The Armageddon Trade (2009) (ISBN 978-1-84243-297-6) is a financial thriller by British entrepreneur and author Clem Chambers, published by No Exit Press.[1]
Clem Chambers is an author and journalist, but is best known in his role as CEO of stocks and shares website ADVFN. His second novel, The Twain Maxim, is due to be published in March 2010.[2]
Clem is a member of the Curzon Group, which is dedicated to reviving the traditions of Buchan, Ian Fleming, Alistair MacLean and Frederick Forsyth and bring the British thriller back to life in the 21st century.
Jim, a cockney tea boy, possesses an uncanny ability to understand and interpret stock market trading, and becomes phenomenon in the world of finance. An established and enigmatic trader, Max Davas, uses a powerful computer trading system that has made him very wealthy, but now this forecasting is telling him that the entire global financial system will collapse in a year. The book delves into the theme of whether the forecasts will come true, or if the new trading phenomenon is integral in changing the outcome.