Greg Secker, the entrepreneur who founded the multi-million pound trader coaching company Knowledge to Action, will outline his pioneering method for financial success when he speaks at the London’s first ever National Achievers Congress this weekend…Read more
The often overlooked question : How much should I buy or how do I trade size my positions to manage risk to 1%?
Most people place the same amount of capital on every single trade they place, such as “I always buy 1000 shares or bet £10 a point” this results in disaster and if you’re [...]
Many private investors have recognised that having a share dealing, spread bet and contract for different (CFD) account, in their trading arsenal, allows them to use the right tool for the right job, maximising potential profit opportunities. Although it’s no secret that more and more people are opening spread betting accounts these days, with the [...]
By the end of last week, the FTSE 1000 breached the 6000 barrier several times, but by Friday’s crucial close failed to finish on top.
Last week’s occasional highs are being received as a movement after a summer lull for markets across the globe.
However, analysts will not be happy until the sometime records become a more [...]
Third quarter
A retrospective look at the 2006 third quarter today has seen widespread optimism for global holdings since the summer’s earlier dip.
There is speculation that the third quarter stock bounce-back will put global offerings on track for a record by the end of the year.
Global stock indexes are also showing six-year highs following a May/June [...]
This week sees the end of a six-month moratorium which has prevented New York-based stock exchange Nasdaq from bidding for the London Stock Exchange (LSE), in which it has a 25.3 per cent stake.
The Takeover Panel ban follows the LSE’s rebuff of its March takeover bid of 950p-a-share.
However, the US exchange is widely rumoured to [...]
Share PersonalityPersonality:
Shares are like people, they have certain characteristics and patterns of behaviour
Understanding a share’s personality can give you an edge when trading it.
Timeframe:
•Whenever you look at a chart of a share for the first time, pull out the maximum timeframe
Get a feel for where the price has been and where it is [...]
Commodities
What are they?
They are known as “raw materials”, “natural resources”, “hard assets” or “real things”.
They are the essentials of the lives of everyone in the world.
These includes things such as oil, [...]
FTSE meeting strong resistance at 5990 level and coming off ahead of the MPC meeting. Despite meeting horizontal resistance at the 5990 level, the FTSE100 is still making higher lows, suggesting there is further upside potential (ascending triangle formation. When the market tumbles like this, rather than tighten your stops (a bad strategy, either sell [...]
FTSE100 called flat to 4 pts down before the open. DAX called down, CAC up a little. Volumes light. We need to see some volume in the market to support our long stance, given we are in September this should be imminent. Dull and boring I’m afraid – if we see some movement we’ll let [...]