I began market timing and sector studies with mutual funds when I was in high school at age 17, plotting my own charts by hand. An entrepreneur at heart, I started a SCUBA diving excursion business while attending Florida Atlantic University. It was during that time that I met a professional pit trader who introduced me to futures trading. During my junior year in college I began to "short term invest" (...little did I know I was actually trading!) in stocks and commodity futures. I have been trading full-time since 1993.

Towards the end of 1993 I began shortening my time frame with stocks to supplement my S&P intraday trading, since it seemed a natural fit. The technology of faster computers and the Internet changed the entire face of individual investing and trading. I had been working from my home office for over 10 years and decided to make the move to a "trading and training facility," as I wanted to teach and trade from the same office.  

I instruct and advise various hedge funds and managed accounts. I've taught everyday traders from all over the country who wanted to take the leap from trading novice to expert. I feel teaching is really a powerful and rejuvenating break, especially during the July and August doldrums. I enjoy the teaching as it is a fantastic way to remind myself of the tried and true fundamentals of trading, and frankly I feel it has improved my personal trading ten-fold.

In late 1999, after years of futures and stock trading, I added forex to my approach.  If there is one idea I have always tried to get across it's "trade everything" and when a trader focuses on price, price action, and liquid markets it's something that is not difficult to do.

After years of being what I call a "hermit trader" it is nice to meet people who share the same passion for the markets that I do. I find the teaching totally "win-win." Moreover, I enjoy the trading community I have established over the years.  For example, I have trading websites where I share my knowledge and experience. I run a Yahoo Group for Futures trading, an ICG Group for EZ2Trade Software, and many of my students drop in to my office whenever they need to re-focus, get back on track, or just to say "hello." I also have written commentary and analysis for eSignal, TradingMarkets.com, FXStreet.com, ForexTV, and many others.  Over time, my weekends and market after hours have become a prime opportunity for me to keep teaching people my trading approach. In December 2004 I fulfilled a long time dream when my first book "Forex Trading for Maximum Profit" was published by Wiley in Sons.  These are the fruits of my labor.

I am student of the "game of trading." I've read over a hundred of books on everything from charting to technicals to system trading and I have spent thousands of hours studying and trading what "works" in the stocks and futures markets.  I am now working on my third book on my approach to futures and stocks.

I play to win no matter what I do; after I formulated my own techniques for trading, I was repeatedly asked to teach others and found that avenue to be very enjoyable. I feel I have a unique opportunity to add to traders' experience and knowledge.

Trading and investing is something anyone can learn to do well yet we all need a “checklist”: a series of steps to examine before we enter or exit a position. I focus on the tools that work the highest percentage of the time. I aim to show traders and investors the importance of understanding market cycles, price action, chart formations, candle/patterns, Fibonacci, insider action, time, seasonals, stock and sector screening, and currency pairs.

The goal is to learn intraday, swing, position trading and investing; to trade all time frames so we can seize the many opportunities that are presented each and every day! I teach the step-by-step strategies needed to enter and compete in the fast-changing trading environment in futures, forex, and stocks!

My content is based upon not only my years of experience but also seminars that I attended and walked away knowing: (1) the instructor did not trade actively and (2) that the education was far too basic and common. I will show you how to use the power of the Internet accurately and how to find the best research tools online. This is not the stuff you will find in books and other seminars.

Every day I strive to find the distinctions of trading success with real world applications. I don't feel successful trading has to be complex--just accurate and understandable.

Yours in Trading,