Overview

Participants will obtain in-depth knowledge on how professional traders perform intraday trading, advanced charting, set trading parameters, and utilise money management techniques to trade the markets. The training sessions include hands-on trading, review of trading results as well as professional mentoring from the trainer.

Target Participants

• Traders with 2 to 3 years of futures trading experience or have a good understanding of futures trading, such as having attended the futures trading foundation programme.

Expected Result

• Develop essential professional trading skill sets
• Build a strong foundation in advanced charting techniques, setting trading parameters and money management techniques

About the trainer

Leonard Kok became a full-time SIMEX futures trader in 1989 and has since established a highly successful professional trading track record. Leonard is credited to be among the pioneer group of market makers and liquidity providers which contributed to the current success of Nikkei 225, MSCI Taiwan, SiMSCI and Nifty Futures. As a highly regarded professional trader and equipped with the advance trading know-hows, this programme is essential for those who aspire to pursue a successful professional trading career.

Course Duration

4 Full Days

Course Fees

S$3,000 per participant

Course Outline

Session 1

• Elements of Successful Trading
  1. Mind
     1. Essential psychological conditioning (internal and external)
     2. The fine line between trading and gambling
  2. Professional money management
     1. Compartmentalising capital
        1. Risk Capital
        2. Apportioning
        3. Protection
     2. Concept of compounding profits
  3. Method - using technical analysis
     1. Psychology of chart analysis
     2. Charting: Basic tools
        1. Candlestick/bar charts
        2. Dow theory
        3. Moving averages
        4. Fibonacci numbers
        5. Signal and trigger
     3. Charting: Functional tools
        1. Putting basics tools together for intra-day trading

Session 2

• Practice Using the Tools and Development of Trading Strategies
  1. Analyse market opportunities
  2. Practical set-up on screen for trading
     1. Identifying trade set-up
     2. Differentiating low/high risk zone
     3. Capturing trade signal and trigger
• Interactive Charting and Practical Identifications of Trades
• Hands-on Participation
• Size Matters on How and When to Compound
• The 3 stages of Turning Professional

Session 3

• Live Trading and Mentoring of Participants
• Development of Candidates Trading Profile
• Review of Candidates' Trades and Identification of Strenghts and Weaknessess

Follow-up Sessions

• Weekly Review of Trades for the First Month
• Monthly Review for the Subsequent Two Months
• Forming Sub-group to Monitor and Enforce Mutual Traders' Performance Pertaining to All Trading Rules (Optional)
• Mentor Team to Provide Assistance