Who Is Kevin J. Davey?

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Who Is Kevin J. Davey?

Background & Credentials

  • Aerospace engineer turned full-time systematic trader, with nearly 30 years in markets and 13+ years trading professionally.
  • Earned top ranks (1st or 2nd) in the World Cup Championship of Futures Trading from 2005–2007, producing eye‑popping annual returns of 148%, 107%, and 112%.
  •  Applies Six Sigma, statistical process control, continuous improvement, and design-of-experiments skills drawn from aerospace quality assurance to design his trading systems

Books & Publications

Kevin is the author of several well-known books:

·         Building Winning Algorithmic Trading Systems: A Trader’s Journey From Data Mining to Monte Carlo Simulation to Live Trading (2014)

·          Introduction to Algo Trading: How Retail Traders Can Successfully Compete With Professional Traders (2018)

·          Entry and Exit Confessions of a Champion Trader (2019)

·         Algo Trading Cheat Codes (2021)

Teaching & Strategy Work

·         Founder of KJ Trading Systems, which offers in-depth workshops (like the award-winning Strategy Factory®) teaching his methodical, data-driven strategy development techniques

·         His approach emphasizes robust backtesting, avoidance of overfitting, and proper risk controls before executing any strategy live

🎯 Why It Matters

Kevin’s unique blend of engineering rigor and trading experience teaches traders how to:

·         Develop repeatable, well-tested algorithmic strategies that work in real environments.

·         Treat trading as a systematic scientific process, minimizing emotional decisions.

·         Understand the value of risk-adjusted consistency over chasing big wins.

 


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