Gregory John Secker is an English "forex trader" and instructor. He has written several books including Financial Freedom Through Forex and Trading Your Way to Success, as well as contributing to The Book of Success: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Success. He is also known for founding companies including Learn To Trade, Capital Index, FX Capital and SmartCharts Software. In 2010, Secker founded the non-profit organization, The Greg Secker Foundation.
Early life and education
Secker was born in Norfolk in 1975. In 1997, Secker attended the University of Nottingham and studied Agricultural and Food Sciences.
Career
During the mid-1990s, Secker was a trading technologist at Thomas Cook Financial Services, where he developed foreign exchange trading systems. He received the British Telecom Award for innovation in e-commerce in 1998 after creating the Virtual Trading Desk, an online forex trading platform. At the age of 25, Secker became Vice President at Mellon Financial Corporation, and learned from financial traders. He retired from the company in 2003 to become a full-time forex trader, by setting up a trading floor in his living room. Secker started to mentor people on trading strategies in his home and founded the Knowledge to Action Group. In 2010, Secker founded the non-profit organization, The Greg Secker Foundation, to "positively improve the quality of life of people around the world." The organization also partners with youth programs to improve education, leadership and life skills in communities. Following Typhoon Yolanda, Secker visited the Philippines and started the "Build a House, Build a Home" project to build 100 permanent homes in Lemery. In March 2017, he was announced a member of the board of Ambassadors for City Philanthropy. Secker was included on the list of the "200 Most Influential Philanthropists and Social Entrepreneurs" for 2017. Many complaints have been made on his unethical claims about "front running" large banks, as well as unsubstantiated boasts to potential clients about potential risk free returns.
Controversy
Knowledge to Action has been the subject of some controversy over investigations into its operating procedures and claims made within its marketing materials. In early 2015, Greg Secker was charged with drunk and dangerous driving after being caught by police in the process of performing a sex act at the wheel of his car. One of the alumni of Greg Secker's Traders University was recently arrested and charged with financial fraud after investing friends' savings in her foreign exchange market trading. In 2018, the National Bureau of Investigation raided the Bonifacio Global City offices of Learn To Trade leading to the arrest of five individuals connected with the firm and the seizure of technical equipment.
