Pepperstone Talks 2024

Ali Crooks has been actively trading Indices, Forex, Commodities, and Index Futures since 2002. Since 2020, he has also been successfully managing an FCA-regulated fund in addition to his own portfolio. With over 10,000 hours of live trading and coaching experience since the establishment of TSC in 2008, Ali has honed his expertise. His extensive background includes live trading at numerous expos worldwide and sharing the stage with industry leaders. Renowned for his no-nonsense approach to trading and coaching, Ali Crooks stands out as a top authority in the field.

A professional currency trader with over 24 years of experience.

Mark has been an active trader since the early-2000s, with a focus on the development of robust discretionary short-term price action trading strategies.

A trend-following technical and algorithmic trader of the currency, commodity, equity and bond markets. Provider of multi-asset  market analysis written and video content, seeking to help traders improve technical analysis skills to master the financial markets.

Michael Brown is a seasoned market analyst, with a record of providing pertinent commentary, analysis, and forecasting across all major asset classes, principally through a global macro focus, over almost a decade in the financial services industry. He frequently appears in a wide range of UK and international media, discussing major risk events, key market trends, and broader macroeconomic themes. Michael holds an Executive MBA from Cranfield University.

Richard Matthews is closing in on 50 years of experience in the financial markets, having started as a board boy in 1973. Richard began his career ast a blue-chip stock broker then furthered his market education at money brokers RP Martin, as a deposit broker before setting up and managing a foreign exchange arbitrage desk. Richard then entered the nascent futures market by the mid-1990s, he had built one of the most successful Financial Futures operations in London and later sold that business to REFCO. He has since held senior positions at several foreign exchange companies, including Baydon Hill and Afex.

Adam Linton is the Head of the European desk at NewSquawk. An audio squawk service that keeps you updated on potential market moving news events. Both scheduled and unscheduled. Used by prop firms, funds and retail traders across the world.

Ryan entered the financial world bright-eyed and bushy-tailed over 30 years ago, when I stepped out of Bank station in the heart of London to begin my career at LME founding member Rudolf Wolff. Working his way from the back office, to dealing in LME warrants, and then to the main execution desk broking orders for customers across the LME and virtually every major global market. While at Wolff, an opportunity to help set up a new LIFFE operation was too good to turn down, and it wasn’t long before the pull of the pits had Ryan hooked and he became a “local” trading my own money. His first major trading lesson was realising that even with years of being involved in markets, it does not prepare you for trading with your own money. Forced to learn, and learn quickly, Ryan was fortunate to have some very good trading teachers, and continues to trade his own account to this day, while also passing on the knowledge and experience gained through his career, to help others realise their potential.