Take Control of Your Trading

Most traders who struggle are not struggling because they lack intelligence or commitment. They have read the books, studied the charts, and put in real time. The problem is rarely knowledge. It is the absence of a proven, tested system that produces a clear, repeatable edge in the market.

Knowledge and consistent profitability are not the same thing. Knowing what a trend looks like is different from knowing exactly when to buy, how much to risk, and when to exit – based on tested evidence rather than judgment. Without those defined rules, even experienced traders end up making different decisions under pressure, second-guessing entries, and holding losers too long.

I spent three years losing money as a discretionary trader before discovering systematic trading. I was working hard, studying constantly, following everything the books recommended – and still going backwards. The turning point came when I  stopped relying on my own judgment and started building backtested, rules-based systems I could trust completely. If you have been trying to crack trading for years, you are probably one system away from a very different result.

Most trading courses teach you concepts and then leave you to figure out the rest. Enlightened Stock Trading is different at a structural level. Rather than a collection of lessons, the Trader Success System is a structured five-stage journey – from understanding systematic trading through to building, testing, and running a complete portfolio of proven systems. Students leave with working systems they have built and verified themselves, not a notebook full of ideas.

The second difference is personalisation. Not every trading system suits every trader. A short-term system that works brilliantly for someone with time to monitor positions will destroy the results of a busy professional who cannot check a screen during the day. EST uses a Personality, Objectives, and Lifestyle framework to help every student find a systematic approach that fits their specific situation – not a generic strategy copied from a book.

The third difference is completeness. EST is designed to be the last trading education you will ever need. There are no endless upsells, no higher-tier courses that contain the “real” content. The Trader Success System gives you the methodology, the pre-built systems, the tools, the risk management framework, and ongoing support – in one place. Students all over the world have used this exact approach to build consistently profitable portfolios across the ASX, US, Canadian, and Hong Kong markets.

Discretionary trading means making decisions based on judgment – reading the chart, weighing up the news, and deciding whether to buy or sell in the moment. The problem is that humans are inconsistent. Fear and greed influence every decision. What felt like the right trade yesterday feels completely different when the market is moving against you at 2pm on a Thursday. Discretionary traders lose money over the long run because emotion (not evidence) is driving their decisions.

Systematic trading replaces judgment with rules. Every entry, every exit, and every position size is defined in advance, tested against real historical data, and executed without second-guessing. There is no overriding the signal because you saw a headline, no emotional spiral when a trade goes against you, and no inconsistency between how you traded last month and how you trade today. Because the system has been backtested, you know in advance what drawdowns look like – so when they happen, you stay the course. The result is the thing most traders spend years trying to find: consistency.

Every system in the Trader Success System is built on one principle: if it cannot be proven with real historical data, it does not get traded. Backtesting tests a set of trading rules against every market day for the past 10, 20, or 30 years. It removes guesswork and replaces it with evidence – real trade-by-trade performance records showing exactly what would have happened if those rules had been followed across different market conditions.

I have been trading systematic systems live for over 20 years across the ASX, US, TSX (Canada), and Hong Kong markets. My first fully backtested system paid off my mortgage and generated over $500,000 in trading profits. In 2012, my trading income exceeded his $230,000 salary for the first time and I left corporate life entirely. Those results came from following tested systems with defined rules – not tips, predictions, or gut feel.

What you see inside EST are not theoretical ideas. They are the same systems and processes I use in my own live portfolio – refined over two decades and built to handle the full range of market conditions, including bear markets, sideways periods, and sudden shocks. You are not being sold a concept. You are getting access to a working methodology that I deploy in my own live accounts.

It is a fair question and it deserves a direct answer. The global stock market processes trillions of dollars every single day. The edge from a well-designed systematic strategy is not erased by a group of traders following the same rules. I trade a diversified portfolio of systems across multiple markets, and sharing that methodology with students around the world has no meaningful impact on my results. Beyond the numbers: teaching systematic trading is a deliberate mission, not a side project. I left a $230,000 salary because trading gave me the life I wanted – and I built EST specifically to give other traders the same clear path. If a system stops working, I stop teaching it. It is that simple.

Not every trading strategy suits every trader – and choosing the wrong one is one of the most expensive mistakes you can make. I learned this directly when I developed a day trading system that tested beautifully on paper and lost $30,000 in three weeks of live trading. The system was statistically sound. It failed because it did not fit his personality, his objectives, or his lifestyle. I hate fast-paced, high-pressure decisions. At the time I had a demanding day job. I wanted freedom, not another screen to stare at. The system was fine. The fit was not.

EST uses a framework called Personality, Objectives, and Lifestyle to match every student with systems they can actually follow and stick with. Your personality determines how you handle drawdowns and decisions under pressure. Your objectives determine the returns and risk profile you need from your portfolio. Your lifestyle determines how much time you can realistically commit each day. When all three are aligned, you stop fighting your system and start trusting it. That is when consistency follows.

