Shaun Overton

Current

Owner at OneStepRemoved.com

Past

Senior FX Sales at FXCM
Arabic Translator and Instructor at Hamad Medical Corporation
English Language Instructor at Yemen American Language Institute

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Education

The University of Texas at Austin
Grapevine High School

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Financial Services

Websites

Shaun Overton’s Summary

OneStepRemoved.com, Dallas, Texas
Owner
December 2007 - Present
• Sell programming services for forex, futures and equities markets
• Customer base primarily includes retail traders and CTAs. Currently growing relationships with institutional clients.
• Programming emphasis on MetaTrader, NinjaTrader and TradeStation. Work also includes broker specific APIs, Currenex and Excel.
• Trade personal accounts in forex and equities

Forex Capital Markets, Dallas, Texas
Senior Forex Sales Associate
October 2005 – November 2007

• Initiated and lead sales efforts for automated managed funds products when first launched. Developed sales from 0 accounts per week to 110 accounts and $500,000 in equity per week in a one year span. Passed off leadership to Sales VP around the 5 month mark. Reported weekly sales to CEO and managing directors
• Jordan Forex Expo – part of two man team sent to Amman, Jordan, to develop relationships with Introducing Brokers and expand the brand name through attending a three-day expo
• Develop quantitative and technical automated trading strategies and tools for personal trading
• Participate in sales team for Forex System Selector, a suite of automated trading strategies where clients select the strategies and leverage for their account

Shaun Overton’s Specialties:

Algorithmic trading, forex and equities trading, Arabic (fluent), MQL4, EasyLanguage, C#

Shaun Overton’s Experience

Owner

OneStepRemoved.com

(Financial Services industry)

December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

Sell programming and FX algorithm development services to retail FX traders. Emphasis on programming for MetaTrader and TradeStation.
Senior FX Sales

FXCM

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Financial Services industry)

October 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 2 months)

Solicit customers to open FX trading accounts through a soft-sales approach
Arabic Translator and Instructor

Hamad Medical Corporation

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

May 2005 — August 2005 (4 months)

Translated English and Arabic, developed curriculum for EMS personnel to improve intercultural communication
English Language Instructor

Yemen American Language Institute

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

July 2004 — March 2005 (9 months)

Taught adult learners English through complete immersion from beginner to intermediate level