Michael Oliver
Mike Oliver is the Founder and Sole Proprietor of Momentum Structural Analysis, which provides technical research services to financial and asset management clients. Using his MSA methodology, he accurately forecasted the 1987 market crash, leading to a shift from brokerage to technical research in 1992. Oliver is a leading figure in the field of technical analysis and a legend in the finance game who has been in the commodity space at a professional level since 1975. His approach focuses on momentum rather than solely price, offering a fresh perspective on market trends.
Michael Oliver Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
-
Founder and Sole Proprietor
Academic History
-
M.A., Political Science
-
B.A., Political Science
TRADING CAREER
Oliver began to develop his own momentum-based approach of technical analysis in the 1980s.
In this process, Oliver learned that conventional price chart technical analysis too often deceived those who trusted in price chart breakouts, support, and resistance.
It was then that he decided to develop his structural momentum tools into a full analytic methodology. In 1987, Oliver technically anticipated and caught the Crash.
Several years after, he shifted from brokerage to full-time technical research.
He studies momentum within the markets and how it typically behaves through various cycles.
EARLY CAREER
Oliver entered the financial services industry in 1975 on the futures side, joining E.F. Hutton's International Commodity Division.
He studied under David Johnston, Head of Hutton's Commodity Division and Chairman of the COMEX.
He is also the author of The New Libertarianism: Anarcho-Capitalism, a marriage of the concepts of Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard, written in 1972 and published in 2013.