2009
Global Market Raiders Founded
Richard founded Global Market Raiders as the platform for his futures-market work and professional education.
Professional Futures Trader · Founder · CMT · Author
Richard O. Zamora III, CMT
Professional Futures Trader, Founder & Principal of Global Market Raiders, Author, Educator & Creator of the Zamora Bias Framework
Richard O. Zamora III, CMT is a professional futures trader first and foremost. He founded Global Market Raiders LLC in 2009 and has built a connected body of work spanning market analysis, published trading frameworks, private futures education, proprietary NinjaTrader technology, and forensic trading-process analysis. The common principle across that work is Context Before Execution™.
Primary Profession
Professional Futures Trader
Firm
Founder & Principal, GMR
Credential
Chartered Market Technician
Published Work
Three Trading Books
Original Framework
Creator of Zamora Bias
Professional Profile
A trader whose work became a broader professional methodology.
Richard’s work begins with the market itself: evaluating structure, participation, volatility, directional context, execution quality, and risk. His role as an author, educator, market technician, and developer grew from that trading practice rather than the other way around.
Through Global Market Raiders, he has organized that experience into a professional body of work designed around structured decision-making before execution. That work now includes private futures education, market research, a three-book trading library, proprietary NinjaTrader tools, and independent forensic analysis of trading process and risk governance.
Richard is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) and a graduate of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. His professional background also includes experience within regulated areas of the financial industry. Public professional and regulatory references are provided below for independent review.
Professional Milestones
A career expressed through trading, credentials, publishing, and professional work.
These milestones help connect the individual pieces of Richard’s public work into one professional identity.
2015
CMT Charterholder
Completed the Chartered Market Technician program, adding a recognized professional technical-analysis credential to his market work.
Published Work
Three Trading Books
Authored a three-book progression covering context, directional bias, risk, execution, review, and professional process.
Technology
Zamora Bias
Developed the Zamora Bias framework and NinjaTrader-based technology to reinforce directional context and participation.
Professional Scope
Forensic Analysis
Provides independent trading-process and market-structure analysis for litigation and dispute-related engagements.
The Body of Work
Trading is the center. The rest extends from it.
Books, education, research, technology, and professional analysis all connect to the same underlying approach: understand the environment, make a reasoned decision, control risk, and review the process.
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Professional Trading
Futures-market participation, technical analysis, structure, directional decision-making, execution, and risk.
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Published Frameworks
Three books documenting the methodology from market context to bias to complete professional process.
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Education & Research
Private instruction, educational analysis, guides, articles, and structured trader development.
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Trading Technology
Proprietary NinjaTrader tools built to reinforce elements of the methodology without replacing judgment.
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Forensic Analysis
Independent reconstruction and evaluation of trading process, market structure, risk, and decision governance.
Published Trading Frameworks
Three Books. One Professional Trading Philosophy.
Each book stands on its own. Together they document a progression: read the market, form the directional decision, then operate the full professional process.
Foundation
· Read the Market
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Decision
· Form the Bias
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Professional
· Operate the Process
Book One · Foundation
Context Before Execution
Read the Market
A structure-first framework for evaluating context, participation, location, volatility, risk, and decision quality before execution.
Explore the published framework →
Book Two · Decision
Zamora Bias
Form the Decision
A decision framework connecting market state, participation, structure, directional bias, timing, and disciplined execution.
Explore the published framework →
Book Three · Professional
The Professional Futures Trader
Operate the Process
The complete operating framework connecting preparation, interpretation, execution, risk, review, discipline, adaptation, and continued professional development.
Explore the published framework →Zamora Bias Framework
Context
What kind of market environment is present?
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Participation
Is meaningful directional participation present?
Structure
Where is price operating within the larger structure?
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Decision
Does the combined evidence justify a directional view?
LONG
NEUTRAL
SHORT
Original Methodology
Zamora Bias is the framework. The indicator is one implementation of it.
Zamora Bias organizes how Richard evaluates market state, participation, structure, directional evidence, timing, and execution. The goal is not to force a bullish or bearish opinion. It is to determine whether the market has earned a directional conclusion at all.
