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Trading Trail #11: The Most Profitable Positions

Nov 12, 2011 at 2:42 pm in Trading Diary by · Leave a Comment »

I’d like to update you on the portfolio value which is now back into positive territory having dipped as low as £900 during the week. In fact the total value is now £1035…

Reader Question: Why Not Equalise Risk and Reward?

Nov 11, 2011 at 5:24 pm in Risk Management by · Leave a Comment »

When running a previous Trading Trail public trading run one of my readers asked me why I didn’t equalise the risk on my various positions. The point is that, since I establish all positions at £1-per-point, a position in a 10p stock carries a £10 risk whereas…

Trading Trail #10: A Standalone Stop and a Stop Order to Buy

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Before I move onto today’s main features — A Standalone Stop and a Stop Order To Buy– I’ll tell you about the rest of today’s trading.

Trading Trail #9: Home and Away

Nov 10, 2011 at 5:15 pm in Trading Diary by · Leave a Comment »

Today’s spread betting commentary update comprises two halves: what has happened at home, and what has happened away.

Trading Trail #8: The INs and OUTs of Trading

Nov 9, 2011 at 4:47 pm in Trading Diary by · Leave a Comment »

With news of Italy’s sky-high borrowing rates spooking the markets, and the FTSE taking a turn for the worse, it’s no surprise that my account suffered some stop-outs today.

Trading Trail #7: Trading UK Equities

Nov 8, 2011 at 5:38 pm in Trading Diary by · Leave a Comment »

You’ve probably noticed that so far I have established only UK (and one Irish) equity positions in my account — no indexes, commodities or forex currency pairs. There are reasons why I’m focusing on UK equities.

Risk Management: All About Risk

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In trading circles we talk about risk a lot. But what exactly is it, how can we measure it, what can we do to avoid it or contain its effects, what should we do when it happens, and (hey!) can it be good as well as bad?

Comparing the Costs of Spread Betting, Share Dealing (and CFDs)

Nov 7, 2011 at 5:19 pm in General Trading by · Leave a Comment »

Some months ago I set about constructing a spreadsheet to calculate the difference between spread betting costs and regular share-dealing costs for different position sizes held over various lengths of time.

Trading Trail #6: Averaging Down

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The other day I told you that it can sometimes be okay to average down, providing you can do so at less risk, and that’s exactly what I’ve done today.

Trading Trail #5: Week 1 Portfolio Snapshot

Nov 5, 2011 at 5:08 pm in Trading Diary by · 1 Comment »

At the end of the first week I’m pleased to report that the overall portfolio value is pretty much at break-even at £997.86, having varied on Friday between ~£986 and ~£1005.

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