Welcome!
May 2026 update:
The past four months have been a challenge healthwise, but I think (I hope!) I'm finally coming out the other side.
I moved my monthly service to Substack at the end of 2025, but got derailed by a medical emergency earlier this year. That necessitated me scaling back and focusing on my personal trading and 1-on-1 teaching (currently booked through October, 2026).
I'm hoping to resume Substack by July, but it will take a different form. I need to keep my workload reduced while I continue to recover, so — instead of a monthly service that I charge for — I plan to sell my methodology for a one-time fee* and occasionally post supporting charts from my trading on Substack. To be more direct, I don't want to be obligated to post on a regular basis, so the monthly service isn't a feasible model right now. The good news is, I enjoy writing and posting, and I still plan to do so every week...you just won't have to pay to read it!
*If you have ever been a member of my monthly service, you won't pay again. You will get access to the methodology and all future updates for free. I will contact you once everything is back up and running.
Stay tuned for details, and I hope everyone is having a great 2026!
- David
The past four months have been a challenge healthwise, but I think (I hope!) I'm finally coming out the other side.
I moved my monthly service to Substack at the end of 2025, but got derailed by a medical emergency earlier this year. That necessitated me scaling back and focusing on my personal trading and 1-on-1 teaching (currently booked through October, 2026).
I'm hoping to resume Substack by July, but it will take a different form. I need to keep my workload reduced while I continue to recover, so — instead of a monthly service that I charge for — I plan to sell my methodology for a one-time fee* and occasionally post supporting charts from my trading on Substack. To be more direct, I don't want to be obligated to post on a regular basis, so the monthly service isn't a feasible model right now. The good news is, I enjoy writing and posting, and I still plan to do so every week...you just won't have to pay to read it!
*If you have ever been a member of my monthly service, you won't pay again. You will get access to the methodology and all future updates for free. I will contact you once everything is back up and running.
Stay tuned for details, and I hope everyone is having a great 2026!
- David
27 years and counting...
This website has been around since the late 1990s, and I bought it from Kernan several years ago (he officially retired a few years before that).
I discovered it back in 2002, and it became the basis for the methodology I developed and refined over the past two decades. This, along with great blogs like Trader-X and Trader Mike, helped me become consistently profitable (yes, blogs were a thing back then). I left my day job over fifteen years ago and haven't looked back since.
For years I provided a monthly service teaching traders how to analyze stock charts and profitably trade short-term price movement. (See the "May 2026 update" above for future plans related to my service.)
My intent has always been to make people self-sufficient.
I trade using 15-minute charts, and my methodology incorporates Fibonacci retracements and extensions, various support and resistance levels, and candlestick patterns. I don't hold positions overnight. And, I prefer quality over quantity...as such, I only average a few trades a day.
My win rate is high - north of 85%.
What I don't do is publish watchlists, run a chatroom, or send out "trade alerts." My daily trades are based on a basket of stocks I follow, as well as stocks that are moving after the opening bell (usually gaps and percentage gainers/losers). I generally trade high volume stocks, and don't chase penny stocks or "meme" stocks. If they turn up on my watchlist and present a good opportunity, I'll certainly take a trade. But, they aren't what I target.
(I got some positive press on Reddit in 2021, but full disclosure to all the Reddit folks: I've never traded GameStop [the volume is usually too low]. I have traded some stocks you talk about, but only because they turn up on my list and meet my parameters. And, no, I can't advise you on your longer-term GME positions.)
If you're looking for watchlists, chatrooms, trade alerts, and the latest meme stocks, what I do isn't for you.
If you want to become a self-sufficient trader, I can help you get there.
Best wishes,
David
I discovered it back in 2002, and it became the basis for the methodology I developed and refined over the past two decades. This, along with great blogs like Trader-X and Trader Mike, helped me become consistently profitable (yes, blogs were a thing back then). I left my day job over fifteen years ago and haven't looked back since.
For years I provided a monthly service teaching traders how to analyze stock charts and profitably trade short-term price movement. (See the "May 2026 update" above for future plans related to my service.)
My intent has always been to make people self-sufficient.
I trade using 15-minute charts, and my methodology incorporates Fibonacci retracements and extensions, various support and resistance levels, and candlestick patterns. I don't hold positions overnight. And, I prefer quality over quantity...as such, I only average a few trades a day.
My win rate is high - north of 85%.
What I don't do is publish watchlists, run a chatroom, or send out "trade alerts." My daily trades are based on a basket of stocks I follow, as well as stocks that are moving after the opening bell (usually gaps and percentage gainers/losers). I generally trade high volume stocks, and don't chase penny stocks or "meme" stocks. If they turn up on my watchlist and present a good opportunity, I'll certainly take a trade. But, they aren't what I target.
(I got some positive press on Reddit in 2021, but full disclosure to all the Reddit folks: I've never traded GameStop [the volume is usually too low]. I have traded some stocks you talk about, but only because they turn up on my list and meet my parameters. And, no, I can't advise you on your longer-term GME positions.)
If you're looking for watchlists, chatrooms, trade alerts, and the latest meme stocks, what I do isn't for you.
If you want to become a self-sufficient trader, I can help you get there.
Best wishes,
David
Become self-sufficient.
