Shekels and Shamrocks

Shekels and Shamrocks

Hosted by the legendary ’Market Wizard’ Jason Shapiro, managing over $200M in capital, and Tim Duggan, a private fund manager and futures trader. Together, they decode the strategies, stories, and secrets of trading success. Tim writes a weekly market report - www.thevwapreport.com & The Oil Report on substack. Jason writes a weekly report www.crowdedmarketreport.com

Episodes

May 13, 2025 26 mins

rought to you by The VWAP Report by Tim Duggan & Crowded Market Report by Jason Shapiro. 

We talk about

00:03:44 — Pushback on Bearishness

00:06:24 — Squeeze Psychology

00:09:20 — Failed News as Catalyst

00:10:24 — Crowd Still Selling

00:12:32 — Trump, Lutnick & Basant Impact

00:13:52 — Oil Still Moving

00:14:56 — Tax Exile Temptation

00:19:28 — Macro Authority Weighs In

00:19:44 — AI as Existential Threat

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Brought to you by The VWAP Report by Tim Duggan & Crowded Market Report by Jason Shapiro. 

We talk about

  • Long GBP
  • Market sentiment shifts and trading strategies
  • Political decisions driving market volatility
  • Speculators’ influence on market trends
  • Conflicting economic data and uncertainty
  • Oil prices as an economic indicator
  • Tesla’s transformation into a tech giant
  • Rise of humanoid robots and automation
  • Europe’s military exp...
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February 12, 2025 34 mins

Brought to you by The VWAP Report by Tim Duggan & Crowded Market Report by Jason Shapiro. 

We talk about

  • Going to Italy
  • First 6 weeks of 2025,
  • the washing machine of markets.
  • Sucking at trading -Trump burnt out
  • Push back on spending audit- what is the problem? 
  • Call BS on democracy- get the civil war going. 
  • Who should do the audit?
  • Marth Stewarts broker. 
  • What this means for governments around the rest of the world. 
  • The ...
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January 27, 2025 46 mins

Brought to you by The VWAP Report by Tim Duggan & Crowded Market Report by Jason Shapiro.  Talking about

  • The commanding heights
  • Trump to takeover Denmark and why
  • Market reaction to NFP
  • Bullish Nat Gas and NRT
  • Ireland v Israel
  • California fires. Disaster strikes the top 1!
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January 10, 2025 32 mins

Brought to you by The VWAP Report by Tim Duggan & Crowded Market Report by Jason Shapiro.  Talking about

  • The commanding heights
  • Trump to takeover Denmark and why
  • Market reaction to NFP
  • Bullish Nat Gas and NRT
  • Ireland v Israel
  • California fires. Disaster strikes the top 1!

 

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December 13, 2024 64 mins

Brought to you by The VWAP Report by Tim Duggan & Crowded Market Report by Jason Shapiro.  Talking about

  • PPI/CPI rising- Cuts probabilities go up
  • Kamala back to the bar
  • Nat Gas positioning
  • AI and powering the AI future
  • OPEC demand dropping, oil rising
  • DXY Shorts potential, bullish gold
  • Market dynamics on oil delta
  • Irish culture
  • Jason talks about early days
  • Brexit- The Irish masterplan
  • Politics between Trumpers and Non Tru...
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November 11, 2024 44 mins

Brought to you by The VWAP Report by Tim Duggan & Crowded Market Report by Jason Shapiro Talking about  00:00 Stopping out of a short 03:10 Inverse Nathan ETF 05:00 Drunkenmiller Soros short 07:20 Going EV 11:45 Equities looking weak 13:15 Empty nesting 15:00 Long Euro/ Long Nat Gas price and market dynamics 21:00 Could get 10-40% drop off highs 21:55 60/40 Portfolio split is trash 26:00 Energy outlook dont trade- fade! 30:17...

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November 5, 2024 32 mins

Brought to you by The VWAP Report by Tim Duggan & Crowded Market Report by Jason Shapiro 00:00 START  03:48 US election hype news? Who is it going to be 05:47 Sellers in control 08:40 Bull market for 150 years 09:18 90% of Equity fund managers underperform market 11:20 How the business really works for institutional funds 14:00 Financial advisors making an easy killing 16:00 Spending money 17:50 Ride the short 19:25 The VWAP ...

