Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Description:
In this episode of Ticker Talk, Jeff Gibby sits down with trading legend Greg Capra of MasterTrader.com. Greg shares decades of market experience—covering breakout trading, reading price action, market internals, risk management, and the mindset shifts traders must make to succeed. Whether you’re a day trader, swing trader, or just market-curious, this conversation is full of golden nuggets you can put to work immediately.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro & legal disclaimer
01:44 – Meet Greg Capra: From the late ’80s to today
04:12 – Core trading principle: Simplicity & supply/demand
06:06 – Breakout trading & spotting quality setups
08:44 – Greg’s time at Pristine Trading
10:05 – Strategies for messy or volatile markets
11:49 – Market internals: Sentiment & breadth indicators
14:05 – Fed rates, intermarket analysis & current market view
16:56 – Bread-and-butter trading patterns
18:51 – How many traders Greg has taught & lessons from students
20:29 – The trader’s ego & money management as the “holy grail”
23:18 – How algos use old-school principles
24:40 – The biggest obstacle for traders (and how to overcome it)
27:26 – Bar-by-bar analysis & reading price action
30:10 – Defining money management rules & daily loss limits
33:20 – “Don’t bet the farm unless you have another farm”
34:46 – Market breadth, put/call ratios & trading impact
37:06 – Swing vs. intraday trading strategy
41:23 – Favorite instruments: Stocks, ETFs & futures
41:41 – Biggest mindset shift for trading success
43:06 – Scaling into trades & when to add to a position
44:56 – Trades that feel genius (and humbling ones)
47:43 – The danger of being “too right” in your bias
48:55 – Life outside trading: boating, exercise & charts
49:40 – How to connect with Greg Capra
📌 Learn more about Greg Capra: mastertrader.com
📌 Join the Traders Forum: thetradersforum.com
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Legal Stuff
This demonstration is designed to instruct you on using MetaStock and accompanying software plug-ins and is not a recommendation to buy or sell, but rather guidelines to interpreting and using the specific indicators and features within the software. The information, software, and techniques presented today should only be used by investors who are aware of the risk inherent in trading.
MetaStock shall have no liability for any investment decisions based on the use of their software, any trading strategies or any information provided in connection with the company.
MetaStock does not endorse the purchase of any security nor is it paid for the promotion of any security. No information contained in this presentation should be construed as investment advice or a solicitation to buy any security.
CFTC RULE 4.41 – HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OR-OVER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL, ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFIT OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.
Characteristics & Risks of Standardized Options
Prior to buying or selling an option, investors must read a copy of the Characteristics & Risks of Standardized Options, also known as the options disclosure document (ODD). It explains the characteristics and risks of exchange-traded options. Copies of this document may be obtained from your broker or any exchange on which options are traded.
Description:
In this episode of Ticker Talk, Jeff Gibby sits down with trading legend Greg Capra of MasterTrader.com. Greg shares decades of market experience—covering breakout trading, reading price action, market internals, risk management, and the mindset shifts traders must make to succeed. Whether you’re a day trader, swing trader, or just market-curious, this conversation is full of golden nuggets you can put to work immediately.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro & legal disclaimer
01:44 – Meet Greg Capra: From the late ’80s to today
04:12 – Core trading principle: Simplicity & supply/demand
06:06 – Breakout trading & spotting quality setups
08:44 – Greg’s time at Pristine Trading
10:05 – Strategies for messy or volatile markets
11:49 – Market internals: Sentiment & breadth indicators
14:05 – Fed rates, intermarket analysis & current market view
16:56 – Bread-and-butter trading patterns
18:51 – How many traders Greg has taught & lessons from students
20:29 – The trader’s ego & money management as the “holy grail”
23:18 – How algos use old-school principles
24:40 – The biggest obstacle for traders (and how to overcome it)
27:26 – Bar-by-bar analysis & reading price action
30:10 – Defining money management rules & daily loss limits
33:20 – “Don’t bet the farm unless you have another farm”
34:46 – Market breadth, put/call ratios & trading impact
37:06 – Swing vs. intraday trading strategy
41:23 – Favorite instruments: Stocks, ETFs & futures
41:41 – Biggest mindset shift for trading success
43:06 – Scaling into trades & when to add to a position
44:56 – Trades that feel genius (and humbling ones)
47:43 – The danger of being “too right” in your bias
48:55 – Life outside trading: boating, exercise & charts
49:40 – How to connect with Greg Capra
📌 Learn more about Greg Capra: mastertrader.com
📌 Join the Traders Forum: thetradersforum.com
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Legal Stuff
This demonstration is designed to instruct you on using MetaStock and accompanying software plug-ins and is not a recommendation to buy or sell, but rather guidelines to interpreting and using the specific indicators and features within the software. The information, software, and techniques presented today should only be used by investors who are aware of the risk inherent in trading.
MetaStock shall have no liability for any investment decisions based on the use of their software, any trading strategies or any information provided in connection with the company.
MetaStock does not endorse the purchase of any security nor is it paid for the promotion of any security. No information contained in this presentation should be construed as investment advice or a solicitation to buy any security.
CFTC RULE 4.41 – HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OR-OVER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL, ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFIT OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.
Characteristics & Risks of Standardized Options
Prior to buying or selling an option, investors must read a copy of the Characteristics & Risks of Standardized Options, also known as the options disclosure document (ODD). It explains the characteristics and risks of exchange-traded options. Copies of this document may be obtained from your broker or any exchange on which options are traded.
