IX Investor 08 - Focus on Trading
20th June 2008
Platinum Suite, ExCeL London
IX Investor 08 offers you free access to some of the world's most well known traders and companies. Choose from over 30 free workshops and panel sessions, learn the secrets of financial spread betting and witness live US trading at the US Trading Night
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See below for a full programme of events.
Thursday, 19th June 2008
optionsXpress Pre-Show Cocktail Reception
optionsXpress Pre-Show Cocktail Reception and Presentation, Gallery Room 3, ExCeL More...
Friday 20th June 2008
IX Investor 08 - Focus on Trading
IX Investor opens at 10.30am, The Platinum Suite, ExCeL
Click on the rooms below for programme details.
Platinum Room 1 - Level 3
Platinum Room 2 - Level 3
Platinum Room 5 - Level 2
Platinum Room 7 - Level 2 - Objective Capital Small Cap Forum
Titanium Room - Level 3
Saturday 21st June 2008
optionsXpress Xpo UK
optionsXpress Xpo UK takes place in the Gallery Rooms, ExCeL More...
IX Investor 08, 20th June 2008
Platinum Room 1
10.45 to 11.30: Trading Myths and Realities for Globalization 3.0 Era of Credit Crisis Cycles
OTA chief knowledge officer, John O'Donnell, explains the differences we are all facing in the new economic world of globalization 3.0. Why do asset bubbles form, and why do they burst? Tune in to learn how to hedge the coming global debt bubble in the coming economic crisis. Join John and see how the world economy really works--not just the perception of others' beliefs. Specific buy/sell strategies will be revealed in these sessions in UK.John offers more than sound insight on what to specifically do to protect you, your family, and your financial stability in the turbulent times ahead.
John O'Donnell III, Chief Knowledge Officer, Online Trading AcademyShort Term Trading
Seminar available via live webcast - sign up here
12.00 to 12.45pm: SwingTrade Like a Market Maker:
Learn how to exploit the order flow from the active trader community just as market makers do each and every day. Join Bo Yoder as he presents an analysis of the market makers edge.
Bo Yoder, 5 Minute Investor.com
Seminar available via live webcast - sign up here
1.30 to 2.30pm: IX Investor Question Time
Chaired by Philip Hayton, Active private investor and former BBC News broadcaster. Your opportunity to quiz the experts and find out what's really moving the markets and what you should be doing to profit from the credit crunch.
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Tony Craze, Dawntraders.co.uk
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John O'Donnell, CEO, Online Trading Academy
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Greg Smith, MD Fat Prophets UK
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Michael Hewson, Digital Look
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Andy Hartwill, Objective Capital
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David Jones, IG Index
Submit your question in advance to the panel - Click here
Seminar available via live webcast - sign up here
2.45 to 3.15pm: Using Orders to Improve Your Returns'
This presentation will be discussing different types of orders, as used by professionals, that can be applied to improve returns and limit losses. Orders that will be demonstrated on GFT's award winning platform will be trailing stops, parent and contingent orders, the guaranteed stop and basic stop and limit orders.
Des Grech, Head of Sales, GFT
Seminar available via live webcast - sign up here
3.45 - 4.15pm: Choosing the Right Trading Strategy
Bo Yoder, 5 Minute Investor.com
Seminar available via live webcast - sign up here
4.30 - 5.15pm: An Introduction to using Candlesticks for Short Term Trading
How Japanese Candlesticks work fantastically well on short term charts to give you early buy and sell signals when combined with simple support and resistance levels. Clive has been training professional traders for many years and will introduce a few examples of how these traders use short term charts as an integral part of their trading day.
Clive Lambert, Founder of Futurestechs.co.uk
Seminar available via live webcast - sign up here
5.30 to 6.30pm US Trading Night
Witness live trading in the US markets from two professional traders and find out the best techniques for sourcing information and dealing.
Hosted by John O'Donnell III, Chief Knowledge Officer, Online Trading Academy
Seminar available via live webcast - sign up here
Platinum Room 2
10.30 to 11.45: optionsXpress Power Tools
This may be the best 75 minutes that you could spend to learn more about the power suite of tools offered at optionsXpress. Whether it's a tool to decipher a strategy or to screen for potential trading candidates, we will cover it all.
Joe Cusick, Senior Vice President of Education, optionsXpress
12.00 to 12.30: Introduction to trading global markets using Spread Betting
Financial markets have started off 2008 in the same way that they ended last year - lots of volatility. Gold, oil and the Euro have all hit new highs, and January saw the worst falls in the FTSE since 2001. These sort of markets present an extreme mix of risk and reward for traders and investors - join our Chief Market Strategist David Jones as he demonstrates different strategies that can be applied across all of these markets using spread betting.
David Jones, Chief Market Strategist, IG Index
12.45 to 1.15pm: Institutional Trading: Tools and Techniques Used by Banks and Other Big Players
It's no secret that bank traders move the markets. And in order to beat them at their own game, you need to be able to think like they do, and have an understanding of the tools and strategies they use. In this seminar fund manager and trading coach Andrei Pehar will give you a rare glimpse into the world of institutional players and market insiders. Learn 3 simple patterns which have yielded a powerful 77% win ratio over the past 2 years. He will also cover important topics such as trading psychology, position sizing, risk-to-reward ratios, and system expectancy - subjects often overlooked by trading "systems" which only emphasize signals for entries and exits.
