Being the falling-knife-catching contrarian that I am, I was tempted to take a punt on Keller Group shares, until I saw the massive 20-point spread.

Do you use moving averages in your trading routine – as triggers for when to buy long and sell short? When it comes to moving average crossovers in particular, the evidence is pretty compelling.

While I generally don’t go in for very much technical analysis pattern spotting I have noticed that over the past couple of weeks the FTSE 100 has been tracing what appears to be a bearish descending triangle…

Every now an again you see a company offering additional shares to existing shareholders in what is known as a rights issue. They’re not doing this out of the kindness of their hearts…

Last week I wasn’t afraid of dipping in and out of a stock like Homeserve, even several times within the same day, with a frequency that may be symptomatic of day trading.

Why did I start with £1000? I began this real-life trading diary with a starting fund of £1000, and you might wonder why I chose that particular amount.

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…

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…

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.

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