Better System Trader

241: Trading Market Phases - with Mish Schneider

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There are lots of varying opinions about the markets right now.  And massive uncertainty about where it's heading next. In this episode, I'm joined b...

240: "Uncovering hidden market reaction zones" - with Fabio Ruggeri

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Price charts are no longer enough…   The world of trading is changing and Alpha needs to be found in other ways.   So what should traders do?   I...

239: Confident Consistent Trading - Laurens Bensdorp

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Explore the world of algorithmic trading with Laurens Bensdorp as he delves into his extensive experience managing a diverse portfolio of trading syst...

238: The new indicator that improves momentum trading signals - Alex Spiroglou

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A Bloomberg study discovered MACD is the second most popular indicator after the RSI.   But the MACD has BIG problems.   And in this episode, Alex S...

237: New Volatility Based Trading Techniques with Rob Hanna

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Volatility Index (VIX) is used by traders to determine when the stock market (S&P) is getting "too risky", so they can protect their trading accou...

236: How to Profit and Protect in Any Market Conditions - with Tom Basso

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Basso is a Market Wizard with 5 decades of experience. After taking 4 years to get to break-even, he eventually transformed himself into a $600 mi...

235: How traders can compete in the markets and find profitable edges - Jason Strimpel

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Jason Strimpel from PyQuantNews joins me to discuss how traders can find profitable edges and compete effectively in today's fast-pac...

234: The Trading Panel – Episode 11

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a new trading series called "The Trading Panel," where I collaborate with Jason Perz from Against All Odds Research and a panel of traders ...

233: The Trading Panel – Episode 10

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a new trading series called "The Trading Panel," where I collaborate with Jason Perz from Against All Odds Research and a panel of traders ...

232: The Trading Panel – Episode 9

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a new trading series called "The Trading Panel," where I collaborate with Jason Perz from Against All Odds Research and a panel of traders ...

231: The Trading Panel – Episode 8

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a new trading series called "The Trading Panel," where I collaborate with Jason Perz from Against All Odds Research and a panel of traders ...

230: The Trading Panel – Episode 7

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a new trading series called "The Trading Panel," where I collaborate with Jason Perz from Against All Odds Research and a panel of traders ...

229: The Trading Panel – Episode 6

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a new trading series called "The Trading Panel", where I collaborate with Jason Perz from Against All Odds Research and a panel of traders ...

228: The Trading Panel – Episode 5

14 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a new trading series called "The Trading Panel", where I collaborate with Jason Perz from Against All Odds Research and a panel of traders ...

227: The Trading Panel – Episode 4

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a new trading series called "The Trading Panel", where I collaborate with Jason Perz from Against All Odds Research and a panel of traders ...

226: The Trading Panel – Episode 3

02 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a new trading series called "The Trading Panel", where I collaborate with Jason Perz from Against All Odds Research and a panel of traders ...

225: Algorithmic Crypto Trading - Pavel Kycek

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Unlock the secrets of algorithmic crypto trading with Pavel Kycek in this entertaining and insightful episode. Whether you're a crypto newbie or a sea...

224: "The Trading Panel" Episode 2

24 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a new trading series called "The Trading Panel", where I collaborate with Jason Perz from Against All Odds Research and a panel of traders ...

223: "The Trading Panel" Episode 1

17 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a new trading series called "The Trading Panel", where I collaborate with Jason Perz from Against All Odds Research and a panel of traders ...

222: Surviving Uncertain Markets - Richard Brennan

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Get ready to unlock the secrets of trading in uncertain markets with Richard Brennan and your host Andrew in this power-packed episode! Whether you're...

221: Bad trades, shorting disasters and just get out!

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Discover the good, the bad and the ugly of systematic trading as our guest Cesar Alvarez from Alvarez Quant Trading shares some key moments in his tra...

220: 3 Biggest Lessons From Tennis Pro to Trading Pro

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jump right into this exciting episode where Scott, a former tennis coach turned expert trader, shares his journey and tricks of the trade. With his wi...

219: 3 Biggest Lessons from Chart Trader to Algo Hedge Fund Manager

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, our guest is breakout trading specialist and Hedge Fund manager Tomas "Mr Breakouts" Nesnidal. In our discussion Tomas shares the 3 b...

218: Trading Triumphs - Jerry Parker #3: The Dangers of Optimization

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Want better performance from your trading strategies?   In part 3 of my chat with legendary trend-following Turtle Trader Jerry Parker we discuss opt...

217: Trading Triumphs - Jerry Parker #2: Excessive Risk

19 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is part 2 of my chat with legendary trend-following Turtle Trader Jerry Parker.  In this episode, Jerry unravels the complexities of trading siz...

