Can anyone who's taken the course explain this to me ?
Why does he spend so much time 'drilling from the top down' to find the state of the economy, then the most profitable sector to invest in ...... but then ultimately remove all sector gain by hedging his investments
Every trade is hedged, for example Goldman Sachs Long, JP Morgan short
So what you have is just one company's performance against another. It doesn't even matter if the sector goes up or down, as long as GS goes up more than JPM, or JPM goes down more than GS, then there would be profit.
So what is the point in researching the economy, and finding a sector you think there will be growth. In the above example it doesn't matter what happens to the banking sector, because all the risk (and the benefit) of investing in that sector has been removed. It's just two companies competing against each other
Can anyone who's taken the course explain this to me ?
Why does he spend so much time 'drilling from the top down' to find the state of the economy, then the most profitable sector to invest in ...... but then ultimately remove all sector gain by hedging his investments
Every trade is hedged, for example Goldman Sachs Long, JP Morgan short
So what you have is just one company's performance against another. It doesn't even matter if the sector goes up or down, as long as GS goes up more than JPM, or JPM goes down more than GS, then there would be profit.
So what is the point in researching the economy, and finding a sector you think there will be growth. In the above example it doesn't matter what happens to the banking sector, because all the risk (and the benefit) of investing in that sector has been removed. It's just two companies competing against each other
He is a charlatan pure and simple. No, a totally disgusting slimeball.
Many really successful traders WILL give away their methods and techniques for free. (Just have a look around, if you havent already).
Amusingly, the Open Source community where so much useful stuff is free has always been rife with shyshters who re-package free systems for immoral profits. Put a good system on GitHub and the first contacts would be marketers saying, "take it off... we can sell it!"
I wouldn't be so conteptuous of him, if he put his re-cycled garbage in a book and sold it for $10. I might even praise him then. But $10,000 mentoring?
And the 'good' Lord is a millionaire? Yeah right.
I watched the TV series when it first went out. I haven't taken this course. It might be brilliant. But if Anton is a great private trader, why does he need a second job?
Clearly there's a business component to what he is doing in terms of selling the courses and mentoring, but from meeting him, I also get the sense of a bit of altruism to help introduce retail traders to methods used by professional investment bank and hedge fund traders. After taking the course and meeting him, I have nothing but positive things to say about both
Well, on face value, all credit to anyone who wishes to see the failure rate of novice traders reduce from the 90 or whatever % it is currently. But selling something at a high price so that more people can have access to it doesn't make sense to my narrow mind. And my word, this message would reach far more newbie traders if it was free, say via a YouTube channel - or maybe even a traders' forum.
I am distrustful of all traders who turn trainers, I know nothing negative about Anton.
Hello,
I have been told by someone who took the course that it is completely not worth it,
For 3000 $ he will basically tell you almost the same thing as what you can find in this book for 25$
The Secrets of Economic Indicators: Hidden Clues to Future Economic Trends and Investment Opportunities (3rd Edition): Bernard Baumohl: 9780132932073: Amazon.com: Books
Actually the book covers more macro indicators than he does in his videos.
I dont think that someone should be paid 3000$ for explaining what each indicator means for the economy.
Sounds like the $25 book at Amazon would be the best option for you in that case.
Why waste 25$? Let alone 3000$.
Even websites like investopedia and investing.com explain every economic indicator for free.
So trust me, for someone's who's done the CFA, I can certify you that whatever Lord Anton thought you about stocks isn't a piece of the pie and will make you look like an absolute idiot talking about your world view and how you predict stocks direction to hedge funds.
Did you really think no one knew except Anton that if NFP is green and PMIs are green you should short the market?
Out of curiousity have you taken either of this two courses ?
Nope but a close friend of mine took it and told me about the content.
Needless to say, he regrets every dollar wasted.
I did watch a couple of his youtube videos claiming how he can get you in Hedge Funds blablabla.
to get in those places you have to be a career finance guy, with the right high class education + summer internships + Analyst positions in Bulge Brackets + specialize in a coverage group for an industry + interview with headhunters for lateral moves to Buy side specialized in the same sector you covered as an analyst for 2~3 years.
NOT THROUGH THE INSTITUTE OF TRAVEL MANAGEMENT