Jason Perz and I talk about 50 years of trading, lessons learned and properly running Historical Simulations.
A chill conversation with Jason about surviving so many years of trading, lessons that I learned along the way and what I would tell my younger self.
Justin Nielson and I talk about the Markets and trying to remain calm with all the volatility
We talked about dealing with volatility and keeping your head cool during lots of abrupt moves. Justin keeps this about recent market moves and dealing with them.
A great Interview with Titans of tomorrow, live from a studio in scottsdale, arizona on all sorts of trading topics.
We covered all sorts of topics and did it in studio which gives it a great look. we had fun talking about daily process, mental aspects of trading, systems development and other important sides of trading.
Boris and Tom talk through all sorts of trading challenges, position sizing, managing your risk, trading while on the road and dealing with what seems to be ever increasing volatility. A really good interview. Boris asked some great questions in this one.
Two experienced traders and Tom talk through some many useful topics in trading. After 50 years, there’s a lot of things you can do to help your return to risk ratio. Some great topics in this interview!
Rolf and Moritz, from Edgewonk, and Tom talk Exclusively About getting started in trading and some of things Tom learned along his 50 year live in trading
Two experienced traders and Tom talk through some many useful topics in trading. After 50 years, there’s a lot of things you can do to help your return to risk ratio. Some great topics in this interview!
Sonal, from R Factory, and Tom talk Exclusively About the Mental aspects of good trading
Sonal and Tom cover developing awareness in trading, Tom’s own journey through increasing control over his emotions, mental processes regarding trading and why the trader’s psyche is more important than having the best trading strategy or even positions size or other normal trading topics. Really important insights in this one!
Charles and Tom talk about Tom’s recent trip to the indian ocean, Singapore and a talk to asian traders
A bunch of very interesting observations about Singapore, Tom’s recent talk at the singapore Exchange, his recent cruise across the Indian Ocean, and other topics
Sylvia and Tom talk about Systematic Trading and some of the issues with trading with computers on february 27, 2025.
Some really great discussion of some of the “art” and science behind systematic trading, dealing with geo-political events, building a systematic total system for trading and some of the mental issues involved in trading systematically
Danny and Tom talk about Trend following and starting out as a new trader on february 11, 2025.
Danny asked some great questions on risk, starting out, trend following, position sizing. Lots of good stories in this one.
Sean and Steve talk About Life around Trading on December 18, 2024, a Day that saw the stock markets fall by over 4%
Sean McLaughlin and Steve Strazza (pronounced Strah-za, it’s Italian) are both traders themselves. They understand the potential stressors of trading and we covered a lot of non-trading specific topics that are so important for traders to understand about themselves. A Really fun interview!
Tom and Michael Chat on November 18, 2024 about Trading and Life
Michael Covel and Tom go back a long way and have had some memorable chats about all sorts of topics. This interview was no Exception. Enjoy!
Tom Garth talk Trading on October 17, 2024
Garth is a knowledgeable trader and asked some great questions. A relaxed conversation on a variety of trading topics. Lots of good stuff in here!
Tom and sam get into some great mental issues in trading. Good stuff in this one! from Rising Minds on September 5, 2024
Sam is a very interesting trader and really a student of the mental processes that drive all of us to do what we do in life. Fascinating and different that usual discussion in this interview. Enjoy listening!
Tom Discusses lots of fairly high level trading topics with Simon and Richard, from Algorithmic Advantage on August 6, 2024
Simon Mansell and Richard Brennan both are experienced traders and asked Tom some great question in this one. Titled the Calm within the chaos, we talked right after the VIX had one of its biggest moves up during a day that was a bit of a bloodbath. Very interesting interview.
Colm asked some great questions on volatility, position sizing, trading psychology and other topics. Great interview!
Tom And Jeff Boccaccio of Better System Trader in Australia Talk about a Variety of great trading topics – May22, 2024
Tom is interviewed by Jeff from the society of Technical Analysis. Jeff and Tom could have gone on for hours. A wide range of topics on questions covering trading.
