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Chris Vermeulen has been trading since he was at high school. Today he runs a newsletter that offers his technical analysis on what the markets are telling him.
He also runs a real estate business and, recently, he’s stepped in as an executive producer on a family movie.
You may have seen him in a suit and tie in a number of news programs talking about trading. I said we don’t do suits on my show, so today here he is the way he is at home.
Enjoy the conversation.
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As a trader, you have to be able to keep a check on your emotions, no matter what the state of play.
Like air traffic controller, a sniper.
Life or death.My next guest on A Trader’s Life is no stranger to extreme pressure in trading.
He’s been trading since the eighties when charts were typically worked up with a pencil and paper.
When he was diagnosed with arthritis as a young man, he knew he’d have to work on his mindset if he was to cope with the kinds of stressful situations he found himself in on a daily basis..
Today Mark Randall is a very successful high performance coach. He helps develop traders, and trading teams at corporate level. They hire him because his methods and teaching make a real difference, not just in financial gains but also in terms of a trader’s overall wellbeing.
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A unique trading strategy with a very high win rateYou've probably heard of Fibonacci, and you may already be using the Fibonacci tool you find on TradingView as part of your trading stratregy.
Until about a year ago, I thought these tools were the last on the subject of Finoacci sequences. Then I met trader and investor All Peters-Plocher and talked to the people using her proprietary Fibonacci tool and strategy.
To date, I have met five of Alla's students, and they all said joining Alla's courses was the best investment they ever made.One of the guys I spoke to said he'd been struggling for about 10 years before he joined one of Alla's courses, and once he got going, he was consistently profitable. He just bought a house in Arizona with the money he's made since he joined.
Like me, he's a filmmaker. One of things he loves about her system is that he spends only a few minutes a day checking trades, and can focus on his filmmaking projects.
I also met Alla herself when she was over in London, early in 2024. She even took me to lunch - at Claridges! - with her husband and two other 'student' traders.
I believe she genuinely cares about the traders who sign up to her programs. More than that - she's on a mission to help traders of all abilities.
It's very rare I send out affiliate links, not least because I have to have complete faith in the person and his or her coaching or product before I do - but down below you'll find some links to her courses.Transform your trading performance
If this is a good time for you to join one of Alla's program, and you found this podcast episode useful in helping you come to that decision, I'd really appreciate it if you were to sign up via one of the links below - it would be extra cost to you but would help me cover some of the costs of running this podcast and enable me to do more ambitious episodes, both audio and video, in the future.
If you'd like to talk to me in person about Alla's courses, feel free to reach out on email - [email protected] - and we can arrange to have a chat over Zoom or WhatsApp, whichever you prefer.
Links to explore:
Fibonacci Trading Institute - https://jn521.isrefer.com/go/fibinstitute/Penrake/
Group Mentoring for Any Platform - https://jn521.isrefer.com/go/grpmen/Penrake/
Group Mentoring with Software for NinjaTrader 8 -Support the show
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Previously a lawyer, now a full time trader, Pablo Fdez Escarzaga from Spain told me he spent his first two years trading the markets "going nowhere".
Then, quite by chance, he came across Alla Peters Plocher’s Fibonacci Trading Institute and, within a few months of applying her strategy, his trading improved. Massively.Today he typically makes 10% a week trading her method on a range of assets, from Futures to options.
Pablo is the fourth person I’ve spoken to who signed up to Alla’s course and completely transformed his trading performance. If you feel as Pablo did that you're "going nowhere" with your trading, or you're making progress but it's all so up and down, I think you’ll find this conversation highly motivating.
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Discover the benefits of Alla's unique trading strategyIt's very rare I send out affiliate links, not least because I have to have complete faith in the person and his or her coaching or product before I do.
At the time of writing this, I have met four of Alla's students in person, and they all said joining Alla's courses was the best investment they ever made.One of the guys is a filmmaker. He said he'd been struggling for about 10 years before he joined one of Alla's courses, and once he got going, he was consistently profitable. He just bought a house in Arizona with the money he's made since he joined.
Like me, he's a filmmaker. One of things he loves about her system is that he spends only a few minutes a day checking trades, and can focus on his filmmaking projects.
