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Understand the main driving factors behind equity, commodity, currency and fixed income
valuations
Gain first-hand experience in the importance of behavioural finance and trading psychology
within an environment of uncertainty and risk
Learn to understand and analyse financial markets by applying technical analysis techniques
across asset classes
Apply mentoring support and advice from experienced traders at Amplify as they continuously
monitor your performance and progression
See how in reality standard economic theory may not apply within an expected timeframe
and the resulting challenge to risk management practices
Amplify will work with all trainees to help the prepare for the intensive week on the trading floor.
Trainees will be able to continue to use software and systems provided by Amplify Trading after the
training week to continue to apply lessons learned and develop their trading performance.
LOCATION
All traders on the one week evening programme will be invited onto their own desk on the trading floor
for the duration of the programme. Candidates can continue to develop their trading practices after the
short course through our state-of-the art virtual platform with a live link to our trading floor content and
discussions.
Above left, institutional trading platform. Above right, Amplify Tradings news service and virtual trading room
TRADING PLATFORM
All our traders are set up with the institutional trading software that is used throughout all top level trading
floors around the globe. Traders view in real time the assets in their trading portfolio, with prices, orders and
fills being updated by the microsecond. The direct market access trading platform (above) with level two
visibility allows over 150 technical analysis functions to be applied.
Traders will be introduced to quantitative trading methods to back-test their strategies and will be shown how
to incorporate our series of proprietary trading algorithms and analysis software to better assess price
opportunity.
TESTIMONIALS OF WORK
Institutional Feedback
Truly a highlight of training. The facilitators were incredibly prepared and the interface advanced. This
was simply the best and most important part of training.
Kellie Burke, Bank of America Merrill Lynch VP, Global Markets Learning
MONDAY: EQUITIES
OBJECTIVE: To understand what factors drive todays financial markets and to become familiar
with the trading platform. Implement risk limits and basic technical analysis in US equity indices.
18:00 - 21:00
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19:00 - 19:45
19:45 - 21:00
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19:45 - 21:00
Candidates trade major FX currency pairs and non USD currency crosses
WEDNESDAY: COMMODITIES
18:00 - 21:00
OBJECTIVE: To apply a practical understanding of price discovery in energy markets. To understand the basics behind price drivers including geopolitics, weather patterns and changing supply
fundamentals such as US shale gas production.
18:00 - 19:00
19:00 - 19:45
Contemporary global commodity drivers; commodity prices and the impact on correlated assets;
Technical Analysis : Fibonacci retracement, MACD and Pivot Points
19:45 - 21:00
OBJECTIVE: To learn about bond markets and their importance for the global financial system.
To trade US government Treasury bonds and to apply more advanced technical analysis tools.
18:00 - 21:00
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19:00 - 19:45
19:45 - 21:00
OBJECTIVE: To trade all assets simultaneously keeping to all risk management protocols set. To
gain an insight to the behavioural pressures on trading decisions.
18:00 - 21:00
18:00 - 19:00
19:00 - 19:45
19:45 - 21:00
This one week programme incorporates the main themes delivered in our longer programmes at a
more accessible level on a part time basis. The training fees for the programme for 2014 are 750.00
for the full week including all VAT and system costs. Throughout the year of 2014 we plan to have only
six start dates available for the five day programme and please bear in mind space will be limited to
twelve candidates for each intake.
Please contact us to reserve a place, alternatively please use this registration link.
Yours sincerely,
William de Lucy
Managing Director
Spend each evening on our trading floor as you go through the one week programme