About Us

Clive is the founder, and continues to be the main contributor, for FuturesTechs. He has been in the City for 22 years, has been in the Futures Market for 18 years as a Broker and Trader, and has been writing Technical Analysis for 8 years.

He is an active Board Member of the U.K. Society of Technical Analysts. He has spoken at several of the Society's monthly meetings and has also been enlisted as a regular lecturer on the Society's annual Diploma Course, covering a wide range of subjects over the years!

He has taught technical analysis around the world, numbering 7City Learning and the CME Group among his clients in this respect.

He has had articles published in various Technical Analysis publications is regularly quoted on Dow Jones Newswires, as well as appearing on CNBC.

He is married with three children, the eldest of which regularly beats him at Golf! He has been a keen Southend United supporter for 25 years, something that's been a real struggle at times!

He is currently writing a book; "Candlestick Charts"  that is due for release by Harriman House in the second half of 2008.

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Jon Beddell writes the FuturesTechs' FOREX report, he has been a financial market trader for 10 years, starting his career as a stockbroker. He has also been a futures trader and investment advisor in the city.

His investment philosophy draws heavily on technical analysis, and he continues to spend time developing trading systems for his own account, and writing for Futurestechs. In early 2004 he had an article published in appliederivatives predicting the bull run in the gold market.

Jon is also the managing director of Tor Currency Exchange Ltd, a foreign exchange brokerage providing commercial exchange rates, market analysis and corporate risk management services to companies with foreign currency exposure.

Jon is married, and a keen glider pilot, spending his free time trying to find his way back to the airfield. It's just as well his navigation of the F markets is more accurate than his flying!