Off The Charts

Steven Place has been around the block. He’s been through the ringer. And he has the scars to prove it. A former Rocket Scientist, Steven is a self-taught options trader who’s been plying his craft for nearly two...

“I would not give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes There’s a profound simplicity that can only be...

Reinventing your career after 20 years is no small feat. Now, imagine trying to do that by becoming an active trader. That’s exactly what Andrew Moss is doing—but he isn’t going in blind. Andrew’s fascination with the...

If we only learn one thing from Matt Kenah, I hope it would be this: “The only goal we should have every day is to live to fight another one.” Matt has lived this ethos and he has been repeatedly put to the test. And...

To say Andrew Menaker took an unusual path to Wall Street would be a severe understatement. While negotiating with an armed bank robber to de-escalate the situation and ensure the safety of customers and bank employees...

Among the many things that stood out during our conversation with David Lundgren, it was this quote: “I want to find a way to listen, and learn, and get a little bit better every day.” This is a mindset that every...

Milton Marmanides does the hard work that traders don’t have the time to do. He sifts through the firehose of headlines, news releases, data points, and social media to cut through the noise and deliver only the...

They are only losses if we don’t learn something from the experience. When traders woke up on Monday, August 5th to the VIX at 65 and the Nasdaq index down 5% overnight, they didn’t need a cup of coffee to snap into...

If there’s one thing Anne-Marie Baiynd learned after making the transition from a business owner to a trader, it’s that she’s no longer in charge. The market, unlike her employees, doesn’t do what she asks it to do. She...

It wasn’t until Nik’s father suggested he get involved in High School Wrestling that he began to learn what drives him: Discipline, Regimen, and Humility. For the first time in his life, wrestling gave Nik recognition...

When Michael Nauss first sat down at a trading desk, his computer had a keyboard and a screen. But no mouse. And his screen displayed an order book. But no charts. Thus began his career as a scalper working the order...

When you are chasing a wave, you can’t be anywhere else. You have to be present. Similarly, you can’t be anywhere else when you are chasing trends. You have to be present. Ian has worked hard to create the right mental...

Michael Martin: A Tribal Inner Game by Sean McLaughlin & Steve Strazza

From the Slopes to the Screens: Todd Gordon is hyper-focused. Flying down a mountainside on two skis while negotiating tight turns and ever-changing microclimates would be a terrible time to lose focus. Todd Gordon...

Caleb Franzen Can Figure It Out by Sean McLaughlin & Steve Strazza