Joined IG
I joined IG in sales and account management, working with private and corporate clients and training them in trading tools.
Biography
Sergio Ávila Luengo
Market analyst, trader and investor, with a career built across trading, analysis, training and financial education.
2005
First contact with financial markets
2017
Moved to Analysis and Training at IG Spain
2019
IEAF and EFPA EIP certifications
2020
Winner of the Expansión portfolio contest
Professional background
Clients, analysis and training
Analysis and Training
I took on Analysis and Training at IG Spain, producing training material and daily analysis on indices, FX and listed companies.
Professional certifications
I obtained the IEAF Financial Advisor certification and the EFPA European Investment Practitioner (EIP).
Portfolio-management recognition
Since 2017 I have taken part in the Expansión and elEconomista portfolio contests. Every year I beat the benchmark, the IBEX 35, and in 2020 I won the Expansión contest.
Specialisation
Training applied to the market
My specialisation has grown around different areas of financial markets and investment management.
Academic background: Degree in Business Administration (ADE) and a master's in Technical Analysis, Portfolio Management and Day Trading.
- Fixed income, equities and money markets.
- Derivatives, OTC markets and FX.
- Investment portfolio management.
- Technical and fundamental analysis.
- Intraday trading and risk management.
- Trading psychology and common operational mistakes.
Way of working
Process before gut feel
Market experience has led me to an idea that runs through all my work: it is not about guessing the future, but about reading rigorously what the market is showing, understanding the risk and using a process you can repeat with discipline.
The same philosophy applies to market analysis, portfolio construction, trading and investor training.
Financial education
Financial analysis explained so it can be used
I have contributed to outlets such as El Economista, Expansión, Cinco Días, Invertia, Bolsamanía, Estrategias de Inversión, Investing and Capital Bolsa, as well as specialist media and blogs.
I have also appeared regularly on financial radio, including Cierre de Mercados on Intereconomía and programmes on Capital Radio, and for years I have produced training content and market analysis in digital format.
Mercados Pro
An analysis career in the service of your time
Part of my analysis process has become tools for gathering information and structuring how it is reviewed. Their value lies in centralising tasks so you can focus your attention on interpreting the results.
Institutional Radar
To bring together context, breadth and sectors and sort out what deserves more detailed analysis.
Intraday trading
To centralise opportunity screening and review their levels during the session. It requires availability to follow the trading.
Investment League
To record a simulated portfolio, test decisions and review what happened in each edition.
One idea that sums up the approach
Compare tools and plans