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Review of the IG Index Android App

Dec 30, 2011 at 9:36 am in Mobile Trading by · Leave a Comment »

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..

Don’t invest what you can afford to lose!

Dec 29, 2011 at 4:01 pm in Risk Management by · Leave a Comment »

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.

Trading Trail #26: Upside / Downside

Dec 23, 2011 at 7:14 pm in Trading Diary by · Leave a Comment »

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.

Where are all the spread betting Apps for Android?

at 2:10 pm in Mobile Trading by · Leave a Comment »

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.

Is the FTSE Trendy?

Dec 22, 2011 at 1:09 pm in Technical Analysis by · Leave a Comment »

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.

Scrooge, Glorious Scrooge!

Dec 19, 2011 at 7:32 pm in General Trading by · Leave a Comment »

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

Trading Trail #25: My Portfolio and My Anti-Portfolio

at 7:15 pm in Trading Diary by · Leave a Comment »

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.

More about the Google Finance Portfolio

Dec 16, 2011 at 6:36 pm in Tips and Strategies by · Leave a Comment »

You already know that I ditched my Google Docs spreadsheet implementation of my Stop-Out List in favour of one based on the Google Finance Portfolio Feature. The more I use the new implementation, the more I like it.

Trading Trail #24: No Worries!

at 6:35 pm in Trading Diary by · Leave a Comment »

The value of the Trading Trail position trading portfolio is now down to little more than £600 (from an initial cash balance of £1000) and so you might wonder: am I worried?

The Google Finance “Portfolio” Stop-Out List

Dec 15, 2011 at 3:59 pm in Tips and Strategies by · Leave a Comment »

My idea of a Stop-Out List that shows me my last selling price of each stock (so that I never buy back more expensively) has served me well.

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