I was born and raised in the flint hills of northeast Kansas. My hometown was small enough to walk to the corner grocery store for a soda, or several blocks on to catch the Saturday matinee at the Kaw theater. If it was summer and I headed the other direction I’d meet up with the other kids at the city pool. It felt like paradise at that age. My family owned an ambulance service and funeral home, which we lived above in an apartment. When I was old enough it was my job to sweep the sidewalks and rake up the leaves. When I was older I was mowing, trimming and washing all the cars. When I could drive I was setting up the funeral home tent and equipment for burials in rural cemeteries. I wasn’t aware of it, but my parents were teaching by their example that we have a duty to others. That when people you know and strangers you’ve never met call you, they are in need and they are counting on you. Your character is what people see in you and the name you earn for yourself comes from others.
Meet Rex Johnson
“Rex really gave me a new perspective on trading and I love it!”
Dan
My Trading Experience
You have to consider when I opened my first brokerage account there was no internet or computer to work from. Unless you worked for an investment firm there were no resources to draw from. So I tracked down a professional charting service called Daily Graphs and subscribe to it. The price was unnerving, but I did it anyway. Every Friday I would receive in the mail the NYSE/AMEX publication and the NASDAQ publication of charts of all companies listed over $10. Every weekend I read through and studied a couple thousand charts. So I learned how to speculate on daily charts. I was not an investor, I was very clear about being a speculator. I wanted to make money not watch it grow.
As the internet came and evolved I was able to approach speculating in the same manner, just faster. Trade confirmations that once arrived in a week now arrived in minutes and finally almost instantaneously. Different markets opened up, I still traded equities, but futures and indices were a source of income too. I’ve traded through 1987, 1991, the dot.com bubble, 911, and the mortgage crisis. Nineteen eighty-seven was the only time I had to suffer through the market turmoil, but the lessons were invaluable.
My Coaching Experience
I’ve traded mine and my family’s accounts for a long time, almost 35 years now. Money, like many subjects was not brought up in polite conversations. So it never occurred to me to share what I had learned over the years. When my grandson started kindergarten I became a volunteer grandparent. It wasn’t too long before I was substitute teaching and being a math aid when needed. Because I had the time and wasn’t under any time constraints I was able to help struggle students with their math. I really enjoyed seeing their faces when the light bulb came on. I continued this for about six years and stopped when my grandson entered junior high.
Through a close mutual friend I became acquainted with Shawn Lucas (the first trader I’d ever met). I was visiting with my wife about what Shawn was doing and she really thought I would enjoy teaching adults what I’ve learned from my trading over the years. I met up with Shawn some time later and told him if he ever needed help, that I’d like to see if I could be a good coach. Pieces fell into place, and I’ve had the pleasure of being with the Apiary Fund & Trader On The Street going on 9 years. I’ve been teaching trading classes, mentoring new traders, presenting at summits and boot camps. There was even a traders cruise or two along the way. I’m still very involved and I just started Logan’s Grove to extend my reach to other traders.
“Rex is an experienced, disciplined and consistent long term trader and knows how to share his vast knowledge with traders who are trying to learn.”
Karen DabekIllinois, USA
“Rex really gave me a new perspective on trading and I love it. I want and need to schedule more time with you when my schedule and life slows down a little. Until then, I love the market and trading, due to you.”
KatherineNSW, Australia
Logan’s Grove⚬
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Trading Progress
Your trading progress will be measured by trading with real time data, but in a virtual account. There is no reason to start trading in a live funded account until you are ready. Being ready is determined by your winning rate, your average winner, your average loser, maximum account drawdown and trading expectancy. When you are ready, then and only then, should you trade in a live funded account.
If you are new to trading, there will be a weekly class introducing you to the currency markets, the equity markets, the futures markets & the options markets and why we trade them plus time for questions and answers.
Got a question?
No problem.
If you are unsure where to start, please don’t hesitate to reach out. I’ll do my best to point you in the right direction.