Described by Channel 4 as the UK's best known internet trader, Alpesh started buying stocks from the age of twelve, moving on from privatisation stocks to penny shares and now focussing on derivatives. In 2004 he won the Financial Times competition to predict the FTSE 100 over 12 months, he has previously won stock-picking competitions on Channel 4 and Bloomberg TV, beating over 50 analysts using his own technical and fundamental systems. He now heads AP Asset Management, an equity hedge fund.