01RiskThe Boring Edge
Most rooms expect a strategy. This talk gives them a number instead: the most they are prepared to lose on one idea, one day and one month. Idris walks through position sizing with a live, simulated account on screen, shows how quickly leverage turns a normal losing streak into a closed account, and ends with a one-line rule every person in the room writes down before they leave.
The audience leaves with
- A personal maximum loss per trade, per day and per month
- Position size worked out from risk, not from conviction
- What leverage does to a losing streak, shown on a simulated account
- Audience
- New and improving retail traders; mixed rooms at expos
- Length
- 40–50 min keynote · 2.5 hr workshop
- Topic
- Risk
02Market structureWho Is on the Other Side of Your Trade?
Bid, ask, spread, liquidity, sessions, slippage: the words every trader uses and few can explain. Idris takes the audience from the interbank market to the order ticket on their phone, using a hand-drawn map of who quotes, who fills and who pays. No jargon is left undefined and no instrument is recommended. Organisers use it to open education days because it levels the room.
The audience leaves with
- How a quote is formed and what the spread pays for
- Why the same pair behaves differently by session
- What to read in a broker's order-execution policy
- Audience
- Beginners and expo walk-ins; strong opener for an education day
- Length
- 30–45 min keynote · 60 min webinar
- Topic
- Market structure
03ProcessA Plan That Fits on One Page
A workshop, not a lecture. Attendees build a one-page plan in five blocks: markets, hours, setups, risk and review. Idris works the room table by table, then shows how a simple journal turns a month of trades into three honest lessons. Printed worksheets are supplied for up to xxx people; a PDF version works for webinars.
The audience leaves with
- A finished one-page trading plan
- A journal template and a weekly review routine
- A list of the three questions to ask before any order
- Audience
- Seminar groups, broker education days, trading clubs
- Length
- 2–3 hr workshop · 90 min webinar
- Topic
- Process
04PsychologyYour Worst Trade Is Already Scheduled
Every trader will meet a run of losses; the only open question is what they do next. Idris uses anonymised journal entries and a few uncomfortable audience polls to show how revenge trading starts, then hands over a short set of stopping rules. Calm, funny and honest. It is the talk organisers most often book for a closing slot.
The audience leaves with
- Three early signs of tilt, in your own journal
- Written stopping rules for the day and the week
- How to review a losing streak without rewriting the plan
- Audience
- Traders with some live experience; closing keynotes and panels
- Length
- 35–45 min keynote · 50 min panel
- Topic
- Psychology