Brian Shannon
Brian Shannon is a professional trader, technical analyst, educator, and author with more than 35 years of experience in financial markets. He is the Founder of Alphatrends, a leading online technical analysis and trading education platform that has trained and mentored thousands of traders worldwide since its launch in 2005. Shannon’s methodology is centered on price action, with a strong emphasis on market structure, trend analysis, and risk management. He is widely recognized as one of the original pioneers of Anchored VWAP (Volume-Weighted Average Price), a now-essential tool used by traders and analysts to identify key price levels, analyze market sentiment, and pinpoint high-probability setups. Shannon is also the author of the acclaimed book Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes, which has helped tens of thousands of traders around the world improve their technical analysis skills and develop a more structured approach to trading.
Brian Shannon Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder
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Head of Proprietary Trading and Chief Market Technician
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Stockbroker
Academic History
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B.A., Business Management
TRADING TECHNIQUES
Brian Shannon is an internationally recognized expert in technical analysis, specializing in short- to intermediate-term trading timeframes.
His educational approach is centered on helping traders apply data-driven techniques to make informed decisions about market direction, trade timing, and risk management.
Shannon is well known for his multi-timeframe analysis methodology. He consistently monitors five key timeframes — weekly, daily, 30-minute, 15-minute, and 5-minute charts — to analyze both broader market trends and shorter-term price movements simultaneously.
This multi-layered perspective allows him to identify high-probability trade setups by understanding the interplay between long-term trends and short-term market dynamics.
EARLY CAREER
Shannon began his career in the financial markets as a stockbroker for Lehman Brothers and Dain Bosworth, gaining valuable early experience in market structure and trading psychology.
He later joined MarketWise, where he served as Head of Research and Training, Lead Instructor, and Trader.
In these roles, he educated and mentored thousands of traders, building a reputation as a clear and practical communicator of complex technical concepts.
Shannon also served as President of Alphascanner, a stock market scanning tool that enables users to analyze multiple timeframes simultaneously, aligning with his signature approach to market analysis.
His influence on the trading community is widely acknowledged. In the book The StockTwits Edge, Howard Lindzon wrote that “it is not by accident that about one-third of the traders featured in this book point to Brian as a mentor who has had the biggest impact on their careers.”
MEDIA PRESENCE & PUBLICATIONS
Brian Shannon is a respected voice in financial media, frequently featured on platforms such as Bloomberg, CNBC, and Forbes.
He has also appeared on Yahoo! Finance, Investor’s Business Daily (IBD), Fox Business, and Barron’s, where he shares insights on technical trading, price action, and market strategy.
His work has been published in leading industry outlets including Stocks, Futures & Options Magazine, the CMT Association, MoneyShow, and Investopedia.
He has also appeared as a guest on Real Vision, further cementing his reputation as a leading educator and analyst in the world of technical trading.