About the method
Updated June 2026
The Trade Plug teaches one trading system, taught properly, over 21 days. No predictions, no signals, no hype. Just a process you can repeat for the rest of your life.
The method rests on confluence: you only take a trade when several tools agree at the same time. You learn to read trend, support and resistance, the 5, 8, and 21 EMAs, and volume, and to confirm a setup across two timeframes before you ever click buy. Risk comes first, position size and a real stop, so a loss is always survivable.
The course is built in four weeks. The first three you practice on paper, where mistakes cost nothing. In the fourth you place real trades with a small account, strict rules, and a journal that keeps you honest.
It was built by Gerald W. Raines Jr., an educator and active trader who has spent more than twenty years teaching people the unglamorous habits that actually change outcomes. The Trade Plug is that same idea applied to the markets: show up, run the checklist, take the small loss, and become the trader you're becoming.