The Technical Traders Team: Analysts, Strategists & Leadership
The Technical Traders team is an independent group of market analysts and strategists led by founder Chris Vermeulen. Supported by senior options strategist Brian Benson and our client operations professionals, the team develops rules-based ETF and options strategies—including Asset Revesting (ACS), BAN, and OTS—designed to help self-directed investors manage risk and navigate market cycles.
Chris Vermeulen
Chris Vermeulen is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of The Technical Traders and the pioneer behind Asset Revesting—a disciplined investing framework engineered to maximize uptrends while stepping into cash to prevent multi-year drawdowns.
With nearly three decades of active market experience, Chris leads the research team at The Technical Traders. His singular focus is helping retail investors, retirees, and financial advisors compound wealth safely without surrendering hard-earned gains to cyclical bear markets.
After entering the markets in the late 1990s and witnessing how sudden crashes erase years of progress, Chris developed rules-based technical algorithms designed to remove human emotion, ego, and guesswork from portfolio management.
Chris is the author of three widely recognized books on market mechanics: After The Rally, Asset Revesting, and Technical Trading Mastery, where he shares the principles shaped through decades of bull markets, bear markets, and the lessons that only real cycles can teach.
Today, he directs the research team behind our flagship Asset Revesting (ACS)
and BAN Trader strategies, delivering objective market signals that protect capital and preserve peace of mind.
Ashley Mulock
Ashley Mulock serves as Chief Operating Officer of The Technical Traders and is the co-author of Asset Revesting. She orchestrates the firm’s daily operational infrastructure, cross-functional logistics, and client experience standards.
With more than twenty years of executive leadership spanning logistics, operations, and business administration across North America and internationally, Ashley ensures that the analytical discipline of our trading desks is reflected in our customer support and service delivery.
Having worked and traveled across nearly 50 countries, Ashley brings an agile, calm, and highly organized perspective to organizational management. At The Technical Traders, she oversees system workflows, subscriber onboarding, and communication transparency—transforming the firm’s philosophy of capital protection into a reliable, white-glove experience for every client.
Committed to Impact: Our Philanthropic Partnerships
Beyond the markets, The Technical Traders team is dedicated to giving back to community organizations and charitable foundations across North America.
Brian Benson
Brian Benson is a Senior Technical Analyst & Options Strategist at The Technical Traders, contributing over 25 years of full-time market and derivatives experience. As the lead Options Strategist for The Technical Traders, Brian Benson provides members with advanced technical market structure analysis, probability modeling, and disciplined, risk-mitigated options strategies.
Brian previously founded and directed a premier options education firm, training thousands of individual investors and traders to navigate complex equities and ETF options. His structured methodology removes speculative emotion, replacing it with defined-risk execution and asymmetric risk-to-reward setups.
Within The Technical Traders team, Brian directs the daily intelligence for the Options Trading Signals (OTS) service. His real-time analysis, volatility assessments, and educational market briefings provide members with the tactical clarity needed to trade options with confidence across both sideways and high-volatility environments.
Nicole Boughton
Nicole Boughton serves as Client Success & Administrative Coordinator at The Technical Traders, anchoring the client relationship and operational support teams.
Bringing over 25 years of specialized experience in corporate administration, financial operations, and client advocacy, Nicole ensures that every member receives prompt, personalized assistance. Her background in Business Administration with a focus on Finance—combined with her active interest in financial markets—enables her to communicate empathetically with members about their account priorities.
Nicole manages member onboarding, subscription fulfillment, and technical support across all services. Her responsiveness and meticulous attention to detail ensure that members navigate their journey with The Technical Traders smoothly from day one.
Ted Johanson
Ted Johanson is the Membership Sales Manager at The Technical Traders, serving as the initial advisor for prospective members exploring systematic wealth preservation and Asset Revesting.
Ted brings a rich background in client partnership development, strategic communications, and consultative advisory across high-touch service industries. Having experienced firsthand the drawdowns caused by traditional buy-and-hold investing during turbulent market cycles, Ted dedicated himself to mastering technical analysis and disciplined risk mitigation.
At The Technical Traders, Ted guides prospective investors through our core service offerings—helping them determine whether our Hands-Free Asset Revesting (ACS) or our self-directed subscription models (BAN and OTS) best fit their financial objectives and capital allocation needs.
Ready to Upgrade Your Investment Process?
The Technical Traders team is dedicated to helping self-directed investors, retirees, and financial advisors navigate market cycles without emotional guesswork. Whether you want to learn the mechanics of our strategies or need guidance on which service fits your portfolio, we are here to help.
