Past APTA Meetings
Past APTA Meetings
A meeting of the Australian Professional Technical Analysts (APTA) Inc was held at the City Tattersalls Club, 194 - 204 Pitt Street, Sydney at 6.00pm on Tuesday 18th October, 2011.
Following a collaborative agreement between the Australian Professional Technical Analysts (APTA) Inc and the Market Technicians Association (MTA), members of the MTA receive honorary APTA membership and are entitled to attend all APTA meetings. The APTA Management Committee extend a warm welcome to our MTA colleagues.
* Please note that APTA and MTA members receive 3 Continuing Education (CE) Credits for attending the meeting.
Speaker: Will Slatyer
Topic: Conservative But Profitable Trading
Biography: Will Slatyer has been analysing international markets since 1965, initially commodities and foreign exchange, then interest rates and stock markets. He has experience as a commodities merchant, futures broker, merchant banker and market risk consultant. A founding member of the Australian Technical Analysts Association (ATAA), Will has made technical analysis presentations throughout Australia, and has lectured on risk management in the USA, Japan, New Zealand, Indonesia and Malaysia. He is the author of six books, the most recent of which is “Debt Delusion as an EBook in 2008. “The Speculative Strategist” was published by McGraw-Hill, New York in 1996. Mr Slatyer is now retired, mainly researching climatic/cultural cycles, and trading systems as a member of the APTA.
In his many years in the markets Will Slatyer has investigated most avenues of technical analysis, but most recently has concentrated on refining the application of trend-following techniques to produce a sound universal method of trading, both to counter market risk, and to allow profitable strategic speculation. His philosophy is that unrestrained capitalism is a socially acceptable form of warfare, in which money flows instead of blood. His techniques follow many principles from Sun Tsu’s “Art of War”. Forecasting can be of use to policy and strategy, but only strategic trading signals are truly predictable in the active volatile markets of the twenty-first century.
Speaker: Alex Douglas
Topic: Building a Better RSI
Alex showed how it is possible to combine the work of two of the titans of technical analysis to create an RSI that is more responsive to changes in market conditions
Biography: Alex Douglas first plotted currency movements on hand-drawn charts in 1983. This opened the door to a career in the financial markets that has included being a foreign exchange voice broker, a trader in the pits of the Sydney Futures Exchange and the Global Head of FX Technical Analysis providing real-time advice directly to a worldwide client base of institutional traders.
He was a co-founder of the Technical Analysts Society of Singapore (TASS) in 2000 and has since held roles as the President of the Australian Professional Technical Analysts and board member of the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA).
Alex is currently the Managing Director of IBFX Australia, part of the Interbank FX group of companies.
A meeting of the Australian Professional Technical Analysts (APTA) Inc was held at City Tattersalls Club on Wednesday 22nd June, 2011.
Topic: What Are the Patterns Telling Us?
Speaker: Russell Lander.
Biography: Russell Lander is arguably one of Australia's most durable stockbroking analysts, having been in the industry continuously since 1962 when he enlisted with Ord Minnett as a trainee. He sees himself more as a market analyst then as a stock specialist and his approach encompasses both fundamental and technical analysis. Since rejoining Ord Minnett in 2002, he has written more than 360 issues of Market Perspective, now a fortnightly report on trends in stock markets around the world, exchange rates, commodities and individual stocks.
* Please note that members of the Market Technicians Association (MTA) will received 3 Continuing Education (CE) Credits for attending the meeting.
A meeting of the Australian Professional Technical Analysts (APTA) Inc was held at the offices of Knowledgebank IQ at 6.00pm at Level 6, 220 George St, Sydney (map) on Wednesday 13th April, 2011.
Topic: Why do we do the things we do? When and where should we apply Technical Analysis? What can we learn from Fundamental Analysis?
