Hot under the collar – My market experiences by Alan Hill part 4

Time to perform! The Corporate salesman asking me the price had a client on the line with a reputation for trying to drive the market....

“The Man who Broke the Bank” – My market experiences by Alan Hill...

Sterling too strong for its own good. Through the summer of 1992, there had been constant speculation that the pound could not survive the artificially...

Leeson and Barings; The man who broke the Bank – Market Experiences by Alan...

A lesson in Control It is hard to imagine in the highly regulated, controlled environment than banks, particularly in trading, exist in now that something...

The Successful Traders Template

It doesn’t Exist! The nature of the foreign exchange market is that there is no hard and fast way in which to make money consistently....

The Shape of Events to come – My Market Experiences by Alan Hill –...

The Aftermath Luckily there was no one foolish enough to be long on sterling so I had no concerns about stop losses. The pound simply...

Can we still pay the Bonus? – Market Experiences by Alan Hill p.10

LTCM Collapse almost brings economy to its knees One of the most enduring and downright unbelievable quotes from my entire trading career was publicized following...

Spread; The great fake.

Little more than a marketing ploy. OK, so you have seen a pattern on a chart that takes your eye, you do a little research,...

Black Wednesday – My Market Experiences by Alan Hill p.6

The power of the Market Prevails Over the course of the first couple of days of the week, pressure was starting to build which wasn’t...

We all Remember Where we Were! – Market Experiences by Alan Hill part 8

9/11; the day that will live forever. In the last century there was a saying that everyone knew where they were the moment they heard...

Not all Changes are for the Better – Market experiences by Alan Hill part.13

Regulation gone crazy. I recently read of a Trader at HSBC who has been prosecuted for the amount of money he made when executing an...

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