Who Am I?

Who I Am

I’m Alex — a Canadian trader, a proud dad of three little boys, and someone who’s been obsessed with markets for more than a decade. I started trading around 2013 while studying electrical engineering at university. Like most beginners, I jumped into everything I could get my hands on: Forex, futures, penny stocks… if it moved, I tried to trade it. It was messy, exciting, and honestly the best kind of education.

Things shifted when I found CANSLIM and later the Mark Minervini books. That’s where trading finally stopped feeling like chaos and started feeling like a craft. But even then, it took years of breaking even, refining my process, and figuring out who I was as a trader before anything meaningful happened.

2020 was my breakout year — just like it was for many traders of this generation. But the real growth came after. The bear market forced me to rebuild my whole approach. I moved away from heavy breakout and fundamental reliance, and into a pure technical, price-focused style centered around liquid leaders and pullback entries. That’s when everything started to truly align.

Today, I’m not here to sell a dream or sugarcoat the journey. I’m a no-bullshit trader who shares openly because I know how painful and confusing those early years can be. Trading has been the most rewarding journey of my life — and also the biggest challenge I’ve ever taken on.

Ho yeah, I love road cycling :)

Why I Trade

Of course, I love the markets. I enjoy the game, the puzzle, the structure. But my real “why” is simple: freedom.

I trade to build financial independence. I trade so I can control my time. But most importantly, I trade so I can be present as my three boys grow up — so I can enjoy life with them, not watch it pass by while I’m stuck chasing someone else’s schedule.

Trading is my vehicle to create the life I want for my family. It forces me to be disciplined, calm, intentional — the kind of person I want my kids to see.

My Style

Style: Technical analysis + momentum, built around clean trend structures. I focus almost exclusively on pullback entries and cheat-type entries in the direction of the dominant trend. My priority is trading liquid leaders showing strong relative strength.

Risk Management: My entire process is based on tight-risk entries, fast de-risking at R multiples, and leaving a small runner when the chart earns it, so I can participate in multi-week or multi-month moves without increasing psychological load. Capital goes only where structure deserves it.

Charts timeframe: I analyze Weekly + Daily, but all entries, stops, and execution decisions are made from the Daily timeframe only.

Trade duration: Short- to mid-term swing trading — holding periods range from a few days to a few weeks, occasionally extending into multi-month trends when the structure stays clean.

Trade frequency: On average, I take 30–50 trades per month, depending on market conditions and the quality of leadership.

Setups: My setups are now focused almost entirely on pullbacks into the 21-DMA structure, combined with clean daily chart behavior: RS strength, higher lows, pivots, and controlled volatility. No bottom-fishing, no guessing — the price must be aligned with the trend.

Performance & Consistency

Over the past few years, my trading has evolved from high-volatility swings to something much more sustainable.

This chart speaks for itself:

• Multi-year compounding from 2020 to today

• Over 3,500%+ cumulative gain

• Annual CAGR around 150%

• 2025 YTD already above 110%

• And the maturity that comes with shifting from hunting 300–400% years to building a repeatable, long-term edge

Like I wrote in a recent reflection:

“There was a point where I stopped chasing those 300–400% YTD returns. Yes, they’re impressive, but they come with a ton of stress most people don’t talk about. What excites me now is doing 50–100% year after year, with clean risk management, trading liquid names, and avoiding the tail-risk blowups. That’s not a step down — that’s a sustainable edge.”

I’m proud of the numbers, but what really matters is the consistency, the psychological bandwidth, and the lifestyle that comes with a healthy approach to risk.

Why I Share This

I built PrimeTrading to help traders avoid the mistakes I made for years — chasing noise, forcing trades, thinking there’s a magic indicator out there. There isn’t.

Trading is personal. You have to build your own system, shaped by your strengths, weaknesses, and risk tolerance.

If I can shorten that journey for even a handful of people, it’s worth it.

I share all education freely. No BS. No locked secrets. No promises of fast riches. Just real trading, real process, and the reality of what it takes to survive and grow in this world.

This is who I am — Alex.

A trader, a student of markets, and someone who still wakes up every day excited to learn something new.