Panel discussion with Jake Bernstein, Daryl Guppy, Dave Landry and John Netto.

091024_2009 Conference - Panel Discussion

Interviews with delegates at the conference.

091024_2009 Conference - Delegate Interviews

Part Two continues with a demonstration of using the process outlined in Part One to develop a system for trading the broad market US indexes. The system is profitable in both rising and falling markets, and can be traded from Australia. Key points include selection of the index to model, selection of the issues to trade, selection of fitness metrics, selection of holding periods, selection of entry techniques, selection of exit techniques, determination of in-sample period length, determination of out-of-sample period length, back-testing, optimization, walk-forward validation, estimate of trading profitability, and trading system life cycle management.

091024_2009 Conference - Bandy, Howard

In this presentation, Jake will look at whether the traditional timing methods are still effective in today’s volatile markets. Following on from his first presentation he’ll take a new look at price patterns and discuss how price patterns are only one-third of the total approach to timing the market. He’ll also cover the importance of having a trading model and how to have effective trade management within the trading model.

091024_2009 Conference - Bernstein, Jake

In this presentation, Dave will show you why you should trade trends, how to recognize them, and some of his favourite patterns to capitalize on the three phases of a trend. As you know, a pattern in itself is useless unless it is applied properly. Therefore, he will show you when to use each of the patterns. Further, he will also touch upon important concepts such as money management, trader’s psychology, how to find the best setups, and discretionary techniques so that these patterns can be applied in the real world.

091024_2009 Conference - Landry, Dave

John’s session includes trading various equity index futures products and exchange traded funds against other equity index products including; FTSE, S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow, Nikkei, etc. This includes creating synthetic spread charts, mean reversion strategies, relative strength strategies, factoring volatility between products, accounting for currency rate differentials, and risk management techniques.

091024_2009 Conference - Netto, John

The motivation for this presentation begins with THE question that every trader regularly asks: ‘How do I know whether my trading system will be profitable when I finish development and begin trading’? Howard’s presentation addresses this question. Part One discusses the design, testing, and validation of trading systems. Using a systems engineering approach, this part is intended to explain the development process, persuade you of its importance, and inspire you to use it yourself. Key points include selection of the fitness metric, use of in-sample and out-of-sample data, walk-forward testing, and statistical validation.

091023_2009 Conference - Bandy, Howard

Ever wondered why you bought that particular share, or why you didn’t follow your own trading plan? Are we completely irrational creatures, destined to the whims of our hormones, our environment and our neural pathways? Or can we train our brains to allow us to become ultra-versatile traders, capable of achieving incredible results in the current market conditions? In this revealing presentation, you will learn about the ‘neuroplasticity’ required to become an exceptional trader and why, after you begin to trade, you could quite literally never be the same person again!

091023_2009 Conference - Bedford, Louise

In this presentation, Jake will look at what a pattern is and why it is a pattern before going on to examine what causes patterns. He will show the uncanny history of price patterns through extensive examples and commentary. He will share his four most accurate patterns: seasonality, 100% objective divergence, the open/close relationship and the elusive, but accurate gap.

091023_2009 Conference - Bernstein, Jake

The difference between price volatility and trend volatility is significant. Trend and price volatility were decoupled in the 2008 bear market. This discussion introduces a method of combining price momentum and analysis of trend volatility to better identify safe entry points and to manage developing trades in a volatile trading environment. Discover how the Guppy Multiple Moving Average is applied to short term and intraday trading in futures, derivatives, index trading and FX to give superior entry safety and better understanding of significant trend volatility. This is the first presentation of this method in Australia.

091023_2009 Conference - Guppy, Daryl

Trends don’t last forever. Eventually they exhaust themselves and quite often, a new trend in the opposite direction emerges. However, established trends can often last much longer and go much further than most anticipate. Therefore, trying to buy a market because it is ‘low’ or sell short market because it is ‘high’ is a loser’s game. The good news is that markets will leave clues that a trend is turning. Dave will show you how to recognize these clues and capture new trends early with his favorite trend transition patterns. He’ll also show you how major bull and bear markets all begin with easy to recognize transitional patterns.

091023_2009 Conference - Landry, Dave

In this presentation, Bill will define the nature of trends and determine the probability for the ‘time and price’ of counter trend moves against that trend. These are the two most important factors in any analysis in any market. Unless you can enter every trend at the exact time of the reversal in trend, your entry into a trend should be at the conclusion of a counter trend. Bill will develop your understanding of the ‘price and time’ of counter trend movements for the purpose of entering trends.

091023_2009 Conference - McLaren, Bill

A number of institutional technicians currently use some form of Fibonacci analysis, this session will help traders and investors identify where ‘resting orders’ may be and tactics to work within this market framework. The hands on session will cover multiple techniques of creating overlaying Fibonacci price targets to include real-world entry techniques, live position management, and the process of smoothing returns as a result of being exposed to Fibonacci sequence price movement.

091023_2009 Conference - Netto, John

So much focus nowadays is directed at specific analysis or entry techniques with many thinking these are the tenets of successful trading. Whilst trading needs to be a comfortable, consistent experience, entry and analysis don’t make the profits. Nick will detail facts about creating profits, travelling the journey of successful trading why system development can be a misnomer and why the old adage ‘don’t risk more than 2%’ can lead to failure. Nick will offer a different view on trading longevity and how you should think and act in the markets.

091023_2009 Conference - Radge, Nick

Frank has always had a strong interest in trading the very cheap end of the market. Over the years he has developed a sound trading plan for taking advantage of sudden price movement in these stocks. In this session Frank will share his plan, complete with entry signals, risk management strategies and exit signals. Frank’s ‘5 Day Trade’ method can be very simply adapted to CFD trades on higher priced stocks. Understanding the psychology and the volume characteristics behind these speculative stocks is the key to unlocking enormous profitability.

091023_2009 Conference - Watkins, Frank

A humorous yet serious commentary on Financial Markets.

091023_2009 Conference - Padley, Marcus

Interviews with Speakers at the conference, John Netto, Howard Bandy and Dave Landry.

091023_2009 Conference - Speaker Interviews