Neil is our intraday futures, currencies, and commodities trading expert and statistician. He has a wealth of knowledge about the markets. His combination of market profiling, Japanese candlesticks, and statistical data he pulls from personal studies he conducts on the /ES will improve your knowledge of the markets immensely. He is methodical and conservative in his entries and has excellent risk to reward ratios on his trades. Neil’s strategies are strengthened by statistical modeling and backtests. If you’re trading futures, you can’t miss Neil’s daily analysis in the Futures Gold Room. Even if you don’t trade futures, his statistical approach to market analysis is sure to improve your trading.

Keep in mind that the trend is your friend. So start by asking what does the market look like it is doing, and how is it doing in accomplishing that. A product that is trending in an easier manner is the one that we want to be involved in. Try to avoid the choppy markets unless intentionally employing an associated options strategy. In joining a trend, try to utilize a retracement to the mean approach with a specific setup criteria that allows for the ability to predetermine the required risk for participation. Measure that risk against the desired objective, and with an acceptable R factor, then we have a trade. This very next trade has only one of two potential outcomes. It is either a win or a loss, so log it, track the metrics, and move on to the next. The trade setups that provide a positive expectancy are the keepers. Negative expectancy setups are set aside to be revisited at a later date as market conditions eventually change.

Since graduating from the University of Alabama with a degree in Finance, Neil has been employed in various roles from sales to accounting. He has also been a successful business owner, but nothing has been more challenging or rewarding than this current path of navigating the financial markets. A general rule of thumb from Neil? Follow the rules (risk management), and the markets will reward you generously. Your time and freedom can be your own when desired, as the markets are open for business again tomorrow.