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About Sosnoff on Money
Come see what we are building at lossdog.com I've spent 40 years building platforms, spotting mispriced assets, and creating value where others missed it. I co-founded thinkorswim and tastytrade—two of the world's largest derivatives trading platforms, both acquired for billions. Now I'm focused on the most mispriced asset in the market: you. On this channel, I share what I've learned from decades in finance, trading, and entrepreneurship—the wins, the losses, and what actually matters. I'll talk trading strategies, market dynamics, career optimization, and how to stop leaving millions on the table. --Tom Sosnoff Do you want to talk with me directly? Watch our call-in show, One Lucky Dog LIVE! every Monday through Thursday at 9:30-11am eastern. Call 989--LOSSDOG to ask me about money, markets, employment and entrepreneurship. At @lossdog (YouTube) Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
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23 Oct 2026
The Scaling Mistake Every Trader Makes
Join Lossdog at https://lossdog.com and please subscribe to this channel. Casinos have the edge and still cap your bet. Here's why, and what it means for every trade you size. Should you ever size up a trade because you're sure you're right? Tom Sosnoff has traded for 45 years and made over a million trades, and he answers a viewer's question by comparing the four big position sizing systems: fixed fractional, the Kelly criterion, volatility-adjusted sizing, and the Martingale doubling strategy. He shares his exact numbers: buying power as a percentage of net liq for defined and undefined risk trades, daily theta targets, and how total exposure changes with IV rank. He also explains why seven straight losses can wipe out a Martingale trader, and why "genius fails when you trade too big." #optionstrading #trading #positionsizing #riskmanagement #kellycriterion #tomsosnoff #lossdog TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Should you size up on conviction? 0:39 What trading conviction really is 1:04 Fixed fractional position sizing 2:06 Kelly criterion pros and cons 3:04 Volatility-adjusted position sizing 4:02 Martingale: why doubling down fails 5:02 A hybrid sizing discipline 5:40 Exact buying power % by trade type 6:10 Proving concept before sizing up 6:17 How big is too big? 2x vs 10x 7:14 Why trading edges are so tiny 7:28 Why casinos cap your bet size Position sizing decides more trading accounts than stock picking does, and it matters more now that retail traders have easy access to options, leveraged products, and short-dated contracts that can magnify a single oversized bet. The Kelly criterion has spread from professional gambling and quant funds into retail trading and sports betting, but it only works if you know your true edge, and in efficient markets almost nobody does. Strategies that "win often," like averaging down or doubling after a loss, can look great for months before one bad streak ends the account. The math behind trading small, trading often, and scaling risk to implied volatility is the same reason casinos win over time: lots of small bets add up, and survival is the real edge. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
16 Oct 2026
If You Don’t Understand These 3 Trades, You Don’t Understand Options
There’s a version of this video where you work the trade while it’s being explained. The Interactive Video Sandbox runs the lesson and the strategy side by side, so you’re building the position as the logic unfolds. Find it under the Learn tab in Tom Sosnoff's newest platform--Lossdog. Lossdog is free. No credit card. No paywall. Just better training. Join here: https://tinyurl.com/IVSLD Then open the Sandbox and run the play yourself. ***************************************************************** 45 years. Over a million trades. Nearly 2/3 of the returns came from three option strategies. Tom Sosnoff breaks down the exact setups he still runs today: naked short puts, credit spreads and covered calls, with the delta, days to expiration and premium targets behind each one. Then he opens up his own portfolio allocation, why a 25 delta put wins about 75% of the time, and why covered calls are cost basis reduction, not income. Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. #tomsosnoff #sosnoffonmoney #optionstrading #optionsstrategy #coveredcalls #creditspreads #tastytrade TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Strategy 1: naked short puts 1:14 The 25 delta, 45 DTE put setup 2:10 When to sell a put: cheap stock, high IV 2:29 Strategy 2: credit spreads 3:18 Credit spread strikes and buying power 4:22 Strategy 3: covered calls 5:40 Managing covered calls at 50% profit 6:36 Naked puts in a real portfolio 7:40 Call credit spreads on SPX, QQQ, SPY 8:45 Covered calls at all-time highs 9:48 How to split a portfolio by strategy Selling option premium has gone mainstream, from zero DTE SPX trades to covered call ETFs, and most retail traders pick a strategy without ever learning the mechanics underneath it. Delta, implied volatility rank, buying power and profit-taking rules are what separate a grind-it-out premium selling plan from an account that blows up on one bad week. Hearing how a market maker turned founder sizes these trades and splits them across a real portfolio gives you a benchmark to measure your own approach against. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
