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.
Listen to Adrian on the Trading with Rayner Podcast

Listen to Adrian on the Trading with Rayner Podcast

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Stock Market Update | Build Your Trading Edge with Simplicity and Strategy

Stock Market Update | Build Your Trading Edge with Simplicity and Strategy

This week's Weekly Digest is packed with actionable insights, expert advice, and exclusive tools to elevate your trading game. Whether you're looking to refine your mindset or streamline your strategies, we've got you covered.Here’s what’s inside:Trend Trading Crypto: The Simple Way to Beat Buy and Hold In crypto’s fast-paced world, complexity often feels necessary—but the truth is, simplicity...

Stock Market Update | Unlock a New Mindset for Trading Success

Stock Market Update | Unlock a New Mindset for Trading Success

This week, we're diving into two powerful ideas that can reshape your trading mindset and elevate your strategy. Ready to build a stronger trading foundation? Let’s get started.  Money Is Just an Idea:Unlocking the Power of Words to Transform Your Wealth MindsetMoney is more than just currency—it’s a concept shaped by the words and beliefs we hold. Words like "abundance" and "opportunity" can...

Stock Market Update | Weekly Trading Digest: Master New Systems & Avoid Costly Pitfalls

Stock Market Update | Weekly Trading Digest: Master New Systems & Avoid Costly Pitfalls

This week, we're tackling two key challenges every trader faces when launching a new system: handling the emotional triggers that can cloud judgment and avoiding the "Cobra Effect"- a shortcut trap that often backfires. Let’s dive in.Starting a New Trading System?Starting a new trading system can be exciting yet daunting, often bringing up emotions like fear or FOMO. These reactions may lead to...

Money Is Just an Idea: Unlocking the Power of Words to Transform Your Wealth Mindset

Money Is Just an Idea: Unlocking the Power of Words to Transform Your Wealth Mindset

Money Is Just an IdeaMoney - whether it's the crisp note in your wallet, digits on a screen, or a growing pile in an investment account - is fundamentally just an idea. And that idea is crafted, moulded, and defined by words. To some, this concept may seem a bit abstract, but think about it: money doesn’t exist as anything more than a representation of value we all agree upon. And what fuels...

Mastering Systematic Trading How to Build Confidence and Consistency in Your Trading Strategy

Mastering Systematic Trading How to Build Confidence and Consistency in Your Trading Strategy

Trading can be a frustrating, emotional experience. Many traders start with high hopes but quickly find themselves lost in a cycle of inconsistency, second-guessing, and emotional decision-making. So, how can you break free from this pattern and trade with more confidence? The answer lies in systematic trading. Systematic trading is a rules-based approach that helps traders make decisions based...

Starting a New Trading System?

Starting a New Trading System?

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Hindsight Bias in Trading: How It Derails Stock Traders and What to Do About It

Hindsight Bias in Trading: How It Derails Stock Traders and What to Do About It

Introduction: What is Hindsight Bias?Hindsight bias is the common tendency to see past events as more predictable than they actually were. This bias creates an illusion that we “knew it all along” after the fact, distorting our memory of what we truly thought before an event unfolded—a mental trap often examined in trading psychology. Imagine you're watching a sports game, and after your team...

Recency Bias: How It Sabotages Stock Traders and What You Can Do About It

Recency Bias: How It Sabotages Stock Traders and What You Can Do About It

Recency Bias: How It Sabotages Stock Traders and What You Can Do About ItIn stock trading, emotions and cognitive biases often interfere with decision-making, leading to costly mistakes. One of the most common biases that affects stock traders is recency bias - where traders give disproportionate weight to recent events and performance while ignoring the broader picture. This bias can lead to...

How the Availability Heuristic Skews Stock Trading Decisions and How to Overcome It

How the Availability Heuristic Skews Stock Trading Decisions and How to Overcome It

The Availability Heuristic in Stock Trading: Why It Leads to Costly MistakesStock traders pride themselves on making decisions based on data, analysis, and logic. However, our brains are wired to take shortcuts when processing information, which often leads to cognitive biases. One such bias that frequently disrupts trading decisions, and is well-documented in trading psychology, is the...

Self-Attribution Bias: The Hidden Enemy of Consistent Stock Trading

Self-Attribution Bias: The Hidden Enemy of Consistent Stock Trading

Introduction: What Is Self-Attribution Bias?Self-attribution bias is a cognitive distortion where individuals attribute their successes to their own skills and abilities, while blaming external factors for their failures—a common behavioral pattern examined in trading psychology. It's something we all do from time to time without even realizing it. For example, imagine you're driving to work,...

How the Halo Effect Distorts Stock Trading Decisions—and How to Stop It

How the Halo Effect Distorts Stock Trading Decisions—and How to Stop It

The Halo Effect in Stock Trading: How It Impacts Your DecisionsIn the world of stock trading, we rely heavily on logic, data, and analysis to guide our decisions. However, psychological biases often sneak in and disrupt that logic—many of which are explored in depth through the lens of trading psychology. One of the most insidious of these biases is the halo effect.What is the Halo Effect?The...