Michael Gouvalaris started trading in 2008, initially using options and then moving to the E-Mini S+P 500 futures contracts. Since the regression in volatility the last couple years, he has transitioned to a swing trading and a longer term approach to investing using mainly leveraged and ...more

Michael Gouvalaris started trading in 2008, initially using options and then moving to the E-Mini S+P 500 futures contracts. Since the regression in volatility the last couple years, he has transitioned to a swing trading and a longer term approach to investing using mainly leveraged and non-leveraged index and sector fund etf’s. He has written a blog for over 3 years which initially began as a personal trading journal, which has since evolved into a technical analysis website, displaying analysis in real time for a plethora of different markets from the major averages to commodities and individual stocks such as Apple and Google. In 2012 Michael also passed his Series 63 and Series 65 exams. Michael has always been fond of math and working with numbers. And a main part of his approach is looking for historical market patterns on different time frames and combining some traditional technical analysis tools as confluence to build a simple yet effective approach to analyzing and defining optimal levels to enter and exit the market. While he understands that market patterns can always be broken at any time, they can still serve as a welcome supplement to one’s own system and intuition. However the most important thing has been and always will be, risk management.less