Trading Nut | Trader Interviews - Forex, Futures, Stocks

Cam Hawkins

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Trader interviews with people who actually trade — forex, futures, stocks, and the process behind consistent results. Hosted by Cam Hawkins. Educational only; not financial advice.

Recent Episodes

NOV 4, 2026
348: 12-Year NQ Trader Shares Her 1-Min Strategy & Why She NEVER Copy-Trades Props w/ Chanelle The Trader
Full-time futures trader Chanelle The Trader breaks down her 12-year journey, her 1-minute NQ mean reversion strategy using Volume Profile, and why copy-trading prop accounts is ruining beginner accounts. Full episode + show notes: https://tradingnut.com/chanelle-the-trader/ Key moments - [01:07] Ditching the CBD corporate commute after seeing the real time-freedom potential of day trading. - [03:37] Why it took three years of losing before realizing the strategy wasn't the problem—the trader was. - [04:55] The corner-of-the-room exercise: Pretending an auditor is recording every habit to verify 100% effort. - [08:52] Tailoring risk and R:R parameters specifically for 50k prop firm evaluations vs. live capital. - [23:22] How to neutralize weekend emotions so you return to the charts at true equilibrium every Monday. - [25:02] Why trading prop accounts individually instead of copy-trading prevents full fleet blowups. - [30:17] How an accidental $20k windfall trade created an ego trap that set back progress by six months. - [34:42] Anchoring Fixed Range Volume Profile to Globex Open to establish VAH, VAL, and Point of Control. - [36:01] Identifying failed auctions at extreme value levels to spot high-probability mean-reversion setups. - [38:28] Rotating separate prop accounts across a 30-minute entry window without blowing linked accounts. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5RPZCXNquw --- Sponsors BlackBull Markets - 100% deposit bonus & free TradingView. NZ-regulated broker. https://tradingnut.com/go/blackbull/ FTMO - Buy a challenge and we’ll help you pass it. https://tradingnut.com/go/ftmo/ --- More from Trading Nut Strategy Vault - Free guest setups organised by method. https://tradingnut.com/go/vault/ TraderZen - Your rules, open beside the chart before you click. https://tradingnut.com/go/traderzen/ Dynamic Traders Club - Free 7-minute rule strategy — mechanical intraday setup. https://tradingnut.com/go/dtc/ --- Educational only - not financial advice. Risk: https://tradingnut.com/disclaimers/ Some links are affiliate partnerships.
35 MIN
OCT 29, 2026
347: Ex-Prop Consultant Exploit: How He Pulls $60k/Mo Using VRT & Math
Ethan Garland reveals how consulting for major prop firms allowed him to find mathematical loopholes, scaling 30+ accounts to pull $60,000/month. Full episode + show notes: https://tradingnut.com/ethan-garland-propfirms/ Key moments - [03:06] Designing prop firm rules exposed structural gaps that can be mathematically exploited. - [07:08] Rotating 30 evaluation accounts aggressively creates a profitable system despite a 70% fail rate. - [10:39] Spending $10k weekly on evaluations yields $50k-$60k monthly payouts when backed by statistical expectancy. - [13:48] Funded accounts require shifting to a 1:4 risk-reward model to lock in maximum early payouts. - [18:49] Prioritize prop firms with 50% eval consistency rules and zero consistency rules on funded accounts. - [26:11] Volume Reversion Theory (VRT) uses VWAP and Flip of Imbalance (FOI) for high-frequency setups. - [30:34] Feeding backtested TradingView trade logs into Claude AI allows full Monte Carlo simulation of prop models. - [15:53] Anchor VWAP specifically at 4:00 AM EST with a 0.8 first standard deviation band on NQ/MNQ. - [25:37] Complete minimum trading days without blowing profit buffer by scaling down to 4 micro contracts. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKWhcAT479A --- Sponsors BlackBull Markets - 100% deposit bonus & free TradingView. NZ-regulated broker. https://tradingnut.com/go/blackbull/ FTMO - Buy a challenge and we’ll help you pass it. https://tradingnut.com/go/ftmo/ --- More from Trading Nut Strategy Vault - Free guest setups organised by method. https://tradingnut.com/go/vault/ TraderZen - Your rules, open beside the chart before you click. https://tradingnut.com/go/traderzen/ Dynamic Traders Club - Free 7-minute rule strategy — mechanical intraday setup. https://tradingnut.com/go/dtc/ --- Educational only - not financial advice. Risk: https://tradingnut.com/disclaimers/ Some links are affiliate partnerships.
34 MIN
OCT 21, 2026
346: 30-Year Trader’s '2-Minute Workday' & Custom Renko Strategy w/ Troy Noonan
30-year trading veteran Troy Noonan reveals how he hits his daily trading goals in as little as 2 minutes using custom Renko charts and his 'Power of Quitting' framework. Full episode + show notes: https://tradingnut.com/troy-noonan/ Key moments - [01:28] How shorting the British Pound during Black Wednesday launched the 'Backpack Trader' journey. - [04:02] The Power of Quitting: Why trading less leads to higher session win rates and consistent profits. - [04:24] How Troy hit his daily profit target in 2 minutes from a cafe in Florence. - [08:45] The 25-Trade Rule: Why you must execute 25 flawless trades in a row on SIM before risking real money. - [15:18] 'Lean on the system' — the 4 magic words that remove execution anxiety on live trades. - [18:44] The only 2 valid reasons to ever use a demo account in your trading career. - [25:35] Conducting a personal life audit to match your trading strategy with your actual schedule. - [31:13] Why the immediate past predicts the immediate future with high statistical accuracy. - [38:16] How custom Renko charts with a 25% offset eliminate time noise and spotlight edge. - [46:32] The ancient math formula behind Troy's evergreen Renko price targets. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14b6UX_yWiQ --- Sponsors BlackBull Markets - 100% deposit bonus & free TradingView. NZ-regulated broker. https://tradingnut.com/go/blackbull/ FTMO - Buy a challenge and we’ll help you pass it. https://tradingnut.com/go/ftmo/ --- More from Trading Nut Strategy Vault - Free guest setups organised by method. https://tradingnut.com/go/vault/ TraderZen - Your rules, open beside the chart before you click. https://tradingnut.com/go/traderzen/ Dynamic Traders Club - Free 7-minute rule strategy — mechanical intraday setup. https://tradingnut.com/go/dtc/ --- Educational only - not financial advice. Risk: https://tradingnut.com/disclaimers/ Some links are affiliate partnerships.
