Meet Mike

MIKE HAMILTON’S STORY

FOUNDER | Trade The Easy Way

The first job I had took me to the trading floor in the old Lloyds of London. I stayed for two years, not long, but the idea of free markets and open trading has stuck with me since.

I started trading stocks on a value system in my mid-20s, and sold 80% of my share portfolio two hours before the September ’87 US trade figures came out. I didn’t have a vision of a crash, I just saw very unrealistic prices and my stocks were either hitting major resistance or indicators were showing over bought.

I ran a financial communications company for 25 years but traded my own accounts throughout including my pension. Working with FTSE Directors gave me a great insight into scanning and assessing potential  investments.

Where is my career now?

In early 2000s I invested in training with top US and UK traders / investors. Now I'm a professional investor in US and European markets and I love day trading for income.
Teaching and mentoring enables me to break my trading edge down and transfer the processes I use to others so they can build their wealth also. 

My day trading system is second to none. Having traded the commodity boom in the run up the 2007 crash, I refined the system and applied it to US indices, the German Dax and other technical and volatile markets like oil, beans and gold.

I now use this system to hedge investments to exploit the profit potential.

My Best Ever trades?

Selling before the 87 crash - within the last week of that bull run.
Buying .coms in the late 90’s and selling most of this stock in mid January 2000 – about three weeks before the sell-off. Prices in early 2000 were completely mad, even my taxi drivers where making money - always a sign to get out! Seemed a no-brainer to sell up.

Trading gold in the ’07-’09 charge to $1900 using a US$ account. GBP was dropping hard so the returns were exaggerated – fantastic.

After 2009, trading brilliant sectors like disruptive techs and healthcare on the long side. Now I'm focussed on miners, commodities and energy for this part of investment cycle.

Had a lot of success as a BEAR RAIDER on the retail sector since online shopping took off in the early days. After my success selling Macy’s in the US, I keep going back for more selling highs in this sector; it’s not about finding failing stocks, but exploiting those who are struggling to change.

Key strategies that under-pin success?

Cycles! Annual cycles and the wave formation within a trend.

I have worked out how algorithms are programmed so I trade the 'code of trading'.

Reversals: fewer opportunities but much larger moves. Divergence is key here.

Momentum trading in the big technical indices like dow and I love oil and the beans / wheat.

STOCKs strategy.

Trading sectors that are experiencing change:

Retail shift to online – bear raiding

Techs – exploiting retail change like SHOP

Healthcare – population is ageing so fast.

Technical edge?

Elliot wave – investing, day trading my Scalper School system (income and hedging).

Hobbies

Exploring eastern Europe and Asia.

Photography and watercolour painting

Jazz.

Family.

Partner is an artist, son is a history lecturer in North East UK, daughter teaches English in Berlin and is building a career in photography.