Yes – and the time commitment is probably smaller than you expect. Systematic end-of-day trading requires around 5 to 20 minutes a day. Signals are generated after the market closes, positions are reviewed, and orders are placed for the next session. There is nothing to watch during market hours. You do not need to monitor a screen, take calls from a broker, or check your phone between meetings. You review your signals before or after work, place your orders, and get on with your day.

I built my entire trading approach alongside a demanding engineering career before walking away from my $230,000 salary in 2012. In 2006, I gave my wife Stephanie a written trading plan and went trekking in Nepal for a month – leaving my systems running without me. Systematic trading is designed to give you your time back, not consume it. That is the point.

Markets move in every direction – up, down, and sideways – and they can shift suddenly. A portfolio built entirely on long positions will grow steadily in a bull market and give a significant portion of those gains back in a downturn. The answer is not to predict which market is coming. The answer is to hold a portfolio of systems built for different conditions.

I teach traders to build a diversified portfolio of both long and short systems across multiple markets. My own portfolio includes trend following systems, mean reversion systems, and short-selling systems – each designed to perform in specific market conditions. When the markets collapsed in 2008 I was trading with an account well above $500,000 and came through it because my portfolio was structured for exactly that kind of event. No single system performs well in every environment – but a thoughtfully built portfolio of systems can generate returns through bull runs, corrections, and extended bear markets alike.

There is no fixed minimum. I started with an account of $7,500. Small accounts limit how many positions you can hold simultaneously, which reduces diversification – but the rules-based position sizing approach keeps risk per trade small regardless of account size. Most students start with a focused portfolio and scale up as their account and confidence grow together.

The more important number is not your starting balance – it is how much you risk per trade relative to your account. Systematic trading uses position sizing rules to keep each individual trade’s exposure small. A losing trade does not damage your account in any meaningful way, and even a run of losses stays manageable. Starting small and trading correctly is far better than starting large and learning expensive lessons.

Students of The Trader Success System are recommended to have access to at least $50,000 to make full use of the diversification opportunities we share in the program.

The Trader Success System provides pre-built, pre-coded trading systems that are ready to use. You will learn how to manipulate and use the scripting language required to backtest trading systems and generate your orders. Knowledge of coding is not required to work with Enlightened Stock Trading, but a willingness to learn and analytical ability (e.g. Spreadsheet analysis) is important. The backtesting and system-building tools inside the program are designed to be accessible to traders with no prior programming background at all. What matters is logical thinking and a willingness to follow a systematic process. If you can work through a spreadsheet, you have everything you need to get started.

Honest answer: systematic trading is not a shortcut. There is a learning phase – typically three to six months of working through the methodology, building systems, and testing your approach before running a full live portfolio with confidence. In that period, the primary outcome is education and preparation, not trading profits. Do not expect to start on Monday and outperform the market by the end of the week.

Once you are trading a well-constructed portfolio of systems, the realistic expectation is consistent returns that outperform a buy-and-hold index strategy over time, with defined and manageable drawdowns. I have achieved this consistently for over 20 years across multiple markets. Students applying the methodology on the ASX, US markets, and internationally have produced similar outcomes. The edge comes from discipline and process – not from picking the next hot stock or predicting market direction. Apply the method correctly and stick with it, and the results follow.

The Trader Success System is not a course you work through alone. Students have access to a private community of like-minded traders at different stages of the same journey, a dedicated support team, and optional one-on-one coaching through the Trader Mentoring program. The community is one of the most valuable parts of the membership – a group of analytical, evidence-based traders sharing systems, test results, and real-world lessons. If you hit a wall with a backtest, a position sizing question, or an unfamiliar market situation, there is always somewhere to go and someone who has been through it.

The Trader Success System comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you work through the material and decide it is not right for you, you get a full refund – no questions asked. That window is more than enough time to assess the quality of the methodology, and the community.

Beyond the guarantee, we offer a Success Assurance commitment: if you join the mentoring program, we will have you up and running with a portfolio of 3 or more systems withing 6 months or we will work with you for free for another 6 months to make it happen. Our goal is not to sell a course – it is to produce traders who get results. 

The best share market trading course in Australia is the one that is designed to empower you as a trader to profitably trade on the Australian Stock Exchange with trading systems that actually work in the Australian market. The share trading systems that work in Australia are different than those that work in the US and other markets, because all markets have their own unique personality driven by the different market participants and industry makeup.

In addition to focus on the Australian stocks, the best share market trading course in Australia will also show you how to quickly and easily diversify from Australian shares into the international markets, safely and with confidence.

The Trader Success System has all of this – Australian specific trading systems as well as systems for international share markets and clear step by step instructions on how to build a diversified portfolio of share trading systems.

