This is Trend Following Radio, where great thinking comes alive.

Nobel Prize winners, legendary traders, bestselling authors, and the pros that know what drive us irrational human beings.

I am your host, Michael Covel.

Not filtered, raw, honest.

That's my passion.

My guest today is Steve Burns.

This is Steve's third appearance on my show, I believe.

And I was trying to think, what's the best way to describe Steve?

Because believe it or not, even if you've not heard of Steve Burns,

Steve probably has more fame in the quote,

new internet of finance and trading and investing than many of the well-known

names that exist from back in the day, perhaps even in the market wizard's books. Steve is

single-handedly developed an exceptional Twitter following, self-published multiple books, and keeps a forum running straight on the arrow.

A really fascinating unfolding of a career because it reminds me of myself in some ways.

And I know damn well that if I had to start over today, given the publishing world,

I'd be going to self-publishing route too.

So I think there's quite a bit to be learned beyond our conversation that Steve and I are going to have today.

There's quite a bit to be learned just from a marketing perspective on how

Steve Burns is navigating all digital platforms today in 2015. There's something to be learned from

Steve on that front for sure. Today, our conversation is about trading on assorted levels. But Steve does have one primary

focus. He likes to focus on new traders and really dispelling, frankly, bad ideas that people

have. And people have a lot of bad ideas. I can sometimes get too highbrow on my podcast,

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