I also met Alla herself when she was over in London, early in 2024. She even took me to lunch - at Claridges! - with her husband and two other 'student' traders.
I believe she genuinely cares about the traders who sign up to her programs. More than that - she's on a mission to help traders of all abilities.
Transform your trading performance
If this is a good time for you to join one of Alla's program, and you found this podcast episode useful in helping you come to that decision, I'd really appreciate it if you were to sign up via one of the links below - it would be extra cost to you but would help me cover some of the costs of running this podcast and enable me to do more ambitious episodes, both audio and video, in the future.
If you'd like to talk to me in person about Alla's courses, feel free to reach out on email - [email protected] - and we can arrange to have a chat over Zoom or WhatsApp, whichever you prefer.
Links to explore:
Fibonacci Trading Institute - https://jn521.isrefer.com/go/fibinstitute/Penrake/
Group Mentoring for Any Platform - https://jn521.isrefer.com/go/grpmen/Penrake/
Group Mentoring with Software for NinjaTrader 8 - https://jn521.isrefer.com/go/grpmensw/Penrake/Support the show
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If you’ve been trading a while, it’s probably safe to assume you’ve come across the Fibonacci retracement and extension tools. And perhaps you’ve also come across a few traders on YouTube who show you how to use these tools.
But unless you’ve already joined the Fibonacci Trading Institute, you won’t have come across the Fibonacci tools and strategies as created by Alla Peters Plocher. This, to me, is another dimension altogether.
Alla has been fascinated by numbers and patterns in music and mathematics since she was a child. She became fascinated by the markets some twenty years ago, and today she has students all around the world.
If you’re fascinated by the patterns we see in the markets, and you want to develop a more preciseI trading strategy than you currently work with, I think you’ll get a lot of value from this episode.
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Alla's Coaching Programs
It's very rare I send out affiliate links, not least because I have to have complete faith in the person and his or her coaching or product before I do.
I have met three of Alla's students in person and they all said joining Alla's courses was the best investment they ever made.One of the guys is a filmmaker. He said he'd been struggling for about 10 years before he joined one of Alla's courses, and once he got going, he was consistently profitable. He just bought a house in Arizona with the money he's made since he joined.
Like me, he's a filmmaker. One of things he loves about her system is that he spends only a few minutes a day checking trades, and can focus on his filmmaking projects.
I also met Alla herself when she was over in London, early in 2024. She even took me to lunch - at Claridges! - with her husband and two other 'student' traders.
I believe she genuinely cares about the traders who sign up with her. More than that - she's kind of on a mission to help traders of all abilities.
In this episode you have here I was again fascinated by the precision of her strategy. I don't know about you, but it's less the thought of making more money than the thought of being more accurate and efficient with my trading that motivates me. Like a runner who wants to beat his personal best.
If this is a good time for you to join one of Alla's program, and you found this podcast useful in helping you come to that decision, I'd really appreciate it if you were to sign up via one of the links below - it would be extra cost to you but would help me cover some of the costs of running this podcast and enable me to do more ambitious episodes, both audio and video, in the future.
Links to explore:
BootCamp '24 Page - https://jn521.isrefer.com/go/bootcamp24/Penrake/
Fibonacci Trading Institute - https://jn521.isrefer.com/go/fibinstitute/Penrake/
Group Mentoring for Any Platform - https://jn521.isrefer.com/go/grpmen/Penrake/
Group Mentoring with Software for NinjaTrader 8 - https://jn521.isrefer.com/go/grpmensw/Penrake/
Private Mentoring for Any Platform - https://jn521.isrefer.com/go/privmen/Penrake/
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If you’ve been trading a while, it’s probably safe to assume you’ve come across the Fibonacci retracement and extension tools. And perhaps you’ve also come across a few traders on YouTube who show you how to use these tools.
But unless you’ve already joined the Fibonacci Trading Institute, you won’t have come across the Fibonacci tools and strategies as created by Alla Peters Plocher. This, to me, is another dimension altogether.
Alla has been fascinated by numbers and patterns in music and mathematics since she was a child. She became fascinated by the markets some twenty years ago, and today she has students all around the world.
