Todd Edgar was one of Wall Street’s star proprietary traders. Before he started Atreaus Family Office in 2019, he worked for some of the biggest names in investment banking. In this episode of My Life In 4 Trades, Todd shares the critical lessons he’s learned over nearly 3 decades in financial markets, explaining to Maggie Lake how “naïve optimism” helped shape his entrepreneurial mindset and why embracing lifelong learning is the key to success.

Alexander Stahel is a commodities investor and energy analyst. Coming from a family of cotton traders, he grew up in Switzerland before heading to the U.K. to start his career as an investment banker. Now he’s the founder and chief investment officer at Burggraben Holding and a Swiss-based value investor in public and private companies. In this episode of My Life in 4 Trades, Alexander explains why — just like golf — trading is not a perfect game. He also shares his advice on how to avoid missing blind spots and gives his predictions about the future of the energy space.

KPTL Arbitrage Management is one of the few crypto hedge funds that managed to profit from Terra’s crash. Its founding partner, Jay Janer, sheds insight on his time at the TradFi trading firms Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley. Plus, he shares his approach to navigating the world of digital assets and explains why agility is a key characteristic of successful traders, regardless of asset class.

Before Brent Donnelly became the president of Spectra Markets and the author of several books, he had a long career in trading: Brent got into FX markets in top-tier banks in the U.S., traded the dot-com bubble with his own money, and was at Lehman Brothers when it collapsed. In this special episode of My Life in 4 Trades, Brent joins guest host Andreas Steno Larsen to share his perspective on trading, including the big regrets that became some of his best life lessons.

Denise Shull is the founder and CEO of The ReThink Group. As an expert decision coach, she leverages her background in neuroscience and modern psychoanalysis to help guide professional investors, traders, athletes, and entrepreneurs into making their best risk decisions. Here are Denise’s top tips on how investors and traders can effectively use their emotions to make better choices and achieve better results.

My Life in 4 Trades Podcast Listen to this episode on Spotify   From investment banking at Goldman Sachs to serving as the White House communications director for President Trump, Anthony Scaramucci’s career has seen all sorts of successes and failures. In this episode of My Life in 4 Trades, the founder and co-managing partner […]

This conversation is frankly jaw-dropping. AI is already here, and most investors don’t yet see the dangers and opportunities this runaway technology creates. Our advice: Skip this blog post and go straight to the video… (or sign up here)… Your ability to prepare for the future could depend on it. This conversation is frankly jaw-dropping. […]

Ethereum Classic is currently receiving some renewed interest because of the Ethereum Merge. Learn if it’s the right investment for you, how to buy it, and how to secure it.

As an investor, rarity is important as it makes an NFT more valuable. Consequently, these non-fungible tokens can be scrutinized for rarity by applying something known as a rarity check.