The Day Trading Show

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Welcome to The Day Trading Show, hosted by entrepreneur, and co-owner of ASFX, Austin Silver. In this podcast you'll find trading content specifically designed to help you make better trading decisions going forward. Most of these episodes have videos that go with them - linked in the individual show notes. Please subscribe and leave a review. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

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August 29, 2026Episode 23947 min

James Lost $50,000 in One Day: His Trading Recovery Story

James Bruce shares his raw recovery story: a catastrophic $50K loss in one day due to a trade copier error on New Year's Eve 2021, followed by a brutal seven-month drawdown that nearly broke him. The key lesson: don't make trading your identity. After making $150K in 2020, he hit rock bottom but stayed locked in because he'd proven it was possible before. Learn why sizing down matters, how to rebuild after massive losses, the importance of having income outside trading, and why showing losses publicly (not just wins) is critical for the trading community. From near-bankruptcy to $70K+ in payouts, this is the unfiltered truth about trader recovery. 🎯 Sponsor: Prop Firm Match — Compare 40+ prop firms side-by-side. Code MATCH 🔗 https://www.propfirmmatch.com/?a_aid=asfx 🔄 Sponsor: TradeSyncer — 30% off w/ code ASFX 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/ts 🎥 Trade Live With Me — Free 7-day trial 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/first 🧠 Sponsor: TradeZella — 20% off w/ code ASFX 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/tz 1:23 - James Bruce intro: $70K payouts this year 4:12 - How James found Austin (mid-2019) 5:00 - Borrowed money from dad for Austin's course 10:04 - 2020 success: Made $150K with father-in-law's capital 10:20 - 2021 seven-month drawdown begins 12:00 - Biggest lesson: Don't make trading your identity 13:00 - The $50K loss story (trade copier error on New Year's Eve) 16:00 - Character building & resilience from massive losses 18:00 - Tweet: Why trading shouldn't be your only income source 36:00 - Why showing losses publicly is critical for community 38:00 - Birthday week: Down $32K, recovered $50K next week 42:00 - Why win rate matters more than R-multiple

August 22, 2026Episode 24051 min

How Big Money ACTUALLY Moves The Market | Scott Pulcini

Scott Pulcini breaks down why CVD divergences are unreliable and reveals what's actually driving the market: options flow, gamma levels, and price-change algos. After 9 years of trading stop-runs and icebergs as his main edge, he's shifted focus to zero-DTE options hedging by dealers—which moves 90% of intraday action most days. The key insight: stop/iceberg events validate where the market will react, but options flow (gamma, pace of tape, relative volume) tells you when and how. He demonstrates real trades including why his 3-minute VWAP trade worked and how price-change reversions can be scalped or held based on confluence. Sponsor: Prop Firm Match. Compare 40+ firms side-by-side. Code MATCH → https://www.propfirmmatch.com/?a_aid=asfx Try Bookmap and Save - https://www.asfx.biz/bookmap Connect with Scott - https://www.scottpulcinitrader.com/ 0:00 — Headline risk destroying setups; options flow now dominates 3:00 — Stop runs & icebergs → options gamma edge shift (9 years vs new game) 8:03 — Real-time options flow example: dealers hedging move market, visible in charts 13:14 — Why CVD divergences fail: it only shows aggressor, not intention 16:48 — Six stop/iceberg setups; GEX levels are magnets dealers must hedge at 20:15 — Zero-DTE gamma "sexy gexi" entries vs reversion trades off GEX bounces 23:54 — Randy's YM trade: bought VWAP at 9:57 ET, out in 3 mins (entry anatomy) 27:35 — Euro options flow drives hero, not futures → source of moves 31:45 — Market pulse price change algo: reversion-to-mean every 5 min when quiet 35:48 — Relative volume key: use Sierra Charts (30-day lookback), not Thinkorswim (60-period only) 39:30 — Real NQ trade setup: VWAP + GEX2 + price change + pace of tape = "reversion dream" 42:50 — How to manage: scalp around position or trail half using price-change exits 46:20 — Risk half an ATR on price-change scalps; protect against big money runs 49:01 — Scott's chart tabs problem: too much data layered, needs Bookmap UI fix

