FX FX MANAGERS Garen Ovsepyan
Portfolio Manager and Managing Director SHARPE+SIGNA LLC
Interview by JCI for FX Trader Magazine
Garen Ovsepyan talks about the challenges and opportunities that Forex trading offers, and how Sharpe+Signa’s strategy, which includes technical analysis, fundamentals, market intelligence as well as some quantitative analysis, is implemented in a fully discretionary way. He explains that the main strengths of the company are the diversities and complementarities of the trading team, as well as the capacity to simplify the risk management process.
INTERVIEW
FXTM How long have you been trading foreign exchange for and what first attracted you to this industry? Tell us about your career evolution?
GO I originally started working in FX in 2002 as a research associate. I helped setting up and managing a prop desk here in the LA area, managing money for UHNWI and some wealthy families in the Middle East and Asia. I subsequently
received a small
allocation and proceeded to focus on managing and trading my own portfolio. After about a year and half, in 2004, I realized my personality was best suited for medium/longer term trading, an approach I’ve since remained faithful to.
62 FX TRADER MAGAZINE January - March 2014
Strategy Location
SHARPE+SIGNA Managed Currency Series USA, UK, NZ
Assets Under Management $140MM Type Style
Instruments Traded Currencies
Discretionary Market Neutral FX
G10 & EMFX
FXTM What do you particularly like about your job?
GO I love the fact that no two days are ever similar to each other. Every day presents unique opportunities and forces you to look at the markets in a different way. What worked in the past
is definitely not guaranteed to work in the
future. You must be always alert, flexible, and ready to expect the unexpected.
FXTM In which way is trading currencies different from trading other financial instruments?
GO When trading currencies, one can find opportunities at all times.
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