216: Trading Triumphs - Jerry Parker #1: Fear of Executing Trades

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, legendary trend-following Turtle Trader Jerry Parker shares his journey from the initial struggles to mastering the art of trend foll...

215: Trading Triumphs: Kevin Davey's Journey To Success Part 3

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wondered what it takes to design profitable trading strategies that can even win trading competitions? In Part 3 of my chat with trading champion...

214: Trading Triumphs: Kevin Davey's Journey To Success Part 2

05 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Step into the gripping world of trading with Kevin Davey, a seasoned trader with a tale that'll keep you on the edge of your seat!  In part 2 of my c...

213: Trading Triumphs: Kevin Davey's Journey To Success Part 1

04 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dive into the world of trading with Kevin Davey, a champion trader who turned his part-time passion into a full-time career. In this enlightening disc...

212: Trading Triumphs - Brent Penfold's Journey to Success

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dive into the pivotal moments that shaped a trading veteran! Brent Penfold shares the twists and turns of his journey, from a chance encounter that la...

211: Trading Triumphs: The Journey to Success with Adrian Reid

17 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Buckle up because we've got a special treat for your trading journey! Adrian Reid, a seasoned trader with a wealth of experience, joins us on Better S...

How do successful traders make better decisions?

09 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How can traders make better decisions to improve their trading results?   In this episode, Matt Zimberg from Optimus Futures joins me to discuss deci...

Using "Big Picture" Analysis to Guide Trading Decisions - Brent Penfold

26 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are you looking for unique ways to use "Big Picture" analysis to guide your trading decisions? In this episode, Brent Penfold from indextrader.com.au ...

Indicators vs Price Action - Which is King?

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Which is better for trading strategies - Indicators or Price Action? In this episode, Scott Welsh from scottwelshstrategies.com joins me to answer thi...

207: Preparing for a new trading year

24 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

3 amazing guests join us to discuss trading insights of the past year and how to prepare for a HUGE trading year ahead, including: Getting better as ...

206: "Systematic Crypto" – Adrian Reid

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adrian Reid from Enlightened Stock Trading joins us to discuss systematic crypto trading, including: Why traders should consider the crypto markets r...

205: "Simple strategies, stable results." – David Stendahl

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David Stendahl from SignalTradingGroup joins us to discuss techniques traders can use to achieve more stable results, including: Why it's good to und...

204: "How to leverage market biases to improve strategy performance" – Lawrence Chan

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lawrence Chan from DayTradingBias joins us to discuss market bias and how to leverage structural bias to increase strategy performance, including: "A...

203: "Going against the crowd - a contrarian approach to trading profits." – Jason Shapiro

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Shapiro from Crowded Market Report discusses a contrarian approach to trading profits, including: Why contrarian trading makes sense, How to id...

202: "Buying pullbacks, avoiding bear markets" – Larry Tentarelli

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Larry Tentarelli from Blue Chip Daily joins us to discuss techniques to buying pullbacks and avoiding bear markets, including: Determining the trend ...

201: "Getting serious about part-time trading" – Kris Longmore

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kris Longmore from RobotWealth joins us to discuss 4 key areas part-time traders need to take seriously to be successful, including: Why it's importa...

200: "Using market noise to improve strategies" – Martyn Tinsley

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Martyn Tinsley from TradeLikeAMachine joins us to discuss market noise, and how to leverage noise to improve trading strategies, including: Why it's ...

199: "Trading statistical edges in crypto" – Brian Blandin

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Blandin from Markets Science joins us to discuss how to find and trade statistical edges in the crypto markets, including: The things traders n...

198: "3 ways to improve trading models" – Curtis White

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Curtis White from Beyond Backtesting joins us to discuss 3 ways traders can build better trading models, including: The problem with trading models a...

197: "How to use volatility to outperform the market" – Kyle Schultz

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kyle Schultz from Algorithmic Futures joins us to discuss how to leverage volatility in your trading strategies to improve risk/reward and outperform ...

196: "How to avoid curve fitting using independent testing" – Jeff Swanson

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jeff Swanson from EasyLanguageMastery discusses how to avoid curve fitting your trading strategies using the "independent testing" technique, includin...

195: "Low-effort Trading Strategies" – Cesar Alvarez

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Algorithmic trader Cesar Alvarez from Alvarez Quant Trading joins us to discuss low effort trading strategies, including: An explanation of rotationa...

194: "How to improve trend following performance" – David Lundgren

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Trend following trader David Lundgren joins us to discuss how to improve trend following performance, including: The problem with momentum (and why m...

193: "Innovation as a trading edge" – Dr Brett Steenbarger

14 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Trader, author and performance coach Dr Brett Steenbarger discusses how traders can get an edge by applying innovation to their trading, including: T...

192: "Predicting profitability using machine learning" – Ernie Chan

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Quant trader Ernie Chan from PredictNow.ai joins us to discuss how to predict the profitability of trades using machine learning, including: Uncondit...

