been trading and more importantly he continued to learn during recessions, 9/11, Global Financial Crisis, Flash Crashes, US Debt Downgrade, Brexit, Volpocalypse 2018 and the 2018 Q4 Meltdown...and every market in between.
Chris has developed winning systems that stack true edges in the markets, and more importantly remove the confusion of what is important to focus on and what isn't.
In addition to his over 20 years of trading experience, he has founded multiple technology startups, worked with Department of State in Iraq, Protected the President of Haiti, Steven Speilberg and numerous politicians throughout the world.
He is fluent in Spanish and lived over ten years in Colombia and Mexico.
Recently Chris traveled the world with his family staying in Airbnb's while trading. Then it all changed, with a new addition to the family and trading desk. Chris, for now, is setup in Scottsdale Arizona advising hedge funds and family offices.
You can find him mostly on Twitter reach out!
Forex Market - A Quick End Of Day Overview
Today Chris covers a couple of setups in the FX/Currencies markets.
This is a quick episode, let me know if you like these short ones or prefer the longer form?
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I highly recommend you take those emails and save them like chapters in a book as a reference so you when you have questions, you can turn to the chapter you have questions on. These emails are not picking stocks for the next trading day, it's about real tactics that last a lifetime of trading.
Just go to http://pollinatetrading.com and sign up via pop-up or scroll to the bottom to join.
Again it's absolutely free.
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What Is Up everybody? Chris Dover here, Head MFIC here at Pollinate Trading and host of the Market Gaggle Podcast and Host of the Pollinate Trading YouTube Channel but before that....
Chris served in the United States Marine Corps before getting into the world of trading as a prop trader back in 1999, at the height of the Dot Com Bubble. Since then he has been trading and more importantly he continued to learn during recessions, 9/11, Global Financial Crisis, Flash Crashes, US Debt Downgrade, Brexit, Volpocalypse 2018 and the 2018 Q4 Meltdown...and every market in between.
Chris has developed winning systems that stack true edges in the markets, and more importantly remove the confusion of what is important to focus on and what isn't.
In addition to his over 20 years of trading experience, he has founded multiple technology startups, worked with Department of State in Iraq, Protected the President of Haiti, Steven Speilberg and numerous politicians throughout the world.
He is fluent in Spanish and lived over ten years in Colombia and Mexico.
Recently Chris traveled the world with his family staying in Airbnb's while trading. Then it all changed, with a new addition to the family and trading desk. Chris, for now, is setup in Scottsdale Arizona advising hedge funds and family offices.
You can find him mostly on Twitter reach out!
Staying Bullish Through All The Chaos
Today Chris talks about how he stayed bullish through the pandemic, financial crisis, unemployment and the chaos the past few months.
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I highly recommend you take those emails and save them like chapters in a book as a reference so you when you have questions, you can turn to the chapter you have questions on. These emails are not picking stocks for the next trading day, it's about real tactics that last a lifetime of trading.
Just go to http://pollinatetrading.com and sign up via pop-up or scroll to the bottom to join.
Again it's absolutely free.
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What Is Up everybody? Chris Dover here, Head MFIC here at Pollinate Trading and host of the Market Gaggle Podcast and Host of the Pollinate Trading YouTube Channel but before that....
Chris served in the United States Marine Corps before getting into the world of trading as a prop trader back in 1999, at the height of the Dot Com Bubble. Since then he has been trading and more importantly he continued to learn during recessions, 9/11, Global Financial Crisis, Flash Crashes, US Debt Downgrade, Brexit, Volpocalypse 2018 and the 2018 Q4 Meltdown...and every market in between.
Chris has developed winning systems that stack true edges in the markets, and more importantly remove the confusion of what is important to focus on and what isn't.
In addition to his over 20 years of trading experience, he has founded multiple technology startups, worked with Department of State in Iraq, Protected the President of Haiti, Steven Speilberg and numerous politicians throughout the world.
He is fluent in Spanish and lived over ten years in Colombia and Mexico.
Recently Chris traveled the world with his family staying in Airbnb's while trading. Then it all changed, with a new addition to the family and trading desk. Chris, for now, is setup in Scottsdale Arizona advising hedge funds and family offices.
You can find him mostly on Twitter reach out!
Systems Trading Long and Short Term
Today Chris does a solo episode going into how he uses systems for long term and short term investing and trading the markets.
