I’m pretty sure I’ve used the headline “Spread Betting Pays Dividends” before; if not on a blog post then on an article that I published somewhere. But it nicely sums up what I have to say… so if it ain’t broke, I won’t fix it. When I say that “spread betting pays dividends” I mean […]
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Trade of The Week on Centamin
By Tony on December 17, 2012 in centamin, etx capital, ig, position trading, stop orders, trade of the week
Choosing the example for this week’s “Trade of The Week” feature wasn’t easy. Not because there were no good ones to choose from, but because there were too many to choose from. I’ve chosen Centamin, not only because it’s been an “exciting” (read “volatile”) stock of late, but because it provides me a chance to […]
My 2012 Christmas Wish: Trailing Guaranteed Stop Orders
You know how sometimes the spread betting companies ask for feedback on what features you would like to see introduced? Well, here is the suggestion that would be top of my Christmas 2012 wish list: Guaranteed Trailing Stop Orders After something of a love-hate relationship with them, I have once again become a fan of […]
If someone is discouraging you from doing something, you should probably be doing it!
I received emails from the various London Capital Group spread betting brands (including Capital Spreads) to say that they will no longer be offering UK ex-350 shares except on a subscription basis. I like these spread betting brands, I really do, but it presents me with a bit of a problem in my preferred position […]
Trade of The Week: Tesco
By Tony on December 5, 2012 in capital spreads, ig, intertrader, position trading, stop orders, trade of the week
What was the most important news story today (5 December)? Was it something in George Osborne’s autumn statement? No, it was the news that Tesco is thinking about pulling the plug on its loss-making Fresh & Easy chain in the USA. This was good news because it caused the Tesco share price to “gap up” […]
Trade of The Week: Skyepharma
You may remember that previously I had a couple of nice trades in Skyepharma documented here Having last stopped out of this stock at 95p-per-share, I noticed that today (22 Nov 2012) I could re-enter at about 70p-per-share; a discount of about 25%. I knew this because the “Stop-Out List” explained in my Position Trading […]
Spread Co on Android
We don’t all have iPhones, although I did have one for a short while in order to review some of the spread betting iPhone apps. No, I’m an Android man, mainly because I’m otherwise bought into the Google cloud computing ecosystem for email, docs, and on-line storage accessible via my Chromebook. On the subject of […]
Trade of The Week: Centamin Sentiment
By Tony on October 30, 2012 in capital spreads, ig, intertrader, spread co, spreadex, trade of the week
Not so long ago I edited a book (not this one) for a guy who postulated that one sure way to make money in the markets is to bet against the recommendations of a particular investment bank; not straight away, but a few weeks later. It is in this context that I re-read this article, […]
Trading with the Market’s Money
Over at TRADERS’ Magazine you can find my latest article Trading with the Market’s Money. The tag line pretty much summarises the article: “You’re profitable when you take out more than you ever put in!” And if you’re interested, I can tell you that the real-life account used to demonstrate the point was an IG […]
You Can Never Have Too Many Spread Betting Accounts!
By Tony on October 9, 2012 in capital spreads, etx capital, ig, ig index, intertrader, spread co, spreadco, spreadex
The sensationalist headline “You Can Never Have Too Many Spread Betting Accounts!” is not exactly true, of course, because too many accounts can become unmanageable and time-consuming. But I believe that you do need more than one account, and ideally more than one account provider (because some brands are run by the same provider). Here’s […]