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FREE WEBINAR: 1ST FEBRUARY: TRADE IDEAS WITH A FOREX PROFESSIONAL
We are glad to introduce John Hopson to our webinar class today. He has 42 years of wealth and knowledge in the forex industry, futures, options, gold, silver. Come register with us at our webinar today and learn from one of the Pros!
Join our class later at 12:00-13:00 London Time (GMT 0)
http://www.gdmfx.com/hermes-academy/trading-central/
JOHN HOPSON
PROFESSIONAL TRADER – SPECULATOR
SUMMARY 42 years of worldwide expertise in the following areas:
1) Trading options and futures.
2) Speculation in foreign exchange and precious metals (gold and silver).
3) Consulting services to international banks and brokerage firms in futures market strategy, computerized trading techniques.
SPECIAL SKILLS AND APTITUDES
Professional Money Manager
• Understands fundamentals, functions and operations of the marketplace.
• Expertise in floor trading, market making and arbitrage.
• Aware of the money making aspects of various markets; able to identify market potential (currencies, gold and silver).
• Successful strategies in forecasting prices, buying and selling accordingly.
EDUCATION
Complete Practice of Foreign Trade at Export-Import College of N.S.W. and Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Accounting, Cost-Accounting and Company Secretaryship at Hemingway – Robertson Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
COMMITTEE EXPERIENCE
Member of Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s Currency Committees.
TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS
Conducted courses in:
• Foreign Exchange and Interest Rate Futures.
• Futures and Options.
• Technical Analysis.
• Art of Floor Trading.
Institutions taught at:
• Chicago School of Finance.
• Illinois Institute of Technology’s School of Business Administration.
• Oakton Community College.
Trained floor traders and administrative personnel in Foreign Exchange (FX) Markets at Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE).
PUCBLICATIONS
Authored the following manuals published by the Chicago School of Finance:
• “An Intensive Course in Foreign Exchange for Professional Traders” and “FX Options- What Are They – Why Use Them – Who Needs Them”
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
• Appeared on “Ask the Expert” TV Show, Channel 26, Chicago.
• Speaker and lecturer at conferences, seminars and other meetings at international levels.
• Quoted in “Report on Business” of the “Globe and Mail,” Canada’s leading national newspaper.
EXPERIENCE
1985 to Present
FULL TIME FOREX AND GOLD TRADER
1987 – 1989
Levesque BeaubienGeoffrion / National Bank, Toronto: Consultant to Money Market Desk
• Trained personnel internally and clients’ offices.
• Trader company’s futures and options accounts.
• Developed institutional interest in options and futures.
• Managed clients’ money.
• Hedged bonds, money market and institutional equity positions.
• Tested and marketed trading systems.
• Created bank’s institutional risk management business strategies.
1988
Credit Union Central of Ontario
• Custom designed intensive three weeks’ options and futures training program.
1987
Bank of Nova Scotia, North American Investment Banking Division, Toronto
• Structured and taught custom designed 13 – week training for risk managers, including floor trading in Chicago.
• Prepared training manual for corporate service officers of the bank.
1986-1987
Levesque Beaubien, Inc., Montreal: Consultant to International Financial Services Division
• Developed management information systems to control clients’ trading positions, monitor margin requirements, calculate net liquidating values, etc.
• Trained staff in systems operation during its implementation.
• Developed option trading strategies.
1986
The Montrial Exchange, Mercantile Division, Montreal: Special Consultant to the Board of Directors
• Undertook a project to develop exchange traded foreign currency spot contracts.
1982-1985
INDEPENDENT CURRENCY AND GOLD TRADER AND SPECULATOR
Member of:
• Chicago Board of Trade.
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
• Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX).
Traded on both the floor itself and upstairs.
1981
INTEREST RATE FUTURE SPECIALIST
Employed by : E.F. Hutton & Company, Hamburg, Germany.
1979 – 1980
SELF – EMPLOYED INVESTOR – TRADER
Carried out trading activities in Tokyo, Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale and the Cayman Islands.
1976 – 1979
INDUSTRIAL EXECUTIVE, MANAGER & DIRECTOR
Employed by: ICC Group as:
• Commercial Representative for ICC Industries, Inc., New York, covering Far East Region.
• Representative Director of ICC (Trading) KK, Tokyo.
