New York City | April 18, 2018
Futures Forward:
The Trader’s Guide to Market Psychology and Emerging Tech
Futures Forward is a new Bloomberg series, meant to inspire and educate sophisticated retail investors, by giving them access to key players and winning strategies in an intimate invitation-only environment. Through main stage discussions and presentations, we will unfold the trader’s guide to market psychology and emerging technology.
Make the most of today’s market
Futures Forward is a new Bloomberg series, meant to inspire and educate sophisticated retail investors, by giving them access to key players and winning strategies in an intimate invitation-only environment. Through main stage discussions and presentations, we will unfold the trader’s guide to market psychology and emerging technology.
During this evening networking program kicking off in New York, Bloomberg will leverage the full power of its data and insights to help give delegates a true sense of the power, and psychology, behind their trading decisions and appetite for risk.
Additionally, we will examine what markets are telling us through the lens of growing technology. Through futures trading vehicles, market-making strategies, and intelligent data-gathering, we’ll look to identify how investors can make the most of today’s market.
April 18 - Wednesday
Registration and Networking Reception
Opening Remarks
Speaker
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David Hartney
Managing Director and Global Head of Client Development & Sales, CME Group
Keynote Session
Speaker
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Dr. Doug Hirschhorn, Ph.D.
Performance Advisor, Author of "Trading Psychology Playbook"
What are the markets telling us?
From S&P 500 to energy to precious metals, there's a futures vehicle for hedging or that can increase an active trader's liquidity in the markets, while giving them leverage; helping them to add alpha in an efficient way. In this presentation, Bloomberg Intelligence Chief Commodity Strategist, Mike McGlone, will take a deep dive into the Bloomberg terminal, showing you the story behind the charts, including:
- Market Outlook and some potential strategies
- What the predictive nature of futures can mean to your overall portfolio
- How investors use futures curves to make calls
Speaker
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Mike McGlone
Senior Commodity Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence
The rise of AI research
In this next wave of investing, humans needs to team up with machine more than ever. With the goal of locating winning strategies, and of course making a profit, investors need to consider how technology can be leveraged in today's market. Whether it is mining satellite images of parking lots for more accurate data on foot traffic, or assigning a machine to weigh the effects of a social media storm on a public company, financial firms are tapping into facets of artificial intelligence to gain an edge on the competition. Getting an exclusive view from the leaders utilizing this research technology can only keep you a step ahead.
Moderator
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Abigail Doolittle
Host "Charting Futures", Bloomberg Television
Speakers
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Joyce Chang
Global Head of Research, J.P. Morgan
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Barry Ritholtz
Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC
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Caroline Sherman
Vice President Investment Product Strategy, Quantopian
Closing Remarks, Networking Reception
Event Concludes
Speakers

Joyce Chang
Global Head of Research J.P. Morgan
Abigail Doolittle
Host "Charting Futures" Bloomberg Television
Dr. Doug Hirschhorn, Ph.D.
Performance Advisor, Author of "Trading Psychology Playbook"
Mike McGlone
Senior Commodity Analyst Bloomberg Intelligence
Barry Ritholtz
Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC
Caroline Sherman
Vice President Investment Product Strategy Quantopian
David Hartney
Managing Director and Global Head of Client Development & Sales CME Group