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 [...]
Chart of the Week: Apple Remains Sweet
23 August 2009
Hi everyone, I’ve being away travelling for the last few weeks so haven’t had a chance to post anything new. I’m back now and decided it would be best to start back with a new “Chart of the Week” post, or this time round perhaps calling it a “Chart of the Month” might be more accurate! Anyway [...]
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DOW Surges Past 9,000
28 July 2009
Hi everyone, Last month we looked at how the DOW was getting close to the key 9,000 mark and wondered whether it could break through this level and make new highs for 2009. Last time round it failed just short of this level and slowly fell back towards 8,000. Over the last 2 weeks the DOW [...]
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A Look At Bollinger Bands
20 July 2009
Hi everyone, Today’s post takes a look at another technical indicator that is used quite a bit by technical traders and chartists – Bollinger Bands. Developed by John Bollinger in the early 1980s, bollinger bands are a pair of trading bands that depict the upper and lower trading range of a particular security. The bands are [...]
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Chart of the Week - CRH to Build on Solid Cash Pile
13 July 2009
Hi everyone, I’ve been away for a while so haven’t had a chance to post anything new but am back now and decided it’s Chart of the Week time. Lots of interesting stuff going on in the US which I was going to cover like AIG and Boeing taking a hammering recently and Goldman getting upgraded [...]
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Difference Between CFDs and Financial Spread Betting
29 June 2009
Hi everyone, I received a question recently from a friend of mine asking me what was the difference between financial spread betting and CFD (Contracts For Difference) trading. This is a good question and one I wondered about myself for quite a while when I first heard of CFDs. Over the last couple of years I went [...]
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Strategies for Setting Stop-Loss Orders
24 June 2009
Hi everyone, In response to two recent emails from readers asking about approaches to setting stop-loss orders today I am going to cover off a couple of different strategies often used by traders when deciding where abouts to set their stop loss. I’m guessing the recent market reversal (the DOW is down over 600 pts in [...]
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Chart of the Week - Dollar Tree in nice Trading Range
18 June 2009
Hi everyone, For this week’s Chart of the Week I thought I’d go back to the US and take a look at a company called Dollar Tree (DLTR). Probably not one of the better known companies out there, Dollar Tree are a discount store chain, similar to Pound World or Euro Saver in Ireland. The reason I [...]
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Introducing the Relative Strength Index
12 June 2009
Hi everyone, Following on from my post on the Importance of Volume as a Technical Indicator a couple of weeks back today I thought I’d carry on the technical analysis theme and take a closer look at another commonly used technical indicator – the Relative Strength Index or RSI for short. So starting with a little [...]
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US Markets Approaching Key Levels
10 June 2009
Hi everyone, A short post today which takes a look at the three key US Indices – the DOW, S&P 500 and the Nasdaq. In particular I wanted to highlight some key levels that the DOW and S&P are approaching. I’ll also touch on the Nasdaq which has gone off on a bit of a run [...]
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Chart of the Week - Ryanair’s Numbers Continue to Impress
05 June 2009
Hi everyone, Staying at home for our “Chart of the Week” post up this week is good ole Ryanair, the airline we all love to hate! It’s amazing how one company can frustrate so many people just at the mere mention of it’s name, how within seconds it can lead to story after story of different [...]
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