Agenda

Presentations at the Trading Symposium are carefully selected
to educate, motivate and inspire but most importantly, to improve your trading skills!

Swing Trading on Stocks & Forex with Precision Entry – Nick McDonald

For the first time live in person, Nick McDonald will be sharing his top swing trading set-ups with specific reference to UK Stocks. As an accomplished swing trader, he was able to leave his day job many years ago using the precise methods he will discuss.

As well as outlining the nuances between the two markets for swing trading, he will also introduce LSE Level 2 data into your trading arsenal. Using Level 2 data provides the trader with the advantages possessed by Market Makers. It allows for the assessment of gaps in the ‘depth of market’, which can permit the trader to anticipate price moves before they occur.

This predictive ability of Level 2 data, in conjunction with the fact it also assists in trading with the tightest of spreads, provides an invaluable edge in ensuring precision entries - particularly into stock swing trades.

Trading LIVE: There Is NO Place To Hide! - Tom Hougaard

How do you prepare for the trading day, when you are a day-trader? How do you prepare for your trading day when you know there are hundreds of people looking at you? Tom Hougaard will unveil how he and his trading partner achieve such consistent performance, with not a single losing week for more than 6 months, all on public record.

“When I come to work, I know exactly what I have to do. I am like a pilot going through a pre-flight checklist. I know exactly what I need to know. The problem with the “pilot” metaphor is that unlike a commercial flight, trading is more like flying over enemy territory with hostile fire from all sides. To aide me I am constantly referring back to my handful of set-ups I am looking for and cross-referencing it to my pre-flight preparation”.

Here Tom Hougaard will share how he prepares for the trading day and what he is looking for during the trading day.

Using Fundamental Analysis To Sharpen Your Trading Edges - David Norman

A common misconception amongst technical traders is that Fundamental Analysis is used primarily for longer-term positions. Trading in time-frames as low as tick charts, fundamental trader David Norman turns this generalisation on its head.

In this highly revealing presentation, David will introduce the concept of Intermarket Relationships and how key markets (such as the US Dollar, Oil and Gold) interlace with each. He will detail why the US Dollar and the Japanese Yen are the ‘pivotal’ currencies and how their movements impact on other currencies, even on an intra-day basis.

This presentation will illustrate how any trader can seamlessly introduce a Fundamental component into their trading strategies, regardless of whether they swing trade off daily charts, or are intra-day scalpers.

The Market Post-Credit Crunch: Where To Next? - Stephen Gallo

The effects of the 2008 financial crisis have been pervasive, with global financial markets and the World Economy being hit hard. But is the recent recovery in the markets a cause for cautious optimism? Or is the market gearing itself for another ferocious move down?

These are the types of questions which institutional traders and analysts are currently seeking answers to. In this must-see presentation, leading market expert, Stephen Gallo will outline the techniques used by ‘Smart Money’ to position themselves for the next few years.

He will reveal which specific sentiment indicators can provide an insight into what big investors and institutional traders are thinking at the moment. He will also discuss the importance and predictive abilities of key concepts such as ‘Trading Themes’, the Inflation v Deflation argument and the GOLD:OIL Ratio.

He will end by providing an outlook for FOREX for the year 2010 by examining the Housing Market, the relationship between GBP against the EURO, and the most important factor of them all – Interest Rates.

The Psychology of Wealth – Steve Ward

For the first time to an audience of Traders, Leading Peak Performance Coach and Trading Psychologist Steve Ward will be discussing the fascinating topic of the Psychology of Wealth and illustrating how to create a positive wealth enhancing mindset.

Understanding and shifting your financial focus can have an incalculable impact on your wealth building capabilities.  In this presentation, Steve will outline why and how wealth starts in the mind. He will help you to recognise and overcome negative beliefs and barriers to becoming wealthy and help you discover what you really believe about what is possible for you!

The Biggest Mistakes Made By Spread-bet Traders – Nick Lewis

Who better to listen to when it comes to Spread-betting than from the head dealer of one of the UK’s most successful Spread-betting brokers. Nick Lewis will be delivering a truly insightful presentation into the biggest mistakes made by spread-betting traders, how to recognise them and most importantly, how to avoid making them!