The Relentless Pursuit of Trading Success – Zander Odom

by | May 20, 2026

Video Topics

  • How Zander discovered trading at 13 and became obsessed with small caps
  • Why he chose a gap year instead of college
  • How Zander proved trading was viable
  • Moving from random trades to a systematic playbook built on backtesting
  • Using Excel to test entries, exits, risk, and R-multiple performance
  • Scaling with percentage risk and mentally preparing for large drawdowns
  • Why he accepted 40–50% drawdowns early in his career
  • The risks of short-biased small-cap trading, including halt risk and outlier losses
  • Returning to trading after a life-changing snowboarding accident
  • The tools and hardware that helped him rebuild his trading workflow
  • His 2026 goal to become a better discretionary trader

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