It all starts with market regimes and matching the assets/markets incentives to that regime.
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I highly recommend you take those emails and save them like chapters in a book as a reference so you when you have questions, you can turn to the chapter you have questions on. These emails are not picking stocks for the next trading day, it's about real tactics that last a lifetime of trading.
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What Is Up everybody? Chris Dover here, Head MFIC here at Pollinate Trading and host of the Market Gaggle Podcast and Host of the Pollinate Trading YouTube Channel but before that....
Chris served in the United States Marine Corps before getting into the world of trading as a prop trader back in 1999, at the height of the Dot Com Bubble. Since then he has been trading and more importantly he continued to learn during recessions, 9/11, Global Financial Crisis, Flash Crashes, US Debt Downgrade, Brexit, Volpocalypse 2018 and the 2018 Q4 Meltdown...and every market in between.
Chris has developed winning systems that stack true edges in the markets, and more importantly remove the confusion of what is important to focus on and what isn't.
In addition to his over 20 years of trading experience, he has founded multiple technology startups, worked with Department of State in Iraq, Protected the President of Haiti, Steven Speilberg and numerous politicians throughout the world.
He is fluent in Spanish and lived over ten years in Colombia and Mexico.
Recently Chris traveled the world with his family staying in Airbnb's while trading. Then it all changed, with a new addition to the family and trading desk. Chris, for now, is setup in Scottsdale Arizona advising hedge funds and family offices.
You can find him mostly on Twitter reach out!
Futures and Crypto Trader Carter Thomas
The Macro Ops Podcast is sponsored by Maverick Trading - If you are an individual trader, I can' t think of any reason why you wouldn't want to trade with a prop firm.
They literally give you a money to trade, they lever you up.
I've been with Maverick for about 5-6 years now and I can't say a single bad thing about it.
If you are profitable and can play by big boy/girl rules, then get after it
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Carter Thomas is a Trader currently in Equity Index Futures and Cryptocurrencies.
We spend a lot of the conversation talking about Crypto, how stable coins, work, tokenizing assets to be packaged as tradable assets, how Crypto currently plays a role in the Global Macro world and how it will eventually play a major role
You can find him on Twitter at @CarterThomas
You can find Chris on Twitter at @ChrisDMacro
Navigating COVID19 Financial Meltdown With John Lott CEO of J. Lott & Co a Global Macro Hedge Fund
The Macro Ops Podcast is sponsored by Maverick Trading - If you are an individual trader, I can' t think of any reason why you wouldn't want to trade with a prop firm. They literally give you a money to trade, they lever you up. I've been with Maverick for about 5-6 years now and I can't say a single bad thing about it. If you are profitable and can play by big boy/girl rules, then get after it
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John Lott is the Founder and CEO of J. Lott & Co, a global macro hedge fund and
advisory firm. In addition, John is an investment principal at Sustainable Income, a
private credit fund that specializes in illiquid structured credit products.
Prior to J. Lott & Co, John was the Head of Accounting at Cerberus Capital
Management. John has been the CEO, COO and CFO of nearly a dozen companies in
industries ranging from consumer products to industrial distribution.
One particularly relevant role was John’s time at The Winter Group, a residential
mortgage securitization firm. John joined The Winter Group in September of 2006. By
early 2007, he took over as CFO to lead the effort to preserve value for creditors. That
role resulted in the company being sold in three separate transactions; (1) senior lenders
(2) to management and (3) to a strategic acquirer
We talk about what to expect for the next 90 days and more importantly what to look for to know that things have changed and the stimulus packages are working.
If you'd like to get in touch with John you can reach him at john@jlottco.com
If you'd like to get in touch with Chris you can reach him at chris@macro-ops.com or @ChrisDMacro on the Twitters
Crisis Mode: How To Correctly Prepare For Being Locked Down
This week Chris does a solo episode about civil crisis.
Chris has spent more than a decade in crisis sites in the military and as part of the US Government or protecting people in some of the worst war torn, natural disasters and many other environments.
He shares his order of priorities, mindset, type of foods to stockpile, what is a priority and what isn't and a blueprint to get through these tumultuous times.
Spoiler Alert: This episode has very little to do with markets and is a more tactical approach to dealing with our current reality
Is The Santa Claus Rally For Real And Other Seasonality Trades
Alex, Brandon and Chris discuss the Santa Claus rally -
Chris shares his quantitative backtested results of how to trade the Santa Claus Rally.
