As an aside from spread betting — which for some of you may not have gone too well today, unless you were “short” — I offer the following anecdote. While browsing in my local Currys / PC World store I overheard a helpless oldish woman ask one of the friendly “expert advisors” (i.e. “salespeople”) for […]
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Barratt and the Five Point Pyramid
Sorry it’s been a bit quiet around here in the past week, but we’ve been away: (it’s not Switzerland, it’s Scotland) Anyway, following on from the documented four-point pyramid of Barratt, I can tell you that this position trade is now up to five points as shown in the Capital Spreads snapshot below. Two Steps […]
Where did it all go wrong?
It is with great regret that I have to tell you that despite practicing Better Spread Betting according to my Position Trading philosophy that utilizes Stop Orders… it’s all gone wrong and I have lost everything on one mad spin of the proverbial roulette wheel! Aside from documenting (in the coming days) how exactly it […]
Margin Call!
Don’t panic, I haven’t received a “margin call” (i.e. a request to deposit additional emergency funds to a spread betting account). No, my headline reflects the fact that I watched the film Margin Call on DVD last night. Our family film night began with all four of us sitting down to watch, then my son […]
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Why so long?
Readers of my Better Spread Betting, Position Trading and Stop Orders books will know that I am predominantly a long trader; and some of you might be wondering why. It’s not for any moral reasons (e.g. “short selling is bad”) but for the following reasons: In the long run, stock markets generally rise, but I […]
I know it’s not what you want to hear!
Not so long ago I had a one-to-one session with a friend of a friend who wanted to get into financial spread betting. Although he was more than happy with what he paid for the “education” I provided, I could tell in his eyes and in his voice that he wanted something else, something that […]