Speaker: David Hunt
Biography: David Hunt is a founding member of the Australian Professional Technical Analysts (APTA) Inc, an APTA Board member and is the immediate past President of APTA. David has more than 25 years trading experience in forex, options, futures, shares and CFDs. He was formerly a Proprietary Trader for Macquarie Bank and Forex Treasury manager for Qantas.
David is CEO of ADEST www.adest.com.au , Chairman of ADEST Trading and appears regularly on the Your Money, Your Call program on the Sky News Business Channel. He is often quoted in the financial press and has been called 'the bell ringer' by the Australian Financial Review.
A meeting of the Australian Professional Technical Analysts (APTA) Inc was held at the offices of Knowledgebank IQ at 6.00pm at Level 6, 220 George St, Sydney (map) on Wednesday 9th March, 2011.
Topic: An MTA Video Presentation: Navigating Turbulent Waters with Edwards and Magee as Pilot
Speaker: Charles Bassetti
Biography: WHC Bassetti is the Editor and Coauthor of the classic reference, Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, 9th Edition, first written by Robert D. Edwards and John Magee in 1948. Mr. Bassetti traded as a student and client of John Magee in the 1960s, beginning a long, distinguished trading career encompassing virtually all of the financial markets, stocks, bonds, options and futures.
In 1972, as a Principal and Vice President of California's first licensed commodity trading advisor he pioneered computerized trading systems and traded professionally for individual and institutional clients. His company was one of the first to manage capital for Merrill Lynch, Dean Witter et al and he and his partners created and managed some of the first commodity mutual funds.
In 1984 he was appointed CEO of Options Research Inc., a company founded by Blair Hull of Chicago's Hull Trading Company, formerly the largest market maker on the floor of the CBOE. ORI was one of the first if not the first, companies to computerize the analysis of options and futures. Clients for analytical and portfolio services included Morgan Stanley, First Boston, and Kidder Peabody et al. Mr. Bassetti's organization managed options arbitrage capital compiling a brilliant record during the market crash of 1987, and traded as a market maker with a seat on the Pacific Stock Exchange.
A graduate of Harvard University and a former NASA systems engineer, Mr. Bassetti is currently Adjunct Professor of Finance and Economics at Golden Gate University, San Francisco, Editor of the John Magee Investment Series for St. Lucie Press and a practicing technical analyst.
In spite of his decades of work in computerized trading systems, Mr. Bassetti's favorite analytical tool remains a ruler, a tool he teaches graduate students and the general public in his monthly 2-1/2 day seminars at Golden Gate University.
A meeting of the Australian Professional Technical Analysts (APTA) Inc was held at the offices of Knowledgebank IQ at 6.00pm at Level 6, 220 George St, Sydney (map) on Wednesday 9th February, 2011.
Topic: Trading Channels and Redefining Gann
Speaker: John Gajewski
Biography: John has more than 20 years experience in Technical Analysis and the foreign exchange, fixed interest and commodity markets and is a foundation member of the Australian Professional Technical Analysts (APTA) Inc.
Working with the Commonwealth Bank over that time he produced the successful Chartpoints commentaries, providing analysis and recommendations on forex, bonds and commodities to the bank's traders and sales staff, institutional, corporate and business clients.
In 2002 he was rated the best technical analyst on currencies in Sydney.
John has also been an active participant in Technical Analysis education, working with the Australian Technical Analysis Association, the Securities Institute of Australia (SIA) and FINSIA (now Kaplan Professional) in developing and running Technical Analysis courses.
John has 20 years experience in Technical Analysis and the foreign exchange, fixed interest and commodity markets.
The Annual General Meeting of the Australian Professional Technical Analysts (APTA) was held at the offices of Knowledgebank IQ at 6.00pm at Level 6, 220 George St, Sydney (map) on Wednesday 13th October, 2010.
The AGM was followed by an ordinary meeting.
Speaker: Michael Samerski
Topic: Using HistoryMaker™ software, an application which assists in Monte Carlo simulation of automated trading systems.
