David Buffalo has a bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech and an M.B.A. from Wake Forest University. He has been investing and trading since his days in college. His methods are largely self-taught, though he has been fortunate to have been helped by several successful mentors during this trading career.
He uses Fibonacci pattern and momentum studies to trade stocks, and typically holds his positions for 5-15 days initially and longer if the trends remain in place. He typically trades only long positions in equities, but is pursuing FOREX and futures markets to be able to take short positions for profit.
He believes that anyone can learn to trade as long as one has the desire to learn and the perseverance to learn from mistakes. David also believes that studying fundamental and technical analysis is important to being successful being short or long in an individual position.
John O’Donnell is the Chief Knowledge Officer for Online Trading Academy. In this role he delivers a combination of educational and corporate experience that has been instrumental in making Online Trading Academy one of the premier trading schools in the world. His extensive management and consulting experience has been a key ingredient in Online Trading Academy’s fast global growth and industry recognition and awards.
Mr. O’Donnell was a finalist two years in a row for the “Entrepreneur of the Year” award by Inc. magazine in Orange County, California. He has often been featured on financial web portals and television networks such as CNBC, CNN and MarketWatch. Mr. O’Donnell’s focus and thoughts on issues such as historic boom/bust business cycles and the potential coming burst of the credit bubble in the “Globalization 3.0 Era” has also been featured in financial focused newspapers and magazines such as The Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily, Traders Journal and EQUITIES magazine, just to name a few. Mr. O’Donnell is frequently a keynote speaker at global finance expos including Trade2Win, Online Traders Expo, London IX Expos, Brazil Active Traders Expos, World’s First Virtual Online Traders Expo, Canadian Financial Forums, and The MoneyShow.
Mr. O’Donnell received a BS in Science from Southwest Baptist University in 1968. He began his career as a public school teacher and then transitioned to public corporations, working as an investment banker. His background in both education and financial services gives him a unique ability to teach complex financial theories and trading skills to beginner investors and seasoned traders alike.
Sam Seiden brings over 15 years experience of equities, forex, options and futures trading which began when he was on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
He has traded equities, futures, interest rate markets, forex, options, and commodities for his personal interests for years and has educated hundreds of traders and investors through seminars and daily advisory services both domestically and internationally.
Sam has been involved in the markets since 1991 both on and off the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He has served as the Director of Technical Research for two trading firms and regularly contributes articles to industry publications. Sam is known for his trading, technical research, and educational guidance.
