Institutional Tenure
Price is King on any Trading Floor
Why Do I Teach?
Back in 2016 my eyes were opened to the retail trading world, I was shocked and disgusted at the state of the "Education" on offer and decided to try and address it, in my own little way, one trader at a time.
The Legacy: 55 Years in the Ring
The Bloodline
Market logic is in my DNA. Long before I stepped onto the floor. I was raised on the stories of the London Metal Exchange ring and the Triland Metals offices.
My father spent 25 years navigating the LME, trading during an era where your word was your bond and your only tools were a phone, a pit, and a naked price.
He worked for the likes of Lonconex, Henry Bath and Triland Metals, he survived the International Tin Crisis in 1985 which shook the metals industry to its core.
He was my first mentor.
I didn’t just learn to trade; I was apprenticed into a philosophy: The market is a game of human intent, and simplicity is the only way to win.
My Apprenticeship
In 1994, I started at the bottom as a market clerk for Credit Lyonnais Rouse (CLR). I was there for the 1996 Sumitomo scandal, watching as Yasuo Hamanaka tried and failed to corner the Copper market, when the craziness of the 2008 financial crash. I saw then what I know now—complexity hides risk.
By the time I passed my CF30 in 1998 and moved 'upstairs' at Sucden to work with Ivor Howes, I had seen more market reality than most retail traders see in a lifetime. I learned to trade Metals, FX, Oil, and Softs using the same distilled logic my father used in his career.
The Philosophy
Today, I carry that 55-year family heritage into the digital age. At Sucden and Natixis, I managed bank-level risk by staying fluid and playing both sides of the market.
I don’t teach 'strategies' that expire. I teach Pit Logic—the timeless institutional ability to read a naked chart and understand the open outcry aspect that can be read on any chart.
Limited Apprenticeship
Do you have what it takes?
I spent 15 years at firms like Sucden and Natixis where we only dealt with professionals. I bring that same standard to my teaching. I do not offer a 'mass-market' course; I offer a transfer of 55 years of family wisdom to a select few who are ready to unlearn retail habits.