The mental edge in trading is the mission of Evan Marks, former hedge fund portfolio manager and founder of M1 Performance Group
With over 25 years of experience managing institutional capital, Evan now coaches elite performers from professional athletes to high stakes traders on mastering decision making under pressure. Drawing from neuroscience and modern psychoanalysis, he helps clients rewire habits, regulate emotions, and build cognitive resilience in the most volatile environments. After a career defining panic attack at age 46, Evan sold his fund, returned to study, and committed his life to helping others navigate the psychological demands of high performance careers.
Today, Evan’s work lives at the intersection of peak performance and emotional intelligence. His frameworks such as aggressive patience and momentum beats motivation help top traders shift from impulsive reactions to intentional behavior. Whether he is coaching a NASCAR pit crew or a billion dollar portfolio manager, Evan brings science backed tools, practical insight, and a deep belief that long term success starts with the mind. For him, trading is not just about strategy. It is about stamina, self awareness, and staying sharp every single day.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
In this episode, Evan Marks and Two Blokes Trading explore why traders are performance athletes and how mastering your internal game is essential for long term success. Evan explains why emotions are data, not distractions, and how ignoring them leads to reactive decisions, burnout, and self sabotage.
You will learn how to implement techniques like mental space creation, emotional labeling, and conscious habit building that are used by elite athletes and fund managers. Evan breaks down the concept of aggressive patience, a state of calm readiness, and explains how building momentum through daily practices outperforms motivation over time. This episode provides powerful insights for traders who want to build consistency, clarity, and resilience in their approach to the markets.
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Hosts
Jonathan Farrelly – Host
Jonathan started his trading journey over 16 years ago, learning from some of the best institutional traders in the world. Over the last 9 years Jonathan has taught 1000’s of retail traders how to successfully navigate the financial markets. Jonathan’s ethos has always been based on transparency with the goal to help new & experienced traders achieve their goals.
About Edwin Dorsey – Guest
Edwin Dorsey is the founder of The Bear Cave, one of the most widely followed investigative newsletters in finance. His work focuses on exposing corporate misconduct, financial fraud, and market manipulation, often uncovering red flags buried in SEC filings, FOI requests, and regulatory data. Edwin has built a reputation for moving markets with his research, from exposing safety failures at Care.com to tracking Chinese pump-and-dump scams through his platform StopNasdaqChinaFraud.com. Today, his sharp analysis and commitment to transparency make him a leading voice in financial journalism and short-selling research.
About Evan Marks – Guest
Evan Marks is the founder of M1 Performance Group and a former hedge fund portfolio manager with more than 25 years of experience in institutional trading. After stepping away from Wall Street, Evan shifted his focus to coaching high performers across finance, sports, and business on the psychology of decision making under pressure.
His coaching integrates neuroscience, behavioural training, and psychoanalytic methods to help clients develop mental clarity, emotional regulation, and consistent performance. Today, Evan is known for teaching concepts like aggressive patience and momentum through repetition, making him a trusted voice in trading psychology and performance development.
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