Brandon talks about his end of year tax loss selling strategy.
And further discussions on the seasonality of markets
You can chat with them more
Alex @MacroOps on Twitter
Brandon @marketplunger 1 on Twitter
Chris @ChrisDMacro on Twitter
The Market Gaggle Week Ahead Dec 15 2019
The Market Gaggle Week Ahead - this week we talk about the effects of FOMC no cut/hike, Brexit and China and how that effects markets going in to the last big volume week of the year (decade) Bonds, Currencies, Equities, Commodities triple witching, and the rebalancing of the NASDAQ 100 this week
Reach out to Chris @chrisdmacro on Twitter or email chris@macro-ops.com
Macro Ops - Spinoff Investing with Richard Howe
This is an all-out spin-off podcast. Brandon chats with Richard Howe, founder of StockSpinoffInvesting.com. Brandon and Richard discuss everything spin-off related. Richard focuses on smaller-cap spin-offs, and goes deep into his research process.
The hour-long episode covers current ideas, past ideas, the history behind spin-off investing and what Richard likes going forward.
Show-notes:
Richard's website: stockspinoffinvesting.com
Richard Howe on Twitter: @stockspinoffss (with two 's')
Value Hive Newsletter: https://macro-ops.com/value-hive/
Books Mentioned: Tim Ferriss' 4-Hour Work Week, Joel Greenblatt's You Can Be A Stock Market Genius
Market Gaggle - December FOMC Decision with Alex and Chris
Today we cover the FOMC decision to keep rates unchanged and some effects in emerging markets, currencies and metals
We also cover the upcoming presidential election, briefly
Join our email list at https://macro-ops.com
Follow us on Twitter at: Chris @ChrisDMacro
Alex on Twitter @MacroOps
Like, comment and let us know what you are curious about in the markets
Vol Trader Darrin John Talks Edges, Opportunities And The Benefits Of Being An Individual Trader
Our most requested guest is back for yet another deep dive, well to be honest, we nerd out on nuances of trading, strategies, edges and what it takes to be successful as an individual trader.
Reach out to Darrin on Twitter @darjohn25
Find Chris on Twitter @chrisdmacro or chris@macro-ops.com
Market Gaggle - FOMC Week December Decision
It's FOMC Week and all the follow on interest rate policy decisions around the world.
This week Chris and Alex talk about the S&P500 all time highs and misguided beliefs on bull markets
Copper breaks out of a very tight low vol range as did $GBP Alex see's low growth for the next 6 months leading to a very bullish environment for equities
The Market Gaggle - Global Macro, Value Investing, Quantitate and Systems Trading, Tax Loss Selling, FX
This week in the Market Gaggle, Chris and Brandon cover an interesting chart going back to 1872 on the S&P 500, you can view it here http://bit.ly/340HaOc
Chris calls foul on the "longest bull market in history" and talks a bit about sector rotation and hiding volume at triple witching.
Brandon is looking at Madison Square Garden spinoff, Russia's MOEX exchange live on Interactive Brokers LD Micros Micro Cap index https://www.ldmicro.com/ and Andrew Walker's blog about the Media space.
Join our email list at https://macro-ops.com
Follow us on Twitter at: Chris @ChrisDMacro
Alex @MacroOps
Brandon @marketplunger1
Macro Ops Weekly Market Gaggle
This week Chris, Alex and Brandon talk about
Historical Low Volatility in G10 FX and Commodities, Bullish Markets, the Santa Claus Rally and Brandon shares a couple of stocks he's stalking for the end of the year Tax Loss Selling strategy
Be sure to join our email list at https://macro-ops.com
Alex can be found on Twitter or alex@macro-ops.com
Brandon can be found on Twitter or brandon@macro-ops.com
Chris can be found on Twitter or chris@macro-ops.com
Professional Poker Player Turned Trader - Macro Nakamoto
On the show, Brandon talks to Macro Ops Collective Member Macro Nakamoto. Nakamoto is a professional poker player and brings a unique perspective to the world of financial markets. If you like poker, this podcast is for you.
They go into the weeds about risk management, bet sizing, biggest losers and stories of poker psychology.
Throughout the podcast, Nakamoto ties powerful poker concepts to the world of investing and trading.
They also cover diet, exercise, meditation and even hypnotherapy. Check it out!
