132: Mark Gardner Still Adapting After 80,000+ Hours of Screen Time

Published: July 6, 2017, 9:49 a.m.

b"Mark Gardner began working in the field at 17-years old, straight out of high school. Initially he began with back office duties, before broking on the floor of the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE). Then later he was picked up by a large Bank Bills trader to exclusively execute trades, and who he learned a great deal from.\\nAround 2005, Mark started trading his own book. Over the 10-years that followed, Mark had only two losing months\\u2014and to date, he\\u2019s never encountered a losing year. Though in 2015 he did suffer a substantial blow, losing months and months worth of gains in the space of just a few short hours.\\nToday, Mark is also a partner and the chairman of Genesis Trading (one of the larger prop firms in Australia). He\\u2019s also leading a new venture, 42Trading, as a foray into quantitative trading. And to top it off, Mark is the president of the Australian Securities Traders Association too.\\nThroughout this episode we speak about Mark's insane work ethic (and no, that's not exaggeration!) We also get into lessons from his past, why he sees a future in quantitative trading and more...\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"