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One of Asia's top thinkers influencers in the online trading industry who has been featured regularly on CNBC and Bloomberg.

Mario's two best-selling books “17 Proven Currency Trading Strategies” and “Unlocking the World’s Largest Financial Secret” are endorsed by global billion-dollar fund managers like Dr. Mark Mobius, Executive Chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, and David Kotok, Chairman of Cumberland Advisors.

Topic: My secret to trading success!

Cornelius Luca is an internationally followed FX expert.  He has extensive experience in international finance both on the sell and the buy sides.

He traded all the major and exotic currencies. Cornelius has been primarily active in the spot market but also currency futures, forwards and options. In addition to trading, he has also advised numerous clients in the US and around the world.



Cornelius Luca authored "Trading in the Global Currencies Markets" published by Prentice Hall (3rd edition — 2007), a comprehensive analysis of the foreign exchange markets, instruments, players and methods of forecasting, and "Technical Analysis Applications in the Global Currencies Markets" also published by Prentice Hall, an exhaustive and unique coverage of currency chart analysis. He also authored "Technical Analysis Applications" which is published by McGraw-Hill, and "Introduction to Technical Analysis“ published by Euromoney.



He has taught courses at New York University, Pace University - Lubin School of Business Graduate Division, and at the New York Institute of Finance since 1990.

Topic: Trading FX like a pro

Atilio Bertoldi, a USGFX Australia Chief Forex Lecturer, he worked as a financial consultant for many years before stepping into Forex industry. He specializes in EAs and technical indicators analysis.

Topic: Where USGFX stands.

An enthusiastic educator, authoritative voice in price action trading and inspiring personal coach, Avramis Despotis has been immersed in the financial markets for over two decades. Founder and CEO of Tradepedia, he is an expert instructor in technical analysis, risk management and behavioural finance and has mentored over 20,000 private and institutional traders. His technical analysis reports and signals are sought after by clients and stock brokers across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He has educate over 20,000 Private and Institutional Traders and has accumulated over 20 years of experience.

Avramis is regularly called upon by top-tier global firms like Interarab Cambist Association (ICA), National Commercial Bank, Arab Bank, Emirates NBD, Abu Dhabi National Bank, MENACORP and more to provide expert-level training to their top traders, fund managers and risk assessors.

Avramis is a Certified Financial Technician from the International Federation of Technical Analysts, a member of the British Society of Technical Analysts, is certified by CySEC for Portfolio Management and Own Account Trading and holds an MSc. in Finance.

Topic: Trading FX with CFDs in 2018

Mario Pashardes is the Director of Asia and Chief Strategist of Tradepedia LLC.

He has a crucial role in generating successful technical market reports, creating new product lines, and using effective teaching techniques to coach traders of all levels. He has a strong background in quantitative analysis from his studies at the University of Southampton where he graduated with a BSc. in Economics and Econometrics. He is also schooled in organizational innovation using technology from his studies at Birkbeck, University of London where he received a MSc. in E-Business and Innovation. He is a Certified Financial Technician by the International Federation of Technical Analysts and a member of the British Society of Technical Analysts since 2011.

Over the past years under the guidance of his mentor, Mr Avramis Despotis, he has developed a highly disciplined approach towards investment strategies and has acquired considerable experience in the application and development of rigorous trading systems in Currency, Equities and Commodity Markets. His technical analysis reports are distributed to financial firms within the industry and used by traders worldwide on a daily basis.

He has been teaching Technical Analysis, Risk Management and Behavioural Finance to students ranging from beginners to institutional traders, private investors, and portfolio managers across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. His approach blends traditional and innovative teaching methods, allowing technical concepts and techniques to be communicated to students in a simple but highly

effective manner. Mr Pashardes’ approach to trading highlights the importance of continuous research and a deep understanding of global financial markets in order to achieve success. He focuses on evolving sustainable risk adjusted returns throughout the market cycles, whilst continuing to successfully prop trade in the forex and equity markets.

Head of expert technical graph
Full time trader since 2010.
FBS official technical analyst.
6 FBS Branches, 6 FBS Seminars, 40 Real market trading courses with more than 500 students.

Topic: Technical tools that Technical tools that work: workshop with real market examples.