Tim and Matt are joined by Steve Huang, Dean Beckette, Robert Shannon, Noah Davidson, and Gino Poore in this special three hour (!) episode. The brothers Justice revisit previous episode highlights, how the guests have each progressed since their previous appearances, and where the Trading Justice podcast is going in the next 100 episodes. A special thanks to our listeners helping us get to 100 episodes of the podcast. We do this for you,  and have plans to keep making it even better through the next 100 episodes!

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One issue facing the American public is a difficulty in discussion of political ideas. The cause of this can vary from person to person, but can largely be brought down to a few key reasons. Among the forefront is radicalized folks on either side tend to be the loudest and draw the most attention. This has the problem of casting even the moderates of a particular affiliation in a harsher light than is fair. Following this, folks don't want to be in a political conversation with someone out of not wanting to interact with a radical, even if the other person actually isn't. Another contender for this is the fear of offending others or being offended or dismissed themselves. This feeds off of the previous point, as radicals tend to hold fringe views that aren't appealing to even that person's party, and again, paint the rest of the party in that negative light. Language choice can matter greatly on this, as well. It's a fine point, but dismissive and arrogant language can make it difficult to hold a meaningful conversation and have a frank exchange of ideas, too. That's not holding offensive ideas; that's just being offensive as a person.  

Brad May started his trading career by virtual trading for somebody else for a year or two and reporting the results to his employer. Over the course of his tenure he was given a free hand in some instances to try out different strategies, including around earnings time. Brad found the volatility spike and rapid drop around earnings time particularly fascinating. Beyond obvious good or bad news, what caused earnings for one company to spike its price while dropping another? The answer was in the charts. Over time, Brad formulated a successful strategy to trade during earnings provided a given company fit into his formula.  

Greece made its opinion of the ECB's offered deals on its debt known on July 5 with a resounding vote against accepting the austerity measures. Solon Stephanou, a Greek himself and a student of political science, is well-versed in the challenges facing Greece since it started using the euro. Among other factors, key contributors to Greece's economic crisis (and its inability to recover) include:

• Increasingly loans for both internal expansion and to build stadiums for the 2004 Athens Olympics,
• An economy that wasn't close to being as advanced as countries such as Germany or Belgium,
• Social programs the country can't afford,
• Lack of control of its monetary policy,
• ...and interest payments that leave little to stimulate economic growth in Greece.