The 4th Annual APTA Luncheon was held at 12.30pm at City Tattersall's Club, 198 - 204 Pitt Street, Sydney (map) on Wednesday 11th August, 2010.
Speaker: Clifford Bennett, Chief Economist, Herston Economics
Biography: Chief Economist, Clifford Bennett, is widely recognized for his often market leading and insightful economic and financial market forecasts. Clifford has 25 years international experience with some of the world’s leading investment banks, and was named the “world’s most accurate currency forecaster” by Bloomberg News NY. Clifford is the author of “Warrior Trading” published by John Wiley & Sons New York, and frequently appears in the financial print and television media.
Clifford was the first to "ring the bell" for a new bull market on March 11th last year, and was among the first to appreciate the Australian slow down would be short lived, consistently forecasting unemployment to peak at 5.7% to 6.1%, when even the government forecast was 8.5%. Clifford was the first economist to correctly predict the RBA would hold at 3.00%, and hike by the end of 2009, and the only economist to correctly forecast the RBA would stay on hold in February.
Topic: The Real Economy versus Perception
A meeting of the Australian Professional Technical Analysts (APTA) Inc was held at 6.00pm at Knowledgebank IQ, Level 6, 202 George Street, Sydney (map) on Wednesday 14th July, 2010.
Please note that there will be no access to the building after 5.45pm.
Speaker: APTA Members
Biography:
Topic: Current Markets: Different Perspectives
APTA members provided a 10 minute presentation on where they thought the markets currently were.
The meeting was interactive and provided members with a quick understanding of the state of various markets from different points of view.
A meeting of the Australian Professional Technical Analysts (APTA) Inc was held at 6pm on Wednesday 12th May, 2010 at the Bowlers Club, Bligh Suite, Level 2, 95 York Street, Sydney.
Speaker: Gary Burton CFTe, Dip TA (ATAA)
Biography: Gary Burton is a full service client adviser for a major Australian investment bank. He holds the ATAA diploma in Technical Analysis and IFTA recognition as a Certified Financial Technician.
Gary holds ADA 2 compliance in Securities and Derivatives.
Topic: Candlestick Analysis Using Weekly Charts
Gary discussed candle stick analysis based on a weekly chart. This time frame can show entry levels when used with a daily chart.
The weekly chart using the Haguro method can define long term support and resistance.
Current data was used to gain a technical view of our market direction.
A full set of notes was provided.
A meeting of the Australian Professional Technical Analysts (APTA) Inc was held at 6pm on Wednesday 10th March, 2010 at the Bowlers Club 95 York Street, Sydney.
Topic: How Proprietary Traders Trade Options
The proprietary trading of the options market is a very large and competitive business. The automated trading systems used are extremely fast and accurate with enormous daily trading volumes needed to capitalise onvery small mis-pricings in the market.
As an options trader, it is helpful to know who (or more accurately, what) you are trading against.
Speaker: Michael Samerski BEng Electrical (UNSW), GradDipAppFin (FINSIA), Dip TA (ATAA)
Biography: Michael has over 20 years experience in the Software Development Industry with 8 years experience in Electronics and Systems Engineering, and 13 years experience in Software Development in the Financial Services Industry.
In the Financial Services Industry he has had roles with companies such as:
* Dow Jones Markets (formerly Telerate),
* Merrill Lynch Australia,
* Susquehanna Asia,
* AMP Capital Investors,
* Macquarie Bank.
These roles have included:
* Business Systems Analysis (Trading and Portfolio Management Systems),
* Trading and Portfolio Management Systems Development (Equities, Fixed Income and Derivatives),
* Head of Technology - Asia Region.
As Head of Technology he was the Systems Architect and Development and Production Services Manager of a high speed, distributed, trading platform that enabled the business to trade the Asia region. The technology developed was later adopted by the company’s offices globally.
Michael currently owns and manages a Trading System Development and Consulting company and a Proprietary Trading company.
He is the author of HistoryMaker™, a software application to assist in Monte Carlo Simulation of automated trading systems.