30 Sept 2026
I Quit Passive Investing, It Made Me Rich
Join Lossdog at https://lossdog.com and please subscribe to this channel. Real estate, mutual funds and wealth managers are the default wealth advice, and Tom Sosnoff says not a single dollar of his wealth came from any of them. The thinkorswim and tastytrade co-founder breaks down why real estate and packaged investment products rob you of growth: they're illiquid, they offer no real strategy, and they teach you nothing about how markets work. He also calls out the hidden fees and locked-up capital in managed, private market and tokenized funds. Then he walks through his exact portfolio allocation today, 30-40% cash, 30-40% options, 10% stocks and 20% futures, and how implied volatility shifts the whole mix. #lossdog #tomsosnoff #realestate #investing #optionstrading #futurestrading #mutualfunds "Set it and forget it" has become the default playbook for a generation of investors, fueled by the rise of passive index funds, target-date products and a housing market that many treat as a guaranteed savings account. But high transaction costs, carrying costs and the months it can take to sell a home make real estate one of the least flexible places to park capital, especially when markets shift fast. At the same time, Wall Street is pushing private market and tokenized funds to retail investors, often with higher fees and longer lockups. Self-directed traders who understand options, futures, implied volatility and probability have tools to adjust risk on their own terms, which is why the debate between passive investing and active trading matters more than ever in 2026. ABOUT ONE LUCKY DOG LIVE! / LOSSDOG One Lucky Dog LIVE! is your daily wake-up call for career and financial clarity—streaming live Monday through Thursday, 8 : 30-10am CT. Hosts Tom Sosnoff, Scott Sheridan and Tony Battista bring decades of trading, entrepreneurial and fintech experience to optimizing our professional and portfolio worth. Lossdog is the platform they're building to fix it. It's AI-powered software that doesn't just guess what you should earn—it calculates your real market value and shows you exactly how to increase it. No more vague salary ranges. No more wondering if you're being underpaid. Just clarity, backed by data. The show is the conversation. The platform is the tool. Together, they're designed to help you stop leaving money on the table and start building the career you actually deserve. 📺 Watch live: Mon-Thu 8 : 30-10am CT 📞 Call in: 989-LOSSDOG 📧 oneluckydog@lossdog.com 🐕 Follow @wearelossdog everywhere 👉 http://linktr.ee/wearelossdog Everyone has a number. Lossdog helps you know your number, and grow your number. 👉 Join Lossdog at https://lossdog.com/ Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
10 Sept 2026
6 Reasons Even Skeptics Should Learn to Trade
Join Lossdog at https://lossdog.com and please subscribe to this channel. Tom Sosnoff has traded almost every day for 45 years, and he has no interest in matching a benchmark. He lays out six reasons nearly everyone should learn to trade: the financial literacy you only get when being wrong costs you something, the wiring that makes people sell winners early and ride losers down, why options are the oldest risk-management tool in finance and not casino chips, and the Schwab and JP Morgan data showing retail investors didn't blow themselves up after 2021. He also gets into the earnings-week options trade that quietly drains retail accounts, why hindsight bias stops smart people from ever getting better at decisions, and the one lesson that costs almost nothing when you're young and broke and everything when you learn it rich. #lossdog #tomsosnoff #oneluckydoglive #optionstrading #stockmarket #financialliteracy #selfdirectedinvesting TIMESTAMPS 0:25 Active investing builds literacy 1:09 How your brain destroys wealth 1:29 Why people sell winners too early 2:41 Fast decisions beat smart ones 3:08 Options as insurance, not gambling 3:51 The earnings trade retail keeps losing 5:19 They said retail would blow up 6:23 Retail inflows beat the 2021 peak 7:08 Zero commissions changed everything 