About

The Balanced Trader

I've been clicking buttons for 25 years. I started on the floor, went on to run desks, train traders, build robots and run a fund, and I've come back to discretionary trading, which is where my edge has always been.

Career

Schneider TradingSTA. Started on the floor, then ran a desk of about 20 traders, developing new traders along the way. G7 rates and curves. Spread trading.

2006 · CyprusOpened the first proprietary trading desk on the island. Rates and curves.

2018 · AsystymaRan a statistical arbitrage fund.

2018 onwardsAxia Futures. Event-driven futures trading.

2023Convergent Trading. Head trader.

2023 onwardsXOROS Technologies. Building the XOROS trading platform and terminal: institutional-grade execution, spread co-location, and market profile and footprint charting, built by a trader for traders. Managing a small team of global experts.

How I trade

Day trader focused on macro news, event risk and confluence setups. My core tools are market and volume profile, footprint charts and order flow, and I trade the G7 futures complex.

On this site

JournalDaily journalThe auction before the open and after the close.JournalWeek reviewsThe week's structure and what it set up.LearnAuction concepts and moreThe ideas behind the journal, in reading order.

Contact

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