If you’re fascinated by the patterns we see in the markets, and you want to develop a more preciseI trading strategy than you currently work with, I think you’ll get a lot of value from this episode.
Support the show
Subscribe to A Trader's Life <<
A Trader's Life on Twitter.
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How do you deal with bad days, the slow days trading? Who do you talk to? The cat, the dog, your reflection?
Sometimes there’s no one around. You’re there on your own looking at red numbers getting bigger and bigger. Not every day, we hope, but it can happen. And when it does, it can be a lonely experience.Even if someone’s at home, who wants to listen to you groaning about a trade you missed, some heavy drawdown you can’t face losing?
My next guest is a veteran trader - Clive Arneil. Clive makes it his business to teach and support all kinds of retail traders, from beginners to seasoned pros. He takes some pride in running an online trading room called At The Sharp End.
Good humoured, down to earth, with oodles of experience, Clive is genuinely eager to help other traders.
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A unique trading strategy with a very high win rateYou've probably heard of Fibonacci, and you may already be using the Fibonacci tool you find on TradingView as part of your trading stratregy.
Until about a year ago, I thought these tools were the last on the subject of Finoacci sequences. Then I met trader and investor All Peters-Plocher and talked to the people using her proprietary Fibonacci tool and strategy.
To date, I have met five of Alla's students, and they all said joining Alla's courses was the best investment they ever made.One of the guys I spoke to said he'd been struggling for about 10 years before he joined one of Alla's courses, and once he got going, he was consistently profitable. He just bought a house in Arizona with the money he's made since he joined.
Like me, he's a filmmaker. One of things he loves about her system is that he spends only a few minutes a day checking trades, and can focus on his filmmaking projects.
I also met Alla herself when she was over in London, early in 2024. She even took me to lunch - at Claridges! - with her husband and two other 'student' traders.
I believe she genuinely cares about the traders who sign up to her programs. More than that - she's on a mission to help traders of all abilities.
It's very rare I send out affiliate links, not least because I have to have complete faith in the person and his or her coaching or product before I do - but down below you'll find some links to her courses.Transform your trading performance
If this is a good time for you to join one of Alla's program, and you found this podcast episode useful in helping you come to that decision, I'd really appreciate it if you were to sign up via one of the links below - it would be extra cost to you but would help me cover some of the costs of running this podcast and enable me to do more ambitious episodes, both audio and video, in the future.
If you'd like to talk to me in person about Alla's courses, feel free to reach out on email - [email protected] - and we can arrange to have a chat over Zoom or WhatsApp, whichever you prefer.
Links to explore:
Fibonacci Trading Institute - https://jn521.isrefer.com/go/fibinstitute/Penrake/
Group Mentoring for Any Platform - https://jn521.isrefer.com/go/grpmen/Penrake/
Group Mentoring with Software for NinjaTrader 8 -Support the show
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Many traders like the fast action of a one-minute chart. Only a few who do can trade it consistently.
Daniel Munday prefers the higher timeframes.
It doesn’t surprise me, because everything about his demeanour exudes patience and humility - a far cry from the picture of raving traders in the land of Wolf on Wall Street.
It’s only fitting perhaps that Daniel not only prefers trading the higher timeframes, he also enjoys mentoring other traders. Here we are in his spotless apartment in South West London, middle of May 2024.
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A lot has been said about mindset when it comes to trading. Which rather suggests it’s easier said than done. We all know revenge trading is bad, patience is good. Panic is bad, composure is good. And so on. But how do we achieve and maintain a calm state of mind, so we trade at our best?
On this episode I talk to a former trader, who for the last 18 years has been helping traders and other professionals get out of their own way and perform better in their chosen arena.
Here we go, delving into the mind with performance coach Stephen Desborough.
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A lot has been said about mindset when it comes to trading. Which rather suggests it’s easier said than done. We all know revenge trading is bad, patience is good. Panic is bad, composure is good. And so on. But how do we achieve and maintain a calm state of mind, so we trade at our best?
On this episode I talk to a former trader, who for the last 18 years has been helping traders and other professionals get out of their own way and perform better in their chosen arena.
