Raymond A. Rondeau is an Investment Strategist, Senior Technical Analyst and the Director of Active Investing at the American Association of Individual Investors (AAII). He oversees AAII’s Video Education Suite—an extensive series of investing classes—along with the development of AAII’s Active Investing Tools, a collection of advanced, multi-platform trading and investing resources. Ray also manages AAII’s Active Investing website and cultivates strategic partner relationships in these areas.
A skilled TradeStation EasyLanguage and MetaStock developer, Ray has created numerous proprietary indicators, including Optimized Balance Conviction, Kinetic Conviction, and his signature Rondeau’s Reversion.
Since 1998, Ray has been a featured speaker at more than 200 nationwide investment events. Through his programming and research company, Q-Primes (Quantitative Professional Research & Investment Management Education Services), he has presented to both individual and institutional investors in private groups, at major investment conferences, and in academic settings.
His speaking credentials include professional organizations such as the National Association of Active Investment Managers (NAAIM) and the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society, as well as academic lectures at the University of New Haven and Cape Cod College. Retail investor events include four-hour master classes at the MoneyShow and TradersExpo, presentations to IBD Investor Business Daily groups, AAII local chapters, and multiple AAII National Conferences. Known for tailoring his material to each audience—from beginner concepts to sophisticated strategies for professional traders—Ray has earned a rare 5-star rating in AAII’s speaker database, based on attendee feedback from over 40 AAII events.
Ray’s written work has appeared in Systems & Forecasts, Yahoo Finance, Forbes newsletters, NASDAQ.com, Index Universe (now ETF.com), where he penned the weekly column Rondeau’s Roundup, and Kiplinger magazine (March 2019), highlighting his trading strategies and methods.
Previously, Ray served as the Financial Division Managing Director of Interactive Financial Strategies, the investment arm of the UR Business Network, where he also hosted the internationally distributed investment podcast Market Mavens.
Ray is a member of both the National Association of Active Investment Managers (NAAIM) and the Chartered Market Technicians Association (CMT).
