Gavin Holmes
Over the last 12 years Gavin Holmes has become recognized as a worldwide expert in Volume Spread Analysis methodology (VSA) and market manipulation. In 2002, Gavin Holmes had the good fortune to meet Tom Williams and quickly became his Protégée.
Tom was a former syndicate trader who traded with one of the largest stock trading funds in America during the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. Gavin has been trading the FOREX markets for 12 years and is an expert in analysing "tick volume" to follow the trading activity of the large banks, hedge funds and institutional money, also known as "Smart Money". Gavin is author of the book “Trading in the Shadow of the Smart Money.” In the book Gavin discusses how manipulation of the financial markets has been around since the inception of the financial system.
Gavin poses the question whether market manipulation is positive or negative for the function of the markets. Gavin is CEO of The TradeGuider International - the Company which develops, distributes and supports the growing range of VSA software, educational services and trading activities to over 4,500 Customers across 35 Countries.