10 Golden Rules of Spread Trading - Part 1

  Hi everyone, today I’m going to cover what I believe to be 10 of the most important rules to follow when you spread trade (I’m calling them my “10 Golden Rules of Spread Trading” because it sounds good!). I know there are loads of similar articles, etc out there containing similar lists of rules but [...]

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SpreadTrader.ie is Born!

Hi everyone, after spending about the last 2 yrs in my head, swimming away there among all the other mad thoughts finally SpreadTrader.ie has become a reality.

SpreadTrader.ie is Born! SpreadTrader.ie is Born!

An Excellent Resource

15 June 2010

Hi everyone, A slight change from my normal posts this time round I wanted to share details of an excellent resource I was introduced to recently. A few weeks back I attended an Advanced Technical Trading seminar hosted by MarketSpreads in their offices and delivered by PJ Henry. PJ is a professional trader with many years [...]

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A Look At How Q1 Results Are Shaping Up - Part 3

14 June 2010

Hi everyone, Work commitments have hit again and prevented me from posting as regularly as I had hoped over the last month but at last I’ve got around to finishing off my look at Q1 earnings and how some of the leading names in tech have reacted in light of what have, for most, been excellent [...]

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A Look At How Q1 Results Are Shaping Up - Part 2

14 May 2010

Hi everyone, I’ve been side-tracked on a few other things for the last few weeks so only getting around to posting the 2nd half of my look at how earnings season is going now. Click here to catch up on the first half from a couple of weeks ago. Since then we have had some fairly [...]

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A Look At How Q1 Results Are Shaping Up - Part 1

30 April 2010

Hi everyone, So as we come towards the end of Q1 earnings season I thought as a follow-on from my last post I’d take a look at how the results are coming in overall and take a look at a few stocks in particular that caught my eye. First a quick look at the results themselves, well [...]

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DOW Hits 11,000 As Earnings Season Kicks Off

12 April 2010

Hi everyone, On Friday the DOW closed just shy of the psychological 11,000 mark at 10,997. In fact as you will see from the DOW JONES Cash Rolling chart below it actually pushed just above the 11K mark in after hours trading. The DOW, along with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq have all been on [...]

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Happy Birthday To Me!

23 March 2010

Hi everyone, It’s gone by much quicker than I thought but believe it or not SpreadTrader.ie is one year old today!  When I started the site I didn’t know how long it would last, how often I would post or what shape those posts would take, but so far so good, the first milestone of 1 [...]

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Chart of the Week: Paddy Looks A Good Bet

17 March 2010

Hi everyone, I haven’t done a “Chart of the Week” post for some time now so decided I’d take a look at one this week. And seeing as it’s Paddy’s Day I thought who better to pick for a “Chart of the Week” post other than another Irish Paddy, leading bookmaker Paddy Power. Paddy’s a True Irish [...]

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A Look At the Apple iPad

22 February 2010

Hi everyone, Since it’s launch amid much fanfare by Steve Jobs and co a couple of weeks ago the Apple iPad has received plenty of media coverage. Hailed as the latest game-changer from the company who brought us the iPod and then the iPhone prior to the launch, the coverage post-launch has ranged from positive to [...]

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A Review of the 2009 Trading Year - Part 3

15 February 2010

Hi Everyone, Work travel has set me back a bit in getting the final part of the Review of 2009 up on the blog but at last here it is. As a friend of mine said to me the other day, if I don’t get the final part up soon it will be time for the [...]

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A Review of the 2009 Trading Year - Part 2

18 January 2010

Hi Everyone, Following on from Part 1 of our review of the 2009 trading year lets kick straight on with Part 2 which covers May to August. May – Change at the top for the Indo, US Bank Stress Test Results Announced, Intel Fined €1 billion May saw the retirement of Sir Anthony O’Reilly as CEO of Independent [...]

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