38 MIN
OCT 14, 2026
How This 20-Year-Old Welder Survived 20 Blown Challenges to Pull $200k in Futures Payouts w/ Ty Feutz
At just 20 years old, Ty Feutz has pulled over $200,000 from futures prop firms. Discover how he survived 20 blown challenges, transitioned from New York to the Asia session, and his exact 15-minute range breakout strategy. Full episode + show notes: https://tradingnut.com/ty-feutz/ Key moments - [03:45] Ty started trading while working as a welder, initially losing money in crypto before taking a five-month break. - [05:48] Finding a mentor with a single, proven, simple approach prevents getting lost in the 'YouTube strategy rabbit hole'. - [07:39] When you get good at trading, less is more. Fewer trades typically mean higher quality and better probability. - [09:08] The market's P&L is the ultimate disciplinarian. Eventually, you get so sick of losing money that you force yourself to stop making the same mistakes. - [13:02] Ty blew roughly 20 cheap futures challenges before passing his first one and securing his first $1,500 payout. - [14:14] Ty used to trade the grueling New York session (1:30 AM to 2:30 AM NZ time) before walking to his 6:00 AM supermarket job. - [16:25] Transitioning to the Asia session allowed Ty to trade Gold and NQ during sustainable, local daytime hours. - [17:18] His prop challenge strategy involves aggressive scaling: risking up to half the account on high-quality setups to pass within 2 to 4 days. - [21:05] Transitioning from prop firms to personal accounts can be psychologically difficult because personal accounts don't allow cheap 'resets'. - [26:49] Journaling provides the concrete data needed to filter out unprofitable conditions, such as cutting out London session breakouts. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYCd_UzTbQ4 --- Sponsors BlackBull Markets - 100% deposit bonus & free TradingView. NZ-regulated broker. https://tradingnut.com/go/blackbull/ FTMO - Buy a challenge and we’ll help you pass it. https://tradingnut.com/go/ftmo/ --- More from Trading Nut Strategy Vault - Free guest setups organised by method. https://tradingnut.com/go/vault/ TraderZen - Your rules, open beside the chart before you click. https://tradingnut.com/go/traderzen/ Dynamic Traders Club - Free 7-minute rule strategy — mechanical intraday setup. https://tradingnut.com/go/dtc/ --- Educational only - not financial advice. Risk: https://tradingnut.com/disclaimers/ Some links are affiliate partnerships.
29 MIN
OCT 7, 2026
His Simple Method to Extract $20,000 Payouts From Prop Firms w/ Joseph Pena
12-year veteran trader Joseph Pena (Fibs Don't Lie) returns to share how he traded a corporate cubicle for an RV, using a horizontal prop firm strategy and 3-minute Wick Zones to pull consistent $20,000 payouts with minimal screen time. Full episode + show notes: https://tradingnut.com/joseph-pena/ Key moments - [00:53] Discipline means taking only one trade per day, win or lose, to build solid long-term confidence. - [02:44] Heavy multi-monitor setups are unnecessary; trading from a single laptop prevents over-analysis and physical clutter. - [03:30] Limit your market exposure to 90 minutes (e.g., 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM Eastern) to preserve psychological capital. - [04:03] Evaluate your performance using large clusters of trades rather than focusing on emotional daily or weekly outcomes. - [08:49] Treat prop firm costs horizontally: spending $1,000 on multiple challenges to net a $15,000 to $20,000 payout is a highly viable statistical edge. - [09:23] Diversify risk horizontally across multiple prop firms instead of putting all your eggs into a single vertical master account. - [10:55] Never "marry" a prop account; treating them as temporary, disposable tools prevents the fear of losing them. - [15:20] Horizontal trading spreads risk across multiple prop accounts, whereas vertical trading concentrates all risk on one personal account. - [19:24] Avoid generic timeframes like the 1-hour or 4-hour; instead, analyze the 3-minute, 10-minute, and 3-hour charts to see hidden data. - [20:08] Long wicks left at market open represent heavy liquidity pools that the market highly tends to revisit and fill. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfW1-0dQEGo --- Sponsors BlackBull Markets - 100% deposit bonus & free TradingView. NZ-regulated broker. https://tradingnut.com/go/blackbull/ FTMO - Buy a challenge and we’ll help you pass it. https://tradingnut.com/go/ftmo/ --- More from Trading Nut Strategy Vault - Free guest setups organised by method. https://tradingnut.com/go/vault/ TraderZen - Your rules, open beside the chart before you click. https://tradingnut.com/go/traderzen/ Dynamic Traders Club - Free 7-minute rule strategy — mechanical intraday setup. https://tradingnut.com/go/dtc/ --- Educational only - not financial advice. Risk: https://tradingnut.com/disclaimers/ Some links are affiliate partnerships.