Quote from bs2167:
Interesting stat...what types of trades do you like off the open? Apologize if those are not details you wanted to discuss in this thread, but I'm guessing that was the intention.
My name is Brendan Byrne. I am the founder of Epiphany Trading. I now have three partners of whom I enjoy coming to work with every day. We laugh, tell jokes, and most importantly make money.
It all started almost 5 years ago, 2005. Erik Kolodny was trading at Carlin and was looking for a new place where he could trade at advantageous rates, with leverage. Barkley Trading was just that place.
It was almost one year later, Erik was spending Thanksgiving at his in-laws on eastern Long Island, where I grew up. I was going to be out there to see my family, too. Considering that we have never met, we would make time during the pre meal meeting. It was a perfect time considering the boredom one experiences waiting to Thanksgiving dinner.
A year later, Erik and I find another reason to meet. My employee had had been seduced by the most notorious businessman in our industry. Needless to say, these two individuals conspired to deplete a multi-million dollar operation of its funds through elaborate devices. Without going through it all, it put me in a tough spot personally. It is not easy to wake up and realize that most of your money is gone and your business, too. People who believed that they were trading at Barkley Trading, and getting paid by Barkley were actually trading in an account owned by these two characters. These CROOKS of whom many post were written about, were keeping the profits while Barkley was making the payroll. The insane thing is that my former employee even issued 1099's for the company, after he left, to cover up his tracks. This thread is not about them, but it appears that that karma has caught up to them, to the point where staff is dropping like flies and they are promoting cleaning staff to moderate chatrooms. But, this thread is not about them.
Lets skip to 2007. I manage to build my business, in the wake of what I went through. I took notice of the fact that Erik Kolodny did not have a losing month since he started with me. Additionally, I was writing him very large checks. So, I asked if I could sit with him to see what he was doing. He welcomed me to his office, which I still make fun of him about today. I must add, I came back every day since then. I rescued Erik Kolodny from a miserable existence in a dust infested pile of clutter of which he was comfortable turning a buck.
Today, Erik has a very large following on his "Modern Stock Operator". He still has not had a down month since I have met him. More so, he instructs people how to make money and be disciplined. Additionally, has posted his "Thoughts" on this site in the past. But, the hecklers have been really ridiculous. However, he has agreed to resume posting his content on this site to genuinely help this community.
Over the years, we have had a few times where I promised Erik that he should either say nothing or chose his words carefully, or else!!! He let me in on why he would cut coupons in the middle of the day. I was curious because I wrote him very large checks, why coupons. His explanation was that it wasn't the $0.89 he would save on cottage cheese, but the the hundreds of dollars saved per day by not trading when nothing was going on. This as he explained, over time, would be equivalent to ten of thousands of dollars over the course of a year.
Epiphany Trading is growing in leaps and bounds. We have raised several million dollars from a small group of tremendously wealthy investors. We have created a trading environment that is light years ahead of our competition, due to our capital, clearing, trading routes, dark pools and technology.
Erik Kolodny is no longer just a trader. He is a partner in both a trading and a money management company. He is my partner who genuinely works his ass off to earn every dollar he makes. My suggestion is that you take advantage of this resource, as I did.
Brendan P. Byrne, President
Epiphany Trading, LLC