Here we go, delving into the mind with performance coach Stephen Desborough.
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So we’re all pretty familiar with terms like head and shoulders, double bottom and double top. But are you familiar with these more esoteric patterns like bearish butterfly and tapering wedge? My next guest Ian Coleman lives and breathes this stuff.
He often posts his marked up charts on Linkedin and I’ll often sit there studying them as if I were in a gallery before an arresting landscape. Ian’s been in the trading game for donkey’s years. The past 15 years, he’s been trading on his own and writing for FX Street.
Before I bring Ian on, if you’re enjoying the show, do please subscribe and check out the YouTube channel for interviews on video.
Ian and I got together in March 2024. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.
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I was looking for a way to boost my energy levels, without resorting to more coffee, tea or snacks, when I came across Magic Mind.
This unique energy drink comes in these handy, little bottles and works like a shot. You knock it back in a gulp or two and it boosts your energy for the next few hours without any of the usual downside of coffee or tea.
Nice taste, too. Close to passion fruit, but not at all sweet.
I tend to have my usual coffee in the morning then take one of these little Magic Mind bottles around midday - to carry me through the afternoon session.
Grab your Magic Mind discount and help A Trader's Life while you're at it
Go to: MagicMind.com/atradreslife put in the code TRADERSLIFE20 and that’ll get up to a whopping 56% off your subscription, or 20% off a one-time purchase.And if you don’t like it, you can write in to the company and they’ll give you your money back.
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I think most of us who have been trading even a year can agree that managing risk is more than half the battle when it comes to making consistent returns in the markets.
That was va clip from my conversation with veteran trader Ian Coleman. Ian mostly trades forex, occasionally the indices. In this episode we talk about the kinds of patterns and correlations he looks for. Why he prefers swing trading to intraday and his own quiet obsession with the markets. Check out the full episode on A Trader’s Life. I think you may find Ian’s wit and modesty quite charming. I know I did.
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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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Boost your performance levels in front of your charts
I was looking for a way to boost my energy levels, without resorting to more coffee, tea or snacks, when I came across Magic Mind.
This unique energy drink comes in these handy, little bottles and works like a shot. You knock it back in a gulp or two and it boosts your energy for the next few hours without any of the usual downside of coffee or tea.
Nice taste, too. Close to passion fruit, but not at all sweet.
I tend to have my usual coffee in the morning then take one of these little Magic Mind bottles around midday - to carry me through the afternoon session.
Grab your Magic Mind discount and help A Trader's Life while you're at it
Go to: MagicMind.com/atradreslife put in the code TRADERSLIFE20 and that’ll get up to a whopping 56% off your subscription, or 20% off a one-time purchase.And if you don’t like it, you can write in to the company and they’ll give you your money back.
Give it a go!Support the show
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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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Shoot for the skies as a day trader or bypass leverage altogether and aim for a 10% return investing in stocks?
Writer and investor, Will Nutting, prefers the latter. For one thing, it gives him more time to travel around the world exploring investing possibilities of ten overlooked by the mainstream.
Will runs a successful fund, also Nuttstuff, a newsletter which he describes as ‘No nonsense, common sense, stock ideas and conclusions.’Support the show
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We can probably all agree trading has some bad connotations. Gambling and scam being the two words that readily spring to mind.
My next guest is first and foremost an entrepreneur in online education. He’s not in fact a trader. But he passionately hates gambling and wanted to introduce some fresh transparency and genuine education to the trading world.
So, a few years ago, Zack van Niekerk teamed up with a man who does trade and together they created The Trading Cafe and The Trading Academy.
If you haven’t yet managed to be consistently profitable in your trading, or you’re looking for some new ideas to pepper into your strategy, I highly recommend you stick around.
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Boost your performance levels in front of your charts
I was looking for a way to boost my energy levels, without resorting to more coffee, tea or snacks, when I came across Magic Mind.
This unique energy drink comes in these handy, small bottles and works like a shot. You knock it back in a gulp or two and it boosts your energy for the next few hours without any of the usual downside of coffee or tea.
Nice taste too. Close to passion fruit, but not at all sweet.
