Hey hey, what's up my friend, so in today's episode I want to you know: take you back behind the curtains and share with you who are my trading heroes right? Who did I learn the most from in trading? Okay, so, first and foremost right, I have you, know, learned a lot from a ton of traders out there. Okay, I am NOT you know a genius or whatsoever. I read a lot I analyze, what other traders are doing and in today's episode I want to share with you who might have the biggest impact on my trading. And one thing to note is that the traders that I'm about to mention it doesn't mean that they are the creator of certain concepts or whatsoever right.

Maybe certain concepts or techniques by might be originated from someone else. But the reason why I created these traders is because the way they put it across the way they share their knowledge in resonates with me, even though they might not be the original creators from it so so understand where I'm coming from right, I'm not saying they're The original person right all right - I did not acknowledge the original creator of it. Sometimes I do not even know who's or is you know, person right, but these are the people right whom have the greatest influence on my trading, and these are the people whom I've learned the techniques and strategies from, even though they might not be the ones who Created so let's get this clear, so let's split this episode into two parts right: I am both a discretionary trader in a systems trader or otherwise known as a quantitative trader. So let's talk about the discretionary trading aspect.

First, who did I learned a lot from so? First trader that comes to mind is Adam crimes. He wrote a amazing book called the Aaron signs of technical analysis and the reason why I love his work is because he quantifies write technical analysis which are usually too subjective to deal with right. So he quantifies technical analysis. He shares with you his thought process right.

What other technical aspects you should be focusing on? He explains the. Why, behind it, even back it up with statistics and share with you, some timeless trading patterns right, then you can use to trade. The markets and then book is really insightful. You really dies dives, deep right into technical analysis.

Right where you know most books are just very touch of the surface. This one really ties really deep into technical analysis, so really Adam right, great person. There was a great book. I learned a lot from him number two right stan winston right and he wrote this a very low-profile book called the secrets of profiting in bull and bear markets.

I can remember, if that's the exact title, but Stan Winston very low-profile trader. I'm not sure why that book is not read widely enough, but that book is amazing. It open up my eyes right to the four stages of the market. You know the accumulation stage distribution advancing declining stage.

That book also brought me into understanding relative string. You want to buy stocks right which are strong right, which are, you know, exhibiting signs of strength in the meaning that if the market goes up, five percent and a stock goes up. Thirty percent. You want to find those stocks.

Oh, I did we're not more than the overall broad-based markets, because these are the stocks right which are kind of like on steroids right, the other one that it goes up. The moves right and has a greater relative strength so that book again open up my eyes to the four stages of the market and the relative strength concept set. One right lens backs right from your trading coach calm. So this guy has been business for tonky years or even way before me and here's.

If you look at this block its website, it is all it seems. You know almost school and stuff like that, but trust me the content, it's it's timeless right. He breaks down price action trading in such a way whereby you don't just treat it like a shot right rather you're like entering the matrix you understanding where the participants are coming from. You know where they gon na.

You know put your stop orders. Where will they? No get trip and stuff like that. So, if you're interested in understanding the metagame right, what other traders are doing the top process where they will get trip, how you can profit from their tréminis? That is that block. That is a person that you want to study from land.

Specs is a price action trader as well, and another person - I don't know you know, give credit to - is a Bob Bowman again he wrote a couple of books on forex trading, but the first book was the one that really shed a very important concept with me. Called the the built up right, where you know before the price breaks out, you want to look for a built up and that's a technique, a concept that I learned from Bob okay. So this, I would say you know there are more traders all day which I've learned from aus in these few traders that have just mentioned. They make a huge impact right to my own discretionary trading to my own price action trading, so check out their works right.

You know Amazon and stuff like that. You should be able to find their books and and yeah whatnot, so moving on what about systems trading? What about quantitative trading? Who did learn from right so again right? There are a group of traders that I really want to create an acknowledge that work number one I mean by the way right. This is in no way ranking one two three four, this are just you know names I just come up. You know, based on my head and based on the note that I've written over here right.

It's no, like you know. Oh, this is number one. This is ranked number two. No, it's just yeah, just like random jumble order right so number one right, endrias clean all right here is uh.

I believe he managed a hedge fund right he's the CIO and he wrote a book. Read a few books actually number one. The book is called the following the trend, so this book pretty much shares with you right what futures trend-following is about right. So before the book came out right, I am into trend following, but I just couldn't piece the puzzles right of systemic trend following you know.

How are those hedge funds doing so that book pretty much gives you an insight right to the way professionals adopt trend following it gives you a trading system that you can use that you can validate? You came back test yourself. You explained the concepts, the logic behind it, and so it's a wonderful book right for those of you interested in systemic trend following right. Really right brings you into the professional hedge fund trading world, and how do you adopt systemic trend following next person right Nick rates? Right so Nick dredge is a Australian trader kind business. For like twenty forty years he wrote a number of books are right in the beauty, but Mickey said he is very generous in his teaching.

Okay, he has books, he has newsletter, he has caused us and whatsoever, but if you're not prepared to, you know, spend thousands of dollars. Just you know check out his newsletter check out the website check out his ebooks right, which are you know you can get it for a pretty low price on Amazon and those books are of substance right. They actually share with you trading systems right. There work right.

Okay, I can see whether it works or not, because you could do your back testing your own validation, but he provides the full system for you to go and test it on to help. You reduce your learning curve, and that is something very generous. You don't just write one or two books. I think right.

A number of books, alright, so highly recommend you check is work out as well, if you're into systems trading number three Larry corners right, so I can put this two person together: Larry, Conners and Cesar Alvarez. So Larry Conners and Cesar Alvarez, they wrote ok in a few books together. I think there is a high probability trading strategies. All right, Larry corner, also wrote a by the fail, sell greed, Saudia walks right is very towards is very tuned towards a mean reversion trading in the stock markets, so you know basically buying dips in the stock markets and they explain to you why this works.

They give you rules right that you can. You know trade on right. Of course you have to do your own back testing and verification first, but yet they are very generous, very generous right in the realm of a mean reversion trading systems and also another special shout out to say that alvarez, because he helps me with my own back Testing he is the kind of like the brain guy behind me doing all this back testing work in the realm of a quantitative trading, so yeah. These are the group of people that really have made a huge impact on my trading.

I'm not sure about you right. You know who has made the greatest impact for you right, but hey you know whatever the case is right, learn as much as possible trading is not a it's not like. You know. Once you've learned it, oh it's over! No because if you can see right the emulation of my own trading, i started off with this questionnaire trading.

You know at a problem as a short-term trader day trader, then i move up into trading higher time frame, swing trading position trading. Then I explore trend following. I move into systems trading so as your circumstance change as your goals change right. Your trading methodology has changed as well, and the reason why you know I'm starting to move more towards quantitative trading is because I'm running trading Rufina as a business and it's an education business right.

I have a family to look after right, so I can't spend all the staring at the chance. I need to optimize my time. I need to do something that offers a greater ROI in quantitative trading right. It's something that really suits me well, given my current circumstance.

Right, it might be different from you for you right, but whatever the case is right, whatever your goals are, you want to identify what is it right and then find the right trading methodology? The right strategy right to fit your goals sounds good right, so we that's. It I've come to the end of this episode, smash the thumbs up button subscribe to the channel, and I will talk to you soon. You.