August 15, 2026Episode 23947 min

From $50K to $270K: How Nick Stewart Scaled His Live Account

Nick Stewart is BACK!! In today's podcast, he reveals how he scaled from a $50K live account to $270K+ in withdrawals this year by ditching prop firms and sizing up to 10x on high-probability setups. 🎟️ ASFX Futures Bootcamp 2027 – Tampa, May 13-14 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/bootcamp He breaks down the copy trading strategy that lets traders manage multiple funded accounts simultaneously, shares the psychology of handling big losses (he took a $21K hit in one day), and explains why futures payouts beat CFDs for consistency. Plus: Trade Set journal launch, UK bootcamp announcement, and NYC event details for the community. Connect with Nick: https://www.youtube.com/@TimeToEatTrading 🎯 Sponsor: Prop Firm Match — Compare 40+ prop firms side-by-side. Code MATCH 🔗 https://www.propfirmmatch.com/?a_aid=asfx 🔄 Sponsor: TradeSyncer — 30% off w/ code ASFX 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/ts 🎥 Trade Live With Me — Free 7-day trial 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/first 0:26 — Family update: 4 kids, life's good 2:13 — Nick confirmed as Bootcamp 2027 speaker (first teaching gig) 4:54 — Futures payouts easier than CFDs (no drawdown seesaw trap) 8:22 — Evals - instant funded for new traders (cheap learning phase) 13:14 — Copy trading setup: 3 of 5 accounts locked after daily P&L 17:13 — New trader mindset: don't take wins or losses personal 20:45 — Playbook building: collect 20+ samples, find your edge 24:15 — High win rate trap: 70% WR = 30 unavoidable losses per 100 trades 28:07 — Live account leap: $50K -- $130K -- withdraw, repeat ($270K total YTD) 33:28 — Left prop firms for freedom; trading 5–10K size now 35:48 — Gold 90–95% of trades, selective NQ entries, avoiding chop 39:30 — TradeSet journal launched: analytics + mindset + behavior scoring 45:28 — Bootcamp talk prep: technical focus, show wins + losses + strategy

August 8, 2026Episode 2381 hr 1 min

The Truth About Copy Trading: Blame Yourself, Not The Strategy

The boys are back for the first Home Team episode since the London Prop Firm Expo and the May Bootcamp. Austin, Randy, Evan, and Bruce dig into Bootcamp 2026 recap stories, why copy trading is the real scale in prop trading (and why people blame it for their own losses), the VTC indicator/double break strategy trends, prop firm drama, and wrap with NFL/NBA/MLB predictions for the fall. 🎯 Sponsor: Prop Firm Match — Compare 40+ prop firms side-by-side. Code MATCH 🔗 https://www.propfirmmatch.com/?a_aid=asfx 🔄 Sponsor: TradeSyncer — 30% off w/ code ASFX 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/ts 🎥 Trade Live With Me — Free 30-day trial 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/first 🧠 Sponsor: TradeZella — 20% off w/ code ASFX 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/tz 00:00 – Cold open: "documentation of the end of ASFX" + copy trading blame game 01:12 – Intro back from London Expo & May Bootcamp 02:00 – Bootcamp 2027 tickets on sale, Randy's stage evolution story 04:16 – The dinner bill roast — "how cheap some influencers really are" 09:41 – Prop firm drama, copy trading as the real scale, TradeSyncer discount code 12:08 – Copy trading psychology: "your trading capital's got to match your mental capital" 19:59 – TradeSyncer sponsor read + ASFX stream free trial offer 20:57 – VTC indicator, double break win rate, systematic vs. discretionary trading 39:38 – "Rich" giveaway winner story — blew 3 accounts, now stacking payouts 1:00:58 – NFL/NBA/MLB predictions wrap + Penn State college football game idea

