Trading tools, engineered from the seat.
I'm Thomas Thompson — most people call me T². A professionally licensed trader who builds his own software, with an operator's background across business and construction. One throughline: disciplined execution under real risk.
Not a screenshot. The sizer above is the real risk engine I trade with — same math, running live — and I built every line of it. Change a number; the trade re-sizes instantly.
What I build
Software for the discipline, not the dopamine.
Risk, fees, and the discipline to follow your own plan — the parts that actually decide whether you keep your gains.
Sharpened Edge
A discipline-first trading cockpit for prop traders. Position sizing, scale-out plans, a morning ritual, and an end-of-day review — built on one idea: the hard part isn't the analysis, it's not breaking your own rules.
of fees captured in every position — because that's where edges quietly leak.
trader building the whole thing: design, math, and code.
Built for speed
Everything I ship is fast and real. The sizer in the hero above is the actual engine from Sharpened Edge, running live in your browser — change a number and the trade re-sizes instantly. No screenshots, no fake demos.
See the terminal build →The range
An operator who builds.
Civil-engineering brain, operator's hands. I've run a trading book, founded a gold-backed digital asset, scaled a business, and led safety on data-center and military job sites. Different arenas, same discipline.
Skills & credentials
What I bring.
One operator, a wide range — the throughline is disciplined execution under real risk.
- Risk-per-share position sizing & R:R planning
- Intraday equities and options execution
- Scale-out plans and post-trade review
- FINRA Series 57 + SIE licensed
- Next.js · React · TypeScript
- Full-stack product design & build
- Shipped solo, end to end
- Fast, data-driven, and real — not mockups
- Scaled a business $500K → $1.2M
- Founded a gold-backed digital asset
- P&L, vendors, inventory, hiring
- Director of Operations experience
- OSHA 29 CFR 1926 job-site safety
- GHS HazCom, SDS libraries, PPE programs
- Train-the-trainer delivery
- Data-center / medical / military build-outs
Also shipped
More things I've built.
Beyond Sharpened Edge — real, live sites I designed and shipped end to end (this one included).
Off the desk
I race sailboats on the weekends.
Racing is the same game as trading, just with wind instead of tape: read the conditions, manage your risk, commit to the line, and stay disciplined when everything's moving at once. It's where I think clearest — and a decent reminder that the best operators stay calm in chop.
Notes from the desk
Writing
About
Thomas M. Thompson
Cincinnati, Ohio. Civil engineer by training, operator by trade. I've led job-site safety, scaled a business, founded a digital asset, and now trade prop — and I build the software I wish existed along the way.
Hiring or partnering? I ship real things, end to end. The throughline across all of it is disciplined execution under real risk — same as it is on the water.