ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
AL GIETZEN - Earned a Master's
degree in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering from Stanford University.
After a sucessful 15-year career in engineering and international marketing,
changing interests led Mr. Gietzen to real estate development, small business
ownership and consulting work. Consulting on acquisition analysis of
small companies led to development of stock selection screening
techniques. A natural follow-on to this was investing in growth
stocks. Trading then followed, progressing from stock index options to
commodity futures.
R & D of technical trading systems began in
1985. At the time his first book was published in 1992, Al was also
teaching a course in Creative Problem Solving at JFK University graduate
business program. He served as Executive Director of a charitable
organization from 1992 to 1996, while continuing his involvement in trading
and software development. He is currently also enjoying building his own
airplane.
BOOKS: 
Real Time Futures Trading, Al Gietzen,
1992, Probus Publishing (bought out by Irwin Publishing).
"I have
just read your book, Real Time Futures Trading. I enjoyed it,
and I also think it's an impressive intellectual achievement - well
done!
Kieth F. Punch,
Ph.D.
Advanced Cycle
Trading, Al Gietzen, 1995, Irwin Publishing (since bought out by
McGraw-Hill).
"... the
one I cannot put down is your book, which is like a breath of fresh
air. I have read it once and am now starting it again, but this time
in greater detail as I strongly believe your Reactivity Indicator and
cycle theory are vastly superior the commonly used moving averages,
stochastics, MACD,
etc." Robert Norrie, Trader
Advanced Cycle Trading can be purchased for $30.00. See software order
forms.
