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About the Author

Hey all, my name is David Bergstrom and I’m the guy behind Build Alpha. I am a proud father to a baby girl and obsessed with all things markets!

For the last ten-plus years, I have spent my life dedicated to the professional trading world working as a market maker and quantitative strategy developer at a high frequency trading firm with a Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) seat, consulting for Hedge Funds, Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), Family Offices and Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs).

The crazy part is, I am a self-taught programmer utilizing C++, C# and python with a statistics background specializing in data science, machine learning and trading strategy development. Naturally working in a professional trading environment, especially a high frequency trading firm, is a tremendous place to pick up these skills. I am forever grateful to my mentor and the many others that have contributed to get me to this point in journey. I still remember the profit and loss swinging tens of thousands of dollars in seconds during my initial interview thinking this cannot be real!

I have been lucky enough to be featured on various trading websites, podcasts and news outlets. Most importantly, I have developed great relationships with many around the industry in both trading and media. Some of the notable places I have appeared are Chatwithtraders.com, Bettersystemtrader.com, Desiretotrade.com, Quantocracy, Traderlife.com, Seeitmarket.com, Benzinga, TradeStation, NinjaTrader and more.

Most of my experience has led me to a series of repeatable processes to find, create, test and implement algorithmic trading ideas in a robust manner. Build Alpha is the culmination of this process from start to finish. Please reach out to me directly at any time.

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Please head over to the Build Alpha blog to check out my musings on the current market, software updates, and useful features to help independent traders and institutions reach their trading and investment goals.

Risk Disclosure

Futures And Forex Trading Contains Substantial Risk And Is Not For Every Investor. An Investor Could Potentially Lose All Or More Than The Initial Investment. Risk Capital Is Money That Can Be Lost Without Jeopardizing Ones Financial Security Or Life Style. Only Risk Capital Should Be Used For Trading And Only Those With Sufficient Risk Capital Should Consider Trading. Past Performance Is Not Necessarily Indicative Of Future Results.

Hypothetical Performance Disclaimer

Hypothetical Performance Results Have Many Inherent Limitations, Some Of Which Are Described Below. No Representation Is Being Made That Any Account Will Or Is Likely To Achieve Profits Or Losses Similar To Those Shown; In Fact, There Are Frequently Sharp Differences Between Hypothetical Performance Results And The Actual Results Subsequently Achieved By Any Particular Trading Program. One Of The Limitations Of Hypothetical Performance Results Is That They Are Generally Prepared With The Benefit Of Hindsight. In Addition, Hypothetical Trading Does Not Involve Financial Risk, And No Hypothetical Trading Record Can Completely Account For The Impact Of Financial Risk Of Actual Trading. For Example, The Ability To Withstand Losses Or To Adhere To A Particular Trading Program In Spite Of Trading Losses Are Material Points Which Can Also Adversely Affect Actual Trading Results. There Are Numerous Other Factors Related To The Markets In General Or To The Implementation Of Any Specific Trading Program Which Cannot Be Fully Accounted For In The Preparation Of Hypothetical Performance Results And All Which Can Adversely Affect Trading Results.

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Build Alpha

Build Alpha Automated Trading System Builder. Creates, tests, and codes algorithmic trading strategies with NO programming

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