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In this episode of The Authority Company Podcast, Joe Pardavila sits down with Daniel Schlaepfer, founder of Select Vantage and author of Real Trading: Why Stock Markets Will Always Need a Human Touch, to unpack how modern markets really work and why human judgment still matters.

Daniel explains why long-term wealth depends on patience, compound interest, and high-quality investments. He also breaks down how technology has changed trading, why “free” trades may come with hidden costs, and how retail investors can misunderstand the plumbing behind the stock market.

Daniel Schlaepfer is the President and CEO of Select Vantage Inc, a global leader in electronic market-making. In this conversation, he pulls back the curtain on how the stock market actually works, why “free” trading is anything but free, and the risk system that lets his firm win almost every single day.

In this episode, Daniel Schlaepfer, CEO of one of the world’s largest human-driven proprietary trading firms, examines what happens when AI stops being theoretical and becomes embedded in daily operations.

In this episode of the Freedom & Wealth Podcast we sit down with Daniel Schlaepfer CEO and President of Select Vantage debate the entrepreneur’s dilemma: University or not?

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Daniel Schlaepfer, CFA

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Daniel Schlaepfer is the President and CEO of Select Vantage Inc (SVI), and its affiliates Select Vantage Canada Inc, Select Vantage Ontario Inc and Elite Vantage Placement Ltd. SVI is a global leader in electronic market-making, employing over 2,500 staff in 39 countries. On any given day, the firm can trade over US$4 billion a day on global stock markets.

Educated in Canada, Daniel received an MBA from the John Molson School of Business, Goodman Institute of Investment Management at Concordia University, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He is a CFA charter holder and passed the FINRA series 7 and 24 exams as well as CSI courses, CSC and PDO.

In 2019 Daniel was named to Canada’s Top 40 under 40 list and Concordia University’s Top 50 under 50 alumni shaping business in Canada. Between 2019-2023, he served two consecutive terms as a member of the Ontario Securities Commission’s Market Structure Advisory Committee (MSAC), a forum that discusses issues associated with market structure and marketplace operations in the Canadian markets.

His first book, ‘Real Trading: Why Stock Markets Will Always Need A Human Touch’, was published by Forbes Book in in June 2026.