You can reach Brandon via email brandon@macro-ops.com or on Twitter and Macro Nakamoto on Twitter
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Macro Ops Calls For New Bull Market In US Equities
Yesterday Alex and Chris talked a lot about the bull case for equities and today Chris follows up with the technical and catalysts that he's seeing from the systematic and technical side of the market.
Macro Ops consensus is bullish for US Equities
If you have any thoughts reach out to Chris at ChrisDMacro or email him at chris@macro-ops.com
Repo Rates, FOMC, Saudi Arabian False Flag and The Upcoming Bull Market with Alex Barrow
Alex Barrow, Co-Founder and Head Macro Strategist at Macro-Ops joins Chris to talk about:
A False Flag in Saudi Arabia
The Repo Rates scare
FOMC meeting and Chair Powell's press conference
The fuel to rocket equity indexes to new all time highs
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Send ALL your questions about Repo Rates and everything macro to @MacroOps on Twitter or email him at alex@macro-ops.com
You can reach Chris at @chrisdmacro or email him at chris@macro-ops.com
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Mr Bean Returns To Break Down His Approach To Value Investing
Macro Ops newest addition Mr. Bean returns to talk about his approach to value investing and goes against the common wisdom of the Value space.
You can reach him at mrbean@macro-ops.com or @marketplunger1 on Twitter
You can reach Chris at chris@macro-ops.com or @ChrisDMacro on Twitter
Alex Barrow Talks Bonds, Metals, Value, Politics But Definitely Does NOT Talk About Dollar
Chris and Alex make a follow up to their last podcast where they talked about the imminent Macro move that was staring us down back in June and where we go from here
As always Alex provides some great insights in to the world of Macro, touches on some Geo Politics and a very interesting take on the automobile sector globally
You can reach Alex at MacroOps or alex@macro-ops.com
And you can reach Chris at ChrisDMacro or chris@macro-ops.com
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Vol Trader Darrin John Returns
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This week Chris welcomes back @darjohn25 Darrin Johnson a volatility trader.
This is a very intricate, detailed and thorough discussion about trading for a living by two traders who've been in the trading for a living game for a long time. Real talk about why most traders fail, trying to be like big fund managers and getting caught up focusing on the wrong things.
Darrin has a wonderful perspective on finding edges and trading in markets for the long haul. Hit him up on Twitter @darjohn25 he is happy to work with and "pay it forward" to traders who are having troubles.
Chris can be reached at @chrisdmacro on Twitter and Instagram or email to chris@macro-ops.com
We are both happy to chat!
Enjoy
Iran, Post Fed Announcement And A Victory Lap For Alex
Everything Relies On The US Dollar With Alex Barrow
It all depends on the Dollar, bottom line.
Alex Barrow returns to chat about the Global Macro landscape and what he thinks about how markets will be playing out going forward.
We talk about:
- USD
- Gold
- Bonds
- Emerging Markets
- Equities
- Market Regimes and how to trade in bull vs bear markets
- Disney
- ROAD
Sadly for the bird fans we only talk about birds for a brief minute.
Be sure to sign up for our emails, we provide a boat load of content each week, free that will make you smarter than your smug co-workers and those Twitter folks! While you're there definitely check out Alex's weekly Macro Musings and Monthly Intelligence Reports, perhaps the best in the business.
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Crypto Meets Global Macro And China
Volatility Trader Darrin Johnson
Chris chats with fellow trader Darrin Johnson. Darrin is a volatility trader, trading for himself rather than working at a firm. His ideas, approach and techniques to trading are rigorously researched and thought through. He has spent a lot of time getting really good at focusing on what works, eliminating that which doesn't help him.
Darrin does a great job of explaining his approach to volatility and how we all are vol traders, one way or another.
You can find Darrin on Twitter at @darjohn25
As always you can reach me on Twitter @chrisdmacro and on Instagram @chrisdmacro or email me at chris@macro-ops.com
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Weekly Global Macro Chart Review - May 5 2019
This week Chris goes over the major currencies, bonds, indices, commodities, then jumps into the MSCI index of ETF's and finishes with a look at the Crypto Markets.
We are building out the video platform and these reviews will also be available with Chart book's and Videos...soon.
Hit me up with any thoughts on Twitter at @ChrisDMacro Instagram @ChrisDMacro or email me at chris@macro-ops.com
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Weekly Macro Chart Analysis
ChrisD does his weekly chart analysis of the Global Macro space. Chris focuses on Currencies, Interest Rates, Equity Indices, Energy, Metals, emerging market currencies under pressure and of course Tesla makes an appearance.
