James McCarthy- Head Trader and Professional Coach
McCarthy began his trading career at the young age of 13. His early influences on trading are his father and many financial professionals in his affluent Chicago suburb. Early Success lead Mr. McCarthy to return an impressive 110% in just his second year of trading U.S equities! In high school he found himself trading during classes but was discouraged by his professors disallowing him to trade. Despite his struggles with instructors he managed to return an impressive 80% in his sophomore year. McCarthy developed a passion and love for markets throughout his time as a trader and later attended Business School specializing in Finance at The University of Wyoming. Throughout college he dedicated his days to studying the driving forces of market movements, market psychology, and most importantly risk management. In college James found himself identifying his primary trading methods and developed an effective day trading strategy and longer term trend following approach. As a 13 year old trader he utilized a very common sense technical strategy that he developed on his own without previous experience. McCarthy took this strategy during his college years and further developed it by incorporating advanced risk management techniques to minimize risk and optimize portfolio returns. Today Mr. McCarthy is the Head Trader and Coach at The Daily Trade. He is also the Portfolio Manager for James Capital Asset Management. With his 10+ Years of trading experience McCarthy is a seasoned trader who has a fascination and a passion for markets! Throughout his career he has successfully traded through the 2008 global financial crisis, 2010 flash crash, and the 2015 flash crash. Outside of Trading he enjoys playing basketball, mountain biking, and has a passion for classic sports cars.
Greg Hamilton- Associate Trader and Head of Relations
McCarthy began his trading career at the young age of 13. His early influences on trading are his father and many financial professionals in his affluent Chicago suburb. Early Success lead Mr. McCarthy to return an impressive 110% in just his second year of trading U.S equities! In high school he found himself trading during classes but was discouraged by his professors disallowing him to trade. Despite his struggles with instructors he managed to return an impressive 80% in his sophomore year. McCarthy developed a passion and love for markets throughout his time as a trader and later attended Business School specializing in Finance at The University of Wyoming. Throughout college he dedicated his days to studying the driving forces of market movements, market psychology, and most importantly risk management. In college James found himself identifying his primary trading methods and developed an effective day trading strategy and longer term trend following approach. As a 13 year old trader he utilized a very common sense technical strategy that he developed on his own without previous experience. McCarthy took this strategy during his college years and further developed it by incorporating advanced risk management techniques to minimize risk and optimize portfolio returns. Today Mr. McCarthy is the Head Trader and Coach at The Daily Trade. He is also the Portfolio Manager for James Capital Asset Management. With his 10+ Years of trading experience McCarthy is a seasoned trader who has a fascination and a passion for markets! Throughout his career he has successfully traded through the 2008 global financial crisis, 2010 flash crash, and the 2015 flash crash. Outside of Trading he enjoys playing basketball, mountain biking, and has a passion for classic sports cars.
Greg Hamilton- Associate Trader and Head of Relations