Carl Jorgensen, known to many as CJTrader, has studied and traded options extensively since 1997, after a successful 22-year career in the Entertainment Electronics industry, during which he earned a technical Emmy in 1990 as part of a development team, and helped take a company public in 1997.
Trading the markets on a part-time basis, Carl realized some significant successes trading and decided to pursue trading full-time in 2002. He has attended numerous seminars, read scores of books, and actively sought out successful traders and recognized educators in order to increase his knowledge of trading and options. He has studied personally under a variety of recognized experts, including but not limited to Dr. Alexander Elder, Dr. Van Tharp, Gerald Appel, Charles Cottle, Michael Williams, Dan Sheridan, and Price Headley.
Carl gained a great deal of experience from a year of actively trading options as a Registered Trader with the Pacific Exchange, where he traded Off-Floor (a few floors above the exchange) with 20 year veterans and Market Makers who had successfully transitioned to off-floor trading.
Since 2002, Carl has been an active participant and contributor at several Stock and Options Trading Groups, where he is often requested to speak. He also contributes to several trading networks and chat rooms, and in 2005, formed a group of full-time professional options traders, which he continues to lead today.
Since 2005, Carl has studied, attended seminars, and worked directly with David Elliott to master David’s unique technical analysis tools, strategies, and patterns. In 2006 Carl began to assist with teaching at David's seminars, and began presenting WallStreetTeachers’ new Effective Options Trading class in the spring of 2007.
Carl currently actively day-trades Market Index Futures and Momentum Swing-Trades Options, and is often requested to mentor fellow traders. He is very focused on the discipline aspect of trading and on using specific methodology, effectively and successfully applying what he has learned from his extensive education and experience.
Carl previously owned an Audio Engineering Design and Consulting company, and has taught sound system design and operation courses. He currently lives near the wine country of Northern California with his wife, 3 children, and a black Lab who believes he is human. Carl enjoys music, boating, underwater photography and snow skiing.