191: Combining Algos using State-Based Market Design – Richard Metzger

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Metzger from Quantsys.net joins us to discuss how to combine algos using state-based market design techniques for more consistent trading perf...

190: Performing like a world champion even under stress and uncertainty – Mandi Pour Rafsendjani

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Mandi Pour Rafsendjani from High Performance Trading joins us to discuss tips and techniques to perform like a world champion, even under times of str...

189: Managing multiple trading strategies – David Bean

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David Bean from Capstone Trading Systems joins us to share tips and techniques to manage multiple trading strategies, including: When to start tradin...

188: "Why trading can be so challenging (and what to do about it)" – Adam Grimes

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Grimes from Talon Advisors discusses why trading can be so challenging and what to do about it, including: Why it can be so hard to learn from t...

187: "How to spot a trading scam" – Kevin Davey

05 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Algorithmic trader Kevin Davey discusses the sneaky tactics trading scammers use to trick people and how you can spot a fraud and protect yourself, in...

186: "Breaking the rules for higher returns" – Scott Welsh

28 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

World Cup Trading Championship runner-up Scott Welsh joins us to discuss how "breaking the rules" and doing the opposite of "traditional" trading appr...

185: How to avoid creating trading strategies that degrade quickly - Timothy Masters

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Numerical Computing specialist and author Timothy Masters joins us (in his only ever interview) to discuss trading strategy development and validation...

184: Increasing returns using "Performance Qualifiers" – Tomas Nesnidal

30 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Breakout trading specialist and Hedge Fund manager Tomas Nesnidal joins us to discuss how to increase the returns of trading strategies using "Perform...

183: Overcoming Broken Strategies – Marsten Parker

24 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Unknown market wizard Marsten Parker joins us to share how he overcame broken strategies and adapted his trading to deliver a 20-year track record mos...

182: How to identify high probability markets - David Steets

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

David Steets from Systematic Individual Investor joins us to discuss how to map market probabilities and identify high probability markets using "edge...

181: Short-term Swing Trading Techniques – Ivanhoff

03 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this BST live show, Ivan from Ivanhoff Capital joins us to discuss "Short-term swing trading techniques". Here are some of the topics you'll discov...

180: 3 ways traders kill trading strategies (and how to avoid them) – Rob Carver

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this BST live show, Rob Carver from systematicmoney.org joins us to discuss "3 ways traders kill trading strategies". Here are just some of the top...

179: Effective techniques to identify trends – Doc Ahrens

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode of BST Live, Doc Ahrens from Trendline Dynamics joins us to discuss "Effective techniques to identify trends", including: The Macro-t...

178: How to build Mean Reversion trading strategies – Stefan Friedrichowski

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

So, the verdict is in… Afrotechmods says: "I think this is the most informative guest you have ever had! Thank you both." What am I talking about? O...

177: Superior returns from superior risk management – Laurent Bernut

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wondered how to turn $10k into $100k (or more) in just 2 years (or less)? Many traders have, especially early in their careers… But how do prof...

176: Dealing with market uncertainty and lessons of 2020 - Michael Grech

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With 2020 coming to a close, we've got a great opportunity to stop for a breather (phew!), look at some of the craziness that has happened this year, ...

175: 3 under-utilized techniques to build dramatically better trading strategies – Brian Miller

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

"Randomness has the greatest negative impact on single entry trading strategies." – Brian Miller (Optimized Trading). In this new episode of BST Liv...

174 : How to find statistical edges to improve your trading – Scott Andrews

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

"There are literally hundreds of statistically valid patterns in every market." – Scott Andrews (Investiquant). So, where are they hiding out, how c...

173: Trend Trading Tactics – Brent Penfold

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Is the trend REALLY your friend? And if so, why do so many trend traders fail? Global futures trader Brent Penfold joins us to discuss trend trading t...

172: The Magic of Momentum Trading – Alan Clement

11 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Quant Trader Alan Clement from Helix Trader discusses momentum trading & strategies, including: Why momentum trading is so popular and how it works, ...

171: How to survive market sell-offs – Perry Kaufman

03 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

With the US elections just days away, traders are thinking about how the markets may react to whatever news the elections may bring. Will we see a big...

170: How to detect when a trading strategy is failing – Kevin Davey

28 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ever had a strategy that looked like it was broken and wondered if you should stop trading it or not? Strategy failure (or periods of poor performance...

169: Will AI replace the human trader – Bob Pardo

21 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Are our roles as traders coming to an end soon? Is AI and ML (that's Machine Learning, not Money Laundering or Meat Loaf…) going to take over the tr...

168: How to optimize strategies for robustness (properly) – John Ehlers

13 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

DSP and Cycles expert John Ehlers, joins us to discuss all things optimization, including: Why optimization is a statistical process and how to asses...

