ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
D. R. Barton, Jr. is a lead instructor for Van Tharp Institute (IITM) courses.

He is the Chief Operating Officer and Risk Manager for the Directional Research and Trading hedge fund group. D. R. has been actively involved in trading, researching and teaching in the markets since 1986. D. R. has created extensive and innovative new training products and taught extensively in many investment areas including intra-day trading, swing trading, and cutting edge risk management techniques.

His writing includes co-authoring the Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom book and his work on Van Tharp’s second book, Financial Freedom Through Electronic Day Trading, for McGraw-Hill as co-creator and contributing author. He also writes a stock screening newsletter called Ten Minute Trader.