The NinjaTrader indicator is designed to reinforce that process visually. It does not replace the trader, eliminate risk, predict price, or turn the methodology into a stand-alone signal system.
Context first
Price movement is interpreted inside a market environment.
Neutral is valid
No trade can be the highest-quality decision.
Process over prediction
The emphasis is evidence, discipline, and defined risk.
Published Research & Market Education
Authority is stronger when the ideas are documented.
Richard’s public research and educational writing extends the same context-first methodology into specific futures markets and broader trading-process questions.
E-mini S&P 500 Futures Guide
Long-form educational research on ES market structure, participation, technical analysis, risk, platform workflow, and professional process.
Read the ES guide →E-mini Nasdaq 100 Futures Guide
Structured analysis of NQ mechanics, volatility, multi-timeframe context, risk management, and execution discipline.
Read the NQ guide →WTI Crude Oil Futures Guide
Educational coverage of crude-oil futures, volatility, market structure, risk, technical context, and professional preparation.
Read the crude-oil guide →Expert Resources
Professional futures guides, platform resources, market analysis, and educational reference material connected to the three-book methodology.
Explore expert resources →Market Insights & Articles
Articles on market context, trader decision-making, risk, execution, journaling, market behavior, and professional development.
Read the GMR blog →Published Trading Library
The books provide the deeper intellectual structure behind the concepts used throughout GMR education, research, and technology.
View all three books →Professional Applications
The methodology appears in several forms of professional work.
A person who encounters Richard through education, research, software, or forensic analysis should find the same underlying emphasis on structure, evidence, risk, and decision process.
Private Futures Education
Live, instructor-led futures education ranging from foundational mechanics to deeper work in context, participation, execution, risk, review, and professional process.
Explore GMR trading programs →NinjaTrader Technology
Proprietary tools developed to reinforce the same context and participation concepts used in Richard’s trading methodology and educational work.
Explore Zamora Bias technology →Forensic Trading Analysis
Independent review of futures trading process, market-structure alignment, risk governance, strategy behavior, and account activity in litigation or dispute-related matters.
Explore litigation & forensic support →Professional Transparency
Important parts of the background can be checked independently.
Professional credibility is more useful when a reader can move beyond self-description. The sources here provide public reference points for Richard’s professional profile, financial-industry records, credentialing body, published books, and technology presence.
Registration note:
regulatory status and permitted activities can change over time. Use the linked public databases for current records rather than relying on a static website statement.
LinkedIn Professional Profile
Public professional profile and background
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IAPD Public Record
Public investment-adviser representative record
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NFA BASIC
Public futures-industry registration and membership database
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CMT Association
Credentialing body for the Chartered Market Technician designation
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Amazon Author Page
Published-book presence and author listing
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NinjaTrader Ecosystem
Third-party marketplace where Global Market Raiders is listed
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Richard Zamora — Professional FAQ
Common questions about the work.
What is Richard Zamora’s primary profession?
Richard O. Zamora III, CMT is a professional futures trader. His work in education, writing, research, trading technology, and forensic analysis grew from that market practice.
What is Zamora Bias?
Zamora Bias is Richard’s framework for organizing market context, participation, structure, directional evidence, and execution discipline into a Long, Short, or Neutral decision process.
Is Zamora Bias only an indicator?
No. The methodology is broader than the NinjaTrader indicator. The indicator is one technology implementation designed to reinforce elements of the underlying framework.
How do the three books fit together?
Context Before Execution focuses on reading the market. Zamora Bias focuses on forming the directional decision. The Professional Futures Trader connects preparation, interpretation, execution, risk, review, discipline, and development into a complete operating process.
Where can Richard’s professional background be independently reviewed?
The Professional Transparency section above links to public reference sources including LinkedIn, IAPD, NFA BASIC, the CMT Association, Amazon’s author page, and the NinjaTrader Ecosystem.
“The objective is not to force an opinion about every market. It is to build a process that distinguishes directional opportunity from conditions where remaining neutral is the better decision.”
Richard O. Zamora III, CMT · Global Market RaidersExplore the Work
Read the framework. Study the research. Understand the methodology.
The authority of the work should be visible in what has actually been built: published frameworks, market research, live education, professional tools, and a consistent decision process.
