I'm probably just like you....a trader and investor with a goal of accumulating wealth so that I can provide for my wife and family, travel to far away lands, and pursue hobbies to satisfy my need for physical and mental challenges.
I strive to get an edge in most things I do. This hasn't always been easy given the signposts all around us that tell us that certain things can't be done. In the context of investing, this meant that I wouldn't be able to trade for a living, time the market, or do better than professional money managers. In my view, such limitations are in place to benefit others. They are in effect marketing strategies to get us to seek advice from people who profess to know better -- of course, at a cost. I'm not saying that I'm smarter than "experts." I'm just not constrained by the norms of their profession which lead them to render "safe" advice -- in other words, advice that's similar to what their peers are giving. So when the market crashes and you lose money, none of the money managers stand out looking like fools. Their "safe" advice doesn't always equate to less risk to our portfolios.
I'm a believer that if you follow the herd, you will get only mediocre results. To put it another way, to get better than average results, you have to do what others don't do and usually, this means going against the grain. Going against the grain is exactly what I did in the fall of 2007 when I sold all my equity holdings while many "professionals" were marketing stocks like they were on sale.
So simply, I'm a guy who did what most people do -- I went to college, got my degrees in Computer Science and Finance, and worked hard. Occasionally, I deviated from the norm. My trading system is an example of one of those deviations. The system flies in the face of what most people have said can't be done. Sure, it's not correct all of the time. However, I can say this -- It protected years of savings that took hours of hard work to earn and it was, and still serves as, a better resource than most stock pundits and financial advisors (at least the ones that had jobs in 2007).
If I can help just one person including yourself, it will make all of the time I spend managing this site worth while.
Thanks for getting to know me.
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Follow signals from the Prophet4Traders system to identify turning points in the U.S. stock market
The purpose of this site is to share results of a trading system that I use for identifying both long-term and short-term trading opportunities. I take the time to do this because of my passion for investing and helping others succeed. The system helped me avoid the "Crash of 2007/2008" and every major correction since then. The cornerstone of my trading system are analyses of market liquidity to gauge longer-term market sentiment and equity and index options (put/call ratios) to identify short-term entry and exits.
This site is for information purposes only. Past performance of the trading system is not a guarantee of its future success. Please consider consulting a qualified investment adviser before making investment decisions.