8:11 Value even if you trail the index 9:01 Hindsight bias and bad calls that win 10:24 Trading and the owner's mindset 12:15 The one lesson, revealed 12:53 From $100K at 23 to $500M at 36 Retail investing changed shape after October 2019, when commissions on stocks and ETFs went to zero across every major brokerage and fractional shares put the market in reach of anyone with twenty bucks. The 2021 meme stock wave was supposed to be the ceiling, and instead participation kept climbing, with net retail inflows into equities running above that peak five years later. Personal finance is now a graduation requirement in a growing number of high schools, which tells you how much of the wealth gap traces back to financial literacy rather than income alone. The argument here was never that self-directed traders beat the S&P, because most won't. It's that the judgment you build sizing real positions under real uncertainty shows up everywhere else, from negotiating your salary to running a business to what you end up teaching your kids about risk. ABOUT ONE LUCKY DOG LIVE! / LOSSDOG One Lucky Dog LIVE! is your daily wake-up call for career and financial clarity—streaming live Monday through Thursday, 8 : 30-10am CT. Hosts Tom Sosnoff, Scott Sheridan and Tony Battista bring decades of trading, entrepreneurial and fintech experience to optimizing our professional and portfolio worth. Lossdog is the platform they're building to fix it. It's AI-powered software that doesn't just guess what you should earn—it calculates your real market value and shows you exactly how to increase it. No more vague salary ranges. No more wondering if you're being underpaid. Just clarity, backed by data. The show is the conversation. The platform is the tool. Together, they're designed to help you stop leaving money on the table and start building the career you actually deserve. 📺 Watch live: Mon-Thu 8 : 30-10am CT 📞 Call in: 989-LOSSDOG 📧 oneluckydog@lossdog.com 🐕 Follow @wearelossdog everywhere 👉 http://linktr.ee/wearelossdog Everyone has a number. Lossdog helps you know your number, and grow your number. 👉 Join Lossdog at https://lossdog.com/ Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
6 Aug 2026
If You Master Volatility, You Master Money
Join Lossdog FOR FREE at https://lossdog.com and please subscribe to this channel. Tom Sosnoff spent almost 20 years making markets on the CBOE floor before building two billion-dollar companies — and he credits it all to one thing most investors want nothing to do with: volatility. Here he breaks down four reasons volatility isn't something to dodge but the actual engine behind every smart financial decision, from spotting mispriced assets during market panic to why sustained bull markets can hide dangerous portfolio blind spots. He also gets into how tools like IV rank give retail traders a precision edge that didn't exist 20 years ago. There's also a personal confession — alternative investments he thought were 50/50 bets were actually priced 90/10 against him the whole time. #lossdog #tomsosnoff #oneluckydoglive #sosnoffonmoney #optionstrading #stockmarket #volatilityalert TIMESTAMPS 0:00 What volatility actually is 0:53 4 reasons volatility builds wealth 1:07 Reason 1: Opportunity is rarely obvious 1:55 Real-life mispricing examples 2:42 Reason 2: Detecting systemic risk 3:14 Bull markets hide bad portfolio habits 3:55 The 90/10 mistake (personal story) 4:17 Reason 3: Volatility is predictive 5:02 Trading before the VIX (CBOE pit story) 5:44 Reason 4: Volatility creates efficiency 6:33 Binary events and earnings trades 7:16 Start with IV rank — beginner guide Retail investors now have access to options tools that professional floor traders didn't have 20 years ago — but most of them still treat volatility as a problem instead of an input. The VIX has dominated financial news through multiple market dislocations, yet what implied volatility actually measures rarely gets explained clearly or practically. As options trading volume continues hitting record levels, the gap between traders who understand volatility as a math equation and those who treat it as noise keeps widening. One of the clearest explanations of that gap — and what to do about it. ABOUT ONE LUCKY DOG LIVE! / LOSSDOG One Lucky Dog LIVE! is your daily wake-up call for career and financial clarity—streaming live Monday through Thursday, 8 : 30-10am CT. Hosts Tom Sosnoff, Scott Sheridan and Tony Battista bring decades of trading, entrepreneurial and fintech experience to optimizing our professional and portfolio worth. Lossdog is the platform they're building to fix it. It's AI-powered software that doesn't just guess what you should earn—it calculates your real market value and shows you exactly how to increase it. No more vague salary ranges. No more wondering if you're being underpaid. Just clarity, backed by data. The show is the conversation. The platform is the tool. Together, they're designed to help you stop leaving money on the table and start building the career you actually deserve. 📺 Watch live: Mon-Thu 8 : 30-10am CT 📞 Call in: 989-LOSSDOG 📧 oneluckydog@lossdog.com 🐕 Follow @wearelossdog everywhere 👉 http://linktr.ee/wearelossdog Everyone has a number. Lossdog helps you know your number, and grow your number. 👉 Join Lossdog at https://lossdog.com/ Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
