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Trading Trail #23: Pyramiding Thomas Cook, and Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Dec 14, 2011 at 4:49 pm in Trading Diary by · Leave a Comment »

Today I pyramided an additional £1-per-point into my Thomas Cook position. At the time of writing, my existing position that was established at 11p…

Trading Tools, Techniques and Technologies

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Some people know their spread betting platform inside out. They know what every button does, but they still lose money because they don’t have a good trading strategy. They know how to use the trading tools, but their trading techniques need some work.

Trading with Triggers

Dec 13, 2011 at 3:15 pm in Orders by · Leave a Comment »

One of the features of my preferred Position Trading approach is the running of many equity positions simultaneously.

Trading Trail #22: (Not) Following the FTSE

Dec 11, 2011 at 7:35 pm in Trading Diary by · Leave a Comment »

Before I move on to the main feature of ‘Not Following the FTSE’ I’ll update you on the progress of my Michael Page position that I told you earlier.

Understanding Trade Tickets and Order Tickets

Dec 9, 2011 at 5:27 pm in Orders by · Leave a Comment »

I spend a lot of time writing about spread betting techniques but to use these techniques you often have to use orders. In this feature I go back to basics by describing the form and function of typical spread betting trading tickets and order tickets.

Long Trader Makes Money from Falling Prices!

Dec 7, 2011 at 6:03 pm in Tips and Strategies by · Leave a Comment »

I hope my sensationalist headline got your attention, and I bet you’re wondering by what kind of strange alchemy a long trader can make money from falling prices. But first, why would he want to?

Trading Trail #21: Not the Buying or the Selling, but the Waiting

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Legendary trader Jesse Livermore was quoted as saying that the big money was made on the waiting. While I’m not comparing myself with Livermore — I wish, although he did shoot himself — it does seem as though in my Trading Trail account I’ve been doing more waiting than buying or selling.

My Daily Routine

Dec 6, 2011 at 4:42 pm in Trading Diary by · Leave a Comment »

When running the trading trail portfolio according to my preferred position trading approach, I have a routine that I run through at least once per day… sometimes more.

Beware the Experts!

Dec 5, 2011 at 5:54 pm in General Trading by · Leave a Comment »

Rather than offering some trading guidance today, I thought I do exactly the opposite and tell you why you should beware the experts.

Trading Trail #20: An Admirable Admiral Profit

Dec 2, 2011 at 8:49 pm in Trading Diary by · Leave a Comment »

In my trading trail account, my Admiral position finally stopped out when the price fell today to trigger my guaranteed stop order at 892p. At first glance it netted me a £89 profit, but that’s not the whole story.

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