Ep 76: The Contrarian Trading Style of “Unknown Market Wizard” Jason Shapiro

Ep 76: The Contrarian Trading Style of “Unknown Market Wizard” Jason Shapiro

Jason Shapiro has had zero losing years over the past two decades using a contrarian style with zero correlation to any other trading strategy. Featured in Jack Schwager’s Unknown Market Wizards, Jason joins Kim to discuss what drives genuine conviction, how a stint in a Burmese monastery shaped his relationship with uncertainty, and the psychological edge behind trading against the crowd.

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Episode Chapters

1:00 – Intro to Jason Shapiro
2:10 – Jason talks about his time in a Burmese Monastery
11:05 – On having a contrarian personality
28:37 – Over to the Twitter Space
32:32 – His community of traders
44:04 – On unbiased trading
51:30 – Remembering how reading Market Wizards affected him
1:10:02 – Jason’s take on the SVB collapse
1:11:58 – Jason’s meditation practice

About Jason Shapiro

With 30 years of trading experience, Jason Shapiro runs Crowded Market Report, a successful Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) business built on a contrarian approach that has produced zero losing years over the past two decades. He was featured as “The Contrarian” in Chapter Two of Jack Schwager’s Unknown Market Wizards.

Follow Jason Shapiro

Website: Crowded Market Report
Twitter: @Crowded_Mkt_Rpt
YouTube: @crowdedmarketreport
LinkedIn: CMR Publishing

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