Laurens is interviewed for almost 2 hours on multiple systems trading by Simon and Richard at Algorithmic Advantage and they both know their stuff. This interview is educational and perfect for traders with a little experience trying to take all-Weather trading to a higher level. Laurens is now trading 55 systems each day!
Both Sunny Harris and Tom have been trading for decades, so they had a variety of topics that could and did cover. Easy banter back and forth.
Tom and Andrew Swanscott of Better System Trader in Australia Talk about a Variety of great trading topics – May22, 2024
Andrew is a trader, so these questions were great ones. We covered a lot of topics and through it open to questions from the live audience.
Larry and Tom reunite in this interview by Mukesh and discuss trading strategies and the mental side of trading.
We covered a lot of ground in the foundations of good trading, no matter what your unique strategy. Tom also shows some simple examples of what he looks for in an indicator and some examples of how he uses them along with some insight into what he’s currently doing in the markets.
David had some great questions one trader to another. Engineering to Trading, Position sizing for increased equity, using automation for trading, flow of decision-making, Volume and changes in the markets were some of the topics
Brian and Tom chat about being calm in your trading, AI, Strategic Thinking in your trading, having multiple strategies, markets and time periods in your overall strategy and the non-importance of any one trade. This was a good one!
A Private session of Over an hour of excellent questions about how the mental psyche of the trader affects performance, setting objectives, favorite indicators, solving your specific financial challenges, maximizing return to risk,. We covered so many important topics!
We talked about some helpful things for new traders, energy, rebalancing your portfolio, setting up to handle tough times and questions from traders.
Ian and Tessa have carried on the Chat with Traders Podcast after Aaron Fifield moved on to other challenges and we talked about some great topics on this one. Ian and I both had a great time!
Aaron Korbs of TradACC chatted with Tom for almost an hour about routine, Day Trading, Balancing Activity and rest, Automation, AI, Systems thinking and strong entry processes. Fun Interview!
Louise and Tom talk about Psychological Fitness, why it is so important for becoming a successful trader and some ideas of how to get there in IG’s series on IG Academy
Louise and Tom talk about balancing being a successful trader while maintaining a good quality of life in IG’s series on IG Academy
Andrew asked Tom some great questions on Tom’s new book, The all-Weather Trader and pulled in some great questions from his friends and clients.
This conversation included a lot of gems on risk management, position sizing, Expectancy, trading Psychology, return to risk vs. returns, and the new book. Enjoy!
Austin interviewed me on his Day Trading Show. Since he is a trader the topics were excellent. We chatted about how I manage positions when day trading. We also discussed a lot about the mental side of trading and a number of topics for younger traders trying to get going in the trading game. Enjoyed this one!
Since Richard also trades, his questions are always pertinent to the trading process. We also talked some of the concepts in The All-Weather Trader, my new book. Great interview. (6:40 Mark)
Since Richard also trades, his questions are always pertinent to the trading process. We also talked some of the concepts in The All-Weather Trader, my new book. Great interview.
Tom is interviewed by Rosanna Prestia of the Ro Show – May 8, 2023
Rosanna is an Entrepreneur herself, so the conversation was a lot about the mindset involved to take on trading the markets. We had a really interesting conversation that covered many topics.
Tom is interviewed by Michael Covel – April 24, 2023
Michael Covel is always one of my favorite Interviewers. He and I think so much alike on so many fronts, it is always fun talking to him. He gets me into a lot of non-traditional topics. (Audio podcast)
Louise is an expert in the mental side of trading and she and I talked about so many great items on the process of good trading and managing yourself. Lots of good topics in this interview.
Tom is interviewed by Charles Brown from CB3 Live in March, 2023
Charles asked me questions on specific quotes from the book and being an experienced trader himself, the questions were great. There was so much to cover, we decided to do Part 2 in May, so more to come from Charles and me.
Charles asked me more great questions on specific quotes from the book from the perspective of an experienced trader. We had a great time and the session was fantastic. This would be part two of the interview above
This was another lengthy discussion and really well done by Jacek. Available in audio download, audio streaming and video streaming.
We talked in detail about some of the topics covered in Tom’s new book, The All-Weather Trader. Since Hussein is very familiar with writing books, this one was different than most of my other interviews.
