About Us

Peter has been actively trading since 2000 and has been educating traders since 2006 as the founder and Chief Strategist of ShadowTrader.net He is the voice behind the popular ShadowTrader Video Weekly, a ten minute Sunday video that has thousands of viewers each week.

Peter is also editor of Peter’s Premarket Perspective, a premarket blog on applying market profileA way of reading the market that recognizes either time spent or volume traded at a particular price level. A market profile can be either made up of “TPO’s” (time price opportunities), or volume. TPO’s measure how much time was spent at a particular price, while volume-based market profiles measure how much volume traded at a particular price. Generally, market profile is used in the trading of futures, especially the /ES. ShadowTrader utilizes volume based profiles. theory to the S&P 500 futures. He is also head trader of the ShadowTrader Weekly Options Advisory, a service which delivers advanced, short term options trades to it’s subscribers. Peter’s main focus is on short term directional trading of options, stocks, and futures using a synthesis of technical analysis, market profileA way of reading the market that recognizes either time spent or volume traded at a particular price level. A market profile can be either made up of “TPO’s” (time price opportunities), or volume. TPO’s measure how much time was spent at a particular price, while volume-based market profiles measure how much volume traded at a particular price. Generally, market profile is used in the trading of futures, especially the /ES. ShadowTrader utilizes volume based profiles., and market internalsInternals refers to “market internals” and is a blanket term to collectively describe the advance decline, breadth, tick and cumulative tick..

On staff with us at ShadowTrader since early 2010, Danno heads up our equity research department and is the editor in chief of the ShadowTrader Swing Trader newsletter which has over 7,000 followers on Twitter @st_swing . Danno’s specialty is finding equity swing trades with a 2-5 day time horizon. He is also the author of many of the thinkscript codes available for sale at ShadowTrader.net

Blake has previously been involved in corporate lending, tax preparation and import brokering. He has been trading in the foreign exchange market since 2002. He was introduced to the idea of trading forex trading while acting as an independent import broker giving him real world experience in the foreign exchange markets.

Blake has focused on economics and finance in his education and technical analysis in his trading. This dual focus provides him a balanced approach to the forex market of both fundamentals and charting. Blake educates FX traders through his trades and daily writings in the ShadowTraderPro FX Trader and the ShadowTrader FX Hour which airs weekly on Tuesdays at 4:15pm EST.

Tom Cook aka “The Southern Gentleman” is born and raised in Kentucky, as a cattle and horse farmer. He completed his bachelors in 1986, with an emphasis on engineering at Morehead State University, in the Hills Of Eastern Kentucky. Tom originally spent over 20 years constructing buildings, roads, and bridges, and brings extensive business knowledge and creativity to our family here at Shadowtrader. Always following the markets, Tom brings ten years plus of trading experience and specializes in pairs trading where he manages our Shadowtrader Pairs Trader newsletter. In addition to finding and managing all trades for this consistently profitable advisory, Tom hosts our Thursday afternoon Pairs Hour Show and also contributes articles on various pairs trading techniques to ShadowTrader.net.

Brad is the dulcet tone behind ShadowTrader’s flagship product, the ShadowTrader SquawkBox. With over 3,000 listeners daily, Brad calls the markets live tickThe net cumulative tick reading on the NYSE or Nasdaq Composite. This is measured by the number of stocks ticking up minus the number of stocks ticking down at any given moment. It is the least used of the internal indicators but is discussed from time to time. Generally the tick readings are only helpful when they are at extremes such as +1000 on the NYSE to indicate that program trading is ensuing. by tickThe net cumulative tick reading on the NYSE or Nasdaq Composite. This is measured by the number of stocks ticking up minus the number of stocks ticking down at any given moment. It is the least used of the internal indicators but is discussed from time to time. Generally the tick readings are only helpful when they are at extremes such as +1000 on the NYSE to indicate that program trading is ensuing. and educates his audience on the finer points of market internalsInternals refers to “market internals” and is a blanket term to collectively describe the advance decline, breadth, tick and cumulative tick., profile references, and chart patterns.

He live trades equities and futures on the program and also assists traders via email and phone during the trading day. A true master of multi-tasking, Brad is also an accomplished squash player when he’s not behind the mic.

Scott is the newest addition to the ShadowTrader team. In his \”past lives\” he has been a retail broker, director of information technology, project manager, database developer, credit analyst, and financial analyst for various firms since the late 1980’s. He has stayed with investments through the years as his passion has always run deep for trading as a lifetime business.

Once leaving the corporate world, he joined a firm to educate individuals on how to trade stocks and options. After 4 years of imparting this knowledge he found his way to ShadowTrader.net. He now has the opportunity to impart his investment, technical, and financial knowledge and insight to the ShadowTrader community. He is passionate in his teachings and the desire to pass on his life lessons to those wishing to manage their financial futures.

Scott currently resides in Bristol, Connecticut, yet still holds strong ties to his roots in Minnesota. He lives with his faithful trading partner – April, a Black Labrador.

Mike works behind the scenes and keeps the engines of ShadowTrader’s website running, handling networking, data, and everything in between.

Any issue you are having with ShadowTrader’s services reach out to him and he will assist you.