THE VOICE OF TRADESTRONG MANAGEMENT

THE TRADESTRONG VISION


Transforming Trading Through Enlightened Education


ELEVATING EDUCATION

TRADESTRONG is a Philadelphia based company specializing in the personal training and development of active and aspiring traders. We provide client focused solutions for enhancing trader performance through structured education and "deliberate practice". Our trader/clients develop trading expertise in a fraction of the time it would normally take to reach this level of mastery. This provides our clients with an immediate value and return-on-their-investment. 



"We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are all in the same boat." Bernard Baruch 

 NEW NORMAL

The global economy and  markets underwent a radical transformation as a result of the catastrophic economic collapse. The disruptive combination of de-leveraging, government regulation, systemic uncertainty, and other ongoing structural changes, means investors must re-evaluate strategies that were once considered reliable,  and alter the ways they trade financial instruments.

Algorithmic and high frequency prop trading had already forced day-traders to transform from “momentum chasers” to “mean reversion” traders, and now the repercussions of the financial crisis demands from traders and investors, a broader universe of knowledge and guidelines, and revamped techniques and benchmarks that better capture the market landscape of today and  tomorrow, instead of yesterday.

Our system architects and builders have met the challenge, by developing our platform to fit the requirements of the contemporary trading environment, while our trader/educators have responded by adjusting their methodologies, to adapt to the new drivers of price change.





“The only source of knowledge is experience” Albert Einstein

TRADESMART


The amount of information instantaneously available to investors can be overwhelming.  A trickle of knowledge can quickly become a deluge, and before you know it, you're drowning in books, guru’s websites, systems, and late night infomercials. 

Choosing the correct information channel and content is critically important.  You can spend a fortune attempting to teach yourself how to trade, but without  the guidance of an expert mentor, you may never reach your true potential. Do-it-yourself is fine for  hobbies, but for learning how to trade futures and equities? That’s when you need an expert!

TRADESTRONG combines an effective technology platform with an educational program that provides clients with the skills they need to become successful traders. Clients are provided with a solid understanding of technical analysis, global macro economic fundamentals, and inter-market relationships, providing them with a comprehensive educational solution. Students learn how to manage risk, and take the emotion out of their trading, while acquiring the skills and discipline necessary to make empirical decisions. 


Because of the large losses incurred during the crash,  investors are  looking for alternative solutions and alternative asset classes. There is  a growing realization that “buy and hold” and asset diversification, are  no longer relevant strategies for controlling portfolio risk. TRADESTRONG’s emphasis on short term time frames  and  futures trading, addresses this emerging trend.




"The market  is never wrong, only opinions are." Jesse Livermore


MENTORING MASTERY

 
Comprehensive content is not enough. The key is recognizing that the structure of a learning experience is what accounts for it's success. Most learning efforts fail because there are too few cycles of performance-feedback-goal setting-corrective effort for the time invested in the period of study, and no clear progression guiding the content of those cycles. TRADESTRONG is successful because we create more, and better learning cycles. 


Our approach transforms clients' innate talent into skill, through a structured process of expertise development, and guides our students from the novice stage, to competency, and on to expertise. Our approach is unique, because we take the time to customize our curriculum to your risk tolerance level, capitalization, and current ability. We realize every client is different, and that is why, we don’t do “one-size-fits-all”. 

CORE COMPENTENCY

TRADESTRONG has established an advantage by assembling the talent and competencies that separates us from the competition. Other education companies cannot compete because they lack the trading experience and current practice that we possess. 

Our mentors and management team consist of successful and experienced futures and equities veterans from the floors of the major exchanges. They have traded through every conceivable market condition and have collectively earned millions of dollars. This combination of trading experience and expertise, positions us at the forefront of the investment education space. 





"Before you learn how to make a large amount of money, you must first  learn how to lose a small amount when you are wrong." Paul Tudor Jones

TRADERIGHT

 
Bigger and bolder is not always better. Simpler and smarter? Maybe. One thing's for sure, you need to be as prepared as possible before you risk your money in today’s volatile markets. Without the right focus, and expertise in trading mechanics, tactics, and strategies, your chance of success is greatly diminished.


That's why we offer a range of cutting edge solutions  to our clients. We stay at the forefront of every industry development to ensure our clients are keeping up with current trends, and are anticipatory of future developments. Our students will always have the capacity to adapt to any new technologies and changes in the markets. 

Future proofing your curriculum guarantees that your trading techniques and methodologies will always be best-of-class. We also make certain this is a holistic process by seeking your feedback  and ideas. We can then  provide you with an educational experience that best suits your needs.