August 1, 2026Episode 23751 min

He Got Tired Of Prop Firms... So He Built an AI Hedge Fund

Dylan Maltman of Apex Capital Management (Cape Town) joins the show to break down how he went from a banned retail prop trader to running an AI-native futures hedge fund. He details Apex's origin story, the difference between proprietary trading and challenge-based prop firms, and how Apex structures capital raising through SMAs vs. LPGP vehicles. 🎯 Sponsor: Prop Firm Match — Compare 40+ prop firms side-by-side. Code MATCH 🔗 https://www.propfirmmatch.com/?a_aid=asfx 🔄 TradeSyncer — 30% off w/ code ASFX 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/ts 🎥 Trade Live With Me — Free 30-day trial 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/first 🧠 TradeZella — 20% off w/ code ASFX 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/tz He dives deep into daily operations — fully automated order-flow strategies run on the Sierra platform with Chicago colocation for millisecond latency — and explains why Apex doesn't do manual or discretionary trades, instead selling investors on a consistent risk/return distribution. He also unpacks how AI now touches every part of the fund's research and execution pipeline, and closes with a technical breakdown of the order book square root law and why speed matters in delta/order-flow trading. Connect with Dylan - https://za.linkedin.com/in/dylan-maltman-8b575b1b1 00:01:22 – Dylan joins from Cape Town; intro and backstory with Austin 00:03:53 – What Apex Capital actually is: proprietary trading firm, not a challenge-based prop firm 00:05:09 – Dylan's background: crypto prop shop, sell-side derivatives, then going independent 00:06:01 – Getting banned from retail challenges, the Luxembourg hedge fund offer, and founding Apex in 2024 00:08:16 – Entrepreneurial mindset: separating the fantasy of trading from the reality 00:10:00 – Designing Apex's capital structure around survivability, not high-growth VC style 00:12:31 – Day-to-day life as a fund manager: strategy design, P&L checks, watching latency 00:17:17 – Why Apex uses Sierra platform and Chicago colocation instead of building custom tech yet 00:18:01 – What it was like raising capital in the early days vs. now 00:23:01 – Apex's niche: asymmetric strategies for hedge funds and prop groups focused on drawdown 00:26:35 – How scaling client allocations works, from starting ticket to max cap 00:29:00 – SMA structure explained: how client money never touches Dylan directly 00:33:00 – Latency and risk engine allocation across sub-accounts explained 00:36:34 – Why Apex is fully automated with no manual/discretionary trades 00:44:19 – Biggest mistake: a risk-sizing error on a new order management system import 00:50:59 – Order book square root law explained — why speed matters in delta/order-flow trading 00:56:09 – Closing thoughts and where to find Dylan and Apex Capital

July 28, 2026Episode 2361 hr 2 min

CEO of Take Profit Trader Exposes Simulation Exploitation (And How He Stops It)

James Sixsmith, CEO of Take Profit Trader, returns to The Day Trading Show for a deep-dive on prop firm infrastructure, risk management, and what actually predicts a trader's success. He explains the difference between front-end platforms (NinjaTrader, Tradovate, Wealth Charts) and back-end order/risk management systems (CQG, Rithmic, Teton, CTS), and why building a fully in-house risk system has taken TPT two years and counting. Sponsor: Prop Firm Match Compare over 40 prop firms — rules, drawdowns, payouts, scalability. Code MATCH to save on any firm! Click here — ⁠https://www.propfirmmatch.com/?a_aid=asfx He goes deep on CME Rule 575 (disruptive/spoofing practices) and why TPT enforces live-market rules in simulation too — because strategies that work in sim get carried into live, and TPT is on the hook with the CME regardless of account size. He teases the upcoming TPT Score (a multi-factor, AI-driven scorecard using 120+ data vectors from 6.6 billion filled sides) and confirms it's being held back until edge cases are reliable enough to avoid ranking mismatches. The conversation closes with his read on what separates winning traders — smaller size, longer hold times, fewer trades — and how prop trading fits into the broader boom in prediction markets, AI-assisted trading, and retail speculation. 🔄 Sponsor: TradeSyncer — 30% off w/ code ASFX 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/ts 🎥 Trade Live With Me — Free 30-day trial 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/first 🧠 Sponsor: TradeZella — 20% off w/ code ASFX 🔗 https://www.asfx.biz/tz 00:01:23 – Stanley Cup talk (Caps, Canes, Panthers, Rod Brind'Amour) 00:10:10 – Pro+ program updates and platform landscape (Wealth Charts, Apex) 00:13:00 – Front-end vs. back-end: CQG, Rithmic, Teton, CTS explained 00:16:40 – Why building an in-house risk/platform system takes years 00:23:20 – Strategies TPT won't fund; simulation exploitation 00:24:40 – CME Rule 575, spoofing, and Aventus surveillance system 00:33:00 – How TPT protects downside on live accounts using trade data 00:38:05 – TPT Score explained: 120+ AI vectors, why it's not live yet 00:52:00 – What makes an ideal trader: trade smaller and less often 00:56:00 – Copy trading, leverage, and why "9010 rule" traders complain

July 18, 2026Episode 23553 min

Five Straight Five-Figure Months - Here's How He Did It!

