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Happy New Year everyone and a Time for Reflection

Hi everyone, I just wanted to send you all a New Year message. I hope 2011 was a good one for you both personally and professionally. For myself, it's been quite pivotal both in direction and where I am in my life. Firstly, I decided to quit my full time job which I had been doing for many years and concentrate on the trading. The blog and trading certainly in the first few years was a small side hobby where I would fit in around my busy job. I would read the odd book, put on trades where I c

December 31, 2011 No Comments Full Story

Cash ISAs – the safe investment?

Cash ISAs - the safe investment?

An investment is a necessity in everyone's life. It can vary from an investment for retirement purposes to saving for a child's future or just to get money together for life's unforeseen eventualities. A Cash ISA or Individual Savings Account is a tax-free savings account. This means you do not have to declare any income you receive from them. There are certain minimum amounts that can be invested and that can be anything from a very small amount to a more substantial amount. To the detri

December 8, 2011 No Comments Full Story

The Importance of Having your Stop in the Right Place – Trading the Financial Markets

The Importance of Having your Stop in the Right Place - Trading the Financial Markets

I wanted to put this post up to remind myself of a lesson which I seem to have forgotten and cost me today and that is... "ensuring that your stop is in the right place" To be honest, I got a bit lazy and have been putting stops with my orders with no real analysis as to where they should be. I know some people and some of the systems that I use do have a fixed stop limits but this way of trading for me involves putting in stops in the correct place. A stop is your 'yes, I am definately wr

August 30, 2011 1 Comment Full Story

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