Hi everyone
4th September Melbourne Forex Group Meetup will be slightly different from our previous meetups. We are going to try a new format this month in response to requests from a number of members for deeper debate around trading strategy.
We will meet at our sponsor's headquarters IG Markets for an hour of learning about Forex all together.
The group is lead and host by Chris Weston, Chief Market Strategist at IG Markets.
Strategy sessions: The thought process behind placing a trade and managing the position
Rather than have one individual speak about what works for them; how they manage risk, money and emotion we are keen to create a more open and extremely interactive forum. Here everyone will have the chance to detail the inputs that go into placing a trade and how they manage the position once in the trade.
Attendees will have the chance to speak for 5-10 minutes, using IG’s facilities (i.e. laptop, plasma or white board) to highlight their trading process and we can go over the various factors, be it technical, fundamental, positioning, risk and money management, or all of these inputs that go into placing a trade. The rest of the group will be given the opportunity to ask questions around what they hear.
With such varied levels of experience, trading styles and personalities the idea is not to embarrass, but to work together and leverage off what works for others and how we all ultimately can become better and more successful traders
Who is Chris Weston?
Chris has had over fifteen years’ experience in the financial markets, working in both London and Australia and gaining unique insights into the global capital markets.
Having worked at Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch in London, Chris has held a variety of trading role in the forex, fixed income and equity markets. This has provided Chris with a strong understanding of the correlations and how interconnected global markets are and ultimately how a move in one asset class can have a strong impact in another. Chris has also been lucky enough to learn from some brightest and talented traders and fund managers London has to offer.
Chris joined IG in 2006 as an institutional trader, where he provided insight and opportunity to a range of institutional clients, as well as the wider media. Over the last three years however, Chris has moved across to the role of Chief market strategist, where he spends his time providing clients and the media with views and research on global markets, forex, fixed income and commodities. He is a regular on a range of television channels including CNBC, Bloomberg and Sky Business.
