Trading

New trading platforms and future fintech.

The sharp rally that has started at the beginning of November in the equity markets is still running even if a bit tired after six weeks. Not all the sectors performed the same, this is normal, but the differences in this bullish wave have been particularly strong.

Leonteq is one of the leading platforms for investment products in Switzerland, with currently more than 2’000 listed products. The company continuously improves its infrastructure in order to increase the variety and transparency in the structured products market for all investors. To come closer to reaching this goal and to meet client demand for ever more individual solutions Leonteq Securities started offering the first versions of Constructor since the spring of 2008. The Constructor is primarily designed for institutional clients, such as full service banks and private banks, asset managers, insurance companies and pension funds.

Do not be afraid.This is not a piece on philosophy.
It is a very short essay on one of the market themes I am more emotionally attached: active investing.
The reason is straightforward: I am an active investor. In an era of ever-rising prominence of passive investing, I want to spend few words defending the social usefulness of my work and the one of my fellow colleagues that put all their brains in the tough but fascinating world of active investing.
At this stage, you probably wonder what would be the link with Immanuel Kant in the title. It is stronger than you think.

After the 2007/2008 crisis that led the financial markets to chaos, there was an urge for the implementation of regulatory reforms to recreate a stable and efficient financial system. In reaction, the U.S.A. passed the of Dodd-Frank Act in 2010, and the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (“EMIR”) in 2012 in the US and EU respectively are some examples of how the Regulators aim to set strict rules for the entire financial system in view of avoiding another crisis.

During this seminar we will analyze the current market trend on major stock indices, currency pairs and commodities using a combination of Macro and technical analysis. You will also familiarize with a number of tools, indicators and methodology useful to profit in financial markets

In his last webinar, Ashraf Laidi, financial analyst and trader, author of "Currency Trading & Intermarket Analysis", has analyzed different financial instruments, using technical analysis and seasonality.
In particular Ashraf Laidi focused on what will be the future movements of EUR/USD, Oil and USD/CAD prices.
Particularly timely was the forecast on Oil which, a few hours after the webinar, felt below the threshold of 50 dollars a barrel.

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