Louis and I talked in detail about some of the topics covered in Tom’s new book, The All-Weather Trader. Lot’s of great tidbits in this one.
Lots of discussion on Tom’s life in trading and lifestyle. Also touched on what new traders should concentrate on. Lots of discussion on trading psyche.
An in-depth interview of Eric Crittenden by Louis Llanes on his Market Call Show in January, 2023
Louis and Eric got into some great strategy design discussions here, with a dose of position sizing, leverage, risk, and talking through the design of Standpoint’s Multi-Asset Fund and design features of BLNDX.
This interview was fascinating as Andrew had his followers suggest great questions for me and boy were they some good ones! Mental side of trading, position size, correlation, price action versus economic data, and strategy development for up, down and sideways markets.
Concentrated on ideas for new traders on this one.
These interesting questions and their answers are linked to Stockbsessed’s Substack account
We all had a great time talking about managing risk and volatility, managing yourself, dealing with challenges and enjoying the ride.
Louis and I had a great time talking about the psychology of trading, dealing with clients, attacking risk, extreme diversification, fact vs opinion, the movie of life, volatility and risk sizing theory, Van Tharp, and more!
Tom is Interviewed by Trader Nick on his YouTube Channel in August, 2022
This video discussed the hedge fund business, position sizing, peeling off positions versus adding to positions, dealing with your unique situation in trading, building a strategy, and lots of other great topics.
This video discussed all aspects of trading: the trader’s psyche, position sizing and buy/sell engines. We tried to speculated on why global traders are more successful that domestic Indian traders. What is the secret behind trading?
A new presentation on some of the tricks that I’ve learned over the years as an All-Weather Trader to successfully navigate the volatility of the last few years. This one has a lot of good ideas!
Kevin and I have a high energy interview about markets, success and lots of other topics on 7/29/2022. Kevin studies and lives success and his podcasts cover a wide range.
Dale and I go live in an interview on 4/28/2022. We talked about lots of trading topics and had a lot of fun!
Andy is a trader himself, so these interviews always have a bit more back and forth on trading and the discussion is sometimes at a higher level. Good stuff!
Dan’s a great guy to talk with and we covered a lot of trading topics, one trader to another. Interesting listen!
A nod to veterans, conversation of the mentality of ramping up the learning curve in futures, mutual fund/etf timing, mental aspects, dealing with questions from traders.
The early years, lessons learned, mentors and lots of other tidbits in this one.
Some interesting and different questions on this one that I don’t get very often. We had fun!
We covered a lot of ground. Two engineers talking to each other about a wide range of subjects.
In a relaxed setting of Friday afternoon post market Happy Hour we cruised all over many trading topics and had a lot of fun doing it.
We had a great time talking as the summer monsoons came into our mountain area to drench us. We covered the story behind New Market Wizards, the mental side of trading, a little about this website, the books I’ve written, putting in golf, and a variety of other things. We were enjoying the ride!
We had to do this one at 11:30PM to get everyone on the same Zoom session, but it worked. Michael hit me with random questions on all sorts of topics and we discussed the background on our new book: Trend Following Mindset.
Jacek Lempart interviews Tom about trading topics from buy & pray investing to mental topics, to systems trading July, 2021
This was another lengthy discussion and really well done by Jacek. Available in audio download, audio streaming and video streaming.
This conversation went so long we had to do it in two parts. Total run time 1 hour and 57 minutes, but since Jason is a Commodity Trader, he asked a lot of great questions.
This discussion tells the story of the origin of the Standpoint “All-Weather” concept and the subsequent BLNDX fund that evolved from those initial discussions.
This discussion ranged from stories about starting out in trading, meeting Brenda, meeting, becoming involved in Standpoint Asset Management as the Chairman, and a variety of other fun stories on Tom’s life in the investment world.
This discussion ranged from stories about investment psychology, examples of markets that look like they have a bad return/risk going forward to why investors would have a hard time doing this themselves. We also discussed how we met each other decades ago and why we are so in tune with each other’s trading philosophies. Disclaimer: I’m the Chairman of Standpoint these days.
