About the Author
Tim Knight was the founder of Prophet Financial Systems, an online software company that was acquired by INVESTools in January 2005, which in turn was acquired by Ameritrade in the summer of 2009. He currently is an active trader and professional money manager.
Tim founded Prophet in 1992 to provide market data to self-directed investors using stand-alone technical analysis software. With the advent of the World Wide Web, he envisioned combining the power of these expensive software packages with browser-based convenience— enabling traders to focus on their analysis, instead of worrying about software upgrades and database issues. His online technical analysis suite at Prophet.Net delivered on this vision.
In his trading today, Tim relies on technical analysis as the primary basis for his investment decisions. He is the managing partner for the Tim Knight Organization, a money management firm, and writes the popular Slope of Hope blog.
Before starting Prophet, Tim was Vice President of Technology Products at Montgomery Securities in San Francisco, where he led the development of an institutional online-trading platform. Additionally, he held various positions in marketing management at Apple Computer and is the author of 20 computer books. Tim is a graduate of Santa Clara University's honors program and holds a bachelor's degree in business management.
He lives in Palo Alto, California, with his wife, children, dog, and three pampered chickens.
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