Media Library
Podcasts, YouTube channels, books, documentaries, and the consistency-rule research. Same listings, one shelf.
01 · Listen
The best free trading podcasts.
Hundreds of hours of long-form conversations with working traders. If you commute, walk, or train, this is the highest-leverage education on the list.
Aaron FifieldChat With Traders200+ long-form interviews with prop, hedge fund and independent traders. The single best starting library.Open ↗
The Trader's PodcastJoe Krutsinger & guestsMicrostructure, execution, and the buy-side perspective.
Top Traders UnpluggedNiels Kaastrup-LarsenSystematic and trend-following CTAs talking honestly about risk and drawdowns.
Flirting with ModelsCorey HoffsteinDeep dives on quantitative research, portfolio construction and the boundary between art and science.
The Acquirers PodcastTobias CarlisleValue, deep value and capital allocation — useful for any trader who holds beyond the close.
Trend Following with Michael CovelMichael CovelPioneers of trend following on rules-based discipline.
02 · Watch
YouTube channels actually worth your time.
Working traders, real screen recordings, no get-rich-quick. These are the channels professionals point beginners to.
Tom Hougaard — Trader Tom@TraderTomEquity-index day trading with brutally honest psychology lessons.
Humbled TraderShayDay-trading equities, journaling, and the long path from blow-up to consistency.
SMB CapitalMike Bellafiore & teamOne of the most respected NYC prop desks. Free trader development content most firms would charge for.
Axia FuturesAxiaOrder flow, tape reading and screen recordings from working futures traders.
Trader DaleDaleVolume profile and footprint instruction with concrete setups.
Anton Kreil — Institute of TradingAnton KreilEx-Goldman and Lehman trader on the realities of professional trading careers.
03 · Read
The trading bookshelf.
A short, deliberate reading list. Most professional traders have read all of these — many more than once.
- Trading in the ZoneMark DouglasThe classic on probabilistic thinking. Reread once a year.
- Reminiscences of a Stock OperatorEdwin LefèvreA century old. Every lesson still holds.
- Market Wizards (series)Jack SchwagerInterview collections with the best traders of multiple eras. Pattern recognition for the trader you want to become.
- One Good TradeMike BellafioreInside a working NYC prop desk. The closest a book gets to apprenticeship.
- The Daily Trading CoachBrett Steenbarger101 short lessons on trader psychology and self-coaching from a working performance coach.
- Trading RiskKenneth GrantRisk management from a hedge fund risk officer. Dense, practical, undervalued.
04 · Documentaries
Films every trader should see.
Context for why modern markets look the way they do, and the people who built them.
- DocumentaryFloored (2009)Chicago floor traders losing their world to the screens. Required viewing for context.
The Wall Street CodeVPRO DocumentaryFree, full length. The architecture of modern electronic markets explained by the people who built it.
Quants: The Alchemists of Wall StreetVPROHow models took over markets, and the limits the 2008 crisis exposed.- Charles FergusonInside Job (2010)Macro context on the incentives that shape financial markets.
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05 · Original research
Do any prop firms really have no consistency rule?
We reviewed the published rulebooks of 15 major prop firms — futures, FX, and multi-asset — and classified each one using primary sources only. A useful read before picking a program.
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