Explore every episode of the podcast Line Your Own Pockets
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backtesting Without Stops? | 27 juil. 2026 | 00:46:59 | |
| What To Do During a Trading Drawdown | 20 juil. 2026 | 00:46:10 | |
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we follow up on last week's topic of trading drawdowns and discuss concrete things you can do when you're in one. We discuss:
And much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Why Drawdowns Break Traders (And How to Survive Them) | 13 juil. 2026 | 00:44:07 | |
Every trader who has quit trading did so during a drawdown. In this episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we discuss this difficult topic and what you can do now to prepare. Topics include:
And much more... If you've never had a drawdown or aren't planning on having any more, then you can skip this one. :-) Otherwise... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| The Best Trading Ideas We've Shared in 100 Episodes | 06 juil. 2026 | 00:48:07 | |
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we reflect on 100 episodes of the podcast. (!!) We compare the most popular episodes by downloads with those we think are most valuable. Michael and I independently came to the episode with a list of 3 episodes we thought were the best. I was shocked when we compared the lists! Whether you're new to the podcast or a veteran of LYOP, this is a good episode to learn which concepts we think are the most valuable to serious traders. --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| The Fastest Way to Find Your Next Trading Strategy | 29 juin 2026 | 00:40:30 | |
| Why Your First Trading Strategy Can Hold You Back | 22 juin 2026 | 00:43:31 | |
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we continue the recent series on the mindset of creating new strategies. This time, we focus on branching out from your first profitable strategy, after you've started creating variations of that first one. Topics covered:
And much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| How to Add More Trades to Your Strategy | 15 juin 2026 | 00:50:21 | |
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, Dave shares the exact steps he took to go from 300 trades a year to 3500 by backtesting and automating his trading system. We discuss:
And much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| From One Profitable Strategy to Two | 08 juin 2026 | 00:44:59 | |
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we take on a listener question from Emmett on how to go from one profitable strategy to two. We discuss:
And much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Follow Up on Interview with Garrett Drinon | 01 juin 2026 | 00:38:12 | |
On this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we reflect on the recent interview with Garrett Drinon from last week. We discuss:
And much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Interview with Garrett Drinon, SMB Capital | 25 mai 2026 | 00:59:01 | |
| A Better Way to Get Market Data | 18 mai 2026 | 00:50:52 | |
In this episode of Line Your Own Pockets, Dave shares two new tools to download and manage market data for backtesting and creating profitable trading strategies. Both of these tools are available for free in the Free Tools section of my website. (More free tools coming soon.) Michael and I discuss the motivation for creating these. Topics covered:
And much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| How Important Are Delisted Symbols to Your Strategy? | 11 mai 2026 | 00:38:40 | |
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we discuss the touchy subject of delisted stocks. In this "spirited" discussion, Michael and I agree on the concept of survivorship bias, but disagree on how important it is. Topics covered:
And much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Create Redundancy in your Trading Business | 04 mai 2026 | 00:38:26 | |
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we discuss adding redundancy to your trading. Outages aren't a matter of if but when. Topics include:
And much more... As mentioned in the podcast, here's an example of an internet router that can use multiple ISPs. --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| How To Choose a Broker for Systematic Trading | 27 avr. 2026 | 00:46:36 | |
| Interview with Brandon Kaisler from Cesta Capital | 20 avr. 2026 | 00:50:22 | |
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we sit down with Brandon Kaisler of Cesta Capital, a brokerage catering to active short sellers. In a wide-ranging interview, we discuss topics from a broker's perspective, including:
And much more... This is a rare and honest look at the business side of active trading and what it means for active traders. --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| All About Data for Backtesting | 13 avr. 2026 | 00:39:31 | |
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we discuss market data for backtesting. Topics covered:
And much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Interview with Trent Smalley from DTN/IQFeed | 06 avr. 2026 | 00:53:55 | |
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we interview Trent Smalley with DTN and IQFeed. We discuss:
And much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Using AI Agents for Strategies Part 3 | 30 mars 2026 | 00:49:54 | |
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we continue the discussion of using AI agents for strategy creation gruntwork. Topics discussed:
Much more... I think this was the best one yet on AI. --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Using AI Agents for Trading Strategies Part 2 | 23 mars 2026 | 00:41:50 | |
We continue last week's discussion on using Claude and OpenClaw to automate strategy creation. We touch on:
Much more, including the next steps of using the Cruncher in this process... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Using AI Agents to Backtest Strategy Ideas | 16 mars 2026 | 00:34:35 | |
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we discuss Michael's project for having OpenClaw create and run backtests from his list of research ideas for trading strategies.
And much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Strategies for Small Accounts | 09 mars 2026 | 00:40:11 | |
We cover:
And much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| How to Trade with a Small Account | 02 mars 2026 | 00:45:56 | |
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we discuss trading with a small account. Topics discussed:
And much more... including my rant about a trading mistake I made just before we recorded this. --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Curve Fitting is Easy to Avoid | 23 févr. 2026 | 00:36:00 | |
If you've ever wondered if you're curve fitting with your trading strategy, this episode is for you. We discuss:
And much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| How to Grow Your Column Library | 16 févr. 2026 | 00:47:46 | |
Michael and I discuss how to think about improving your column library over time. We discuss:
And much more...
--- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Qualities that Predict a Profitable Trader | 09 févr. 2026 | 00:46:33 | |
Topics discussed:
Much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Should You Use Python for Backtesting? | 02 févr. 2026 | 00:35:51 | |
We discuss:
Much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Amibroker: The Adventure Continues | 26 janv. 2026 | 00:45:50 | |
Topics include:
Dave's hardware specs for his backtesting computer. --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| How Discretionary Traders Can Add Automated Strategies | 19 janv. 2026 | 00:33:41 | |
We go over:
Much more. Here's the book mentioned in the show: The Art of Noticing --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Next Steps with Amibroker | 12 janv. 2026 | 00:46:40 | |
Dave continues helping Michael create a first backtest in Amibroker. You might think "backtesting is backtesting," but we cover many of the differences between RealTest and Amibroker, as well as their implications. We discuss:
And much more... Dave also announces the new MabeKit AFL Generator tool. --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Getting Started with Amibroker | 05 janv. 2026 | 00:42:22 | |
Dave offers advice and feedback to Michael, who is learning to use Amibroker for the first time. He's coming from RealTest, so we go over the similarities and differences between the two platforms. We discuss:
Much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| How To Run Your Trading Like a Franchise Business | 29 déc. 2025 | 00:31:07 | |
We discuss the actual nuts and bolts of what running your trading like a franchise means:
And much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| The ICE Method for Prioritizing Strategies | 22 déc. 2025 | 00:33:26 | |
As traders gain experience, the problem shifts from not having enough ideas to having too many ideas competing for limited time and mental energy. Without a system, this abundance quickly becomes overwhelming and leads to paralysis or procrastination. We discuss the ICE method - a simple scoring method to determine which ideas to work on first. Spreadsheet Link https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iWG87jZ7KiANQzH9O8KwgtRRl5Wcd60Q/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=112987133391354450813&rtpof=true&sd=true --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| How Much Does Speed Matter in Trading? | 15 déc. 2025 | 00:38:52 | |
In this week's episode of Line Your Own Pockets, we take on a topic submitted by Isaac, a trader I work with. We discuss:
And much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Portfolio Level Backtesting - Useful or Waste of Time? | 08 déc. 2025 | 00:48:59 | |
We butt heads in this episode, arguing about the value of portfolio-level backtesting, one of the key feature differences between RealTest and Amibroker. Is portfolio-level testing essential, or simply premature optimization? --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| How Often Should You Re-Optimize? | 01 déc. 2025 | 00:41:12 | |
We discuss:
--- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Is Moving Your Stop To Breakeven a Mistake? | 24 nov. 2025 | 00:40:50 | |
We discuss:
This is a great example of the platitudes you often hear from people who are good at talking about trading, but don't actually trade. --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Next Steps When Your Strategy Fades | 17 nov. 2025 | 00:36:34 | |
| You Missed a Trade - Now What? | 10 nov. 2025 | 00:41:30 | |
You didn't get a fill on your original entry. The trade would have been profitable for a bit, then it comes back to your original entry price. Do you take the trade? We go in-depth, answering this common dilemma.
Here's the original article Dave wrote on this topic. --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| NASDAQ's Announcement on Tokenization of Stocks | 03 nov. 2025 | 00:50:26 | |
Michael and Dave discuss NASDAQ's initiative to tokenize all securities and the implications for traders. They discuss:
And much more... --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| What To Do When a Strategy Flips | 27 oct. 2025 | 00:32:54 | |
| Stopped Out by a Penny? Good. | 20 oct. 2025 | 00:46:13 | |
We've got news for you - there's nobody who cares enough about your stops to go "hunting for them." And getting stopped out by a penny is frustrating, but it's actually a good sign.
--- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Is Trading Gambling? | 13 oct. 2025 | 00:30:18 | |
In this episode, we tackle this popular question. Dave polled several traders he coaches and got some surprising answers.
What's your take? --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Using Alternative Data in a Backtest | 06 oct. 2025 | 00:41:30 | |
In this episode, we discuss the best way to use alternative data in your backtest.
Other episodes mentioned: Using News in Your Trading Strategy --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| A Different Way to Go Live | 29 sept. 2025 | 00:36:50 | |
In this episode, Dave discusses a conversation he had with John M. from SMB Trading and his unique approach to taking a strategy live. We discuss:
--- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Follow Up On Quant/Discretionary Collaboration | 22 sept. 2025 | 00:42:51 | |
Follow-up discussion on quant and discretionary trader collaboration. We discuss:
Books mentioned: --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Mike Bellafiore and Nick Coutrakon from SMB Capital on Trading Teams | 15 sept. 2025 | 00:51:35 | |
Mike Bellafiore and Nick Coutrakon join the podcast to continue a discussion Mike had with Dave on the makeup of trading teams at SMB Capital, a proprietary trading firm in NYC. What's the best way to include a quantitative trader in a discretionary trading team? --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Baby Steps Towards Automating Your Trades | 08 sept. 2025 | 00:43:50 | |
Are you a profitable trader but hesitant to automate your trades? In this episode, we discuss multiple steps to take towards having a computer make trades without fully automating. --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Which Version of This Strategy Is Best? | 01 sept. 2025 | 00:43:57 | |
We discuss 4 different variations of a strategy that Dave is deciding between and the thought process for doing so. --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| Choosing a Trading Computer | 25 août 2025 | 00:36:00 | |
Lessons learned from buying a new trading computer. --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||
| How to Trade When Traveling | 18 août 2025 | 00:49:59 | |
Remote desktop solution mentioned: --- Before you go! The next time you find yourself in a drawdown, I want you to stop what you're doing and head on over to betterbacktesting.com to sign up for my free backtesting email course. I hope to see you there! | |||