A former competitive gamer, Mario Dimitroff from Bulgaria got his start on a local trading floor before discovering that the U.S. premarket session best fit his skills. Now trading for a living and doing nothing else, his news-driven, event-based scalping focuses on low-liquidity movers. Leveraging gaming-honed speed and pattern recognition, he quickly decides whether to ride momentum or fade to mean, enters/exits fast, sizes within liquidity, and sustains his edge by cutting losers quickly, avoiding drawdowns, and stacking small consistent wins. In this episode, you’ll hear how Mario turned his competitive gaming instincts into an all-in commitment to the markets and full-time trading career.

Links + Resources:

• Mario’s YouTube Channel:  The Wall Street Cat - YouTube
  

Sponsors of this episode of the Chat With Traders Podcast:

• Trade The Pool:  http://www.tradethepool.com
  

• TastyTrade:  http://tastytrade.com/podcasts
  

Time Stamps:

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  01:30 Introduction and background

  
  


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  03:50 Early Experiences and Learning from Failure

  
  


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  07:38 Return to Trading During COVID-19

  
  


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  08:38 Working on a Trading Floor

  
  


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  10:51 Trading Strategies and Market Insights

  
  


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  11:14 Imposter Syndrome and Mental Challenges in Trading

  
  


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  14:57 Career Decisions and Trading Philosophy

  
  


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  18:49 Finding Trading Edge and Style

  
  


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  20:39 Scalping and Pre-Market Trading

  
  


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  21:40 Meme Stocks and Market Euphoria

  
  


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  24:07 Navigating Market Downturns

  
  


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  25:49 Understanding Euphoria and Market Psychology

  
  


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  43:54 Avoiding Drawdowns and Maintaining Profitability

  
  


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  45:48 Scalping Strategies and Risk Management

  
  


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  51:56 Biggest challenges as a trader

  
  


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  59:15 How to reach Mario

  
  


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  59:30 Chat With Tessa

  
  

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Trading in the financial markets involves a risk of loss. Podcast episodes and other content produced by Chat With Traders are for informational or educational purposes only and do not constitute trading or investment recommendations or advice.

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