Over Thirty Years Later.
I started trading in 1988 as a hobbyist on a grandfathers custodial account. In 1991 I transitioned from small cap equities into commodity futures, T-Bonds and T-Bills frequently trading TED spreads. I saw my first position as an analyst in 1994 before transitioning to the overnight market making desk for an FX broker while arbitraging high impact news in the U.S. Sessions. In 1997 I worked for a subsidiary of a major bank and in 1999 I transitioned back to studies of market micro-structure. In 2003 I diverted from price action focused methods to aggregated volumes which advanced in 2007 with my design of an arbitrage and cross market - maker application. 2010 saw the advancement on volume and transition into the first iterations of what I use today in leading measures of currency values. My fight is for you! Most haven't experienced it but we've all been subjected to toxic regulation, and underhanded dealing that obstructs your ability to view markets with transparency. That is until now.
Everything I’ve learned through university studies, practical application as well as independent reseaarch has become what I’ve taught traders over the last two decades. Much of it is contained the core analytical models I integrate into my teachings. Here are some key principles.
- Eliminate the lag of history.
- Reduce risk with statistical reasoning.
- Eliminate blind dependencies.
- Know value and it’s lead of all movement.
- Validate all data and discard concept based methods.
- Exploit aggression of bankers methods.
