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 [...]

10 Golden Rules of Spread Trading - Part 1 10 Golden Rules of Spread Trading - Part 1

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!

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 [...]

Read the full story

Posted in NewsComments (0)

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 [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Chart of the Week, Equities, Fundamental Analysis, Technical AnalysisComments (0)

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 [...]

Read the full story

Posted in General Market Thoughts, News, Technical AnalysisComments (1)

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 [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Equities, General Market Thoughts, NewsComments (2)

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 [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Equities, General Market Thoughts, NewsComments (3)

A Review of the 2009 Trading Year - Part 1

10 January 2010

Hi everyone, Happy New Year! I hope you all had a nice Christmas and wish you all the best in your trading for 2010. As we start into a new trading year I thought I’d start 2010 with a post taking a look back at they year that was and look at what for me were [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Equities, General Market Thoughts, NewsComments (2)

DOW Continues To Struggle At 10,500 Level

24 December 2009

Hi everyone, As the markets wind down for the Christmas break I thought I’d take a quick look at how the DOW to see how it has been getting on over the last few weeks. If we take a look at the chart below it’s clear that it has settled into a very narrow trading range [...]

Read the full story

Posted in General Market ThoughtsComments (1)

Chart of the Week: Google Searching for New Sources of Revenue

26 November 2009

Hi everyone, For this weeks Chart of the Week I thought I’d take a look at one of the world’s best known companies, the company whose search engine most of use at least once a day, Google. Since its beginning as a Stanford research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1996 Google has gone [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Chart of the Week, Equities, Fundamental Analysis, Technical AnalysisComments (2)

A Look at the DOW, the Dollar and Gold

04 November 2009

Hi everyone, Hope trading has been going well for you all over the last month or so. Haven’t had a chance to do a new post for a while as I’ve been very busy travelling for most of the last 6 weeks, mostly work but some holiday time thrown in aswell so not all bad! So [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Commodities, Currencies, Equities, Fundamental Analysis, Technical AnalysisComments (3)

Natural Gas - How Low Can It Go?

08 September 2009

Hi everyone, Instead of looking at stocks this time round a bit of change of tack and a look at Natural Gas instead. This is the first time I’ve covered Nat Gas but have found the recent price action very interesting so thought I’d share a few thoughts on it and take a look at whether [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Commodities, TradesComments (3)

RSS Feed