The Pomp Podcast World’s Greatest Trader: How To Win In Chaos | Tom Sosnoff
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Mar 16, 2026 
Tom Sosnoff, veteran options trader and serial entrepreneur who built and sold multiple billion-dollar trading platforms. He talks about volatility as opportunity across crypto, commodities and options. Short takes on agentic AI for portfolio construction, the rise of self-directed investors, and how to trade chaos and sell volatility effectively.
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Keep A Small Crypto Allocation For Volatility Exposure
- Own some crypto because it trades at three to four times the volatility of the S&P, amplifying upside when it turns.
- Tom Sosnoff recommends allocating at least a small percentage of your portfolio to Bitcoin and ETH as vol-adjusted exposure.
Use Active Measured Risk To Accelerate Portfolio Growth
- Learn to take measured, probabilistic risk by actively trading small, liquid markets to accelerate learning and grow capital.
- Tom recommends mixing active and passive allocations and actively practicing quantified risk with liquid instruments.
Volatility Mean Reverts While Price May Not
- Volatility is mean-reverting while price is not, making volatility a mathematically tradable edge.
- Tom Sosnoff prefers trading volatility because spikes tend to decay back toward normal, enabling systematic premium selling.