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How to find your arbitrage (from the guy who’s done it 3x) ft. Nick Kokonas

26 Oct 2026 · 2 h 07 min

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Episode 876: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) sits down with Nick Kokonas ( https://x.com/nickkokonas ) to talk about finding arbitrages and how to win an many different games.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(9:45) How I Became a Trader With $60K

(18:15) Surviving Day 1 of Anything

(20:35) The Comfort Trap

(23:50) Finding Your Arb

(32:00) No Boats. No Women. No Drugs.

(34:55) Showing Up

(43:15) Everything Is an Arbitrage

(47:55) Greatness

(55:55) Working Backwards

(1:03:40) The Magic of Alinea

(1:10:35) Controlling Attention

(1:19:10) Remixing Old Mechanics

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Links:

• Alinea – https://www.alinearestaurant.com/

• Tock – https://www.exploretock.com/

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Links in the notes 7

• https://clickhubspot.com/tyvc
• https://x.com/ShaanVP
• https://x.com/nickkokonas
• https://www.alinearestaurant.com/
• https://www.exploretock.com/
• https://www.shaanpuri.com
• https://www.somewhere.com/mfm