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Insilico Terminal Podcast
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Dive into the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency trading with the Insilico Terminal Podcast, the ultimate audio companion for traders of all levels. Hosted by the team behind Insilico Terminal - the high-performance, user-friendly platform. We bring you expert insights, market analysis, and behind-the-scenes stories straight from the crypto trenches.
Each episode features in-depth discussions on trading-strategies, execution tips, emerging trends in crypto, and exclusive interviews with top traders, builders, and industry innovators. Tune in for actionable advice, real-time market breakdowns, and the latest updates on Terminal's advanced features.
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Most traders fool themselves with backtests - GoshawkTrades on systematic trading
6d ago01:05:30Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we’re joined by @GoshawkTrades, a systematic and algorithmic trader running 12+ live strategies across futures, equities, and crypto. We talk about how he got into trading, why he moved toward systematic strategies, what he got wrong early, and what his trading looks like today. We also cover where strategy ideas come from, how to test them properly, the most common backtesting mistakes, strategy decay, correlation across multiple algos, risk management, kill switches, quant vs discretionary trading, and how AI agents could change markets over the next few years.00:00 Getting into trading and moving from discretionary to systematic 03:47 Shorting small cap gappers and finding his first profitable system 08:50 Moving from small caps into futures and crypto 13:44 Discretionary trading, FOMO, and scratching the itch responsibly 18:57 Where systematic strategy ideas come from 23:34 Building a portfolio across trend, mean reversion, and inefficiencies 31:41 Whether trend following still works in sideways markets 40:07 How he sizes and allocates between strategies 46:24 Dealing with drawdowns and knowing when to cut a strategy 53:33 The biggest mistakes newer algo traders make 01:05:50 Finding edge in new markets
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Why Retail Gets Trapped - Skew on Order Flow, Altcoins, and Crypto Market Structure
2w ago01:05:42Tap to summarizeSkew joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about how crypto markets have changed, why trading is more competitive now, and how he uses order flow, market structure, CVD, OI, funding, and sentiment to find trades. We covered his early Bitcoin story, learning to trade on BitMEX, the difference between speculation and real trading, how large players create traps in the market, how to find strong altcoins, and what he is watching in the current macro and crypto cycle.00:00 The story behind “52kskew” and finding Bitcoin early 09:07 Learning to trade on BitMEX and why price action comes first 15:28 Market traps, liquidity games, and how crypto changed since 2019 23:28 How Skew trades today: trend, momentum, and order flow 29:14 Using OI, funding, CVD, and footprint without getting misled 34:13 Speculation vs real trading, and the mistakes most traders make 38:13 Finding strong altcoins, sizing positions, and managing risk 46:09 Trading ranges, sentiment extremes, and market psychology 53:54 Market maker games, toxic flow, and reading large players 58:13 Current market outlook, macro risks, and advice for newer traders
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The joy of missing out - Jords on Hyperliquid, Solana, and making it in crypto
3w ago01:04:24Tap to summarizeJords joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his path through crypto, from early trading mistakes and Solana NFTs to Hyperliquid, airdrops, logging off, and coming back when the market looked dead again.We talked about why he avoids perps, how he became early to Solana NFTs, what made Hyperliquid stand out before the airdrop, why he prefers buying depressed assets over chasing leverage, and how logging off changed his relationship with crypto.Also covered: missing Trump coin, the joy of missing out, buying when everyone thinks it’s over, BTC/HYPE positioning, crypto cycles, and why contributing to the industry can be a better path than gambling your net worth.00:00 Who is Jords?06:00 Getting into crypto through COVID markets17:10 How he became early to Solana NFTs20:25 Why he logs off when crypto gets euphoric29:49 Why perps never worked for his trading style33:01 Discovering Hyperliquid before the airdrop41:03 What life looks like after “making it”50:25 The joy of missing out on Trump coin56:22 Buying when everyone thinks it’s over59:11 Crypto outlook, BTC/HYPE, and advice for beginners
