Past APTA Meetings

A meeting of the Australian Professional Technical Association (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 Association (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 Association (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.