Top Traders Unplugged
Hosted by Niels Kaastrup-Larsen · 15 decoded episodes · newest Oct 14, 2026
Top Traders Unplugged is where the world’s best investors come to share how they think - not just what they trade. Hosted by Niels Kaastrup-Larsen, the show goes deep into systematic trend following, global macro, and the principles that drive long-term success. No forecasts. No fads. Just real conversations with hedge fund managers, economists, authors, and allocators - revealing the timeless ideas, mental models, and risk frameworks behind robust performance. If you're building resilient portfolios, allocating capital, or simply looking to cut through the noise - this is your edge. Clear thinking. Deep insights. Real experience. 🎧 New episodes weekly. Explore all episodes at toptradersunplugged.com https://toptradersunplugged.com
Episodes 15
- Oct 14, 2026 · 1h 10mAI earnings face a bond-market speed limitThe episode examines whether AI-driven growth can withstand higher yields, debt-financed investment, cheap volatility, and a less predictable policy regime.
- Oct 10, 2026 · 1h 18mManaged futures challenge the 60/40 playbookAs stocks and bonds can fall together, the case for systematic diversification depends on surviving uneven returns, drawdowns, and difficult allocation decisions.
- Oct 7, 2026 · 1h 1mBehavioral biases keep reshaping marketsThe episode shows how emotion, incentives, and predictable mistakes can move prices—and how investors can design habits to resist them.
- Oct 2, 2026 · 1h 4mKarsan warns markets could snap from bond stress to policy rescueThe episode tests whether debt, inflation, concentrated AI investment, and political intervention have made conventional portfolio assumptions dangerously outdated.
- Sep 30, 2026 · 1h 7mWelton argues investors misread trend following and manager responsibilityThe episode connects poor investor timing and fragile product design to the ethical and structural choices that shape managed-futures outcomes.
- Sep 26, 2026 · 1h 6mAI portfolio agents face the test of investment realityThe conversation examines whether agentic AI can improve portfolio construction without sacrificing reproducibility, accountability, or human judgment.
- Sep 23, 2026 · 60 minPower traders turn grid complexity into volatile opportunityElectricity markets combine physical constraints, weather uncertainty, and rapid feedback, making risk management as important as forecasting.
- Sep 19, 2026 · 1h 16mMarkets amplify behavior instead of seeking equilibriumSeeing markets as complex adaptive systems changes how investors interpret trends, backtests, outliers, and the risks of relying on historical patterns.
- Sep 16, 2026 · 1h 4mBonds turn political trust into global financial powerThe episode shows how debt markets shaped state capacity and accountability, while exposing why today’s Treasury fixes cannot resolve deeper fiscal constraints.
- Sep 12, 2026 · 1h 9mAI and discretion test systematic trading’s limitsThe episode examines how robust rules, investor communication, and market structure shape outcomes as trading systems become more complex and AI-assisted.
- Sep 9, 2026 · 1h 2mAI’s growth promise could keep interest rates higherThe episode connects uncertain AI productivity gains to bond yields, fiscal pressure, trade imbalances, and the Federal Reserve’s policy choices.
- Sep 5, 2026 · 1h 14mA century of trend following meets the 2020 oil squeezeThe episode connects long-run evidence for trend following with the implementation risks that can turn commodity futures into extreme markets.