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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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HackermanAce: Finding Edges with Ichimoku, Options, and On-Chain Trading
1w ago00:54:25Tap to summarizeHackermanAce joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about Ichimoku trading, finding a real system, crypto options, volatility, hedging, on-chain venues, LPing memecoins, Solana, Hyperliquid, and where the next cycle could come from. We covered how Ace went from early crypto mistakes to full-time trading, why he built his style around Ichimoku Cloud setups, why day trading burns people out, how crypto traders can start learning options, when options make more sense than perps, why hedging is underrated, and how LPing memecoins can work almost like an options strategy.00:00 Ace’s Crypto Origin Story 06:31 Why Day Trading Burns People Out 13:57 Learning Options After Crypto Perps 20:19 Hyperliquid, Airdrops & Missed Opportunities 26:18 Current Market Outlook & Bear Market Timing 32:38 Insilico Terminal, Execution Tools & Product Talk 38:48 What Drives the Next Crypto Cycle? 44:27 LPing Memecoins Like an Options Strategy 49:08 Michael Saylor, Bitcoin Holders & Market Risk
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Why options are easier than you think - Thalex founder Hendrik Ghys on volatility and delta hedging
2w ago01:04:58Tap to summarizeHendrik Ghys, Co-Founder & CEO of Thalex, joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about crypto options, volatility trading, market makers, delta hedging, and why options are easier than most traders think. We cover how Thalex is building a crypto options exchange, why options are harder to bring on-chain than perps, how MOVE-style contracts work, what market makers actually do when they hedge, and how traders can think about perps vs options. The episode also covers selling volatility, delta hedging straddles, OPEX, gamma, call spreads, longer-dated options, and why many retail traders might be making trading harder than it needs to be.00:00 Intro: Hendrik Ghys from Thalex 01:47 Building a Crypto Options Exchange 06:15 Why Thalex Focused on Better Options Products 13:26 Why DeFi Options Are So Hard 16:53 Perps vs Options for Traders 30:13 How Options Market Makers Hedge 40:18 Selling Vol and Delta Hedging 49:34 Simple Options Rules for Retail Traders 55:16 Day Trading Options vs Perps 01:01:56 Learning Options by Doing
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No Brains, All Balls, and Why Execution Beats Analysis with EmptyBrainTrader
3w ago00:58:21Tap to summarizeEmptyBrainTrader joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about crypto trading, execution, mean reversion, and the psychology of actually clicking the button. We covered his early mistakes buying XRP and Zcash, blowing up in 2022, studying DOM and auction market theory, building a mean reversion style, dealing with FOMO and revenge trading, and why execution often matters more than perfect analysis. We also talked about the current crypto market, Saylor fear, BTC downside risk, HYPE, Hyperliquid, perp DEXs, Extended, Variational, prediction markets, and why traders should focus on not losing big.00:00 No Brains, All Balls and why execution matters 08:00 Mean reversion, footprint, and fading extremes 16:00 FOMO, patience, and learning to sit out 24:18 Stocks, war fear, and why markets keep grinding higher 33:35 Perp DEXs, Hyperliquid, Extended, and liquidity 41:44 Market orders, swarm orders, TWAPs, and limit fills 48:28 HYPE, HIP-3, and why Hyperliquid still matters
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CryptoGoon: Finding Edges in Broken Markets
4w ago00:59:58Tap to summarizeCryptoGoon joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about leaving TradFi, discovering early DeFi, getting rugged, and finding real trading edges across crypto markets. We cover the difference between solo trading and working inside a trading firm, how simple arbs and broken on-chain mechanics turned into profitable trades, what market making actually looks like, and why new perp DEXs and prediction markets can still offer opportunities for traders willing to dig. He also shares his thoughts on Hyperliquid, HYPE, points farming, the current state of crypto, and why quant trading is often less about complex math and more about finding weird things before everyone else.00:00 Intro + CryptoGoon’s background 04:31 Getting rugged and discovering early DeFi 07:08 Why TradFi-style edges worked in 2021 crypto 11:03 Solo trading vs trading inside a firm 15:25 The on-chain casino arb that became PvP 24:13 Finding edge early on new perp DEXs 31:10 Why quant trading is simpler than people think 38:39 Why points farming can reveal real edge 53:01 Crypto morale, HYPE, and where the market is now
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Selling Vol, Market Making, and the Future of Crypto Options | Marty
Jun 401:04:05Tap to summarizeMarty joins the Insilico Terminal Podcast to talk about his path from early Bitcoin and BitMEX to becoming a top perps and spot market maker on FTX, and later moving deeper into crypto options. We discuss why options market making is so different from perps, why retail still prefers simple up/down leverage, how structured products work, what went wrong with DeFi options, and why portfolio margin matters. Marty also shares his view on volatility selling, surviving major market stress events, the current state of Bitcoin and ETH, and why Hyperliquid has become one of the most important venues in crypto.00:00 Marty’s path from early Bitcoin to market making 06:17 Becoming a top FTX perps and spot market maker 12:00 Why crypto options are still behind perps 16:17 How institutions use structured products 20:31 Why DeFi options struggled and what changed 25:03 Prediction markets, binary options, and retail gambling 30:37 Better ways to express directional trades with options 37:51 Surviving 10/10, volatility spikes, and exchange outages 43:14 Why Marty is skeptical about the current crypto market 52:01 Bitcoin’s narrative problem and what could bring it back
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Most traders fool themselves with backtests - GoshawkTrades on systematic trading
May 2801:05:30Tap 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
May 2101:05:42Tap 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
May 1401:04:24Tap 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
May 701:10:07Tap 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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