Setting targets on how much one hopes to make over a year (whether percentage or actual amount of money) is completely futile IMO. You might as well set a target for the outside temperature! My aim is always to make as much as I...
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Stocks – Never Fall In Love!
I have lately been hearing of people having a hard time trading and struggling to make money trading. All I can recommend to them is that you look long and hard at your strategy, and analyse where things are going wrong...
Choosing A Company To Invest In
Do you spend time researching companies to invest in? Where do you start? It is imperative that you research companies before you consider investing in them! Remember that investing in a company is equivalent to owning a part of...
Don’t Fight the Market – Milk It!
I think one of the reasons people are daunted at the prospect of ‘taking on the market’ is that very phrase. Phrases very like that do feature in the publicity blurb of many a seller of systems (‘Sign up with...
The Crab Principle
A few years ago I used to do seminars for people who wanted to learn about this business and were interested in becoming traders. The obedient and disciplined spread betters ones went away and worked and became successful. The...
My Long Journey to Becoming a Shares Trader
I think a dedicated trader’s progress can be comparable to a chart that puts in a long base of steady sideways action, and then has a major breakout to the upside (followed by a sustained uptrend if the base is good). It...
Selling Short 2
In the following examples, identify each of the four key features of good short candidates. Distribution over an extended time period. A pattern of lower tops and lower bottoms. A clear sign of weakness. A weak rally to overhead...
Selling Short 1
For traders who exercise good risk management, selling short is no more risky than taking a long position. On the other hand, since stocks and commodities tend to fall faster during bear markets than they rise during more bullish...
How to Trade Contrarian Markets
This lesson focuses on trading techniques during periods when 1) the Spread is falling, and 2) both relative strength leaders and relative strength laggards are rising. Rising contrarian markets are nearly as prevalent as rising...
How to Trade Strength-Following Markets
This lesson focuses on trading techniques during periods when 1) the Spread is rising, and 2) both Relative Strength leaders and Relative Strength laggards are rising. These strength-following markets have not only been the most...