• General Manager of the Seoul, Korea Branch Office of ICC HandelsA.G., Zug, Switzerland.
We are glad to introduce John Hopson to our webinar class today. He has 42 years of wealth and knowledge in the forex industry, futures, options, gold, silver. Come register with us at our webinar today and learn from one of the Pros!
Join our class later at 12:00-13:00 London Time (GMT 0)
http://www.gdmfx.com/hermes-academy/trading-central/
JOHN HOPSON
PROFESSIONAL TRADER – SPECULATOR
SUMMARY 42 years of worldwide expertise in the following areas:
1) Trading options and futures.
2) Speculation in foreign exchange and precious metals (gold and silver).
3) Consulting services to international banks and brokerage firms in futures market strategy, computerized trading techniques.
SPECIAL SKILLS AND APTITUDES
Professional Money Manager
• Understands fundamentals, functions and operations of the marketplace.
• Expertise in floor trading, market making and arbitrage.
• Aware of the money making aspects of various markets; able to identify market potential (currencies, gold and silver).
• Successful strategies in forecasting prices, buying and selling accordingly.
EDUCATION
Complete Practice of Foreign Trade at Export-Import College of N.S.W. and Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Accounting, Cost-Accounting and Company Secretaryship at Hemingway – Robertson Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
COMMITTEE EXPERIENCE
Member of Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s Currency Committees.
TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS
Conducted courses in:
• Foreign Exchange and Interest Rate Futures.
• Futures and Options.
• Technical Analysis.
• Art of Floor Trading.
Institutions taught at:
• Chicago School of Finance.
• Illinois Institute of Technology’s School of Business Administration.
• Oakton Community College.
Trained floor traders and administrative personnel in Foreign Exchange (FX) Markets at Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE).
PUCBLICATIONS
Authored the following manuals published by the Chicago School of Finance:
• “An Intensive Course in Foreign Exchange for Professional Traders” and “FX Options- What Are They – Why Use Them – Who Needs Them”
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
• Appeared on “Ask the Expert” TV Show, Channel 26, Chicago.
• Speaker and lecturer at conferences, seminars and other meetings at international levels.
• Quoted in “Report on Business” of the “Globe and Mail,” Canada’s leading national newspaper.
EXPERIENCE
1985 to Present
FULL TIME FOREX AND GOLD TRADER
1987 – 1989
Levesque BeaubienGeoffrion / National Bank, Toronto: Consultant to Money Market Desk
• Trained personnel internally and clients’ offices.
• Trader company’s futures and options accounts.
• Developed institutional interest in options and futures.
• Managed clients’ money.
• Hedged bonds, money market and institutional equity positions.
• Tested and marketed trading systems.
• Created bank’s institutional risk management business strategies.
1988
Credit Union Central of Ontario
• Custom designed intensive three weeks’ options and futures training program.
1987
Bank of Nova Scotia, North American Investment Banking Division, Toronto
• Structured and taught custom designed 13 – week training for risk managers, including floor trading in Chicago.
• Prepared training manual for corporate service officers of the bank.
1986-1987
Levesque Beaubien, Inc., Montreal: Consultant to International Financial Services Division
• Developed management information systems to control clients’ trading positions, monitor margin requirements, calculate net liquidating values, etc.
• Trained staff in systems operation during its implementation.
• Developed option trading strategies.
1986
The Montrial Exchange, Mercantile Division, Montreal: Special Consultant to the Board of Directors
• Undertook a project to develop exchange traded foreign currency spot contracts.
1982-1985
INDEPENDENT CURRENCY AND GOLD TRADER AND SPECULATOR
Member of:
• Chicago Board of Trade.
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
• Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX).
Traded on both the floor itself and upstairs.
1981
INTEREST RATE FUTURE SPECIALIST
Employed by : E.F. Hutton & Company, Hamburg, Germany.
1979 – 1980
SELF – EMPLOYED INVESTOR – TRADER
Carried out trading activities in Tokyo, Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale and the Cayman Islands.
1976 – 1979
INDUSTRIAL EXECUTIVE, MANAGER & DIRECTOR
Employed by: ICC Group as:
• Commercial Representative for ICC Industries, Inc., New York, covering Far East Region.
• Representative Director of ICC (Trading) KK, Tokyo.
• General Manager of the Seoul, Korea Branch Office of ICC HandelsA.G., Zug, Switzerland.
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