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StonXBT: Turning 3K Into 800K, Prop Trading, Risk Management & Macro
4w ago01:10:07Tap to summarizeStonXBT joined the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his path from early crypto, learning market profile and order flow, trading on a prop desk, and building a risk-first approach to markets. We covered scalping DOM and iceberg orders, why most traders skip real source material, how he thinks about position sizing and leverage, turning £3k into £800k, and why the biggest returns usually come from boring trend-following rather than constantly chasing trades. We also talked about Bitcoin, Hyperliquid, crypto losing its original identity, macro risk, oil, AI, the carry trade, and why markets can keep going up even when the world looks unstable.00:00 Intro / how Sokio first found Ston on CT 02:04 Ston’s origin story and getting into crypto 12:14 From random TA to real risk management 15:36 Scalping DOM, icebergs, and BitMEX execution 20:21 Why risk management matters more than the strategy 24:44 Why traders should read source material, not Twitter summaries 34:21 Hyperliquid, crypto’s identity crisis, and real use cases 42:38 Macro, war, oil, and why markets keep ignoring risk 01:04:12 How to make big returns with BTC/ETH and trend following
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Crypto isn't what it used to be - Krillin on markets, macro, and adapting as a trader
Apr 3001:01:39Tap to summarizeKrillin joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about getting into crypto in 2017, riding the altcoin euphoria, losing money through the bear market, and slowly turning that into a real trading process. We cover early altcoin trading, manual market making on IDEX, risk management, adapting across market conditions, why he moved more toward SPX and TradFi, how macro helped him sell the 2021 top, his thoughts on Hyperliquid, and why trading should be treated like a serious job - not a shortcut to getting rich.0:00 Intro & Krillin’s CT origin story 5:52 Getting into crypto in 2017 8:19 Turning $10k into almost $200k 13:45 Manual market making on early DEXs 17:38 Rebuilding after the 2018 bear market 24:58 When to be defensive vs offensive 28:23 Using AI for stock research 33:40 Macro, liquidity, and selling the 2021 top 37:11 Why SPX fits his trading style 48:39 Hyperliquid, Binance, and DEX liquidity 58:49 Advice for newer traders
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Rbit: Bitcoin Mining, Mt. Gox, Stat Arb & the Future of Crypto HFT
Apr 2401:06:30Tap to summarizeRbit joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his 15-year journey through crypto — from discovering Bitcoin on 4chan, mining BTC in 2011, losing funds on Mt. Gox, and trading the early BitMEX era, to building statistical arbitrage and HFT systems. We cover the 2017 ICO cycle, Bitcoin fork trades, why 2018 pushed him toward quantitative trading, what stat arb actually means, how HFT signals differ from longer-term strategies, why smaller venues can still offer major edge, and how crypto market structure is becoming more competitive as exchanges move closer to TradFi infrastructure.00:00 Getting into Bitcoin in 2010, mining, Mt. Gox, and coming back in 2017 13:37 ICO mania, BitMEX, and the Bitcoin fork trade 17:14 Why 2018 pushed him toward quant trading 24:52 Building a profitable stat arb business on FTX 40:21 Stat arb vs HFT, and why crypto got more competitive 49:09 What his trading operation looks like today 55:13 The future of crypto market structure and where edge is going 01:05:04 Advice for newer traders and why quant thinking differs from retail
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Why crypto feels harder now - Nexus on news trading, Hyperliquid, and market evolution
