Adrian Reid

Adrian is a full-time private trader based in Australia and also the Founder and Trading Coach at Enlightened Stock Trading, which focuses on educating and supporting traders on their journey to profitable systems trading. Following his successful adoption of systematic trading which generated him hundreds of thousands of dollars a year using just 30 minutes a day to manage his system trading workflow, Adrian made the easy decision to leave his professional work in the corporate world in 2012. Adrian trades long/short across US, Australian and international stock markets and the cryptocurrency markets. His trading systems are now fully automated and have consistently outperformed international share markets with dramatically reduced risk over the past 20+ years. Adrian focuses on building portfolios of profitable, stable and robust long term trading systems to beat market returns with high risk adjusted returns. Adrian teaches traders from all over the world how to get profitable, confident and consistent by trading systematically and backtesting their own trading systems. He helps profitable traders grow and smooth returns by implementing a portfolio of trading systems to make money from different markets and market conditions.
The Ultimate Guide to Successful Trading

The Ultimate Guide to Successful Trading

Proven Strategies for Successful TradingSuccessful trading requires more than just good luck. It's about implementing a systematic approach, mastering risk management, refining your trading plan, and building a resilient mindset. In this guide, we'll walk you through everything you need to know to build consistent profitability and confidence in your trading journey.📈 What is Successful Trading...

Stock Market Definitions

Stock Market Definitions

Understanding the most common stock market definitions is helpful for new traders to increase their rate of learning and reduce overwhelm. This page provides clear, beginner-friendly explanations of fundamental stock market terms, including Bear Market, Blue Chip Stocks, Market Capitalization, IPOs, and more.  Learning the language of the stock market helps traders understand various concepts...

Risk Management Definitions

Risk Management Definitions

Understanding risk management definitions is essential for anyone looking to protect their capital and enhance their trading performance. This page provides clear, beginner-friendly explanations of the most important risk management concepts, including Alpha, Beta, Diversification, Stop-Loss Orders, and more. Knowing these definitions will help you make better decisions when managing your...

Trading Strategy Definitions

Trading Strategy Definitions

Understanding trading strategy definitions is essential for developing, coding and backtesting profitable trading systems. This page provides simple, beginner-friendly explanations of various trading strategies, including Trend Following, Mean Reversion, Position Trading, Day Trading, Swing Trading, Scalping, and more. Knowing these definitions will help you choose the right approach that fits...

Stock Trading Definitions – Master Glossary

Stock Trading Definitions – Master Glossary

Welcome to the comprehensive Stock Trading Definitions resource, designed to help you navigate and master the terminology essential for systematic trading. Below, you will find various categories covering all critical aspects of trading, including risk management, technical analysis, quantitative analysis, and more.Stock Trading Definitions By Category: Discover our complete listing of important...

Technical Analysis Definitions

Technical Analysis Definitions

Understanding technical analysis definitions is a useful skill for traders hoping to read charts, identify patterns, and make better trading decisions. While some of these technical analysis patterns may be difficult to code and backtest, it is still useful for systematic traders to understand what these patterns mean. This page provides clear, beginner-friendly explanations of the most common...

Trading Indicator Definitions

Trading Indicator Definitions

Understanding trading indicator definitions useful for systematic traders so that you can choose the right trading indicator for the job. This page provides clear, beginner-friendly explanations of the most important trading indicators, including ADX, ATR, Bollinger Bands, MACD, RSI, and more. If you are a new trader, understanding these indicators is a first step towards creating trading...

Quantitative Analysis & Backtesting Definitions

Quantitative Analysis & Backtesting Definitions

Understanding quantitative analysis & backtesting definitions is useful for systematic traders, especially so that you can fully understand the backtest performance reports generated by your trading software. This page provides clear, beginner-friendly explanations of essential concepts, including Alpha Generation, Backtesting, Monte Carlo Simulation, Overfitting, Sharpe Ratio, and more....

Portfolio Management Definitions

Portfolio Management Definitions

Understanding portfolio management definitions is useful so that you are not ‘bamboozled’ by trading insiders trying to make themselves sound intelligent so you give over your money for them to manage. The language may sound complex, but this quick overview will greatly increase your confidence during conversations about portfolio management. This page provides clear, beginner-friendly...

Order Execution Definitions

Order Execution Definitions

Understanding order execution definitions useful for traders so that you don’t run the risk of misinterpreting an order type or selecting the wrong time in force. Order execution has some complex and mysterious sounding language like ‘dark pools’ which can make traders uncertain.  This page provides clear, beginner-friendly explanations of the most important order execution concepts, including...

Trading Tools You Should Know

Trading Tools You Should Know

Understanding trading tools definitions is useful to help you choose the right trading tool for your needs. Knowing what tools are available and what they can do will help you build a successful and efficient trading process. Having the right tools helps you correctly analyse markets, automate strategies, and execute trades with precision. This page provides clear, beginner-friendly explanations...

Cryptocurrency Trading Definitions

Cryptocurrency Trading Definitions

Understanding cryptocurrency trading definitions is helpful for all crypto traders because this market has a language all of it’s own. This page provides clear, beginner-friendly explanations of the most common cryptocurrency trading terms, including concepts like Bitcoin, Altcoins, Blockchain, Staking, Tokenomics, and more. Whether you’re new to crypto trading or looking to expand your...