Meet the Analysts

Gary Dean Gary Dean
"Mel" Hickerson "Mel" Hickerson

Gary Dean, founder of MarketsPath, developed his "ForeTrend"™ strategy in the mid-1990s, initially at JBHanauer in New Jersey, where he helped manage over $80 million with one of their largest brokers, primarily in equity options. Jerome "Mel" Hickerson developed his quantitative model from experience working as a computer programmer for such corporations as McDonnell Douglas and American Express.
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Performance

Gary trades primarily the ProShares Ultra Index ETFs (QLD/QID to trade the QQQQ swings and SDS/SSO to trade the SPX swings). Below are his closed trades for 2009:
 
  Year-to-date
Avg Return per Position: 0.09%
Avg Hold Time (in days): 1.47
Winning Positions (Avg/Num):0.91% / 66
Losing Positions (Avg/Num): -0.46% / 97
Total Return: 15.62%
* Total Return is the sum of the % gains and losses of the trades. Please note that trades mentioned on the site are hypothetical, not actual, positions and Mr. Dean and the publishers of this site do not have personal positions in instruments mentioned on the site. For more information please see our disclaimer.

Recent Trades Include:

Symbol Position Start Date Start Price Exit Price Exit Date Gain/Loss %
TZA Long 02/25/2010 9.22 9.0400 03/01/2010 -0.18 -1.95
SDS Long 02/25/2010 35.22 34.9500 02/26/2010 -0.27 -0.77
DXD Long 02/25/2010 29.47 29.2900 02/26/2010 -0.18 -0.61
QID Long 02/25/2010 19.76 19.6800 02/26/2010 -0.08 -0.40
TZA Long 02/24/2010 9.19 9.1000 02/24/2010 -0.09 -0.98
DXD Long 02/24/2010 29.34 29.1100 02/24/2010 -0.23 -0.78
QID Long 02/24/2010 19.74 19.6300 02/24/2010 -0.11 -0.56
SDS Long 02/24/2010 35.29 35.0100 02/24/2010 -0.28 -0.79
TZA Long 02/22/2010 9.00 9.3700 02/23/2010 0.37 4.11
QID Long 02/22/2010 19.49 20.0200 02/23/2010 0.53 2.72
SDS Long 02/22/2010 34.58 35.4300 02/23/2010 0.85 2.46
DXD Long 02/22/2010 28.89 29.4900 02/23/2010 0.60 2.08