I was born in Birmingham, of Irish parents whose family roots are from Co Tipperary, Eire.  I joined the British Army from school and became both Commando & Para trained, serving in Norway, Denmark, Germany, N. Ireland & Falkland Islands, where I was decorated for bravery.  As a keen sportsman I represented both Royal Engineers and British Army at football.

After leaving the forces to enter the “Sales World”, I developed a number of sales teams in the Finance sector and am currently running a Mortgage & Insurance company.  I manage a small property portfolio and Trade the Forex markets.  I am an avid Manchester United follower, travelling across Europe to follow their success and partial to Michael Buble on the karaoke.

I started trading 5 years ago after reading the book “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki and realising how little I knew about “Investing”.  I started to learn Trading by attending various courses and after learning the basics of investing and trading I chose to concentrate on the Forex markets.  It was around 2007 that I met Javid and Anne and undertook their Forex Apprenticeship.  Since then I completed all the Dynamic Trader Training and progressed forward to contribute towards the blogs on a regular basis.  I will admit to learning more on the Dynamic Trader courses than all the other courses put together and have also undergone a number of “Anthony Robins” seminars as suggested by Javid and Anne, which helps with the psychology side of my trading.  I would describe myself as an “Aggressive Trader” and my military discipline helps me sticking to the Dynamic Trader trading rules.

I enjoy travel to Tenerife, a favourite resting hole.

Trading analysis by John Maher