Meet the team
Meet the algorithmic trading specialists behind Better Trader Academy:
Andrew Swanscott
Andrew has 13 years of trading experience, and after trying almost every trading style known to man in his early trading career, he now focuses on Mean Reversion trading.
Andrew lives in Melbourne , Australia and trades both the Australian stock market and the US Futures markets.
Andrew is also the host of the Better System Trader podcast – the only podcast dedicated to systematic trading.
Tomas Nesnidal
Tomas has been a full-time trader for over 11 years and now specialises in Breakout strategies and Market Internals.
He originally comes from the Czech Republic but currently lives in a beautiful resort right by the beach in Costa Del Sol, Spain.
In 2017, Tomas launched his own Hedge Fund specializing in breakout trading techniques.
Robert Pardo
Bob has 30+ years of trading experience and has won numerous industry awards for outstanding trading performance.
In 2008, Bob was crowned Futures magazines “Trader of the Year” with an amazing +142.02% return in his award winning fund Pardo Capital and was #2 in the Top 20 CTA list according to Barclay Managed Funds.
Bob is the author of the book ‘The Evaluation and Optimization of Trading Systems’ and also invented Walk Forward Analysis, a powerful technique now used my many top traders and money managers around the world.
Martin Lembak
Martin is a veteran broker with over 15 years of trading experience, executing hundreds of different trading systems for Striker Securities, a leading brokerage firm in the United States.
Martin holds a Masters Degree in Economics, is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and has a bunch of other certifications, so many we can’t keep up!
Martin is very passionate about quantitative trading and through his experience and insights has helped many traders of all different skill levels to become even better traders.
Jan Lesanovsky
Jan is not only a trader but a guru with computers, helping to keep everything running smoothly at Better Trader Academy.
Jan holds a Masters Degree in mechanical engineering and originally comes from the Czech Republic but now lives in Cornwall, England.