The Trader Success System provides specific, coded, ready-to-use trading systems – not concepts to interpret and adapt on your own. Each system has defined entry rules, exit rules, and position sizing guidelines. They have been backtested across real historical data so you can see exactly how they have performed across different market conditions before you risk a single dollar. This is a working toolkit, not a philosophy course.

You will also learn to build and test your own systems using the same process I have used for over 20 years. You will learn the exact steps to remove luck and trial and error from the development process, making it possible to design and validate new trading systems far faster than conventional methods. You leave the program with systems you understand completely and can refine independently – not a black box you have to take on faith.

I built Enlightened Stock Trading from the start for systematic traders globally. The methodologies you will  learn in The Trader Success System can be applied to all markets. The Trader Success System also provides systems for ASX, US, TSX, LSE and Hong Kong stocks. 

Whether you want to build a purely ASX portfolio, a US-focused portfolio, or a multi-market combination, the methodology and systems still apply. Trading across multiple markets is one of the core advantages of the systematic approach, and it is covered in full inside the program.

There are three methods to learn stock trading, ranging from slow and ineffective to fast and efficient. They are:

1. Trial and Error:

Most new traders just jump into the markets with either a demo trading account or a live trading account and start trading, taking tips and listening to social media trading groups for guidance. This is the WORST and MOST COSTLY method to learn share market trading. It is the most costly because despite the fact that you don’t pay for any courses, you will pay for your learning with real losses in the market. Most traders who learn by Trial and Error end up blowing up multiple share trading accounts before learning how to trade profitably.

2. Reading The Best Share Trading Books:

If you like to read trading books then you can certainly learn share market trading by reading a large number of trading books. This certainly works because that was my approach 20 years ago when I first learned share trading. The challenge is most trading books are quite repetitive and contain a lot of irrelevant padding which just doesn’t help you. I read over 200 trading books on my journey to profitable share trading… needless to say this took a long time. So while this method does not cost you much in dollar terms, it does cost a HUGE amount of TIME. As the saying goes, time is money… because every month that goes by is a lost compounding opportunity.

3. Take an Enlightened Stock Trading Online Stock Trading Course:

The fastest and most cost effective way to become a successful stock trader is to join The Trader Success System membership. Whilst this is obviously a continuing investment in your trading, it saves you an immense amount of time and ensures you start trading the right way so you won’t blow up your account and lose everything like most traders. Our members typically start trading systematically live in as little as a few weeks after joining our membership. This accelerated pathway will make your compounding kick in sooner which will dramatically increase your future wealth as a result!

One of the great things about being a private stock market trader is that you don’t need any qualifications at all to get started. Anyone can open a share trading account and start managing their own money. However, you do need to learn the skills to succeed trading stocks, and that is exactly what you will learn in The Trader Success System.

Obviously if you want a job as a share trader for a trading firm or fund you will need relevant qualifications in finance to even get a look in the door. But this is not my preferred approach – Private trading for your own account is the best way for most people to learn stock trading and build their wealth as trading jobs are hard to come by, very competitive and extremely high pressure. I started trading for freedom, not stress and pressure, so that is why I am a private trader.

The Enlightened Stock Trading courses empower you with all the knowledge, systems and tools you need to for a lifetime of profitable trading. Unlike most online share trading courses, with us you don’t need to graduate through 5 different courses with ever increasing costs just to have a hope of becoming a profitable trader. Enlightened Stock Trading courses are designed to give you everything you need to make you INDEPENDENT as a trader.

Once you have completed The Trader Success System, you will have everything you need to succeed and you should never NEED another trading course ever again. Of course you may wish to branch out and learn some new systems etc, but The Trader Success System gets you to the point where you are truely independent as a trader.

This is unique in the market as most trading educators teach you just enough to be dangerous and then try to upsell you to the next course for 10x the price. We don’t do that here… Check out The Trader Success System, the only trading course you will ever need.

YES! The Enlightened Stock Trading share market trading courses are supported with access to private student only Facebook groups so you can ask questions, get support and interact with other traders on the same path as you are. Should you desire higher levels of personalised support then you can also join our Trader Mentoring program and work with our coaches live on your trading.

Yes. Enlightened Stock Trading courses and systems all support both RealTest and Amibroker. Our coaches are also fluent in both trading software programs.

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All Enlightened Stock Trading Courses are online in a private members area. Once you join the program you will get immediate access and you can move through the course material in a structured, logical manner. The courses are taught using a combination of video and written lessons with exercises to cement your learnings and allow you to customize your trading approach to fit your Personality / Objectives / Lifestyle.

Support is provided in our students only Facebook group and we also have additional mentoring options available should you wish to work with Adrian personally on a regular basis to accelerate your stock trading education.