Panel discussion with Charles Browne, Todd Gordon and John Person.

101017_2010 Conference - Panel Discussion

John will share his techniques for scanning for high yield returns in specific sectors and the top stocks in those sectors. In addition, you will learn how to apply techniques to identify the appropriate risk and reward opportunities and understand a simple logical process to use for your trade entry once a scan generates a buy or sell signal in order to help you gain an edge in profitability. This session will also give you an insight from Friday’s session, which discussed the mechanics of the Person’s Pivots and the Pivot Point Moving Average approach.

101016_2010 Conference - Person, John

There are many things to learn and master in becoming an investor. After picking up the basic knowledge, years will have been spent gaining experience. After at least a decade of hard work, committed investors will reach one of the final frontiers in their investment education. Over the last fifty years, a whole new area of research has unfolded under the general heading of behavioural economics. This work has thrown out the old assumption of a rational man and looks at how we really make decisions. In the process many errors and biases emerge to which we are all subject naturally and largely unconsciously. In this discussion Colin will introduce some of the ways in which the best investors think giving them a great advantage over the beginners.

101016_2010 Conference - Nicholson, Colin

The learning mechanisms that are innate in financial markets are reflected in the influence of a small range of natural mathematical ratios. These ratios provide a critical link between rapidly developing financial market oscillations and slowly evolving fundamental trends. They therefore provide clearly-defined decision-making zones relating contra-trend corrections to underlying trends. The presentation will show why these decision-making zones emerge and how they can be calculated. If you recognise the ranked importance of these zones, you can determine the strength of your response to them.

101016_2010 Conference - Plummer, Tony

Kathy was invited as a speaker for the 2010 ATAA conference. Unfortunately, she needed to cancel her attendance. As a consolation she provide two recorded presentations.

101016_2010 Conference - Lien, Kathy

Are the old adages ‘Trade with trend’ or ‘The trend is your friend’ ALWAYS true? Hardly! Markets only trend about 20 percent of the time, so what about the other 80 percent? In a candid look at how a professional trader navigates the markets using the razor tight levels defined by Elliott Wave and Fibonacci analysis, Todd will show you how the pros consistently contra-trend trade, while at the same time maintaining tight risk management. He will then share three strategies for identifying market tops and bottoms hours before they develop, and lay out how to move in and attack with expert trading tactics.

101016_2010 Conference - Gordon, Todd

Following on from Part 1, Jason will show how trading strategies can be constructed using a couple of previously identified market anomalies. The systems will be taught in entirety (no hidden crucial pieces), and validated to demonstrate both the process of system validation, and the power of a great software package.

101016_2010 Conference - Davis, Jason

In this presentation you will learn how to effectively read price charts without any indicators. Charles will discuss a range of techniques that enable you to understand and take advantage of underlying market sentiment. Learn how to: identify panic, greed and indecision; know in advance that a sideways range is about begin; recognise the market sometimes shows weakness immediately before strength, identify in advance the likely direction of the breakout from a pattern; and identify in advance whether or not a breakout is likely to fail.

101016_2010 Conference - Browne, Charles

An extraordinary form of order underlies fluctuations in financial markets and economic activity, which generated by the human need to do things together, is reflected in rhythmic oscillations and specific price patterns. Most major trend moves are thus inherently predictable. Recognising this predictability makes technical analysis such an immensely powerful tool for asset allocation. Tony will focus on the way the human brain is programmed to generate group behaviour, and on how this creates recognisable price patterns in asset markets and rhythmic oscillations in economic activity. Knowing where you are in the big trend means you can plan for the future.

101015_2010 Conference - Plummer, Tony



Learn how to use this powerful and effective indicator that helps pin-point early turn signals ahead of the crowd. This technical tool incorporates moving averages to filter out Pivot Point levels, helping traders detect a change in a market’s value. It also helps filter the next time period’s potential range or trading target levels. One of the most powerful leading price indicators available, John will show how to correctly apply this indicator to determine whether to buy dips or sell rallies based on the predicted market conditions. He will also show you how to successfully implement this trading tool for short and longer term traders in all the major markets.

101015_2010 Conference - Person, John

Most experienced investors have progressed to the stage where they have a written investment plan and developed the discipline to carry out the strategy and tactics set out in it. Many investors then feel that they have finished their education process and do not move on to the next level, which is to seek constant improvement and execution of their plan. Colin will show what else is needed to move beyond simply being a good investor. The great investors are never satisfied and seek continually to improve what they do an how they do it.

101015_2010 Conference - Nicholson, Colin

Kathy was invited as a speaker for the 2010 ATAA conference. Unfortunately, she needed to cancel her attendance. As a consolation she provide two recorded presentations.

101015_2010 Conference - Lien, Kathy

In this session, Todd Gordon will explain the core principles of his professional trading style including Elliott Wave Principles, Fibonacci Theory, as well as inter-market analysis. He will also share with you his trading tactics, which include precise entry and exit parameters, position sizing, and risk management. Most importantly, Todd will explain Elliott Wave Principle in a clear, concise, and simple manner. Prepare for a candid look into the daily trading life of a professional foreign exchange trader. A basic knowledge of Elliott Wave Theory is recommended.

101015_2010 Conference - Gordon, Todd

To beat markets you need insight; that is something that not everyone knows or acts on. In this session Jason will guide you through a process of understanding what it takes to beat the market (and your fund manager), starting with an explanation as to why it isn’t ludicrous for you to think you can take on and beat highly paid professionals. He will then list the dozen or so market inefficiencies he has learned after more than a decade of research.

101015_2010 Conference - Davis, Jason

Over two years into the GFC, unprecedented government intervention has slowed the decline but the effects of their actions are not certain. New bubbles in government bonds, emerging markets and commodities are developing. In 2006, Satyajit Das provided a highly prescient insight into the structure and risk of the world financial system exposing the problems that are now becoming readily apparent. Das will look at the massive and unprecedented de-leveraging of the financial system taking place and how that will alter the financial landscape.

101015_2010 Conference - Das, Satyajit

This presentation will explore and challenge the popular belief that traders and investors need rules because they ‘lack discipline’. There are in fact other important reasons why rules are necessary, but are these are not related to discipline. The latest neuroscience research will be presented to debunk the popular belief that traders need rules to control their emotions. Charles will also demonstrate how the concept of a ‘trading rule’ is widely misunderstood, and how this contributes to difficulty in developing and following a trading plan. This will enable you to better understand why so many traders fail, and how you can improve your potential as a successful trader.

101015_2010 Conference - Browne, Charles

Speaker: Robert Vagg

Topic: A Long Term Model Aust Stock Market

101202_Sydney - Vagg, Robert

Speaker: Robert Grigg

Topic: Quantitative Trading Systems (VTAD)

Presented to VTAD Stuttgart Chapter.

100930_VTAD - Grigg, Robert