167: Improve trading performance by being a flexible trader – Steve Ward

07 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

High-performance trading coach Steve Ward from TradeAtYourBest.com discusses: How to find the best opportunities during challenging times, Why shifti...

166: Consistent Equity Growth using Diversification – Nick Radge

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nick Radge from TheChartist.com.au discusses how to achieve consistent equity growth using multiple layers of diversification. For more details abou...

165: Effective Market Regime Techniques - Cesar Alvarez

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Cesar Alvarez from AlvarezQuantTrading.com discusses effective Market Regime techniques to improve strategy performance and reduce risk by only tradin...

What's next for BST?

16 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Details about what's next for BST and the special event being hosted this weekend.   Disclaimer: Trading in the financial markets involves a substant...

Important Announcement

12 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As I'm sure you've realised, I've taken a break from podcasting for the last year or so. I've been focusing on some other trading projects so I haven'...

164: Performance Accelerators - Steve Ward

23 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast episode made me think back to the very first computer I bought in my high school days. We're talking about the mid-1980, when computers w...

163: The Laws of Trading - Agustin Lebron

01 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode we're going to be talking about something incredibly fundamental to traders. It's something we have to do all the time as trad...

162: Building effective entries and exits - Kevin Davey

19 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Glad you could join us today for a discussion on what is probably one of the most popular topics in trading, and that is entries and exits. Traders lo...

161: Improving performance with strategies that manage strategies - David Bean

12 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

  Our special guest for this episode has done some really interesting work into strategies that manage trading strategies based on their current perf...

160: How to achieve long-term trading success - Linda Raschke

27 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I just want to start by saying happy new year! I know it was a few weeks back, but I hope you've had a good start to the year and I wish you all the b...

159: Maximising the potential of portfolios - Adam Butler

25 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

With so much focus often on the actual trading strategies or investments, portfolio construction can sometimes become an afterthought… or not even c...

158: Bull, Bear or Correction? Reading the signs - Troy Bombardia

28 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

With recent market stock market actions, talk again is turning to whether this is just another correction. Will the bull market resume or are we in th...

157: Assumptions, Probabilities and Diversification with Michael Grech

30 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Joining us today as special guest is Michael Grech from Quantopolis. Mike is a quantitative trader with a background in signal processing and computer...

156 - Where is technology taking us? - Dr Tom Starke

17 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A common dream sold to traders, especially when they're starting out,  is the dream of sitting back on the beach sipping cocktails while our trading ...

155: Stories from the trading floor - Damon Pavlatos

02 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we're going to be talking about the pits. The trading pits may be closed (or most of them are anyway) but there is a lot of history th...

154: From Billion dollar trades to private trader - with Petra Zacek

19 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wonder how the 'other side' trades? I suppose it depends what 'trading world' you live in but in this episode we're exploring 2 different worlds ...

153: High performance trading - with Mandi Pour Rafsendjani

05 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Quite often the focus for traders are the technical aspects of trading - indicators, back-testing procedures, robustness checks, statistics, trading p...

152: "Backtesting trading strategies does not work" - John Ehlers

22 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"Backtesting trading strategies does not work!" Got your attention? Maybe you agree with this statement. Perhaps you strongly disagree and you're curr...

151: Buy the fear, sell the greed - Larry Connors

07 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

As Warren Buffet once said: "the stock market is a manic depressive." The market can be full of euphoria and greed one moment, and switch to fear and ...

150: Looking at markets from different angles - Rikard Nilsson

24 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast episode we're going to be talking about strategy design and different ways to look at the markets, and joining us as our special guest...

149: Trading in Probabilities - Scott Hodson

10 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

A huge part of algorithmic trading is all about stacking the odds in our favour. Finding statistical edges, identifying times when probabilities indic...

148: Plugging holes in strategies and portfolios - Ryan Moffett

27 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we're going to be talking about holey strategies and portfolios. Now, when I say "holey" I'm not talking about religion, divine interv...

147: Building trading strategies with confidence with Adrian Reid

12 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Confidence is a powerful thing – when people have it they can do some pretty amazing things, but on the opposite side, a lack of confidence can be d...

146: Using indicators to predict stock movements with John MacLeod

29 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Predictive modelling is used in many aspects of our lives today.. in the banking and insurance industries to assess the risks and behaviours of custom...

145: Protecting capital through proper risk management with Aaron Brown

15 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

I think it's pretty safe to say we've had some interesting times in the markets so far this year. There has been an increase in uncertainty, higher vo...

144: Building dynamic trading strategies with Trader Janie

01 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

One of the biggest issues we have as systematic and algorithmic traders is that the markets are dynamic and constantly changing, however its quite com...