Blazing Our Own Trails - Humanity Recap
In this special one-year recap episode of The Humanity of Trading, hosts Kyle, Cleo, and Bear Goes Long reflect on a transformative journey of trading insights, personal growth, and candid conversations with some of the most thoughtful minds in trading. They revisit profound moments, from exploring the fear of death to the power of values-based trading, and the surprising self-discovery that comes with internal family systems work.
This heartfelt conversation celebrates the openness of their guests and delves into the critical impact of mindfulness, emotional triggers, and impulse control on trading decisions. The hosts share their struggles and breakthroughs, from the allure and challenges of futures trading to the importance of finding a trading style that truly fits one’s personality. They also discuss the unique experience of female traders, the pursuit of dream guests, and the ever-present quest for balance between trading, self-acceptance, and personal development.
If you've ever wrestled with self-doubt, emotional management, or finding your true edge in trading, this episode offers wisdom, humor, and powerful strategies to inspire your trading journey.
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About Cleo:
Cleo has been learning to trade for the past 3 years and is an active member of the Vanta community. She came to trading through the angle of personal development, and she sees trading as an amazing way to get to know oneself as well as expand one's capacities. Cleo's professional background is in leadership development and facilitation. She has facilitated thousands to communicate in authentic and compelling ways. She loves being in the seat of curiosity. Cleo has worked with executives, corporate groups, religious groups, middle school students, groups of women, families, and couples. Her current focus is the CA criminal legal system, advocating for holistic approaches such as restorative justice and community-based violence prevention. Having played in the crypto and futures markets for the last three years, Cleo sees trading as one of the most challenging things to undertake and is particularly interested in what it takes to become a consistently profitable and well-rounded trader.
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Bear:
Bear made the transition from investing to trading at the beginning of COVID. After initial success with options, he quickly learned that his luck was greater than his skill and shifted his focus to futures. Bear has fully embraced the role of emotions and mental capital with the mindset that trading futures is purely an internal struggle that rewards patience, calm, bravery, focus, passion, and commitment. Beyond markets Bear finds joy in his community as a volunteer firefighter and EMT.