The LSE Directory / Trading influencers
Andrew Swanscott is a Melbourne, Australia-based systematic trader and the founder and host of Better System Trader, a podcast launched in 2015 that has published 250+ episodes interviewing professional systematic and quantitative traders (including Larry Williams and Ernest Chan) on strategy building, validation, and risk management. He says he has been developing and trading mechanical trading systems for the US and Australian stock markets since 2004, after an earlier career in agency work. Through bettersystemtrader.com he publishes trading research, eBooks compiled from his interviews, strategy tools and courses, and he co-authored the book "The Breakout Trading Revolution" with Tomas Nesnidal. As of July 2026 his YouTube channel reports about 24.7K subscribers and his X account about 14K followers.
