Why Trading Businesses Need Personal Brands and 5 Ways to Build One

By Entrepreneur Staff Jul 08, 2016

Trade Empowered is a full-service trading-education company, made up of experts who mentor prop trading firms, active screen traders and floor traders.

In this Entrepreneur Network video, Akil Stokes, chief currency analyst and head trading coach, explains why it’s important for a trader to develop a personal brand. Stokes explains that in order for others to relate to you, you must be honest about the successes and failures that make up your personal story. He also talks about the importance of technology platforms to market yourself efficiently.

Click play to hear Stokes’s personal experiences and more tips and tricks he’s learned along the way.

Watch more videos from Trade Empowered on their YouTube channel here.

Related: What Does It Take to Be a Trend Trader? Watch This Video.

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Trade Empowered is a full-service trading-education company, made up of experts who mentor prop trading firms, active screen traders and floor traders.

In this Entrepreneur Network video, Akil Stokes, chief currency analyst and head trading coach, explains why it’s important for a trader to develop a personal brand. Stokes explains that in order for others to relate to you, you must be honest about the successes and failures that make up your personal story. He also talks about the importance of technology platforms to market yourself efficiently.

Click play to hear Stokes’s personal experiences and more tips and tricks he’s learned along the way.

Watch more videos from Trade Empowered on their YouTube channel here.

Related: What Does It Take to Be a Trend Trader? Watch This Video.

Entrepreneur Network is a premium video network providing entertainment, education and inspiration from successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders. We provide expertise and opportunities to accelerate brand growth and effectively monetize video and audio content distributed across all digital platforms for the business genre.

EN is partnered with hundreds of top YouTube channels in the business vertical and provides partners with distribution on Entrepreneur.com as well as our apps on Amazon Fire, Roku and Apple TV.

Click here to become a part of this growing video network.

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