I tend to have my usual coffee in the morning then take one of these little Magic Mind bottles around midday - to carry me through the afternoon session.
Grab your discount from here and help A Trader's Life while you're at it
Go to: MagicMind.com/atradreslife put in the code TRADERSLIFE20 and that’ll get up to a whopping 56% off your subscription, or 20% off a one-time purchase.And if you don’t like it, you can write in to the company and they’ll give you your money back.
Give it a go!
NicSupport the show
Subscribe to A Trader's Life <<
A Trader's Life on Twitter.
Link up with me on Li. -
We can probably all agree trading has some bad connotations. Gambling and scam being the two words that readily spring to mind.
My next guest is first and foremost an entrepreneur in online education. He’s not in fact a trader. But he passionately hates gambling and wanted to introduce some fresh transparency and genuine education to the trading world.
So, a few years ago, Zack van Niekerk teamed up with a man who does trade and together they created The Trading Cafe and The Trading Academy.
If you haven’t yet managed to be consistently profitable in your trading, or you’re looking for some new ideas to pepper into your strategy, I highly recommend you stick around.
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It’s pretty rare I come across women who trade, but when I do, they are very often my most interesting guests. My next guest is no exception.
Not only is Alla Peters Plocher an exceptionally gifted trader, but in my view at least, an extraordinary person all round.
I could go on, but now you’re here, I really want to get out of the way and let Alla tell you about her life in her own words. If you love amazing stories, you’re in for a treat.
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Links to find out more about Alla and her work
Website:https://fibinstitute.com/
Youtube Channel:
https://youtu.be/MNYPEFb2esQ?si=pqQy90jJKP-hs19U
Alla's students' performance, from beginner to hedge fund trader on all instruments and all platforms:
https://fibinstitute.com/fibonacci-trading-institute-student-performance/
Podcasts with Alla's students:
https://fibinstitute.com/student-podcasts/
Student reviews:
https://fibinstitute.com/fibonacci-trading-institute-reviews/
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It’s pretty rare I come across women who trade, but when I do, they are very often my most interesting guests. My next guest is no exception.
Not only is Alla Peters Plocher an exceptionally gifted trader, but in my view at least, an extraordinary person all round.
I could go on, but now you’re here, I really want to get out of the way and let Alla tell you about her life in her own words. If you love amazing stories, you’re in for a treat.Support the show
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It’s pretty rare I come across women who trade, but when I do, they are very often my most interesting guests. My next guest is no exception.
Not only is Alla Peters Plocher an exceptionally gifted trader, but in my view at least, an extraordinary person all round.
I could go on, but now you’re here, I really want to get out of the way and let Alla tell you about her life in her own words. If you love amazing stories, you’re in for a treat.Support the show
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Just as some people are good at long distance and some are more suited to the 100m, some traders prefer scalping, while others prefer the higher time-frames.
Highest drawdown levels versus competition - 30% max and 15% dailyNo min trading daysNo min amount of trades, simple rules90% payouts on all accountsAll accounts are scalable up to $1mDon't lose your progress scaling with our Redemption Tests
Alex Spiroglou has decided he fits in the second group. He prefers spending his time studying technicals and likes to take his time before entering and closing a position. Slow and steady wins the race, you might say.
Alex is also the Founder and CEO of SMART Trader Systems. To quote his website: 'his vision is to create a small, strong, Spartan-like, professional trader hub, whose members are willing to share ideas , techniques and motivation, because they realise that teamwork stands in the heart of great achievement.'
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Looking for a prop firm with less stringent rules for evaluation?
I've failed a few prop firm tests - and every time it's been because I've been in breach by a small amount. The problme being I'm not at my screen all day.
So, if you're anything like me, dead busy most of the day, doing other things, and you want more wriggle room with your drawdown, use my coupon code to get 10% your trial with Tradiac
Here are 6 key benefits I noted which, as a bundle, I haven't seen matched by competitors:If you want to give Tradiac a go, click the link below and use ATraderslife10off in the coupon/discount field to get 10% off your first trial.
https://go.tradiac.com/auth?ref=traderslifeSupport the show
Subscribe to A Trader's Life <<
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