Students  who undergo our training program interact one-on-one with a veteran trader, and are afforded the opportunity, to observe an expert making trading decisions in real time. It allows students to understand what the professional trader is doing and why.

TRADESTRONG realizes trading is a performance activity that requires not only education, but training and practice.  So, students routinely practice their trading in real time, using  a simulated trading platform, and are immediately observed and coached by their mentor. The trader/student's performance metrics are then analyzed in order to identify and correct their weaknesses, and better prepare them for risking their own funds in live trading.





"I never try to predict or anticipate. I only try to react to what the market is telling me by its behavior." Jesse Livermore

TRANSFORMING TRADING
TRADESTRONG'S  technology platform is an innovative trading tool that was developed to better implement our trading strategies and methodologies. It has proven to be a reliable trading system that is effective in all markets, and all market conditions.

TRADESTRONG'S quantitative strategies determine entry, exit, profit taking and stops loss points. These points, known as signals, are marked on a chart and generated in real time, prompting the execution of a trade. Both standard and proprietary technical analysis tools and indicators are used to construct the parameters of the trading system. 

Although our platform is an extremely effective tool for trading, it is not an automated system and requires the trader to objectively interpret it's signals, make decisions, and execute the trades. This requires a solid understanding of technical analysis, the ability to make empirical decisions, and a thorough knowledge of our platform and methodologies. 

If you have been searching for a high probability, systematic trading method, that will help you become a more confident and profitable trader, the TRADESTRONG platform along with our mentoring program, is the solution you have been looking for.


"Well, you know, I was a human being, before I became a trader
." George Soros


PROVEN PERFORMANCE

 
He began trading in 1971, and learned how to trade from futures industry legends, Leo Melamed, Tom Dittmer, and Barry Lind. At the age of 23, he became one of the youngest members of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, trading livestock and foreign currency futures.


In 1979 he left the CME, to trade 30 Year Treasury Bond Futures at the Chicago Board of Trade, purchased a membership at the CBOT in 1982, and for the next 25 years, was a consistently profitable trader, in the largest and most volatile futures pit in the world. Gary functioned as a market maker, day trader, and position trader, trading front month bonds, calendar and yield curve spreads, bond options, and grains


He has been profitable during good markets, and during some of the most unstable and unpredictable markets of the 20th and 21st centuries. It has demonstrated the emphasis he places on discipline, risk control, and capital preservation, and proven that his strategies and trading methodology are  effective in all market conditions.

1973- oil crisis
1979- energy crisis
1980- recession, double-digit inflation, and 21.5% short term interest rates
1987- stock market crash
1990- Japanese financial crisis
1998- fall of Long Term Capital, devaluation of the Russian Ruble
2000- recession  and collapse of the Dot.Com bubble
2001- 09/11 attacks
2007- global economic recession due to collapse of sub-prime bubble
2008- paradigmatic change in market behavior due to algorithmic and high frequency trading


After open outcry trading migrated to the screen, Gary left the floor and quickly adapted to electronic trading. He is one of only a few of trading educators in the U.S. to have roots in the futures pits.


He currently employs a top down approach to trading, by monitoring the inter-market relationships between equities, bonds, currencies, and commodities. Gary then generates trades with a high probability of success, by looking for good technical setups, objectively interpreting price action, and analyzing capital flows, while utilizing a disciplined money management methodology.

"Success doesn't come to you, you go to it." Marva Collins


APPRAISAL AND ASSESSMENT

We want you decide if we are right for you.  We'll provide a free one-hour consultation to determine exactly what you hope to achieve. We'll show you how we trade in real time, and most importantly, meet face to face to discuss your expectations. That way we can deliver a realistic quote and a focused vision of what you require.


GUARANTEES AND GUIDANCE
Our trading background, technical expertise and passion for excellence means we simply can't sit back and deliver the 'adequate'. Everything must be first class.That's why our work is the best possible advertisement for our company, and the reason why the end of your mentoring program is not the end of our relationship. 


We want you to have complete faith in us, so we back up our work with complimentary post-course monitoring and consulting. We understand that we succeed only if you succeed, so if you become a client of TRADESTRONG, you are a client for life. 

Our guarantee of continued access to our experts, insures that your performance will always be at the highest level, and that your investment in TRADESTRONG will pay dividends for life.


REAL RETURNS 
TRADESTRONG is currently in talks with the Lance Armstrong Foundation, to team up and raise social awareness of cancer. It is our intention to donate 10% of TRADESTRONG's proceeds to LAF. 

We intend to continue our humanitarian efforts, by building on the heritage of our LAF initiative, by donating to other worthwhile causes on a regular basis.