A professional currency trader with over eleven years of experience, I trade using a purely technical approach and employ algorithmic trading systems with a focus on statistical arbitrage models. I have previously worked as a managing partner of a foreign exchange brokerage, a fund manager, various financial technology start-ups and most recently as one of the founders of Stratura Investment Group.

As many have commented on the fact that I do what I without having a background in mathematics, it doesn’t mean that I’m not good at it. In 1999 after leaving the US Marine Corps, I enrolled in college at the University of Austin to start a law career. My undergrad major was philosophy as many attorneys that I respected and had contacted suggested that I pursue. Philosophy teaches a lot of analytical thinking that is beneficial to a trial attorney.

During my senior year of undergrad I discovered trading. Having a voracious appetite for knowledge, when the subject interests me, I quickly immersed myself in every piece of trading literature, article and trading system that I could find. I took numerous trading courses and had minor successes trading while still in college. When the time came to take my LSAT’s, I decided that instead of law I would pursue a career in trading.

It was actually the introduction of Metatrader 3, which got the retail Forex crowd in a buzz about automated trading that I took a strong interest in automating my strategies. From Metatrader it expanded in to TradeStation, then various platforms that required me to learn C# and C++ and eventually other more robust systems modeled in MatLab and R.

So how does someone who doesn’t have a formal mathematical or programming background develop winning trading algorithms? 11 years of experience in every aspect of the industry that I thought could expand my experience and knowledge, a strong entrepreneurial drive, countless hours spent learning and even more time behind the screen.

Forex - Professional forex trader and fund manager. I concentrate mainly on algorithmic models with a specialty in developing and implementing Statistical Arbitrage (StatArb) models. Other fields of expertise include: Arbitrage, Automated Trading Systems, Spot FX Trading, Proprietary Trading, Portfolio Management, Quantitative Trading and Quantitative Modeling.

Programming - MatLab, R, C++, MQL, MQL4, MQL5, EasyLanguage.

STATISTICAL ARBITRAGE INNOVATIONS, INC.
Managing Director


Period: 2012 – Present
Job type: Full-Time


Statistical Arbitrage Innovations, Inc. was formed to bring a series of institutional grade trading algorithms to the retail forex market. With the vision to create a small tight-knit online community dedicated to creating wealth via automated trading in the Forex markets, I am involved in every aspect of the business. From system design and coding to answering client questions, there is no business that I’ve ever been more involved in nor felt more strongly about. This one is about more than just making money.


STRATURA INVESTMENT GROUP, S.A.
Managing Director


Period: 2011 – Present
Job type: Full-Time


At Stratura Investment Group I am responsible for trading system analysis, development and implementation. In addition to designing most of the systems we employ I am responsible for designing the portfolio management models that we employ utilizing a proprietary risk scoring algorithm. Lastly, and most prominently, I am involved in the daily trading activities in our client accounts.


ARCHER MANAGED FOREX
Chief Executive Officer


Period: 2002 – Present
Job type: Full-Time


Archer Trading is a very similar model to Stratura Investment Group with the main differences being in the average size of the client which was much smaller and therefore required different allocation models. It was here that most of the ideas and implementations of the systems we now employ at SIG were developed.


ARCHER TRADING SYSTEMS
Chief Executive Officer


Period: 2002 – 2011
Job type: Full-Time


Archer Trading Systems is the development arm of Archer Trading. At Archer Trading Systems, I worked with a team of programmers and traders from around the world developing various predictive algorithms and Statistical Arbitrage (StatArb) models in MatLab and R. Most of these algorithms were then ported to MQL4 for deployment as automated trading systems.


FAIR TRADING TECHNOLOGY
Chief Systems Engineer


Period: 2009 – 2011
Job type: Full-Time


At Fair Trading Technology, as one of the co-founders and the Chief Systems Engineer my responsibilities included the design and deployment of the trading servers and infrastructure that Fair Trading Technology used to being it’s liquidity bridges to the Forex marketplace. I was also responsible for designing all risk management protocols and procedures for the FTT Risk Management department. Lastly, I provided advanced trade support to clients who required it.


CONFIDENTIAL BROKERAGE
Systems Engineer


Period: 2004 – 2007
Job type: Full-Time


I took a retail (name witheld) Forex bokerage from a concept in Houston, Texas to a fully functional brokerage in Panama City, Panama in 9 months in 2004-2005. I was involved in all designing and purchase of trading platforms, hiring programming talent and implementation and testing of said systems for the 2006 launch. In addition I was responsible for setting up all prime brokerage (PB) and clearing arrangements.


UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
Infantry


Period: 1995 – 1999
Job type: Full-Time


In the United States Marine Corps, I was assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines as part of an amphibious raid platoon. My duties included physical, weapons and tactics training. I was stationed in Camp Pendleton and deployed twice in the Western Pacific Area of Operation and received an honorable discharge in 1999.

University of Texas at Austin
Philosophy