Chris Weston
Head of Research
Chris Weston is our Head of Research and holds over 24 years of experience in the industry. As a highly respected financial services expert, Chris has supported both retail and institutional clients at IG, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley, covering research as well as sales and trading roles. His extensive exposure to the FX, equities and fixed income markets puts him in a unique position to provide inspiring insights, research, ideas and risk-management strategies that support every step of your trading journey. Based in Australia, Chris is a well-known global media figure, regularly appearing on Bloomberg, Bloomberg Arabia, Channel News Asia and Sky News Business.
Most recent articles
Limit up and limit down explained
Limit down and limit up are a factor many traders have come to know quite well through recent times of volatility in equity m

Five ways to survive extreme volatility
When we combine leverage and incredible movement in financial markets, we need to adapt our approach. Otherwise, we run the r
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