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Author Profiles


Francisco Ramirez

Francisco Ramirez is a registered commodity broker specializing in Managed Futures. In order to find a good fit for a client’s investment portfolio, Francisco continuously searches for and evaluates the performance of Commodity Trading Advisors. Francisco monitors the performance of these CTAs and uses both his experience and knowledge of trading to identify potential problems for customers. For less affluent clients, Francisco applies, on a smaller scale, some of the techniques and theories that he has witnessed. Francisco’s professional background is quite varied but can best be summed up as “entrepreneur.”



Mike Daly

Mike Daly joined PFGBEST Research in 2009 with more than 25 years of experience as a gold trader and market specialist.

He was a floor trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Board Options Exchange for the first two decades.  He joined the renowned gold brokerage J. Aron in 1979 and served as a senior gold broker and market analyst for four years, and then continued another two years there after J. Aron was acquired by Goldman Sachs in 1982.  He was charged with keeping vast spread markets in line and was a global gold market maker for the firm.

From there he continued as a licensed independent broker on the CME floor in the S&P 500 stock index futures trading pit while also monitoring and trading gold markets.

He joined Alaron Trading Corp. in 2007 as a senior broker then came on board PFGBEST through the acquisition of the customer assets of Alaron in spring of 2009.

Mike is regularly quoted in broadcast and print media venues and is widely available to share his precious metals and trading background, knowledge and experience as an interview source, educator and spokesperson. 

Mike Daly
Sr. Precious Metals Analyst
PFGBEST Research

Phone: 877.294.4669 or 312-563-8029
Email: mdaly@pfgbest.com

PFGBEST is among the largest non-clearing U.S. Futures Commission Merchants, with customers, affiliates and brokerage offices in more than 80 countries. The company is a leader in sustainable investing through diversified products including managed funds, futures, forex, options, full-service and discount brokerage, trader education, market research, and direct online futures trading through its BESTDirect® platform, and numerous other platforms and applications. 



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Additional Contributing Authors