Apr 1601:11:32Tap to summarizeTheCryptoNexus joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his path from blowing up trading accounts to making it back through news trading, how his style evolved from short-term scalping into more selective swing trading, and what he’s learned about risk, market structure, and surviving in crypto. The episode covers news trading, Hyperliquid, market evolution, meme coins, Bitcoin, and why making it in crypto feels harder now than it used to.Insilico Terminal Podcast Episode 31 - Nexus00:00 Intro, Nexus’ trading origin story from biotech stocks to crypto and short-term execution09:20 The Luna blow-up, losing everything, rebuilding through News trading 17:25 The iPad + Twitter notification News trading setup 25:24 Discovering Hyperliquid early, trading niche perps and why DEX execution finally felt usable 35:04 Managing the Hyperliquid airdrop, risk lessons from blowing up 45:50 Crypto’s future, becoming a Bitcoin + Hyperliquid maxi 57:08 Why crypto is harder now, smarter competition and better tools 01:04:07 The downside of posting trades publicly, ego traps, Twitter pressure and final advice for traders trying to make it
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What makes traders make it - Audy from Credo on edge, hiring, and crypto prop firms
Apr 901:03:46Tap to summarizeAudy joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his path from solo crypto trader to operations manager at Credo, how modern crypto prop firms actually work, and what separates traders who make it from those who don’t. The episode covers hiring, track records, discipline, confidence, portfolio construction, market regimes, and why working at a fund can be a much better path than trying to make it alone.Insilico Terminal Podcast Episode 30 - Audy, Head of Operations at Credo00:00 Intro, Audy’s background, Bybit competition breakthrough and joining Credo08:10 Inside the prop desk, remote trading floor, desk calls and trader freedom vs allocations16:11 Hiring traders, track records, verifying edge and why one year can still be enough25:42 Portfolio construction, navigating bull vs bear cycles and diversification across strategies33:14 Why discipline fails, false signals, pressure, journaling and surviving bad periods42:10 Crypto outlook, altcoin “cleansing”, token alignment and why the market structure is improving49:02 Leading while trading, staying sharp yourself, handling bad months and trader morale01:02:22 What edge really means, defining the counterparty, news trading and final hiring advice
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Why trading is really a business - Worst Contrarian on arbitrage and edge
Apr 201:12:30Tap to summarizeWorst Contrarian joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his path into full-time trading, why he approaches markets like a business, and where he thinks real edge actually comes from. The episode covers arbitrage, exploiter mindset, inefficiencies in crypto and TradFi, trading psychology, expected value, and why most people are better off not trying to become traders in the first place.Insilico Terminal Podcast Episode 29 - Worst Contrarian 00:00 Intro, WC’s background, why he views trading as a business not speculation 04:07 First major arbitrage breakthrough, Binance AUD tether trade and going full-time 08:30 Why most people approach markets wrong, repeatable arbitrage vs lucky directional bets 19:40 The “exploiter mindset”, how to think about protocols, oracles and metagame risk 30:05 Building a trader network, why one phone call can unlock the next unusual trade 40:54 Sports betting exploits, getting banned everywhere and finding edge in inefficiency 53:33 Crypto vs TradFi today, where opportunity still exists and why chaos creates edge 01:06:22 Final advice, relationships, martial arts, Education of a Speculator and closing
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Where the dumb flow lives - Liquidity Goblin on finding edge in crypto
Mar 2601:14:09Tap to summarizeLiquidity Goblin joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his path from TradFi HFT into crypto, how he approaches DeFi, arbitrage, venue selection, and the kinds of inefficiencies smaller traders can still exploit. The episode covers market structure, manual vs systematic trading, risk management, points farming, meme coins, prediction markets, and where real edge still exists in crypto.Insilico Terminal Podcast Episode 28 - Liquidity Goblin00:00 Intro, Liquidity Goblin background and HFT → crypto transition 08:05 How HFT actually works: signals, arbitrage and cross-venue edges 16:31 Trading mindset: forecasts, horizons and avoiding thesis drift 25:06 Systems vs discretion: monitoring models, manual overrides and execution 33:15 DeFi strategies: flash loans, MEV evolution and carry trades 41:35 Venue selection: finding “dumb flow” and inefficient markets 49:00 Risk management: sizing, counterparty risk and portfolio construction 58:33 Retail vs quant, meme coins, and final advice on making it in trading
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