TraderDane

TraderDane
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TraderDane, hosted by TraderDane himself, Jesper Holst, is a podcast built for retail traders navigating today’s futures and prop firm trading landscape. With a distinct perspective on developing and upcoming traders, the show breaks down day trading, futures markets, and prop firm trading in a way that’s practical, relevant, and accessible for traders across Europe. In addition, TraderDane gets the behind-the-scenes backstories of his guests, how they got into trading and what shaped their path. The mission is to help you as a new or experienced trader focus your journey towards becoming a profitable, structured trading approach, while staying informed on what’s shaping the day trading and prop firm space. Episodes explore risks and opportunities for traders - and how you, as a retail trader, can position yourself within all of this. The podcast combines deep dive episodes with candid trader and expert interviews and open discussions, focusing on real-world experience, psychology, and the skills needed to survive and thrive as a retail trader.

  1. 4 days ago

    Evan Marks on Mental Performance for Traders: Aggressive Patience, Building Intuition and the Importance of Psychology in Trading

    I welcome Performance Coach Evan Marks, a former money manager who left trading after a major panic attack and now coaches athletes, CEOs, and top traders through M1 Performance Group on the mental side of decision-making. We discuss his core idea that performance equals potential minus interferences, and why traders must identify and reduce impulsivity to access intuition, using “aggressive patience” as a calm-but-ready decision state. Evan shares tactical tools to become more conscious in the moment, including creating space, verbalizing key questions, and his M1 MIND framework: Make it visible, Interrupt the pattern, Navigate with intention, Develop evidence. We cover neuroplasticity, using losses (and even trauma) for growth, slowing down to speed up, balancing life outside the markets, and why strategy and psychology must be developed together. Evan also comments on prop trading and gambling-like behavior. You can learn more about M1 Performance Group on Instagram and X and see highlights from Evan's work via the following: From Wall Street Burnout to Mental Freedom: Evan Marks’ Journey Through Panic and Purpose Evan Marks: Traders are Performance Athletes Mindset hacks to unlock your full potential with Evan Marks Mastering High-Pressure performance with Evan Marks Top One Futures - Use my code DANE to save massively on your next prop account! TraderDane on Instagram  TraderDane Youtube TraderDane on X

  2. 4 Oct

    Jon Hoskinson transitioned from ICT to VWAP and found consistency

    I am joined by Jon Hoskinson, a Florida-based futures day trader, who shares his journey into trading. Jon explains how he spent about a year and a half studying ICT through a coworker-mentor, why the complexity made it hard for him to stay consistent, and how seeing that mentor’s prop-trading success motivated him. He shares how he transitioned to using VWAP because it’s simpler, rule-based, and makes wins/losses easier to understand. He emphasizes data tracking, minimizing variables, adapting to changing market conditions, and using discretion carefully. We also discuss market chop, avoiding “100% win rate” gurus and the importance of finding community. Jon shares a personal note on how his Christian faith is a source of discipline, grounding and perspective beyond the P&L. You can follow Jon's journey on Instagram right here  Top One Futures - Use my code DANE to save massively on your next prop account! TraderDane on Instagram  TraderDane Youtube TraderDane on X

  3. 27 Sept

    Prop Trading and the key to staying Systematic with Kameron Evans

    TraderDane welcomes Kameron Evans, who shares how he began trading nearly four years ago after a coworker first had him organize finances in Excel, which he still uses. Kameron avoided “get rich quick” influences by learning from experienced traders, started in Forex (AUDUSD, EURUSD, etc), and earned about $11,000 in prop payouts before switching toward indices and futures, noting differences in volume, volatility, and stop placement. He describes his day-trading window, preference for mastering one asset, and ongoing struggle with managing floating profits versus drawdowns. Our discussion centers on accountability, journaling, and Kameron’s shift to trading the VWAP “double break” systematically, then wrestling with discretion. In rapid-fire questions he favors ES, prop accounts, high R, one-and-done, and leaving the desk when feeling tilt, and he explains using prop payouts to build confidence, fund hobbies, and eventually seed a live account while also building a free “Chill Zone” Discord community. You can find Kameron on socials with the handle Traderkam26 Instagram  Top One Futures - Use my code DANE to save massively on your next prop account! TraderDane on Instagram  TraderDane Youtube TraderDane on X

  4. 20 Sept

    From getting scammed to taking payouts - with Jordan Stafford

    This week, I welcome Jordan Stafford to the pod. Jordan got into trading around 2019 after seeing a friend’s lifestyle on Instagram, then realizing his entry point was an MLM focused on recruiting and hype rather than real trading, followed by further red flags with another “mentor,” copy trading, and paid courses. We discuss how scams pushed many aspiring traders to quit, Jordan’s preference for transparency and informal accountability over charging for coaching, and the challenge of sharing losses publicly, especially during choppy summer markets. Jordan describes his approach trading mainly NQ micros using London/Asia liquidity sweeps, opening range, wick-and-reclaim confirmations, and VWAP break/retest. He outlines his preferences in prop firms (notably Top One instant funded), copy trading, consistency rules, and strict daily risk limits, while using gym and skating/dirt biking/snowboarding to reset mentally.  Enjoy this week's episode, and like/subscribe if you want to support my work.  Follow Jordan's journey on Instagram Top One Futures - Use my code DANE to save massively on your next prop account! TraderDane on Instagram  TraderDane Youtube TraderDane on X