17 Jul 2026
11 “Boring” Trading Strategies the top 1% of Retail Traders Use
Tom Sosnoff is giving away FREE access to his newest fintech platform — plus a FREE CRYPTO REWARD — to the first 50,000 users. Claim your spot before it's gone: lossdog.com If this hits, like, drop a comment, and subscribe — it takes 2 seconds and means everything. Over a million trades. 45 years. And when Tom Sosnoff looked back at all of it, one thing was obvious — the strategies that made the most money were the ones nobody brags about. This video breaks down all 11 of them, with exact strike targets, DTE ranges, probability of profit numbers, and how he manages each trade. He also reveals the two strategies that account for more than 70% of his profits — and the specific mistakes that cause most traders to blow them. #optionstrading #tomsosnoff #sosnoffonmoney #lossdog #shortstrangle #jadelize #optionsstrategies TIMESTAMPS 0:00 1 million trades, 1 pattern 0:28 Strategy 1: Short Puts 1:17 Strategy 2: Jade Lizard 2:24 Strategy 3: Covered Calls 4:01 Strategy 4: Short Put Spreads 5:20 Strategy 5: Put Ratio Spreads 6:39 Strategy 6: Short Call Spreads 8:06 Strategy 7: Broken Wing Butterfly 9:33 Strategy 8: Unbalanced Iron Condor 11:04 Strategy 9: Iron Condor 12:07 The 70% reveal 12:13 Strategy 10: Short Strangles 13:55 Strategy 11: Price Reversion & Pairs Trading Most traders spend years chasing complex setups before figuring out what professionals have known forever — implied volatility structurally overstates realized volatility, which means premium sellers have a built-in edge. The strategies here aren't new or exotic. They're the ones that hold up across decades, different market regimes, and asset classes from equities to futures options. The real edge isn't the strategy itself. It's the discipline to trade it correctly, size it right, and keep positions non-correlated — which is exactly what this video gets into. More trader tools at lossdog.com Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
20 Jun 2026
If You Are Ambitious But Stuck ... Watch This
Join the Lossdog waitlist at https://lossdog.com and please subscribe to this channel. Tom Sosnoff has built four companies with nine and ten-digit exits — and in this video he breaks down the 10 career practices he'd hand to anyone starting out or recalibrating right now. From why chasing the highest salary early on is the wrong move, to the overlooked power of likability over credentials, to why wealth is almost always a byproduct of longevity and not a sprint. Real advice, no fluff, from someone who started on Wall Street as a poli-sci major and ended up changing how millions of people trade. #lossdog #tomsosnoff #oneluckydoglive #careertips #salarynegotiation #jobsearch #financialfreedom TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro — Tom Sosnoff on AI and your career 0:36 #1 Own your situation 1:11 #2 Be open to adjacent opportunities 2:09 #3 Don't be seduced by more money 2:43 #4 Prioritize networking 3:20 #5 Articulate your pitch 4:00 #6 Crawl before you walk 4:50 #7 Be flexible — always say yes 5:43 #8 Be smart, but be likable 6:47 #9 Wealth is a byproduct of longevity 7:46 #10 Differentiate yourself 9:06 Tom's top 3 picks from the list The job market is shifting faster than most people's career plans can keep up with — AI is compressing timelines, flattening hierarchies, and making credentials matter less than adaptability. Tom Sosnoff has lived through multiple versions of this disruption and used each one to build something bigger. The practices he shares here aren't theoretical — they're the same ones he's applied across thinkorswim, tastytrade, and now Lossdog, and the same ones he's given his own kids. In a market where everyone is trying to stand out, the candidates who know how to tell their story, build real relationships, and stay flexible are the ones who actually get hired — and actually get ahead. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
5 Jun 2026
I Trained My Mind To Be Unconventional — It Made Me Rich
