About this episode

The episode discusses the evolving skills of retail traders, focusing on their strengths and weaknesses in trading strategies and risk management.

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People in this episode

Host: Waqar Asim

Guest: Duncan Donald

Topics covered

• trading strategies
• risk management
• retail trading
• banking
• trading psychology
• team dynamics

Keywords

• retail traders
• risk discipline
• trading psychology
• banking
• trading strategies
• drawdown
• team trading

Sponsors

FundedNext, Alpha Capital, Hola Prime, Alpha Futures, Tradezella

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