Author Archives: Brian Johnson

About Brian Johnson

I have been an investment professional for over 30 years. I worked as a fixed income portfolio manager, personally managing over $13 billion in assets for institutional clients. I was also the President of a financial consulting and software development firm, developing artificial intelligence based forecasting and risk management systems for institutional investment managers. I am now a full-time proprietary trader in options, futures, stocks, and ETFs using both algorithmic and discretionary trading strategies. In addition to my professional investment experience, I designed and taught courses in financial derivatives for both MBA and undergraduate business programs on a part-time basis for a number of years. I have also written four books on options and derivative strategies.

Non-Farm Payroll (NFP) Model Forecast – March 2015

This article presents the Trader Edge aggregate neural network model forecast for the March 2015 non-farm payroll data, which is scheduled to be released tomorrow morning at 8:30 AM EST.

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03-31-2015 AAR Strategy Update Posted

The March 31, 2015 AAR Strategy update is now available on the AAR Subscribers page.  If you are not currently a subscriber and would like to learn more about the strategy, there is a detailed description on the AAR Strategy … Continue reading

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No New Posts Until April

I am working on the final edit of my new (second) options book. I will post an update here as soon as the new book is available. There will be print and Kindle versions. Due to the demands of the … Continue reading

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Recession Model Forecast 03-01-2015

The following article updates the diffusion index, recession slack index, aggregate recession model, and aggregate peak-trough model through February 2015. I read an article last month about a market-based metric that was indicating a recession. I tested the new indicator … Continue reading

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Non-Farm Payroll (NFP) Model Forecast – February 2015

This article presents the Trader Edge aggregate neural network model forecast for the February 2015 non-farm payroll data, which is scheduled to be released tomorrow morning at 8:30 AM EST.

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02-27-2015 AAR Strategy Update Posted

The February 27, 2015 AAR Strategy update is now available on the AAR Subscribers page.  If you are not currently a subscriber and would like to learn more about the strategy, there is a detailed description on the AAR Strategy … Continue reading

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No Post This Week

We got hit by an ice storm and are currently without power. As a result, there will be no post this week. Brian Johnson

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Recession Model Foreast 02-01-2015

The following article updates the diffusion index, recession slack index, aggregate recession model, and aggregate peak-trough model through January 2015. Please note that two new explanatory variables were recently added to the Trader Edge Recession Models and one explanatory variable … Continue reading

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