Join the Lossdog waitlist at https://lossdog.com and please subscribe to this channel. Tom Sosnoff breaks down the seven mindset principles behind every major deal, company, and trade he's ever made—and none of them are what most people expect. He gets into why always saying yes beats waiting for the perfect deal, how to love the trades you hate, why math should always be your tiebreaker, and how goodwill became the foundation of thinkorswim and tastytrade. If you've ever hesitated on a decision or burned a bridge you didn't need to, this one hits different. #lossdog #tomsosnoff #careermindset #entrepreneurship #optionstrading #tastytrade #thinkorswim 0:00 Intro — The mindset behind every big win 0:27 Rule 1: Be the first to say yes 1:20 Rule 2: Get comfortable being uncomfortable 1:45 Rule 3: The math always wins 2:43 Rule 4: Never blow up a relationship 3:25 Rule 5: Be open and real 3:57 Rule 6: Embrace trust and goodwill 4:39 Rule 7: Be a contrarian 5:09 The two rules that mattered most The principles Tom shares here run counter to how most professionals are taught to make decisions—slow down, be thorough, protect yourself. But in fast-moving markets and competitive business environments, hesitation is often the costliest move. The idea that a bad deal beats no deal, or that you should "love the trades you hate," is rooted in probability theory and decades of market-making experience. In a job market and economy where opportunity windows close fast and relationships compound over years, these seven rules aren't just trading philosophy—they're a framework for how careers and companies actually get built. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
28 May 2026
I Watched Markets for 40 Years: They Hid This From You
Tom Sosnoff is giving away FREE 1st-year access to his newest fintech platform — plus a FREE CRYPTO REWARD — to the first 50,000 users. Claim your spot before it's gone: lossdog.com If this hits, like, drop a comment, and subscribe — it takes 2 seconds and means everything. Tom Sosnoff pulls from 40+ years and over a million trades to lay out the 9 things every brokerage customer should know but rarely gets told. He breaks down why liquidity is king, how data and exchange fees quietly drain accounts, why margin rates are actually negotiable, what makes account transfers so painful, and how risk management rules vary wildly from firm to firm. He also explains why "fat finger" errors are mostly on you and how to spot a real trade desk versus an AI bot or outsourced rep. If you trade options, futures, or stocks, this is the unfiltered checklist for picking and pressuring your broker. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro: 40 years, a million trades 0:27 #1 Liquidity is king — avoid wide bid-ask spreads 1:22 #2 Insist on access to every product 2:05 #3 Watch out for overpriced data fees 2:51 #4 Hidden exchange fees on index trades 3:38 #5 Low interest rates on your free cash 4:46 Why margin rates are negotiable 5:21 #6 Account transfers (ACATs) and how to survive them 6:45 #7 Every firm handles risk management differently 7:56 #8 Fat finger errors and tech glitches 8:56 #9 Real support vs. AI bots and offshore desks 9:32 Building thinkorswim's original trade desk 10:34 Tom's top 3 takeaways from the list Brokerage choice rarely makes it into headline financial advice, but it's one of the biggest hidden variables in long-term returns. Spreads, exchange and data fees, margin rates, and cash interest are the friction points that compound year after year — often more impactful than any single trade. As zero-commission trading became standard, firms shifted revenue into less visible places like payment for order flow, professional data designations, and rate spreads on idle cash. Layer in AI-driven customer service, account transfer delays from legacy ACATs systems, and inconsistent risk management policies, and the "best broker" question becomes far more nuanced than a flashy app or a low advertised rate. #lossdog #brokerage #tradingtips #financialfreedom #wallstreet #personalfinance #lossdog #tomsosnoff #optionstrading #stockmarket #daytrading #investing Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
12 May 2026
Making You Infinitely Rich in 200 Seconds
Tom Sosnoff is giving away FREE 1st-year access to his newest fintech platform — plus a FREE CRYPTO REWARD — to the first 50,000 users. Claim your spot before it's gone: lossdog.com If this hits, like, drop a comment, and subscribe — it takes 2 seconds and means everything. Tom Sosnoff didn't just study the finance world — he survived it, then dominated it. From the CBOE trading floor to founding two billion-dollar companies — thinkorswim and tastytrade — he's seen firsthand what separates the ones who grind forever from the ones who actually break through. In this video, he breaks down the five professional habits that quietly do more work than most people's entire hustle: prompt responsiveness, showing up in person, owning your domain, making decisive calls, and mastering real engagement. He