When Michael Nauss first sat down at a trading desk, his computer had a keyboard and a screen. But no mouse.

And his screen displayed an order book. But no charts.

When you are chasing a wave, you can’t be anywhere else. You have to be present.

Similarly, you can’t be anywhere else when you are chasing trends. You have to be present.

Born with an entrepreneurial spirit and temperament, Michael grew up in a working-class community full of blue-collar, salt-of-the-earth people who worked honest days for an honest wage. And it rubbed off on him. How could it not?