Brian Shannon | |
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Born | November 16, 1967 Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
Occupation | Non-fiction writer, technical analyst, trader |
Notable works | Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes 2008 |
Brian Shannon, CMT (DOB November 16, 1967) is an American writer, equity trader, technical analyst, author of the beginner's trading book Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes, and best-selleing book Maximum Trading Gains with Anchored VWAP, and founder of Alphatrends.net, a stock trading education company.
Shannon was born in Denver, Colorado, though his parents lived in Aurora, Colorado at the time. They later moved to Andover, Massachusetts where he grew up. [1]
Shannon graduated from Austin Preparatory School in 1986 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management from Merrimack College in 1991. [1]
Shannon has two sons, Matthew and Ryan, and currently resides in Denver, CO. [1]
Shannon watched Louis Rukeyser on Wall $treet Week with his physician father as a child. [1] [2] He placed his first trade with money earned as a caddie and his newspaper route when he was 13 years old. [2] He was living in Boston and car thefts were common so he bought shares of LoJack at $US 5.00 and watched the stock double over the next three months. [2] [3]
After college, Shannon worked for a penny stock company called Thomas James for a couple of months before taking a position as a stockbroker with Lehman Brothers in Boston, MA where he was first exposed to technical analysis. [1] [2] He moved to Tucker Anthony in 1992 and worked as a stockbroker for Dain Bosworth from 1994 to 1998 Shannon. He spent a short period as a trader for Generic Trading, LLC in New York, NY before moving to Denver, CO to run Landmark Securities as a Series 24 Manager. From 1999 to 2006, Shannon was Lead Trader and the Director of Research at MarketWise Securities, [4] [5] where he began educating and mentoring people about technical analysis and trading techniques. [6] [7]
In 2006, Shannon started his financial education blog Alphatrends. [5] [8] The blog was called the "YouTube of technical analysis" by the editor of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities. [9] As of 2010, over 400 people were subscribed to Shannon's trading service. [10]
In 2008, Shannon published his book Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes [11] The book was written to assist traders new to technical analysis with intermediate level material such as market structure and trend alignment. [12] [13] Charles E. Kirk of The Kirk Report praised the book for explaining "relatively complex ideas" in a "straightforward manner". [14] The Market Technicians Association review of the book called it "readable and valuable" for both novices and experienced traders. [15]
In 2013, Shannon passed the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) exam. [16]
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Brian Shannon | |
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Born | November 16, 1967 Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
Occupation | Non-fiction writer, technical analyst, trader |
Notable works | Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes 2008 |
Brian Shannon, CMT (DOB November 16, 1967) is an American writer, equity trader, technical analyst, author of the beginner's trading book Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes, and best-selleing book Maximum Trading Gains with Anchored VWAP, and founder of Alphatrends.net, a stock trading education company.
Shannon was born in Denver, Colorado, though his parents lived in Aurora, Colorado at the time. They later moved to Andover, Massachusetts where he grew up. [1]
Shannon graduated from Austin Preparatory School in 1986 and went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management from Merrimack College in 1991. [1]
Shannon has two sons, Matthew and Ryan, and currently resides in Denver, CO. [1]
Shannon watched Louis Rukeyser on Wall $treet Week with his physician father as a child. [1] [2] He placed his first trade with money earned as a caddie and his newspaper route when he was 13 years old. [2] He was living in Boston and car thefts were common so he bought shares of LoJack at $US 5.00 and watched the stock double over the next three months. [2] [3]
After college, Shannon worked for a penny stock company called Thomas James for a couple of months before taking a position as a stockbroker with Lehman Brothers in Boston, MA where he was first exposed to technical analysis. [1] [2] He moved to Tucker Anthony in 1992 and worked as a stockbroker for Dain Bosworth from 1994 to 1998 Shannon. He spent a short period as a trader for Generic Trading, LLC in New York, NY before moving to Denver, CO to run Landmark Securities as a Series 24 Manager. From 1999 to 2006, Shannon was Lead Trader and the Director of Research at MarketWise Securities, [4] [5] where he began educating and mentoring people about technical analysis and trading techniques. [6] [7]
In 2006, Shannon started his financial education blog Alphatrends. [5] [8] The blog was called the "YouTube of technical analysis" by the editor of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities. [9] As of 2010, over 400 people were subscribed to Shannon's trading service. [10]
In 2008, Shannon published his book Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes [11] The book was written to assist traders new to technical analysis with intermediate level material such as market structure and trend alignment. [12] [13] Charles E. Kirk of The Kirk Report praised the book for explaining "relatively complex ideas" in a "straightforward manner". [14] The Market Technicians Association review of the book called it "readable and valuable" for both novices and experienced traders. [15]
In 2013, Shannon passed the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) exam. [16]
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