Lex van Dam
Lex van Dam is one of the UK's most respected hedge fund managers and leading financial educators. With over 20 years of experience in the trading industry, he is dubbed as the man who teaches traders how to trade. Lex is the Founder of SFO Alliance, the largest peer-to-peer community of single family office investment executives and principals. He is the Creator of the BBC TV series Million Dollar Traders and Founder of Lex van Dam Trading Academy, which teaches Lex's 5-Step-Trading methodology applied to stocks, currencies, commodities, and other technical trading strategies. Today, he continues to teach trading and investing to an ever-growing global following of novice and experienced traders.
Lex van Dam Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder
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Founder
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Head of Proprietary Trading Desk
Academic History
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M.Sc., Econometrics and Investments
TRADING
Lex gained prominence for his appearance on BBC's Million Dollar Traders, where he put up $1M dollars of his own capital to teach novice traders to become profitable.
His Million Dollar Traders is a comprehensive and practical trading course that offers valuable insights into the world of professional trading.
He is a short-term swing trader with a diversified portfolio specializing in equities, currencies, and financial derivatives.
He is frequently quoted on CNN, Reuters, Financial Times, and Bloomberg.
EARLY CAREER
Lex began his career at Goldman Sachs in New York and London where he ran the firm's proprietary trading desk.
He later moved to GLG, Europe's largest hedge fund, where he ran the European Opportunities Fund.
He was an Investment Manager at Hampstead Capital, where he focused on equities, real estate, credit, fixed income, equity long-short, portfolio management, and risk.
At Rinkelberg Capital, a Dutch SFO, he focused on sourcing investment deals.