Spoiler, the dollar is in everyone's sights coming into the Fed's announcement this week.
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If you have any questions for Chris you can find him on Twitter Instagram or at chris@macro-ops.com
The Global Macro Picture Is Ready To Explode, But When? - Euro, Bonds, Metals, Inflation, Inverted Yield Curve, China, $YTRA and Equity Indexes
This episode Chris and Alex Barrow Co Founder and Chief Macro Strategist of Macro-Ops.com, talk about the major moves that are shaping up in the Global Macro space.
Alex has pushed out a number of reports the past few weeks about the topic.
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In this episode we talk about the Dollar, Bonds, Metals, Inflation, Inverted Yield Curve, China, $YTRA and Equity Indexes.
We also talk about how Alex stacks his fundamental macro views with technical indicators to give him a better timing advantage in markets.
This was a long one, I hope you enjoy it!
Links to subjects mentioned in this episode:
https://macro-ops.com/a-tactical-short-in-bonds/
https://macro-ops.com/a-golden-macro-opportunity/
https://macro-ops.com/theres-a-big-macro-move-brewing-in-markets/
https://macro-ops.com/yield-curve-inversion-why-this-time-is-different/
You might recall the podcast episode I did covering the impending Global Macro moves a few weeks ago, if you haven't yet give it a listen here
https://macro-ops.com/macro-moves-in-metals-bonds-and-currencies/
You can find Alex on Twitter at @MacroOps or via email at alex@macro-ops.com
As always follow ChrisD on Twitter at @ChrisDMacro or email at chris@macro-ops.com
Biren Shah Part 2 - Tesla is out of ammo. Also a bit more about the Eurodollar system and Uranium
This is a follow up episode with Biren Shah @perseidcapital on Twitter and https://perseid-capital.com
We go further down the $tslaq bear case and why this quarter is make or break time for Tesla. They've run out of ammo and he feels that unless they have a magic bullet somewhere, this quarter will be what all the Tesla bears have been waiting for, when their day of reckoning happens.
There are two Eurodollar systems, the Futures and the actual Eurodollar banking system. Biren breaks it down a bit further, more simply than the excellent Eurodollar University from Macro Voices podcast with Jeffrey Snider from Alhambra Investments.
And we revisit the Uranium markets.
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As always you can find me on Twitter at ChrisDMacro or on Instagram at ChrisDMacro
Global Macro and Value Investing Collide, Mr Bean is Macro Ops Newest Addition
Mr. Bean is a value investor with over 13 years experience thinking his way through the value landscape.
We get into the Shippers sector, a longer term theme we are following closely here at Macro Ops.
This is our longest episode to day, in addition to his work on value investing we cover lifestyle, health and wellness, longevity and many other topics.
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You can follow more of Mr. Beans thoughts at twitter.com/marketplunger1 or mrbean@macro-ops.com
As always you can catch me at twitter.com/chrisdmacro or instagram.com/chrisdmacro or email me chris@macro-ops.com
Tesla Short Catalysts, Eurodollar Threats Imminent Equity Market Weakness and Uranium with Biren Shah
This week Chris speaks with Biren Shah who runs a family office.
Biren is very bearish on Tesla, but more importantly he breaks down some of the catalysts to the $TESLAQ or the more dramatic rapid move down that is upon us. Biren has written a lot more and provides some amazing research with links down rabbit holes at his blog at https://www.perseid-capital.com/blog/
Next we cover the Eurodollar market, and what he expects to see as equity markets start to turn over. It could be a lot worse than we thought.
Finally Biren is bullish on Uranium and covers his thoughts on the catalysts forthcoming.
Find Biren at https://twitter.com/perseidcapital
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The Beaten Down Shipping Sector And A Tesla Teaser
Alex and Chris talk about the beaten down Shipping Sector.
Not our typical 2 plus hour sessions, this time we focus our discussion on a research report Alex released this week about shipbuilders.
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Brexit, Yellow Jackets, Venezuela and Global Crisis Response with Ben Hockman
This week Chris speaks with Ben Hockman
Ben is part of an Incident Response team for one of the largest financial institutions in the world. With a heavy focus on Cyber Security, Intelligence, Terrorism and Physical Security, with very operational roles in Latin America, Colombia/Venezuela border, Mexico and currently in Europe on the corporate side.
