Outreach CCCU session – Goodwin Academy 16/05/17

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A great session was had by all at today’s outreach session for the year 12’s of the Goodwin Academy at Canterbury Christ Church University.

The aim of the session was to educate and give the students an introduction to the the world of Financial Markets. We looked at how various markets worked: Commodities, FX and Equities. We also used the Bloomberg suite of computers in the dedicated trading room at the University, to give the students an introduction to this most valuable tool. We also looked at some of the best (Buffett, Soros) and worst traders (Leeson) and what makes them tick. One of the more enjoyable elements of the day was the trading game, where the students were allowed to put their new found knowledge and skills into practice!

Already looking forward to next months Outreach session in June! If you’re interested in organising anything like this for your school please do get in touch.

Guest speaker at ActivTrades Trading tour 2017

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Saturday 13th May 2017, Leicester Square, London.

I was invited by ActivTrades and the Society of Technical Analysts to be one of the guest speakers at the ActivTrades event. I was joined by other market professionals over the course of the event to give the audience an insight into the psychology and mindset behind today’s trader.

I specifically looked at what causes destructive trading, the mindset of the successful trader and how the audience could improve their trading skills by improving their own psychology through the use of such tools as technical analysis and money management. We looked at how the market thinks using practical examples, and how people participate in the markets psychologically (along the way playing some games to get the point across) and how understanding both the markets and yourself is critical to your success. For those interested, the material used for my presentation,was based on my book #Trading Thought Mind Medicine for Traders & Investors.

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Traders Surgery 28/04/17

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It was great to see everyone at this month’s Traders Surgery and to welcome more new members. The surgery kicked off with a discussion on Sins and Wins from the previous month and looking at how we can all improve our win/loss ratios. [Read more…]

Mastering the mindset of an FX trader: IG Index presentation

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Next Thursday 27th in the evening (17:45 to 21:00) I am giving a presentation at IG’s London office, as part of a larger event on FX trading. My talk is about the mindset of the FX trader. There are also two other speakers – one who will be talking about the tools you can use to better aid your trading and another giving an overview of the current market in FX. There will also be a Q&A session, the opportunity to get some strategy and trading ideas, to network with fellow traders as well as learning how MT4 could help your trading. Refreshments are provided.

The event is free to IG clients. If you’re interested you can find out more or sign up by using the following link: https://www.ig.com/uk/improve-your-trading-on-mt4

 

Review of #TradingThought in the latest edition of the Market Technicians Magazine (issue 82)

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Great review of my book: #TradingThought, Mind Medicine for Traders & Investors in this months Market Technician Magazine (issue 82) (The Journal of the Society of Technical Analysts) http://amzn.to/2o0jwx1

 




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