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Aug 2024
8m 37s

1007 - 2 Extremes of Trading Intelligenc...

AKIL STOKES
About this episode

A conversation about both extremes of intelligence when it comes to trading & why we may be looking at things the wrong way.

This podcast was a portion of a great interview I did with Michael Lamothe & Dennis Wilborn for The Trading Truths Podcast. - Watch the full episode here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqsspIbrig8&list=PL7oznrHESF9nuVb0_x97NuZLzUTToYSi6&index=2


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