Additionally Ben is a British Citizen, living in France with his family, he has first hand concerns about the upcoming March 29 BREXIT deadline and what that might mean for him and his family.
We talk about the Yellow Jackets in France, the global rise in Populism and how he see’s the threat to businesses around the world just barely starting to deal with what might come of BREXIT and a reintegration of ISIS soldiers.
We then move to South America, Venezuela and what that looks like, not only in Venezuela but across the Americas. Just how close is a war, how involved are the FARC, ELN (The Colombian Narco-Terrorist Organizations) with Maduro.
This was a wide ranging discussion and for those who don’t get a chance to think about the real threats to business out there, cyber threats, financial threats, and those who have staff around the world, need to have a listen and do some thinking about the effects coming in to a US Pre-Election year, for example.
Ben is a great contact to have, you can reach out to him at
Or on LinkedIn
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Major Global Macro Moves Happening Right Now
This is a solo cast with me Chris D.
I’m a trader, a quantitative systemic trader, and I look at price action to come up with a repeatable approach to trading the Global Macro space.
Generally speaking the markets don’t line up all together in a way that is easy to identify, but this last week everything lined up into something big.
I take a look at Gold, Bonds, Currencies and a quit shot at Equity Indexes.
Listen in and hit me up with any thoughts or questions you might have at
https://twitter.com/ChrisDMacro on Twitter
https://www.instagram.com/chrisdmacro on Instagram
Alex, Tyler, Chris and Mr. B talk Macro Intelligence Report, Global Macro, Value, Systems Trading and Vol.
Quick Take away from a monster 3+ hour session, Chris hosts a Macro Ops roundtable with Alex Barrow, Tyler Kling and Mr. B.
If you want more of this Check out what we are doing at
https://macro-ops.com/global-macro-research/
This is a monster podcast, unedited, long form, plug in go deep with us.
We start off right away with Alex talking a little highlight of this month’s Macro Intelligence Report. a monster rally that left everyone in the rearview mirror and now people are starting to FOMO into the market after a nearly 20% rally from the December 26 lows.
We dig into Alex’s thinking at the end of the year of why the equity indexes had bottomed, what sentiment indicators he was looking at to feel confident. Publishing that report on Real Vision when everyone else was bearish was interesting to see the reaction from fellow market participants.
Bottoms, what are some reliable, repeatable bottom finding (not top selling) setups, if nothing else for a tradable bottom.
Cash was the highest returning asset in 2018
Then we get into value investing with Mr. B.
If you think catching the bottom on equity indexes was good at 20% bounces, Mr. B found these needles in a haystack:
Garret Motion $GTX and Construction Partners $ROAD they are currently up 60% and 40% respectively.
Difference between retail investors and managers, retail DOES NOT HAVE TO BE STYLISTIC.
Alex calls:
-Dollar
-Rising Interest Rate Regime
-Equity Volatility
-1960’s and 1970’s volatility
Venezuela, on the door steps of war?
Then we get into politics, but not too political.
Mr B talks about Howard Marks latest note and anti-capitalism. You can find his note here:
https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insights/howard-marks-memos
Alex, a political scientist, goes into some depth on capitalism.
We touch on the craziness of 5:1 leverage to purchase a home…and a flashback to the 1990’s at 16% interest rates for home mortgages.
Risk, Risk, Risk.
Some of the highlights of being a full time trader and traveling, nomadic systems trading.
And here we go, it always comes back to Warren Buffett.
Alex turns the tables on Chris and we learn a bit of his time before and during the military and where he got into systems trading. As a Marine he had visited Thailand and Indonesia during their debt crisis, and seeing the effects of Russia defaulting on their currency, Pakistan and India getting nukes, having a front row seat for some of the biggest events in Global Macro in the later 1990’s.
Key requirements of a trading system.
Chris goes on about systems trading, his last 20 years of trading.
And again back to Buffett and Munger.
Humility, realizing that you suck but continuously learning from mistakes. Getting comfortable being uncomfortable, truly analyzing what you are doing wrong and getting better over time.
Constant improvement.
Ice baths, extreme heat, building that mental toughness and resolve. It isn’t the same as a losing streak but getting comfortable with suffering.
Paper trading, backtesting, getting experience but more importantly you get practice taking shots, entering/exiting, practicing the basics over and over obsessively.
It’s no different than what a professional athlete does: