Lex van Dam
Lex van Dam | |
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| Born | Template:Birth year and age Drachten, Netherlands |
| Occupation(s) | Professional investor, investment manager, author |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Known for | Hedge fund management, Million Dollar Traders documentary, The Lex van Dam Trading Academy |
Lex van Dam (born June 1968 in Drachten, Netherlands) is a Dutch professional investor, investment manager, and author with expertise in trading stocks, currencies, and financial derivatives. He operates out of London.
Van Dam pursued studies in econometrics and investment at the University of Groningen. His professional journey began in 1992 at Goldman Sachs, where he spent a decade trading equities and eventually led the proprietary trading desk. Afterward, he took on fund management responsibilities at GLG, which was Europe's largest hedge fund during that period. Since 2007, he has held the position of hedge fund manager at Hampstead Capital LLP based in London.
In 2009, van Dam featured in the BBC2 documentary series Million Dollar Traders, which recreated Richard Dennis’s 1980s "turtle trader" experiment. He allocated $1 million of his own funds to train eight beginners over an eight-week period. The project illustrated that individuals without prior experience could attain trading performance comparable to professionals, sometimes surpassing them during periods of market turbulence. The initiative sought to promote greater public interest in personal finance following the 2008 financial crisis.
Subsequent to the series, van Dam authored How to Make Money Trading to provide a detailed explanation of the trading techniques showcased.
In November 2010, he founded The Lex van Dam Trading Academy, delivering stock market education grounded in his exclusive 5-Step-Trading® system.
Additionally, van Dam collaborated with David Winner to translate Ajax, Barcelona, Cruyff, The ABC Of An Obstinate Maestro, a book about football icon Johan Cruyff written by Frits Barend and Henk van Dorp.