The TraderLion Podcast

A deep dive into Volatility Contraction Patterns and an objective indicator that scores tightness from 0–100. Multiple real chart case studies show where tight ranges form and how to spot institutional accumulation. Practical tactics for entry, stop placement, and building screens to rank names by tightness in real time.

A deep dive into reading price as an auction, not indicators. He contrasts fleeting Icarus spikes with sturdy Atlas demand levels. Practical setups like the Slingshot and Fishhook get pivot-based tweaks for lower-risk entries. Multi-timeframe pivots, 10-minute auction reads, IPO scanning, and position sizing are shown as tools to tighten stops and spot true momentum.

Linda Bradford Raschke, a 45-year market veteran, Market Wizard and founder of LBR Capital Management. She explains how to trade part-time by treating trading as a hobby, narrowing to one or two strategies, and keeping strict process and record-keeping. Short time-of-day plays, disciplined position sizing, and resisting overtrading are highlighted through vivid trader case studies.

Laurens Bensdorp, a systematic trader who runs 75 non-correlated automated systems and writes on automated trading, describes building complementary strategies. He explains why many small systems beat hunting one perfect trade. He covers expanding into futures and commodities, designing uncorrelated systems, scaling entries with Keltner/ATR, position sizing, and equal-weight allocation.

Jim Roppel, a 40+ year hedge fund manager and direct student of Bill O'Neill, shares his CAN SLIM roots and risk-first trading rules. He discusses his 3-5-7% stop system, WANDA 20/20 and 40/40 screens, and how he sizes and hedges massive winners. Jim also recounts life-changing trades and why AI feels like a generational theme.

Tito Adhikary, a Harvard-trained cancer biologist turned options trader who grew ~$48K into over $1M, shares his roller-coaster journey. He talks about rebuilding from massive losses, his three-pillar trade framework (right stock, right sector, right market), detailed options tactics like strike/IV selection and debit spreads vs naked calls, and several high-volatility trades that defined his performance.

Phil Goedeker, a full-time trader with 20+ years who turned $5K into multimillions, shares his journey from early losses to a parabolic short edge. He discusses extreme risk management, wiring out profits, pyramiding into winners, cutting low-quality trades, and how he scans for high-probability parabolic reversals like SMCI and MSTR.

Ty Rajnus, a day trader and systematic short-seller who ran Rajnus Capital and posted a 382% return, explains his backtested, data-first approach to micro- and nano-cap shorts. He discusses screening premarket spikes, liquidity transitions, dilution and locate risks, sizing from historical drawdowns, and why wide stops, avoiding T12s, and multi-strategy diversification matter.

Steve McIntosh, founder of Nighthawk Capital Management and 2025 top performer, built startups before mastering swing trading. He describes his switch from day trading after big losses, the 'trading is a business' mindset, tight stops and position sizing, favored setups like breakouts and undercut reclaim, using VIX timing, and walks through many real trades including Bloom Energy, Palantir, and SanDisk.

Ted Zhang, a 25-year-old portfolio manager who turned gig-economy cash into a $30M trading portfolio, shares his rise from pre-dental student to thematic momentum trader. He discusses his modified CAN SLIM “Magic Elixir,” systematic journaling and screening, position sizing and risk limits for client capital, and detailed bar-by-bar trade walkthroughs across themes like memory, metals, and rare earths.