  5. 6 Sept

    From Penny Stocks to Futures Live Accounts - w. Ashley Aguilar

    This week i am joined by Ashley to talk about her trading background and rapid progress in futures prop firms. We cover how she started with penny stocks and options, moved into futures to avoid options greeks, and learned the hard way about gambling, emotions, and blowing accounts before getting consistent. Ashley shares how simplifying charts, accepting uncertainty, using firm risk rules, and committing to stop-losses and manual lockouts helped her become profitable, including her first payout and scaling to 10–11 accounts. We also discuss scalping vs 2–3R targets, daily loss limits, micro-scalping time rules, and her experiences with Funded Next, Tradeify, Apex, Lucid (including a transition to live and platform changes), and Halcyon. Finally, we talk community, mindset, manifesting, and giving back.  Follow Ashley on Instagram here: @ashez143 None of what you hear on this podcast is to be considered financial advice or recommendations. It is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Top One Futures - Use my code DANE to save massively on your next prop account! TraderDane on Instagram  TraderDane Youtube TraderDane on X

  6. 23 Aug

    momma.trades - Personal Trading Style, Prop Firms vs Live, and Trading Around Family Life

    This week I welcome Sacha (“momma.trades”). Sacha shares her path from dabbling in trading through an MLM to taking markets seriously after working as a corporate flight attendant. Sacha has wide-ranging experience, from getting a real estate license, and experimenting with at-home income ideas, to spending time in the NFT and meme coin scene. She describes being a slow and steady learner who stayed loyal to one mentor strategy for two years before rebuilding from scratch, learning market structure, and earning her third prop-firm payout with a simpler price-action approach on gold. We discuss personality fit, strategy changes while streaming, prop-firm restrictions versus trading live capital, risk management with trailing stop losses, and much more. Sacha explains her gold process (higher-timeframe levels, alignment, 15/5-minute entries), her preference to trade less, and only Asia session, and how conferences and meeting traders boosted her confidence and networking. Top One Futures - Use my code DANE to save massively on your next prop account! TraderDane on Instagram  TraderDane Youtube TraderDane on X

  7. 16 Aug

    TraderDane Team Huddle!

    This week I've got Griffin and Mike, the home team, in the pod seats! They discuss the challenge of creating transparent trading content while still working toward consistency. If you're a trader on that  “in-between” journey between starting out and becoming consistently profitable, this episode is relatable, fun, and will add accountability. We discuss our core setups, from simple New York VWAP bounce and break entries, to more in-depth, higher-timeframe-driven VWAP approaches using order flow tools and Mike's custom ChartSmith indicators to speed decisions across multiple indices (ES, NQ, YM, RTY). We cover switching markets to avoid forcing mediocre trades, current mental struggles around payouts and sizing, and prop firm approaches (instant funded vs evals, consistency rules, etc). If all this sounds interesting, join us every morning from 9.30 am EST on TraderDane YT, link below, and we will throw a massive prop account giveaway this Tuesday, August 18, giving out five TopOne Futures accounts. Tune in! To see more on Mike's chartsmith indicators, go to https://chartsmith.dev/ Top One Futures - Use my code DANE to save massively on your next prop account! TraderDane on Instagram  TraderDane Youtube TraderDane on X

  8. 9 Aug

    Mom guilt, entrepreneurship and trading across time zones - with Frida / Swede Trades

    In season two, episode one, I welcome Frida (Swede Trades), a Swedish expat living on Australia’s Sunshine Coast, who shares her path from studying fitness, nutrition, and massage therapy to quickly co-founding a group-fitness gym with her partner, and later closing the business during her pregnancy. After becoming a mom and shifting into content creation, she has committed to learning day trading, inspired by following The Peachy Investor community. We discuss juggling trading sessions around childcare and travel between Sweden and Australia, mom guilt, and how time zones affect session choice. Frida explains her beginner challenges with eval accounts, tight stop management, greed, strategy overload from social media, and focusing on reversal setups using higher timeframes while trading on the five-minute chart, framing losses as tuition and trading as personal development. Follow swede_trades on Instagram to catch Frida's journey! Top One Futures - Use my code DANE to save massively on your next prop account! TraderDane on Instagram  TraderDane Youtube TraderDane on X

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TraderDane, hosted by TraderDane himself, Jesper Holst, is a podcast built for retail traders navigating today’s futures and prop firm trading landscape. With a distinct perspective on developing and upcoming traders, the show breaks down day trading, futures markets, and prop firm trading in a way that’s practical, relevant, and accessible for traders across Europe. In addition, TraderDane gets the behind-the-scenes backstories of his guests, how they got into trading and what shaped their path. The mission is to help you as a new or experienced trader focus your journey towards becoming a profitable, structured trading approach, while staying informed on what’s shaping the day trading and prop firm space. Episodes explore risks and opportunities for traders - and how you, as a retail trader, can position yourself within all of this. The podcast combines deep dive episodes with candid trader and expert interviews and open discussions, focusing on real-world experience, psychology, and the skills needed to survive and thrive as a retail trader.

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  • Creator
    TraderDane
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    23
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 TraderDane
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