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The SimCast Episode 5 – Oliver Velez the OG: His Story and Success

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We’re really excited to share this interview we had with Oliver, known as OV the OG. Oliver Velez is a part of the old guard of Wall Street traders and educators from the 80s and 90s. He shares with us how he got started from the age of 16 after witnessing his father’s success HODLing gold while he was working as a taxi cab entrepreneur.

From there, we get Oliver’s story from his passion with piano to his 6-year struggle to find consistency. Heck, you’ll even get to hear about Oliver the bum! But through the struggles, he found his way on Wall Street and never looked back.

As a founding partner in the Pristine Method, Oliver Velez has contributed a great deal to professional trading education through the decades. He is now focused on empowering new traders through his ifundtraders.com endeavor. Leveraging his own success and focusing heavily on Latin America, he provides trading capital and education to those looking to get ahead in life.

Oliver Velez's Prop Firm
Oliver Velez’s Prop Firm

SimCast Ep. 5 – Oliver Velez Topics and Chapters

  • Intro
  • Taxis, Gold, & Music — 2:00
  • Investment Club — 19:00
  • Early Trials — 23:30
  • Prop Firms — 42:40
  • Pristine — 56:00
  • The Change — 1:17:00
  • Bitcoin — 1:31:45
  • Outr — 1:44:20

In Episode 3 of the SimCast, we had the distinct pleasure of getting to know Roman Bogomazov. Roman is a veteran trader, Wyckoff enthusiast, and the lead educator and founder of WyckoffAnalytics.com. His courses are a refreshing departure from the wild west of trading gurus scattered across the web.

Instead, Roman has pulled from his academic days of studying technical analysis under Hank Pruden in the 90s to develop a very structured curriculum for all skill levels.

wyckoffanalytics home page

In this episode, we discuss a little about Roman’s past, his influences, some of his more salient learning experiences in the market, and how he has grown as an educator and portfolio manager. Roman, like many traders early on, faced a few “blow ups.” His advice about these learning experiences is priceless.

Roman the Teacher

In his 25+ years as an trader, he has had a lot of great mentors along the way. This influence is apparent in his teaching style, where he discovers the tape through the chart.

This is Part 1 of a three part series. You won’t want to miss these episodes as we display Roman’s style of teaching as he analyzes some of his own trades. To that end, be sure to stay tuned for Part 2 where we go in depth on the Wyckoff Methodology with Roman. He will also share many of his recent trades, including a post-trade analysis of Bitcoin.

SimCast Episode 3 – Roman Bogomazov Topics and Chapters:

  • Intro
  • Russia to Cali — 2:14
  • Hank Pruden — 8:30
  • Early Blow-ups — 14:45
  • Self-Discovery — 23:10
  • Roman the Teacher — 25:45
  • Education — 32:15
  • Hedge Fund Manager — 51:38
  • WyckoffAnalytics.com — 57:15
  • Outro — 1:01:50

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In Episode 2 of The Simcast, we had the special honor of speaking with Scott Redler, aka Red Dog. Scott is a regular contributor to Fox Business and CNBC as well as the Chief Strategic Officer at T3Live.com. As a veteran in the industry, Scott brings a refreshing down-to-earth, simple way of dissecting the markets. Not only is he a master technician, he is a highly disciplined person.

Scott’s followers know him as the man who wakes up at 4am, sharing his thoughts and plans for the trading day by around 6am. He cuts no slack to those who come to trading unprepared.

Like his discipline in trading, his routine in life is equally as regimented. He’s a triathlete, an active father, and devoted husband. No matter the action during the trading day, you can find him on a Peloton or in the gym around lunch time. He’s really got the holistic, balanced approach to being a professional trader down pat.

Scott Redler SimCast Topics and Free Materials

In this episode with Scott, we cover two of his more fundamental strategies with how to use the 8 and 21 exponential moving averages, as well as the Red Dog Reversal strategy.

Scott is always putting out great free content and mentions his two popular ebooks on the moving averages and Bitcoin in the podcast. Be sure to click the images below and download these here:

Scott Redler Simcast Free Ebook on Bitcoin
Scott Redler Simcast Free Ebook on Bitcoin
Redler Free Ebook on Moving Averages
Redler Free Ebook on Moving Averages

SimCast Timestamps

Please note that exact times may vary:

  • Intro
  • Scott’s Background & Discipline — 2:15
  • The Redler Daily Process — 4:46
  • Scott’s 8 & 21 moving averages — 9:42
  • The Red Dog Reversal — 17:00
  • Managing trades w/ Tiers — 26:40
  • The Day Count Rule — 29:00
  • Bitcoin — 38:00
  • Outro — 43:30