Does money buy happiness? In a nutshell – No. Money can never buy happiness BUT it does buy convenience. My view is completely subjective, but I’ve been really broke before and pretty well off before and all I can say...
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Is Futures Spread Trading for You?
Each year many individuals open futures spread trading accounts and begin trading on their own. Their reasons for doing so are diverse, but they generally fall into one of several categories: They have had a lot of success in...
How to Lose Money Trading
As the majority here are trying to make money spread betting, and, are either not able to do so, or are making very little, or, are actually losing money, I am going to start a discussion so that traders can learn How To Lose...
Nicolas Darvas – Recommended Reading
Here’s a couple that are very rarely mentioned anywhere, and yet which are IMO by far the most readable, entertaining and illuminating books on trading that I have ever read: HOW I MADE $2 MILLION IN THE STOCK MARKET and...
Spread Betting on Indices
Index Spread Betting One of the key selling points of spread betting is that it opens the door to a variety of markets that have been unavailable to ‘at-home’ traders in the past. Some of the most popular markets to...
Emotionless Trading
Consider two traders who each have the same amount of capital, the same tolerance for risk and the same trend-following trading system. What must they do? They must both trade in exactly the same way. What do we mean? If two...
Questions about Winning at Spread Betting and Money Management
General Spread Trading Questions and Feedback – Many questions are answered in 2 to 3 days, but please allow up to 1 to 2 weeks occasionally. We receive large volumes of email, so please don’t hesitate to re-send your...
Questions regarding Stop Losses and Risk Management
Many stop loss order related questions are answered in 2 to 3 days, but please allow up to 1 to 2 weeks occasionally. We receive large volumes of email, so please don’t hesitate to re-send your message if there is no answer...
Spread Betting Questions from Beginners, Advanced and PRO Traders!
Spread Betting Questions from Beginners, Advanced and PRO Traders! Andy fields our readers’ spread betting questions… Q. I think most traders know that the ‘Trend is your friend’, but how many know what is...
Questions on Market Workings
Questions on General Markets Workings Answered here. I hope you will find them useful and informative. Q. What are Broker Tips? Q. What is behind the jargon that analyst use in terms of rating shares. e.g. Underweight, Neutral...