When to hold and when to fold; that’s the problem facing poker players and spread bettors alike. Do you remember how I took a position in Afren because another well-known trader…

Following my review of the Capital Spreads Android App and the IG Index Android App, in this article I complete the current set of reviews by reviewing the City Index Android App

I was originally going to begin my new trading trail public trading run on 03 January 2012, and in a way I wish I had…

Although I hold accounts with most of the spread betting companies, the IG Index Android app was my first foray into trading with IG, and I like what I see..

There is an old saying that you should “only invest (or speculate) with money you can afford to lose”. But this is not good for high earners, because….if you think you can afford to lose a lot of money, you probably will. I know this from past experience, or rather from past inexperience.

On the last trading day before the Christmas break, I thought I’d update you on the Trading Trail portfolio. It’s in draw-down, as you know, but I’m not too worried because I think that the upside potential is massively bigger than the downside potential.

As the owner of a top-of-the range Android mobile phone I nonetheless feel like the poor relation at the mobile spread betting party.

For someone who spreads bets, I’m not as much into technical analysis as you might think. Don’t get me wrong, I do think that it’s almost all about the price, but I think there is danger in spotting chart patterns where they really don’t exist; or where they do exist but they don’t foretell what they are meant to foretell.

I thought that in anticipation of the festive week ahead I’d spread some Christmas cheerlessness. Yes, you read it right, I said “cheerlessness”.

You may remember that I have two main sources of potential purchases in my longer-term position trading spread bet portfolio: The Yahoo! Finance Loser (%) List and my Stop-Out List of previously-held positions.