If you want to learn more about my mathematical aptitudes and why I am qualified to do this research, click here.

As I started to do research, I realized there was a whole lot to learn. For about a year in the beginning, I did manual testing and research. It was mind-numbing but also incredibly informative. It was like seeing the inner workings of price activity at the most granular level.

Then I learned how to code using a quantitative programming language so that I could do research more efficiently and accurately. It felt like I had gone to Back Testing Heaven!

As I got deeper into the research, I discovered and explored potential pitfalls of algorithmic testing. I also went through seemingly countless permutations of position sizing, and portfolio composition.

The end result: several years of my own personal research and back tests do indeed show that there are historical profitable edges in the stock market. It worked!

To profit from them has required me to be patient though. I haven't found a way to get a constant flow of profits that comes in on a daily basis or anything as consistent as that. Instead, profits come in cycles, and I can never tell for sure when another profit cycle is coming. So I've needed to have the patience to keep taking the trades even in the periods when it's not raining profits, because that's how I make sure I don't miss the next profit cycle.

I finished my research in the summer of 2020 and started trading the strategies in my personal account. A few months later, in November 2020, I launched Mindful Trader.

I started this business for a couple reasons. One is that I want to share these insights with other people and feel that what I'm offering is unique. Another is that I want to connect with people. I worked in isolation for a long time while doing this research and I don't want a life of isolation!

One more thing about me that might help you understand me better: I often suffer from panic attacks!

It only started happening in adulthood. When a panic attack hits me, there is this sense that I'm in serious danger for some reason. It can be a terrifying experience. It also made me feel really isolated and like other people might not accept me.

I'm actually thankful for the panic though! The reason is because those panic attacks led me to mindfulness. I explored mindfulness as a way to help me tolerate the panic and to give it the room to express itself without me trying to fight it. It's been a long journey, but mindfulness has made a tremendous impact on my ability to live with the panic.

And lucky for me, it's done a lot more than just that. It's opened up my eyes to just how much love and connection there is right in front of me. Almost everyone suffers in some way, and I realize now that we can all support and accept each other instead of living in fear of each other's judgment!

I'm overflowing with gratitude these days, and I'm lucky enough to see that for me, inner peace is more valuable than money and yet it's available at my fingertips at literally any moment in time.

The other great thing about mindfulness is that it makes me a much better trader! I'm able to stay cool during drawdowns and tap into my wisdom more easily when I notice greed coming up inside me. I started the Wealthy Heart blog as a way of providing support for people who have to contend with these sorts of emotions around money.

I hope you enjoy the website. Thanks for checking it out!