  • Aaron Fennell of Scotia McLeod
  • Adam Birzgalis of DataTrade Financial
  • Alan Bush of Archer Financial Services
  • Andy Waldock of Commodity & Derivative Advisors
  • Arman Vahdatinia of Expo Futures
  • Barchart Research Team of Barchart.com
  • Bill Moore of The PRICE Futures Group
  • Binary Option Strategy of Binary Option Strategy
  • Bob Hunt of The Pattern Trapper
  • Brandon Wendell of Online Trading Academy
  • Brewer FX of Brewer FX
  • Brewer Futures Group of Brewer Futures Group
  • Brock Thompson of Brock Thompson Trading, LLC
  • Burton Schlichter of Daniels Trading
  • CRB Research Team of Commodity Research Bureau
  • Carley Garner of DeCarley Trading
  • Carol Harmer of Charmer Charts
  • Chris Haverkamp of Paragon Investments, Inc.
  • Chuck Kowalski of CommoditiesStreet.com
  • Commodities Mansion of CommoditiesMansion.com
  • Dan Faretta of Diversified Assets, LLC
  • Darrell Jobman of TraderPlanet.com
  • Davey Ron of Park Avenue Asset Management
  • David Batson
  • David Grandey of All About Trends
  • David Moenning of StateoftheMarkets.com
  • David Pappas of Archer Financial Services
  • David Song of DailyFX
  • DeWayne Reeves of CFRN
  • Dennis Smith of Archer Financial Services
  • Don Dawson of Online Trading Academy
  • Donna Heidkamp of RJO Futures
  • Drew Shaw of Scotia McLeod
  • Duo Yang & Zachary Fietsch of The PRICE Futures Group
  • Edgard Cabanillas of Commodity Page
  • FX Empire of FX Empire
  • FX Rebate Central of FX Rebate Central
  • Fred Oltarsh of Options Strategy Network
  • Futures Press Editorial Staff of Futures Press, Inc.
  • Gabe Velazquez of Online Trading Academy
  • Gary Kamen of TrendsinFutures.com
  • George Kopp of International Futures Group, Inc
  • Gregg Hunt of Archer Financial Services
  • Gregor Horvat of Elliott Wave Financial Service
  • Hector Galvan of RJO Futures
  • Howard Tyllas of www.futuresflight.com
  • Ilya Spivak of DailyFX
  • InsideFurtures Guest Authors
  • Ira Epstein of Ira Epstein Division of The Linn Group
  • Jack Scoville of The PRICE Futures Group
  • James Cordier & Michael Gross of Liberty Trading Group
  • James Mound of Mound Report
  • James Rider of FxVolResearch Ltd
  • Jay Brown of Commodity Research Bureau - CRB
  • Jeffrey Gordon of The PRICE Futures Group
  • Jeremy Ascher of Chartwhiz.com, Inc.
  • Jeremy Knutson of Hurley & Associates
  • Jerry Gidel of RJO Futures
  • Jim Prince of US Charts
  • Jim Wyckoff of TraderPlanet.com
  • Joe Gelet of Elite E Services FX Capital - Forex Systems
  • Joel Arnold of Forextraders
  • Joel Kruger of DailyFX
  • John Bougearel of The Commodity Trading Advisor
  • John C. Booth of Archer Financial Services
  • John Kicklighter of DailyFx
  • Joseph Nikruto of RJO Futures
  • Josh Saunders of Great Pacific Wealth Management
  • Josip Causic of Online Trading Academy
  • Judy Crawford of Zaner
  • Jurgens Bauer of Jurgens Bauer & Associates
  • Justin Gleghorn of Market Day Trading
  • Justin Kelly of EHedger LLC
  • Kevin Davitt of International Futures Group, Inc
  • Kevin J. Davey of kjtradingsystems.com
  • Kevin Klombies of TraderPlanet.com
  • Kevin Van Trump of Farm Direction
  • Khaled Hamieh of Libanman Futures
  • Kyle McEwan of Scotia McLeod
  • LaSalle Futures Group of LaSalle Futures Group
  • Larry Baer of Zaner
  • Lawrence Morgan of Archer Financial Services
  • Layne Hermansen
  • LearnAboutFutures.com of LearnAboutFutures.com
  • Lee Gaus of IFG Futures
  • Leslie Burton of Daniels Trading
  • Lynn Smith of ZANER
  • Mark S. Longo of The Options Insider
  • Mark Soderberg of Archer Financial Services
  • Matt McKinney of Zaner
  • Matt Zeman of LaSalle Futures Group
  • Matthew Bradbard of MB Wealth
  • Matthew Zaner of Zaner Group
  • Michael Hoeft of Dada Capital Management
  • Michael Noonan of Edge Trader Plus
  • Michael Paulenoff of MPTrader.com
  • Millennium Traders
  • Mohammed Isah of FXTechstrategy.com
  • Moshe Shalom
  • Neil Charnock of Gold Oz
  • Nick DeVore of RJOFutures
  • Nick Pritzakis of Quest Futures & Options, LLC
  • Noble DraKoln of Liverpool Capital Management
  • Noel Rojas of Mirus Futures, LLC
  • Ockham Research Staff of Ockham Research
  • Optionetics Staff Writers of Optionetics.com
  • Options Scholar of Options Scholar
  • Patrick Vahid of Sonic Futures & Options
  • Paul Brittain of WhiteHall Investment Management
  • Paul Kavanaugh of PFGBest
  • Paul Thornton of Investor Boot Camp Online
  • Payam Pedram of Ascendant Asset Advisors, Inc.
  • Phil Flynn of PFGBEST
  • PitGuru.com Authors of PitGuru.com
  • Ralph Preston of Heritage West Futures
  • Richard Roscelli of The WealthCare Center
  • Rick Wright of Online Trading Academy
  • Robert Colby of TraderPlanet.com
  • Robert Short of PFGBest
  • Robin Rosenberg of PFGBest
  • Ryan Riley of Option Financial LLC
  • Sam Evans of Online Trading Academy
  • Sam Seiden of Online Trading Academy
  • Scott J. Harms of Archer Financial Services
  • Sean Lusk of PFGBest
  • Shane Wisdom of Wisdom Financial Inc.
  • Stephen Davis of RJO Futures
  • Stewart Solaka of Chicagostock Trading
  • Ted Seifried of Zaner
  • Tim Hannagan of PFGBest
  • Tim Smith of Archer Financial Services
  • Timothy Hughes of The PRICE Futures Group
  • Traders Investment Exchange of Traders Investmnet Exchange
  • TradingLesson.com of Trading Lesson LLC
  • William Frejlich of The PRICE Futures Group
  • Zantrio Commentators of Zantrio.com
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