names two as absolute non-negotiables — and if you've been putting in the work and still waiting for it to pay off, you need to hear which ones. #lossdog #tomsosnoff #careergrowth #professionaldevelopment #success #mindset #entrepreneur Most people who aren't where they want to be aren't lazy. They're grinding. Early mornings, late nights, putting in the work everyone tells them will pay off. And still — the breakthrough doesn't come. Not because the effort wasn't real. But because in high-stakes finance, hard work alone was never the full equation. The unspoken rules are ruthless, and effort without the right behavioral edge gets swallowed whole. The people who actually break through aren't working less — they shifted what they were working on. The habits they carry into a room, the way they respond, decide, and show up — those are the fundamentals that compound quietly until one day they're the only thing that explains the gap between them and everyone else who worked just as hard. Tom doesn't sell motivation. After 25 years on the road and two billion-dollar exits, he's identified the catalysts — the specific behavioral patterns he kept seeing separate the ones who broke through from the ones who stayed stuck. Five habits. Two non-negotiables. And they don't replace the grind. They're what finally makes it pay off. #lossdog #tomsosnoff #tastytrade #tastylive #thinkorswim #investing #stockmarket #wealthbuilding #financialfreedom #motivation #salarytips #highperformance #incomegrowthtips Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
27 Apr 2026
Give me 7 Minutes and I Will Elevate Your Future
Tom Sosnoff is offering free 1st-year access to his newest fintech platform (and a FREE CRYPTO REWARD!) to the first 50,000 users of Lossdog. Join the launch list today at lossdog.com. Please like and comment on this video and subscribe to this channel. Most investors think they're doing everything right and still wonder why they're not building real wealth. Tom Sosnoff breaks down the five rules he's followed across millions of trades and two industry-changing companies, thinkorswim and tastytrade — covering how to actually measure risk, why volatility is an opportunity index, how to lower your basis to improve your odds from 53% to nearly 68%, why liquidity has to be king, and why every serious portfolio needs at least a small allocation to high-risk, non-correlated assets. This isn't theory. These are the exact mechanics behind how profitable investors think. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Are you really positioned to profit? 0:31 Rule 1: Take control of your investments 1:27 Rule 2: Measure risk in volatility terms 2:06 Volatility as an opportunity index 2:54 Rule 3: Improve your basis 3:43 How Lossdog software improves your basis 4:02 Rule 4: Remove less liquid stocks 4:29 Liquidity is king—here's why 5:15 Rule 5: Own high-risk non-correlated assets 6:29 The five rules recap In 2026, markets are volatile, passive portfolios are getting tested, and most retail investors are still measuring risk the wrong way — by dollar amount instead of volatility. The edge that professional traders have always had is understanding how probability, basis reduction, and liquidity work together. As AI-powered tools start making these mechanics accessible to everyday investors, the gap between those who learn these rules and those who ignore them is going to widen fast. #lossdog #optionstrading #stockmarket #investing #volatility #financialfreedom @#tomsossnoff #tastylive #tastytrade #thinkorswim #options #optiontrading Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
16 Apr 2026
This Video Will Change Your Financial Future In 170 Seconds
Tom Sosnoff is offering free 1st-year access to his newest fintech platform (and a FREE CRYPTO REWARD!) to the first 50,000 users of his latest venture, Lossdog. Join the launch list today at lossdog.com. Please like and comment on this video and subscribe to this channel. Tom Sosnoff shares six questions every investor should be asking their money manager right now—and what the right answers actually look like. From how AI should be lowering your fees and building smarter portfolios, to covered call strategies that chip away at your cost basis, these aren't softballs. The sixth question is basically a litmus test, and a lot of advisors quietly fail it. If you've never pushed your money manager this hard, start here. In 2026, nothing is more important than doing your due diligence for your financial future. Tom Sosnoff has been on a mission to democratize knowledge about wealth creation, and here he's showing you how to demand more transparency, accountability, and fiduciary responsibility from the people managing your money. #lossdog #moneymanager #financialadvisor #investing #retirement #options #tomsosnoff TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Tom Sosnoff introduces the 6 questions to ask your investment advisor 0:36 Question 1- Does your firm support all asset classes 0:55 Question 2- How is your firm using AI to lower fees 1:23 Question 3- How will you reduce my cost basis 1:41 Question 4- How do you manage portfolio risk beyond diversification 1:52 Question 5- How do you project returns vs. risk-free rates 2:04 Question 6- Do you manage your own money In 2026, the bar for what a money manager should deliver has never been higher—yet most clients have passively signed paperwork without asking a single hard question. The gap between a good advisor and a bad one can cost you years of compounding returns, and fees that AI could already be reducing are still quietly draining your portfolio. AI is reshaping how portfolios get built and how much they cost, and advisors who can't keep up are a liability you're paying for. The people you trust with your future should have real skin in the game, understand options mechanics, and actively think about reducing your cost basis—that's not a bonus, it's the job. Your power is in asking hard questions. When you do, you raise the standard for everyone. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
10 Apr 2026
How to Educate Yourself Like A Self-taught Millionaire
Tom Sosnoff is offering free 1st-year access to his newest fintech platform (and a FREE CRYPTO REWARD!) to the first 50,000 users of his latest venture, Lossdog. Join today at lossdog.com. Please like and comment on this video and subscribe to this channel. Tom Sosnoff shares the five concepts he looks for when hiring, and why a college degree by itself is no longer enough. AI fluency exploded across job postings, solo builders are now creating products valuable enough to attract billion-dollar acquisitions, and communication still remains one of the fastest ways to increase your market value. This is not generic career advice. It is a direct framework from someone who has hired thousands of people, built billion-dollar companies, and is now focused on democratizing access to information for everyday investors and job seekers who have traditionally been left behind by opaque systems. He is doing this because he believes the next generation should have better tools, better information, and a fairer shot at building wealth and opportunity. #lossdog #college #jobmarket #aiskills #tomsosnoff #careeradvice TIMESTAMPS 0:00 What real education looks like 0:30 Concept 1: AI fluency 1:11 Why the internet boom mirrors AI today 1:53 Concept 2: Build something real 2:38 Why 2026 looks like the last frontier 3:32 Concept 3: Learn to be in a room 4:10 Likability vs. raw brilliance 5:00 Concept 4: Own the room 5:23 Warren Buffett's 50% communication rule 6:05 Concept 5: Keep learning new stuff 6:30 The college degree reality check 6:43 What winning candidates look like in 2026 The job market in 2026 is not just tightening or loosening. It is being structurally reordered. AI has sharply reduced the cost of building, testing, and shipping ideas, which means old signals like degrees and credentials no longer carry the same weight they once did. What matters more now is visible proof of competence: what you built, how quickly you learn, how well you communicate, and whether you can create value in front of other people. Historically, periods of rapid change have created the biggest upside for the people willing to lean into uncertainty rather than hide from it. Embracing change and embracing challenge tend to improve your pot odds because disruption resets the table — incumbents get slower, barriers fall, and people who adapt early can capture outsized returns. These five concepts are not soft, motivational ideas. They are increasingly the real filters used by decision-makers when they evaluate who is worth hiring, backing, or betting on. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
6 Apr 2026
If You Have Less Than $100K Net Worth, Watch This ASAP
Tom Sosnoff is offering free 1st-year access to his newest fintech platform (and a FREE CRYPTO REWARD!) to the first 50,000 users of his latest venture, Lossdog. Join the launch list today at lossdog.com Please like and comment on this video and subscribe to this channel. Tom Sosnoff went from open outcry pit trader in Chicago to co-founding two fintech unicorns — thinkorswim and tastytrade — and he's sharing the exact five lessons that made it happen. This isn't motivational fluff. It's a real framework: take more risk than feels comfortable, make decisions faster than everyone else, honor your word even when it costs you, trust the people around you, and build inside the industry you actually know. He also breaks down why AI is quietly the biggest edge young entrepreneurs have right now, and why