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John Netto

Author,

The Global Macro Edge

  • Author of The Global Macro Edge: Maximizing Return Per Unit-of-Risk
  • Creator of the Netto Number, the Risk Factor Compensation System
  • Named Strategy Developer of the Month for his Protean Strategy

About John

John Netto is the Chief Legal Macro Strategist at Rareview Capital and the Founder and Managing Attorney of Unit of Risk Legal Advisors. He is the creator of the Juris-Macro Investment Framework. This methodology integrates regulatory regime dynamics, statutory interpretation, company-specific legal exposure, and juris-macro investment analysis into cross-asset macro investing. This framework extends the interdisciplinary work John has developed over a twenty-five-year career in global macro trading and risk architecture.

Mr. Netto is also the author of The Global Macro Edge: Maximizing Return per Unit-of-Risk and is featured in Jack Schwager’s Unknown Market Wizards: The Best Traders You’ve Never Heard Of, which profiles his career employing discretionary and algorithmic macro strategies. He created the Netto Number, the Risk Factor Compensation System, and the Protean Strategy—frameworks that have reshaped how professional investors quantify and reward risk-adjusted performance. His commentary on macro strategy, volatility, and market structure has appeared on Bloomberg TV, CNBC, Fox Business, Real Vision, and The Wall Street Journal, and he is a frequent speaker at investment conferences.

Mr. Netto is a licensed attorney in the State of Nevada and earned his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from UNLV’s Boyd School of Law, where he externed with the Nevada Supreme Court (Justice Kristina Pickering) and the Discovery Commission (Commissioner Adam Ganz). A former US Marine Corps Staff Sergeant, he brings military-grade precision to his legal and advisory work. His legal practice focuses on VA disability claims, transactional matters, trust and estate planning, and M&A strategy—areas that benefit from his integrated approach to law, finance, and risk assessment.

John is currently completing his MBA at UNLV’s Lee Business School, with coursework focused on data-driven decision-making in accounting, M&A, financial modeling, and entity taxation—all approached through an applied AI lens that integrates statistical modeling with legal and financial analysis.


John's Articles

John Netto explains how he trades market sentiment and the tools he uses to do so.

John's Videos

At TradersExpo, John Netto shares how you can help injured US veterans with service dogs, says the USMC veteran. We have donated all proceeds from The Global Macro Edge to RebuildingWarriors.com
At TradersExpo Las Vegas, John Netto: The Netto Number, from his 600-page book, adds useful context to take a 3-D view of the performance of any strategy, trade or market. @JohnNetto.
For his new book, The Global Macro Edge, John Netto “took conventional thought out there—or myths—to show that they are not true.”
John Netto, President of The Protean Trader, LLC, describes how the Netto Number can help traders to measure returns by manager and also returns based on unit of risk.


John's Books

John Netto

The Global Macro Edge: Maximizing Return Per Unit-of-Risk

John Netto, The Protean Trader, has found great success and personal satisfaction in working the market. Now, in The Global Macro Edge, he pulls back the curtain to reveal the tools and techniques he's used (and created) to identify and solve the largest problems facing investors, traders, and financial advisors today at a level of transparency rarely seen in books on investing.
John Netto

One Shot One Kill Trading

John Netto, a former U.S. Marine, designed his "One Shot–One Kill" trading methodology to leverage the patience, discipline, and execution skills he learned in the military with the technical skills he has mastered in the marketplace. In One Shot-One Kill Trading, Netto explains in detail his complete, proprietary One Shot – One Kill Trading Method.