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Quantitative trader focused on small cap equities
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From Top Traders Unplugged: SI375: CTAs After the Walls Come Down ft. Rob Carver, Nov 22, 2025
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SI375: CTAs After the Walls Come Down ft. Rob Carver
Podcast Episode · Top Traders Unplugged · 2025-11-22 · 1h 17m
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November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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From Odd Lots: Cliff Asness on How Markets Got Dumber in the Last 10 Years, Nov 13, 2025
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Cliff Asness on How Markets Got Dumber in the Last 10 Years
Podcast Episode · Odd Lots · 2025-11-13 · 57m
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November 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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From Odd Lots: Cliff Asness on How Markets Got Dumber in the Last 10 Years, Nov 13, 2025
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Cliff Asness on How Markets Got Dumber in the Last 10 Years
Podcast Episode · Odd Lots · 2025-11-13 · 57m
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November 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Goldman, Morgan Stanley CEOs warn of pullback in global equity markets
CEOs of Wall Street heavyweights Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs on Tuesday cautioned that equity markets could be heading toward a drawdown, underscoring growing concerns over sky-high valuations.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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From Top Traders Unplugged: OI19 BONUS: Living With Ed Seykota ft. David Druz, Nov 2, 2025
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OI19 BONUS: Living With Ed Seykota ft. David Druz
Podcast Episode · Top Traders Unplugged · 2025-11-02 · 43m
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November 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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From Top Traders Unplugged: OI19: The Trader Who Never Spoke...Until Now ft. David Druz, Oct 29, 2025
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OI19: The Trader Who Never Spoke...Until Now ft. David Druz
Podcast Episode · Top Traders Unplugged · 2025-10-29 · 1h 37m
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October 30, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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From Top Traders Unplugged: OI19: The Trader Who Never Spoke...Until Now ft. David Druz, Oct 29, 2025
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OI19: The Trader Who Never Spoke...Until Now ft. David Druz
Podcast Episode · Top Traders Unplugged · 2025-10-29 · 1h 37m
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October 30, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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From Top Traders Unplugged: OI19: The Trader Who Never Spoke...Until Now ft. David Druz, Oct 29, 2025
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OI19: The Trader Who Never Spoke...Until Now ft. David Druz
Podcast Episode · Top Traders Unplugged · 2025-10-29 · 1h 37m
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October 30, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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From Top Traders Unplugged: OI19: The Trader Who Never Spoke...Until Now ft. David Druz, Oct 29, 2025
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OI19: The Trader Who Never Spoke...Until Now ft. David Druz
Podcast Episode · Top Traders Unplugged · 2025-10-29 · 1h 37m
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October 30, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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From Top Traders Unplugged: SI371: Trends Don’t Form Randomly. They Form Reflexively ft. Richard Brennan, Oct 25, 2025
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SI371: Trends Don’t Form Randomly. They Form Reflexively ft. Richard Brennan
Podcast Episode · Top Traders Unplugged · 2025-10-25 · 1h 17m
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October 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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From RenMac: RenMac Off-Script: Bubble Bandwagons, Oct 24, 2025
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RenMac Off-Script: Bubble Bandwagons
Podcast Episode · RenMac · 2025-10-24 · 32m
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October 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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“market volatility increases when the market is making new highs and new lows versus another market. The vol compresses when it's making new highs.”

From Top Traders Unplugged: SI370: Nigol Koulajian & Alan Dunne, Oct 18, 2025
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October 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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“So when volatility is low relative to the other other measures of risk effectively trade short-term breakouts.”

From Top Traders Unplugged: SI370: Sharpe Ratios, Tail Risks, and the Cost of Comfort ft. Nigol Koulajian & Alan Dunne, Oct 18, 2025
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SI370: Sharpe Ratios, Tail Risks, and the Cost of Comfort ft. Nigol Koulajian & Alan Dunne
Podcast Episode · Top Traders Unplugged · 2025-10-18 · 1h 2m
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October 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM