About the trader

History

• Retired City of London professional trader for top investment banks

• Only ever worked as a regulated frontline professional execution trader,  authorized proprietary trader and chief trader for over 30 years 

• Formerly FCA approved for many years

• Officially appointed mentor for and recruiter of new bank-traders. 

• MSc degree in Financial Sciences

I am currently NOT a financial advisor nor an investment manager and I do not hold myself out to be one nor do I offer any services of that kind.  I am merely a private individual showing my SIPP account which you can follow for your own learning. You do so entirely at your own risk. Please read our full disclaimer!

Edge

Every trader needs to have an edge and be able to define his or hers. An edge is something like a technique or approach which creates a (statistical) advantage over other market participants, just enough to make the game of probability work slightly in the trader´s favor.

So what is mine? Let me tell you this: NO truly successful trader will ever share his edge in detail with anyone, because the FX market is a negative sum game. If the edge gets proliferated to many traders, it will simply lose its power and cease to be an edge. So you can from now on straight away ignore the many thousands of fake trading educators who are teaching you a losing strategy. As for my edge, it is to be found in:

• behavioural analysis, not technical analysis

• identifying when FX markets are NOT random and capitalize on this.