Dr. Alexander Elder is a private trader and a teacher of traders based in New York City. He is the author of several international best-sellers:

• Trading for a Living (1993; considered a modern classic among traders)
• Come into My Trading Room (2002, named a Book of the Year by Barron's)
• Entries & Exits (2006, named a Book of the Year by Stock Traders' Almanac and SFO Magazine)
• Sell and Sell Short (2008)

Dr. Elder was born in Leningrad and grew up in Estonia , where he entered medical school at the age of 16. At 23, while working as a ship's doctor, he jumped a Soviet ship in Africa and received political asylum in the United States . He worked as a psychiatrist in New York City and taught at Columbia University . His experience as a psychiatrist provided him with unique insight into the psychology of trading. Dr. Elder is the originator of the Spike group and of Traders' Camps??week-long intensive courses for traders. Dr. Elder continues to trade, conducts webinars for traders, and is a sought-after speaker at conferences in the US and abroad.