Charles J. Tanti: I was born in Malta and studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Malta. My favorite subject was pure mathematics, because I liked solving very difficult problems.

When I lived in Malta, one of my favorite pastimes was to go to the Dragonary Casino and play blackjack. I figured (no computers then) that as the cards were dealt from the deck the odds changed, and if you could keep track you had a better chance of winning.

When I discovered computers in 1983 the first thing I did was to write a professional blackjack program to teach players the card count and basic strategy. I proved to myself that if blackjack was played correctly, it was impossible to lose.

In 1980 I discovered commodity trading, through one of my customers who was a broker. I started by trading some gold and after losing $5000 in one week, I went back to my normal business. In 1985 I had more time and this time I went back to trading, but this time I took time to study the markets. I needed something that was volatile, so my broker suggested I trade T-Bonds. I decided then and there to specialize in just one market, and since 1985 I have only traded T-Bonds.

At first I was a day trader, trying to make $500 to $1000 per week. I soon found out that it was not easy. No matter how much studying I would do, the market always managed to spook me, and I would lose all the money I made, a few days later. I studied technical books and read the trade magazines, and one thing kept emerging: the professionals were all advising traders to think long term if they wanted to be successful traders.

Then one day I switched from daily charts to weekly charts and never looked back. As soon as I did this everything worked better, my indicators, the trend was more evident, the data had less noise, and the average profit per trade on my primitive system then, jumped from $250 per trade to over $1200 per trade. Trading much less, saving on commissions and bigger profits, what else can a trader ask for.

In 1992 I started writing the ATS-3200. I had the first version of the system ready to be traded in June of 1993. The system was long, but I decided to wait for the next "SELL" signal to make my first trade. It came on September 3rd, at 119-31, an all time high for the bonds. I did not have the guts to go short on that first signal, but when I saw the bonds go down $2000 in the next 2 weeks, I was amazed. The market rallied again and the system again went short at the very top at 121-30 on October 15th.

On October 28th I made my first trade with the system and went short at 117.22. I made $1124.64 on a mini bond, and during my first six months of trading I made almost 90%. I knew then that finally my dream had come true. I had created a true trading system that actually had the ability to go short at the top and long at the bottom.

My dream was finally completely realized when in October of 2003, the ATS-3200 went to #2 in the FuturesTruth top-ten list with 216.3% annual performance, and was the #1 T-Bonds trading system.

Growing up in Malta, I love the sea and boats. In 1972 I acquired a small yacht StarSong and enjoyed sailing around the island. We also had lots of dogs at home, German Shepards and they are my favorite pets. In my spare time I enjoy painting, and driving in the countryside.

But I am happiest at my computer programing my systems. Click here for the ATS-3200 Home Page.