Zach (Real Deal Futures) returns for part 3 of The Day Trading Show to break down his run of five consecutive five-figure months in prop firm payouts. Sponsor: Prop Firm Match Compare over 40 prop firms — rules, drawdowns, payouts, scalability. Code MATCH to save on any firm! Click here — ⁠https://www.propfirmmatch.com/?a_aid=asfx They dig into the community backlash around traders getting "moved to live" right before big sim payouts, how Zach approaches spend/reinvestment discipline (funding new evals with prior payouts rather than a fixed budget), what "aggressive" trading actually means (patient entries + heavy size, not random clicking), and why higher-frequency scalping with modest risk-to-reward tends to favor consistent payouts. Zach also explains why he shut down his free YouTube streams to launch a high-touch, four-month one-on-one coaching program (unlimited text/call access, weekly check-ins), and the two wrap with talk on futures trading competitions, in-person community at events, and the ASFX Bootcamp returning May 13–14 in Tampa.Connect With Zach @RealDealFutures Work with me + discounts on my favorite firms → https://www.asfx.biz/links

July 11, 2026Episode 23443 min

The Reason Rob Hoffman Created Wealth Charts...

Rob Hoffman — founder of Wealth Charts and the most decorated real-money trading competition champion in the world — joins the show to break down the wild growth of prop trading, why Wealth Charts refuses outside ownership, and the inside story of how an Apex conversation sparked a Trading View competitor. Plus: details on the upcoming Wealth 365 Summit and 600+ free prop evaluations. 🔗 Wealth 365 Summit sign-up: https://www.wealth365.com/bt Sponsor: Prop Firm Match Compare over 40 prop firms — rules, drawdowns, payouts, scalability. Code MATCH to save on any firm! Click here — ⁠https://www.propfirmmatch.com/?a_aid=asfx Work with me: https://www.asfx.biz/links 00:00 – Cold open: prop industry explosion 01:31 – Rob's intro & 37 championships 05:01 – Best competition story: Daryl vs. Rob (Apex) 08:56 – Trading through a Trump speech in Italy 10:59 – Prop's explosive growth: exciting vs. terrifying 12:03 – The "yolo" account-blowing problem 24:03 – Wealth Charts ownership: zero outside equity 31:35 – How Daryl Martin inspired Wealth Charts Prop 34:03 – 10 new prop firms signed in 2 weeks 42:17 – Wealth 365 Summit sign-up + close

June 27, 2026Episode 23337 min

Options Prop Firm Strategy For Quick Payouts!

Austin sits down with Lander, who turned his entertainment-driven YouTube channel into a launchpad for his options trading career — including connections with traders like Lance Breitstein. He breaks down how he's pulled $20K in payouts from Vanquish, sharing the exact multi-strike tactic he uses to clear the consistency rule fast and get funded without grinding through eval purgatory. Sponsor: Prop Firm Match Compare over 40 prop firms — rules, drawdowns, payouts, scalability. Code MATCH to save on any firm! Click here — ⁠https://www.propfirmmatch.com/?a_aid=asfx 🚀 Level Up Your Trading with ASFX 🎓 Free Futures 101 Course 🔗 asfx.biz/futures101 🎥 Trade LIVE With Me Every Morning 🔗 asfx.biz/First 🧠 Track Your Stats – TradeZella – Code ASFX = 20% off 🔗 asfx.biz/TZ 🔍 See the Order Flow – Bookmap Discounts 🔗 asfx.biz/bookmap

June 20, 2026Episode 23244 min

From Electrician to $76,000 Prop Trader: SavvyB's Blueprint

Austin Silver sits down with Brad "Savvy B," a Canadian futures trader from Kingston, Ontario who went from 15 years as an electrician to full-time trading. They cover his journey from penny stocks to options to futures prop trading, his $76K payout on Apex, why he now trades his own cash, his institutional level-based strategy, and a shared philosophy around consistency, paying yourself daily, and avoiding the flex culture of trading social media. Connect with SavvyB - https://x.com/savvybtrades Sponsor: Prop Firm Match Compare over 40 prop firms — rules, drawdowns, payouts, scalability. Code MATCH to save on any firm! Click here — ⁠https://www.propfirmmatch.com/?a_aid=asfx 🚀 Level Up Your Trading with ASFX 🎓 Free Futures 101 Course 🔗 asfx.biz/futures101 🎥 Trade LIVE With Me Every Morning 🔗 asfx.biz/First 🧠 Track Your Stats – TradeZella – Code ASFX = 20% off 🔗 asfx.biz/TZ 🔍 See the Order Flow – Bookmap Discounts 🔗 asfx.biz/bookmap