Tim Knight has been charting and trading since 1987. His first stock trade was, in fact, on October 19, 1987 – the day of the crash – which perhaps goes a long way explaining his disposition ... more
Tim Knight has been charting and trading since 1987. His first stock trade was, in fact, on October 19, 1987 – the day of the crash – which perhaps goes a long way explaining his disposition toward bearishness. He has been involved in personal computers since late 1979 and, starting at age 16, began writing a couple dozen books about using and programming computers. His most recent writing has been focused on charting and the history of financial markets, and his newest book, Panic, Prosperity, and Progress, was published in February 2014. He has been running Slope since March 29 2005 and has, during that time, written more than 15,000 posts on the blog.
In 1992 Knight founded Prophet, a web-based technical analysis company that was acquired by Investools (and, later, Ameritrade) in January 2005. Tim served as Senior Vice President of Technology for Investools from 2005 through 2010.
Knight directed his passion for the markets to fuel the innovation for which Prophet was known. In fact, Barron’s and Forbes consistently named Prophet the #1 Web Site for Technical Analysis. In his professional role as a hedge fund manager today, Tim relies on technical analysis as the primary basis for his investment decisions He also hosts a daily show on the TastyTrade network, The Last Call.
Before starting Prophet, Tim was Vice President of Technology Products at Montgomery Securities in San Francisco, where he led the development of an institutional online-trading platform. Additionally, he has held various positions in marketing management at Technical Tools and Apple Computer. He lives in Palo Alto with his wife, children, eight hens, a pond full of fish, and a trio of dogs which occupy whatever free time may be available.
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Managing Partner | |
Tim Knight Organization | |
October 2009 - Present (12 years 10 months) | |
I run a technical-analysis-based hedge fund in Palo Alto. I also write Slope of Hope, one of the widest-read blogs for traders, which I started banging out way back in March 2005. |
Founder | |
Social Trade Corp | |
2010 - 2012 (2 years 5 months) | |
Run www.socialtrade.com www.slopeofhope.com web sites |
SVP Technology | |
Investools | |
January 2005 - August 2010 (5 years 8 months) | |
Built out and managed Investor Toolbox and continued improvements on ProphetCharts platform. |
Founder/CEO | |
Prophet | |
July 1992 - January 2005 (12 years 9 months) | |
Founded Prophet Financial Systems (http://www.prophet.net) and sold to Investools in January 2005 (Investools was in turn bought by Ameritrade some years later). |
Santa Clara University | |
BSC, Marketing | |
1985 / 1987 | |
Panic, Prosperity, and Progress: Five Centuries of History and the Markets | |
Tim Knight | |
Wiley | |
02/17/2014 | |
A detailed guide to financial market performance during financial crises With the financial markets seemingly careening from one crisis to another, it's vital for today’s investors and traders to have an historical perspective on market performance during times of great turmoil. In this book, Tim Knight provides an exhaustive analysis of financial market behavior prior, during, and following tumultuous events since 1600. Making copious use of charts and basic technical analysis, Knight demonstrates how external shocks tend to create extreme reactions in the financial markets and how these predictable reactions provide opportunities for investors and traders to profit |
Slope of Hope | |
Tim Knight | |
Tim Knight | |
Tim Knight has been charting and trading since 1987. His first stock trade was, in fact, on October 19, 1987 – the day of the crash – which perhaps goes a long way explaining his disposition toward bearishness. He has been involved in personal computers since late 1979 and, starting at age 16, began writing a couple dozen books about using and programming computers. His most recent writing has been focused on charting and the history of financial markets, and his newest book, Panic, Prosperity, and Progress, was published in February 2014. He has been running Slope since March 29 2005 and has, during that time, written more than 15,000 posts on the blog. |
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