Professional Career

During the summer before my senior year of high school I had the opportunity to tour the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade which is the building seen above.

It was honestly ELECTRIFYING as a 17 year old kid to be on that floor. I knew right then and there that I wanted to become a day trader… and that’s exactly what I did.

After graduating college in the spring of 2003, I went to work as a proprietary equity trader for GPC in Chicago right down the street from the CBOT.

I quickly became one of the top traders at the firm and by the end of my second year I had become the youngest coach at the firm.

I learned a lot at GPC, but I was a kid. Looking back, I hadn’t even gotten my feet wet yet.

In 2009 I decided to leave the firm and head west for sunshine to trade my own capital. The first few years I was trading an algorithm which capitalized on an arbitrage opportunity that existed at the newly-created retail forex brokers.

Eventually that dried up and in 2012 I began to focus on futures. At first, I primarily traded the e-Mini S&P 500, but over the last two decades I’ve trade a lot of different products.

JT’s Past & Future

In 2016 I thought it would be fun to start a trading blog. I put a simple site up along with four or five blog posts and then it sat… until 2020.

At the start of the pandemic, like most, I had a lot of extra time on my hands. Over the years the site had accumulated quite a few comments on the posts as well as traders emailing asking if I did any sort of training.

This ultimately led to a live webinar I held during the pandemic over several weeks to a small group of traders.

I immediately realized how much I had missed working with and coaching other traders. I absolutely loved being a coach at GPC and it was something I always thought about getting back into over the years.

I’ve also really missed the camaraderie you experience when working at a firm – it was one of the best parts. I’ve really enjoyed a little bit of that with the members of Jumpstart. Day trading has been my passion and obsession my entire adult life. It’s been very rewarding, but I’ve also made a lot of sacrifices.

As I’m getting older my perspective and goals are beginning to drastically change and recently I’ve had some life events occur which really made me begin to focus on what I want next.

I believe this site and coaching will provide me the path to take a step back. Yes, most likely from trading at some point (it’s extremely weird for me to even type that.)

I’ve realized it is time to find a balance in my life and begin pursuing some of my goals outside of my work life. I’ve decided to take get extremely focused on the website for the rest of 2022.

The training will outline step-by-step processes you need to follow to have a real chance at making it this industry. So what’s next?

Get started by becoming a JT Insider, it’s free. Ultimately it’s a glorified newsletter. However, I promise you actually DO get some cool stuff, and it’s free. I also will also send you some posts periodically to help you on your journey.

If you’re ready to make a commitment check out Order Flow Pro.

Whether you’re here for the whole package or just checking out some content, always feel free to shoot me an email. I’m always happy to provide traders with some guidance when possible.

This is probably the longest “About Us” page on the internet. I’m impressed you have made it this far… maybe you do have what it takes. 🙂

Happy trading!

~Adam – Founder JumpstartTrading.com

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