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August 26, 2024 18 mins

Brought to you by The VWAP Report by Tim Duggan & Crowded Market Report by Jason Shapiro 00:00 Start 01:00 BLS gamifying jobs data 05:55 Trading psychology - Ego, getting stuck.  09:00 Have a pint and be happy 10:33 MUST LISTEN Phycology - Spending time not getting anywhere 14:11 Sizing can kill you.  16:36 Mr & Mr Obama. Election fatigue 18:35 Kamala Harris price cap

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July 25, 2024 52 mins

Brought to you by The VWAP Report by Tim Duggan & Crowded Market Report by Jason Shapiro Talking about  Trump assisnation attempt The upcoming US Presidential election  Global political trends  The impact of technology  Social and political commentary  Political uncertainty and polarization  The search for meaning and purpose 

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May 2, 2024 37 mins

Brought to you by The VWAP Report by Tim Duggan & Crowded Market Report by Jason Shapiro Talking about  Market Sentiment  Dollar Strength  Interest Rate Differentials  US Debt  Government Spending  Trading Strategies  Community and Trading Psychology  Trading Risks and Rewards  Alternative Lifestyles Market Volatility and Uncertainty 

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April 5, 2024 27 mins

Brought to you by The VWAP Report by Tim Duggan & Crowded Market Report by Jason Shapiro Talking about 

  • Bostic no cut- market rallies
  • Market pricing out more cuts
  • If you fell asleep 6 months ago
  • Silver not moving with Gold
  • Who is driving the market speak on 2 more cuts
  • The misunderstood effects of inflation and shrinkflation
  • Speaking oil volatility and DUCs
  • Jasons best trade this year
  • News failure

 

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January 19, 2024 65 mins

Brought to you by The VWAP Report by Tim Duggan & Crowded Market Report by Jason Shapiro Talking about 

  •  The Fed's Rate Cut Dilemma
  •  Trading Psychology 
  •  The Impact of Technology 
  •  The Importance of Discipline 
  •  The Cost of Trading 
  •  Alternative Career Paths 
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Brought to you by The VWAP Report by Tim Duggan & Crowded Market Report by Jason Shapiro Talking about 

  • Jasons chat recap with Annie Duke
  • Bill Ackman out of Bond shorts
  • Conditioning as a trader, when to be involved
  • How win percentage means nothing
  • Net long shorts on oil 
  • What makes a market wizard
  • Not even god can help you trade unless you manage risk
  • Timing is everything
  • Why traders do discords and education

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October 23, 2023 33 mins

Brought to you by The VWAP Report by Tim Duggan & Crowded Market Report by Jason Shapiro Talking about 

  • Fintwit lit up with end of world chat
  • What is the COT saying
  • More Dan Nathan fan chat
  • Good calls on oil
  • Its never the big one
  • The 60/40 portfolio getting hammered
  • How Jason is positioned
  • Upcomming Annie Duke chat
  • Jason played poker
  • Move to Antigua/ Cyprus for no tax
  • Stories about Paul Rotter

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October 9, 2023 40 mins

Recorded 7th Oct 2023 Brought to you by The VWAP Report & Crowded Market Report Talking about 

  • The unfolding Israeli situation
  • Yen starting to get spicy
  • Trouble in the bond markets
  • Shift to gold- Risk off starting
  • Fed shoud keep hiking - this time its different
  • The US Elections next year
  • Pushing out the US national debt
  • There is no going back to the old days
  • Lebaneese hyper-inflation
  • Total breakdown of US society
  • US Fundi...
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September 28, 2023 57 mins

Brought to you by The VWAP Report & Crowded Market Report Talking about 

  • Shorting Energy- getting stopped
  • Bonds getting sold down
  • Holywe have to do QE
  • Trading physical gold
  • Having a Shapiro moment on twitter
  • Trading a doomsday scenario
  • There is no middle ground in discourse anymore
  • Getting sucked into silver bullshit
  • People haven't seen prolonged bear market
  • If the world was ending- how would things trade? 
  • Using war to mi...
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August 16, 2023 26 mins

Brought to you by The VWAP Report & Crowded Market Report Talking about

  • Commercial real estate risk. 
  • Whats the trade? 
  • buy energy sell tech
  • 4200 ES
  • Focus on energy trading. Oil a difficult trade, but its all difficult. 
  • Having to puke Nasdaq. 
  • Trading energy spreads. 
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June 28, 2023 60 mins

Brought to you by The VWAP Report & Crowded Market Report We talk about

- Metallica

- Dan Nathan....again

- Psychology of retail versus contrarian

- Terrible trading strategies

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Brought to you by The VWAP Report & Crowded Market Report Jason was on a train in Europe on his way to a Metallica concert when we checked in.  Talking about

  • Market's on fire, defying bearish predictions.
  • Short sellers, especially Dan Nathan, are getting burned.
  • Trend is king, fundamentals be damned.
  • Time to ride the wave or get left behind.
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