Susan needed a change from corporate America after 18 years. Today, they continue to work together doing what they both enjoy: trading and helping others achieve their goals. Andrew and he had met and worked together for a number of years in another field. It was a humbling lesson but he learned much and thankfully did not suffer the fate of many who lost more than they started with.īrian retired from the corporate world in 2014 after over 30 years of service. He made a lot of money and then lost a lot of money. While holding down a regular 9-to-5 corporate job, Brian tried his hand at day trading during the dotcom era.
The advent of the Internet and online trading changed the financial industry dramatically.
Brian has 2 degrees, including an MBA, and he also took the Canadian Securities Course. Ever since, Brian has been interested in stocks and the stock market and has traded throughout most of his adult life, managing his own investment portfolio. That was the starting point for his stock ownership/trading career. He still has that 1 share today and it has multiplied into a couple of dozen shares through splits and a dividend reinvestment program. One day, Brian asked his father if he could buy some stock and his father said, “Sure.” Brian opened an account and bought 1 (one), yes, 1 share of “The Bell Telephone Company of Canada”. When he was a preteen, he would watch his father pour over the stock listings in the newspaper and occasionally hear him on the phone with his broker, placing orders to buy and sell shares.
O’Reilly members experience live online training, plus books, videos, and digital content from nearly 200 publishers.For almost as long as Brian can remember, he has been interested in stocks and the market. Get The RDS Forex System: A Breakthrough Method To Profiting from Market Turning Points now with the O’Reilly learning platform. Mike offers his experience and skills as a Futures/Forex trader, broker, mentor, CBOT/CME Group (acronym RDS), and NFA (#0250761) member to his clients. Mike has been a frequent contributor for Northwestern University and UCLA Continuing Studies Programs, the CME Group, Trader Kingdom, Forex Connect, FX Instructor, Traders Coach, and in early 2010 Mike and his wife, Stephanie, built the new DTI-FX division. In 2007 Mike moved to Los Angeles to start his own trading education company, RDS Trader LLC. In 2004 he transitioned from the trading pit to the computer screen and rebuilt his entire program to cater to the screen trader. This firm employed 25 to 50 employees and housed more than 200 traders. In 1997 Mike became a self-funded, self-employed trader.Īfter trading hours from 1993 to 2004 Mike was instrumental in building and delivering the curriculum used by the University of Trading, a school that set the foundation for traders of all skill levels. He started as a runner in the 30-year bond futures pit at the Chicago Board of Trade and worked his way up to becoming a broker for a top brokerage firm by 1993. Mike felt this was a great way to transition his competitive spirit to the workplace.
After receiving a BA in Economics from Lake Forest College in May 1989 and enjoying four years of Forester Football as first-string strong safety and punt returner, Mike has dedicated the last 20 years of his life to the Futures and Forex industry.