Michael Toma, CRM, is the author of The Risk of Trading: Mastering the Most Important Element of Financial Speculation, in which he details his risk-based approach to long-term success in trading. His unique "focus on the risk" approach using data-driven risk analytics has attracted fund and individual trading professionals seeking improvement in their trading performance as well as new traders seeking a consistent and transparent approach to the markets. Mr. Toma received the Certified Risk Manager (CRM) designation for risk management excellence from the National Alliance in 2007. In addition to his operations role at Beyond Profile.com, he actively trades the US-based equity index and index futures markets as well as the equity markets in Mainland China.