The TraderLion Podcast

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.

Chris Flanders, a top-performing swing trader and former pro poker player, shares his approach that produced huge verified returns. He breaks down episodic pivots, pyramiding into winners, strict 5% monthly drawdown rules, and why he sizes up winners while cutting losers fast. Hear candid reviews of oversized losses and how journaling, trend identification, and position management transformed his performance.

Martin Luk, 2025 US Investing Championship top performer and swing trader, built a pullback-focused, tight-stop system that turned a small account into huge gains. He discusses shifting from breakouts to first-pullback entries, anchored VWAP and EMAs as core tools, and how strict stops, position sizing, and real trade post-mortems shaped his dramatic run and painful drawdowns.

Clement Ang, a professional trader who posted 150%+ returns in the 2025 US Investing Championship, shares his trading system and recovery story. He explains his 5% monthly drawdown rule, progressive exposure scaling, and how he rebuilt discipline after a huge drawdown. He also discusses his hybrid setup approach, execution limits for 2026, and routine-driven time-zone advantages.