Lex van Dam Financial Education

Meet Lex van Dam.

Born in the Netherlands, Lex van Dam is one of the UK’s most respected hedge fund managers, as well as a leading financial educator. He began his professional career in 1992, trading stocks for Goldman Sachs where he worked for ten years, latterly as head of the equities proprietary trading desk. After that he ran money at GLG, which at the time, was Europe’s largest hedge fund. From 2007 onwards he has been a hedge fund manager at Hampstead Capital LLP.

‘Trading is what I do for living. Financial education is my way of giving back to society.’

Lex van Dam Financial Education

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Apr 16, 2013

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‘Why Do I Teach?’ Lex van Dam

‘My day job is running a hedge fund, which is incredibly challenging, but is something I love doing for a living.

Whenever I can, I speak at financial educational events, and I am constantly writing financial and trading learning material for my global followers. With limited time, but having made a promise to stay close to those who work hard and need my guidance, I have integrated social media into my daily life. I keep all my followers up-to-date with my own insights about financial markets several times a day on Twitter.

As I have mentioned, my Academy makes no fake promises and I do not allow aggressive email marketing with up-sells.

By adhering to these high ethical and professional standards, and communicating through social media, it is your choice whether or not to join us. By investing in online tools to allow you to learn independently I am dedicated to completing a larger mission: to bring more transparency to the financial education world, and to teach you everything the experts know, and perhaps more. In these economically difficult times, only by working a lot harder and learning more about what is happening around us, can we increase our chances of financial independence. Lex van Dam Financial Education and the Lex van Dam Trading Academy are my way of giving back to society the best way I can.’

The Proof:

2009 Creator and financier of BBC’s Million Dollar Traders television program.

2009 Author of the UK’s bestselling book How to Make Money Trading.

2009 Founder of the world’s first Online Trading Academy with one course, 5-Step-Trading®. Bringing his own experience from ‘the City’ closer to ordinary people with no third-party involvement, its no-nonsense, honest and direct approach has helped the Academy gain a worldwide following.

2012 Updated and revised version of How to Make Money Trading: Everything You Need to Know To Control Your Own Financial Future.

2012 Founder of Lex van Dam Financial Education. Long-term goals include contributing to the quality and objectiveness of the financial education industry.

Lex van Dam is a regular public speaker at various local and international events, frequently quoted on CNN, Reuters and Bloomberg. To see what he is up to please check our Newsroom or follow Lex’s official account on Twitter: @lexvandam.