passive investing outside your lane is a trap even experienced operators fall into. #lossdog #entrepreneurship #careerdevelopment #wealthbuilding #AI #tomsosnoff TIMESTAMPS 0:17 Lesson 1- Take as much risk as possible 0:34 Risk changes by decade — 20s, 30s, 40s+ 1:37 Why Tom built Lossdog: one more roll of the dice 1:54 Lesson 2- Be the fastest decision maker in the room 2:06 Why speed creates opportunity 2:51 How to get better at probabilistic thinking 3:36 Lesson 3- Honor your trades 3:51 What open outcry taught Tom about integrity 4:43 Lesson 4- Trust people and share your vision 4:57 Why low trust kills leaders and companies 5:45 Lesson 5- Build in your neighborhood 6:07 Why AI levels the playing field for young founders 6:34 The shiny object trap that kills entrepreneurs 7:37 The two lessons Tom would keep above all others CONTEXT The hardest thing about building something real isn't capital or connections — it's the internal stuff: how fast you decide, how much risk you'll actually absorb, and whether your word means anything when the trade goes wrong. These five lessons sit at the intersection of trading psychology and entrepreneurship, two worlds that reward the same traits: speed, conviction, and consistency under pressure. With AI now compressing the time it takes to go from idea to product, the old excuse of "I need more experience first" is getting thinner by the month. The founders who win aren't necessarily smarter — they just move faster, stay in their lane, and trust the people around them to fill the gaps. Follow the @lossdog YouTube channel Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
13 Dec 2025
Tom Sosnoff's 7 Levels of Finance Jobs
Tom Sosnoff understands that where you start your finance career often determines where you end up—and the gap between compensation levels isn't incremental, it's exponential. Two-time billion-dollar fintech founder Tom Sosnoff (thinkorswim, tastytrade) breaks down the hidden structure of Wall Street pay based on his decades in the finance industry. Sosnoff reveals the 7 distinct levels of compensation in finance, from the entry-level analyst making $40k a year to the executive earning over a million. Based on new research data from his team at Lossdog, the average person unnecessarily gives up seven figures in compensation over their career. Tom is CEO at Lossdog, his latest venture providing professionals the data and the tools they need to realize their fair market value in salary, bonus, commission and equity compensation. Tom started his career in 1980 with a $30k job at Drexel Burnham and worked his way up to building two industry-disrupting companies and investing or advising dozens of fintech companies. In this video, he shares what he has learned over a 40-year fintech career employing thousands. Introduction: $50K to $500K+ Finance Career Roadmap [0:35] - Level 1: The Pawn ($40K-$65K) - Entry-Level Finance Roles [1:59] - Level 2: The Knight ($70K-$95K) - Client-Facing Positions [3:16] - Level 3: The Bishop ($85K-$120K) - Technical Expertise [4:35] - Level 4: The Rook ($110K-$150K) - Specialized Domains [6:02] - Level 5: The Queen ($130K-$230K) - Revenue Generation [7:10] - Level 6: The King's Guard ($180K-$280K) - Leadership Roles [8:11] - Level 7: The King ($250K-$500K+) - Ownership & Capital Leverage [9:21] - Conclusion: Optimizing Your Career Path #tomsosnoff #lossdog #salary #compensation #finance #fintech #trading Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
12 Dec 2025
The Psychology of People Who Make More Than Their Worth | Tom Sosnoff
Tom Sosnoff wants you to stop leaving money on the table! The average employee is underpaid nearly $2 million dollars in their lifetime. Are you one of them? In this exclusive video, finance mogul and two-time billion-dollar company founder Tom Sosnoff reveals the exact psychological differences that separate employees who are paid their worth from those who remain chronically underpaid. Drawing from his experience employing thousands, Tom Sosnoff breaks down the five critical psychological traits of his most valuable team members—the ones he was happy to overpay. If you want to maximize your earning potential and stop being undervalued, you need to watch this video from start to finish. Introduction: The $1.8M Lifetime Underpayment Problem [0:20] - Skill #1: Articulate With Purpose, Without Ego [1:36] - Skill #2: Show Your Expertise Without Showboating [2:24] - Skill #3: Be Likable, Honest, and Humble [3:22] - Skill #4: Differentiate Yourself Without Hype [4:19] - Skill #5: Make Quick Decisions Confidently [4:54] - The Financial Impact: How These Skills Add Millions #tomsosnoff Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy (https://ausha.co/privacy-policy) for more information.
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