This interview had a lot of discussion of a complete trading strategy requirement and the use of automation in dealing with volatility/risk in the markets. Part interview, part webinar.
Austin is a fun interviewer. We had a great time talking trading on a variety of subjects.
One of my long-standing trader friends has a great conversation with Jeff on traditional diversification versus what makes sense in today’s situation. Disclaimer: I am Chairman of the Board of Eric company, Standpoint Alternative Investment Management.
Eric is one of the smartest, thoughtful traders and trading philosophers I’ve run into in my days. I agreed to chair the board of Standpoint and invest in the company, because of Eric’s involvement. I’ve known him for a few decades now and always love listening to his simple, easy-to-understand analogies. Great interview!
Vivek, who specializes in algo trading, and Tom have share an in depth tete-a-tete on a variety of topics, particularly on starting out as a new traders, some of the keys to successs in trading and other trading topics.
Khaled and Tom have an in depth discussion of dealing with yourself as a trader, overcoming fear, improving self esteem and lots of stories on how Tom found his mental balance as a trader.
Meb and Tom talk everything from buy/sell, position sizing, mental aspects of trading to fly fishing and life. A very relaxed interview with Meb and fun for both of us. We could have talked for hours!
Austin and Tom explore how Tom got from Chemical Engineering to money management, risk and volatility management, cryptos, foreign exchange, the mental side of trading and a variety of other trading topics.
An hour of Eric’s brilliant discussion of typical investor psychology and how to help investors take on investments they really want, but for some cognitive dislocation, miss out on some sensible choices. Eric is one of the traders out there that I’ve known for decades and I love the way he thinks. (Disclaimer: I am Chairman of the Board of Eric’s firm, Standpoint Alternative Asset Management)
Almost an hour and a half of reminiscing about meeting, the Peak Performance Seminars Tom did with Van in the 90’s, the Jack Schwager interview for The New Market Wizards, trading topics and so many other stories. A fun trip down memory lane. More information on Van Tharp and the Tharp Institute at: Van Tharp Institute.
A talk Tom gave to Clarkson University’s CU-Live on identifying various risks and managing them during the coronavirus shutdown.
Over an hour on trading, position sizing for volatility and the mental side of trading during the coronavirus market shutdown.
A short interview with Ameer Rosic, a podcaster with a YouTube channel followed by many traders called Ameer Approved. March 31st, 2020 during the virus market.
A short webinar recording showing the use of TrendSpider in developing a “new and improved” method of hedging my stock portfolio.
A short webinar recording showing the use of TrendSpider.
An copy of the Aaron Fifield interview published by a friend, Steve Burns of NewTraderU.
An interview I did with John a while back
Finishing up a fun interview with Caroline Stephen, a financial journalist in Australia
A second interview with Caroline Stephen, a financial journalist in Australia – Part 1
A second interview with Caroline Stephen, a financial journalist in Australia – Part 1
An interesting interview done live from India and Scottsdale via wonderful technology. LearnApp offers many course in variety of topics.
A two hour discussion of all sorts of topics related to my career, Trendstat, Enjoytheride.world and other things. Available in Polish language as well.
Interview entitled The Traders’ Psyche: Tom Basso
Interview took place in January 1997. The article is entitled: Tom Basso: Objective Observer
A fun interview with @Covel talking about social media, awareness, self worth and other things that important to trading success.
An informative class on the math behind sizing your initial and ongoing trading positions using risk and volatility. Original class was live to 4,700 LearnApp subscribers in January, 2019.
A talk Tom gave to Clarkson University’s Annie Clarkson Society on risk and volatility. Original talk was in Potsdam, NY in 2014 to the Annie Clarkson Society and Friends.
In September, 2022, released in June, 2023. I really enjoyed this interview. With a value investor and a trend follower asking me questions about trading from every angle, this one had some great discussion and ran longer than normal. Filled with some good topics. Enjoy!
In April, 2023. Some great topics coved in this one. Leo is fun to chat with and we talked history, trading strategy, diversifying into multiple markets, time periods and strategies, filling potholes in your track record, and not restricting your strategy’s robustness. Have fun listening to this one!