Andrei Pehar, fxKnight.com
1.30 to 2.30pm: Recent trends in the ETF market in Europe
The European exchange traded fund (ETF) market is just as hot as its U.S. counterpart. If London is aiming at becoming the world's biggest ETF market, they've got some formidable challengers amongst European and Transatlantic rivals. Pedro Fernandes from NYSE Euronext will give you an overview of the ETF market and will explain what drives the growth of ETFs in Europe.
This is a unique opportunity to better understand ETFs before you include them in your portfolio, specifically if you are thinking about expanding your investment strategy to European markets.
Pedro Fernandez, Head of European ETFs, NYSE Euronext
Organised in collaboration with Internaxx, the offshore online broker
2.45 to 3.15pm: How to find trading opportunities in today's markets
The market volatility seen so far this year has presented some great trading opportunities across all sorts of markets - but the big moves correspondingly increase risk. Our Chief Market Strategist David Jones will take you through some simple trading approaches that can be applied across all markets to try and identify opportunities - and arguably more importantly, help you to manage the risk and figure out where to set stop-losses.
David Jones, Chief Market Strategist, IG Index
3.30 - 4.00pm: Introduction to Equity Options
Join us for a 75-minute introduction to listed options. This class will define calls and puts plus view profit and loss graphs for these derivative instruments. We will also explain the overall risks and benefits of trading options.
Mike Tosaw, Director of Education, optionsXpress
4.15 to 5.00pm: Advanced Option Strategies
In this session, we will talk about options strategies for the more sophisticated investors. We will cover such topics as volatility trading, taking advantage of different aspects of option pricing, as well as delta and gamma neutral trades.
Joe Cusick, Senior Vice President of Education, optionsXpress
Platinum Room 5
10.30am - Using Orders to Improve Your Returns'
This presentation will be discussing different types of orders, as used by professionals, that can be applied to improve returns and limit losses. Orders that will be demonstrated on GFT's award winning platform will be trailing stops, parent and contingent orders, the guaranteed stop and basic stop and limit orders.
Des Grech, Head of Sales, GFT
11.15am - Trading in todays markets.
Which way for the UK market now? How to spot swing trade moves 48hours before anyone else. New types of UK swing trading set ups. A demonstration of charts that change colour at the best times to enter and exit the trade. A brief outline of US level 2 direct access trading.
Alan Rich, ClicktheMarkets.com
12.30pm - Support, Resistance and Trend Lines
With the volatility in today's markets it can be difficult to decide whether to trade from the long side or the short side. Using some simple rules around Support and Resistance and Trend line analysis we can identify potential trading opportunities by using these tried and trusted tools on ordinary bar or candlestick charts. We can use these tools to identify potential buying and selling opportunities as well as working out where to place stops.
Michael Hewson, Market Analyst. Digital Look.
2.00pm - The Secrets to Successful Speculation Revealed
Gary Stafford has been investigating the speculative markets for 20 years and has come to some startling revelations to how the markets really work. Do interest rates really make the markets move the way you'd expect? Does the financial news help or hinder you? In fact do the speculative markets really work the way you think. Mr Stafford will prove they don't! Providing you with a new and unique insight into how they really work.
Gary Stafford, Gann Management
2.30 - 3.00pm: Volatility Based Swing Trading
The majority of traders use indicators and tactics based on price and volume to generate their edge. In recent months, trading strategies based on volatility have been outperforming. In this session, join Bo Yoder for a discussion on volatility based trading tactics.Choosing the Right Trading Strategy
Bo Yoder, 5 Minute Investor.com
3.30pm - Trading Volatile Markets
Record Oil and Gold prices coupled with a disastrous banking sector results season has shaken the world markets immeasurably. Only time will tell what lies in store for weary investors and traders alike but to help prepare you for a volatile summer of uncertain financial markets CMC Markets have prepared a short seminar on spread betting that will arm you with some the necessary tools to manage your risk and take advantage of these turbulent times.
Craig Inglis, CMC Markets
4.30pm - Winning the spread betting game
What winners do that losers don't
Malcolm Pryor
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Titanium Room - Level 3
11.00am - 1.00pm - 2 Hour Power Trading Workshop - Forex.
Learn what professional traders already know - Free Event
The Power Trading Workshop is unlike any investment course you've taken before. You'll see LIVE trading demonstrations by professional traders and professional traders will be on hand to answer all of your questions.
2.15pm to 4.15pm - 2 Hour Power Trading Workshop - Stocks
It's a must for any active trader - Free Event
The Power Trading Workshop is designed for active traders and investors like you. See how you can more consistently generate income from the market.
4.30pm to 6.30pm - Institutional Trading: Special 2-hour Technical Strategies Workshop
Go even deeper into the strategies and tools used by institutional players and market insiders with fund manager and trading coach Andrei Pehar. Learn 3 simple patterns which have yielded a powerful 77% win ratio over the past 3 years. Find out why 95% of traders lose - and how to make sure you remain among the winning 5%. Explore other important topics such as trading psychology, position sizing, risk-to-reward ratios, and system expectancy - subjects often overlooked by trading "systems" which only emphasize signals for entries and exits.
The cost of this special break-out session is only £59, however the knowledge you take with you will quickly pay for itself several times over. But don't take our word for it, read about the results other traders are experiencing with these strategies. Seating is limited to the first 30 people, so register today! click here to book online
