TraderDane
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.
Episodes
15 episodes
Fitness Coach and Day Trader - Jorden Pagel
In the Season 1 finale, I’m joined by Jorden Pagel, a Southern California based health and fitness coach who transitioned into trading after a client introduced him to the markets. We discuss how his gradual, habit-based transformation from bei...
Futures Day Trading Deep Dive: Ben Price Interview
This week, I'm joined by Ben Price, an upcoming futures day trader from the UK. I met Ben at the Futures Bootcamp in Tampa and we quickly agreed to do an episode as Ben has so much value to share with other developing traders and a cool story o...
Clay Hodges, Co-founder and CTO of Top One Futures
This week, I am joined by Clay Hodges, Co-founder and Chief Trading Officer at Top One Futures. As is customary, I explore my guest's back story to find out what brought them to the world of trading, and Clay's story stands out. He has...
DrewTrades on Futures Trading Consistency, First Payout, and Building the Futures Syndicate
I am joined by DrewTrades, who shares his path from paper-trading forex at the age of 17–18 to taking futures seriously from Oct 2024, starting with options, then prop trading NQ/ES and later natural gas before settling on ES for cleaner price ...
Freya Futures: Trading Mindset and Overcoming Limiting Beliefs
I am joined by Judy, the creator of Freya Futures, who began trading about a year and a half ago as a way to apply concepts from a book she was writing on overcoming limiting beliefs and identity shifts. Judy describes trading as a tool for con...
From Side Hustles to First Prop-Firm Payout: Ryan Fuss on Trading Mindset and Playing the Game
This time, I welcome Ryan to the TraderDane podcast, where we discuss Ryan’s path as a 21-year-old entrepreneur who left plumbing in favour of car detailing and couch flipping businesses. Ryan became drawn to trading to obtain financial freedom...
What actually stands between you and profitability - conversation with Dr. David Bonanno
Jesper hosts the TraderDane podcast, this time with guest Dr. David Bonanno, a clinical psychologist and author of The Consistently Calm Trader (see link below), who has worked in the mental health field since 1993 and served over 17,000 client...
From Zero to First Prop Firm Payout
In episode eight of the Trader Dane podcast, I explain how I went from knowing nothing about trading to earning my first prop firm payout in under six months after starting my first prop account and about eight months total trading experience. ...
Episode 7 - From engineering and poker to day trading - Trade talk with upcoming day trader Emiel Middel
In TraderDane Episode 7, I sit down with upcoming day trader Emiel Middel who hails from the Netherlands. We dive into his background, how he got into trading while managing a career as a marine surveying engineer and applying his experience wi...
Episode 6 - How I generate profits in my own trading - A deep dive
Episode 6 - How I generate profits in my own trading - A deep diveIntroducing episode six as a deep dive into how I trade, recommending viewers watch on YouTube due to chart markups. I explain using black-on-white candlestick charts to r...
Episode 5 Flipping couches and day trading Trader's Talk with upcoming trader Griffin Ouellette
In Episode 5 of the TraderDane podcast, I welcome my first guest, Griffin, and we discuss connecting through Austin Silver’s Black Shirt Club, carrying forward accountability habits via a shared Discord, and the value of community and mentorshi...
Macro Market Outlook for Traders
In episode four of the TraderDane podcast, I frame how current macro uncertainty affects trading, citing Middle East turmoil and disruption through the Strait of Hormuz, spiking oil (WTI near 120 and Brent above 100), a strengthening dollar as ...
Day Trading Indicators: VWAP, Volume Profile, and the Opening Range
Episode three of the Trader Dane podcast (not financial advice) explains what technical indicators are and how they’re derived from candlestick price and time data, using moving averages as a core example, including concepts like golden/death c...
Why European Traders Need a Different Playbook (Episode 2) | Trader Dane Podcast
In episode two of the Trader Dane podcast, I explain my goal of creating a European- and Danish-focused counterbalance to mainstream investment media that emphasizes long-term buy-and-hold and “cheap vs. expensive” stock narratives. Drawing on ...
From Geology to Day Trading - A Personal Journey (Episode 1) - TraderDane Podcast
On this first episode, I introduce myself and go through my journey all the way from studying at university, via conventional investing to venturing into day trading in 2025. TraderDane, hosted by TraderDane himself, Jesper Holst, ...
