About Us

We’re a small team of innovative modelers combining quantitative finance with software development. Our focus is building tools and processes that help investors better understand market risk, make more informed decisions, and improve long-term outcomes.

What began on Seeking Alpha in 2019 has evolved into an independent platform and community, where quantitative signals, market discussion, and ongoing research come together to support disciplined investing.

What We Do

Our algorithms generate intraday buy, sell, and hold signals across several strategies, including the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Bitcoin ETFs, and high-yield income portfolios.

These signals are delivered through a growing technology platform designed to provide timely updates throughout the day, historical signal tracking, alerts, and additional features that continue to expand over time. An active community and chat room complement the models, bringing together investors with a wide range of experience in portfolio management, options, and risk assessment.

Our Approach

Our focus is risk assessment and option strategies, not market prediction. The goal is to avoid significant drawdowns while remaining positioned to participate in market recoveries and periods of sustained growth.

EZV is not a day-trading system. Its objective is to identify extended risk-off periods, preserve capital when conditions deteriorate, and provide the confidence to remain invested when opportunities emerge. Small weekly fluctuations tend to balance out over time; the real advantage comes from reducing exposure during unfavorable periods and benefiting from discounted reentry prices when markets rebound.

Seven Years of Refinement

Over the past seven years, our approach has consistently emphasized downside protection and risk-adjusted returns. While no strategy eliminates risk, our experience has shown that disciplined risk management can meaningfully reduce drawdowns while preserving the ability to capture gains during favorable market environments.

Who We Are

Mike Gettings

Founder

I focus on risk assessments. I’ve run a pay service called EZV Algorithms on Seeking Alpha for almost 6 years, and over that time risk signals reduced worst drawdowns by 70%, and by building on the unimpaired positions, substantially accelerated S&P returns.

This is my ‘retirement career’. I ran a quantitative-finance consulting group for about 15 years before deciding on quasi retirement; in that consulting role, working for some of the largest energy users in the USA, we managed risk exposures using swaps and derivatives. My forte has always been the ability to explain difficult concepts in understandable terms, and that put me on the executive risk management committee of various firms. Today, I write for you.

Greg Gettings

Software Engineer

I'm a software engineer who has created and supported the automatic creation of dashboards for the EZV service over the last 6 years.

I support this service on nights and weekends, and in my day job I've worked to developed solutions for some of the largest banks in the US, including Truist, US Bank, and the Federal Reserve.