"Dealing with Draw-Downs" in Spreadbet Magazine

For my second outing in the December Issue of Spreadbet Magazine I've written something on the subject of "Dealing with Draw-Downs", or to give the article its published title: How to deal with a losing streak.



This article is packed full of invaluable tips like "When you're in a hole... stop digging!" and "Trading isn't a matter of life and death... it's more important than that!"



Take a

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Trade of The Week: Skyepharma

You may remember that previously I had a couple of nice trades in Skyepharma documented here and here.



Having last stopped out of this stock at 95p-per-share, I noticed that today (22 Nov 2012) I could re-enter at about 70p-per-share; a discount of about 25%. I knew this because the "Stop-Out List" explained in my Position Trading book told me so.



Being able to re-enter at a discount, or

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Eurasian Natural Resources: To Buy or Not To Buy?

Over at The Motley Fool, Rupert Hargreaves has pondered whether Eurasian Natural Resources is a good buy (or a "goodbye" -- my pun, not his) at today's ~270p-per-share. Fundamentally (another pun) he thinks it's not a good buy.



Meanwhile over at Spreadbet Magazine, ENRC was listed as a "Conviction Buy" at 334p-per-share at the end of last month, so presumably it's even more of a "conviction

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Reviews of "SOUND FX : The SOUND Approach to Foreign Exchange Trading"

Did you see the first review of my SOUND FX book on Amazon.co.uk? I didn't ask for such a glowing testimonial, but I was pleased to see it, and I'd like to see more of the same: complimentary but credible, and written by people who have actually read the book. So I'd like to offer you the chance to...



Have one on me!

Drop me a line to say you'd like to receive a "review copy" in exchange for

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Spread Co on Android

We don't all have iPhones, although I did have one for a short while in order to review some of the spread betting iPhone apps. No, I'm an Android man, mainly because I'm otherwise bought into the Google cloud computing ecosystem for email, docs, and on-line storage accessible via my Chromebook.


On the subject of Android, I received an email this morning announcing the new Spread Co Android App

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Think like a Trader... with SpreadEx

My contact at SpreadEx informed me that they have just commissioned an "infographic" explaining how traditional investors and non-spread-bettors might "Think like a Trader". You can see it on my SpreadEx page, but it's easier to read on the SpreadEx Web Site.




Three Steps to Better Spread Betting:

1) Buy the Better Spread Betting Book or e-Book
2) Sign up with  Capital Spreads, IG, 

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So you'd like to... Trade Currencies on the Foreign Exchange Markets

Over on Amazon.com I have written a brief guide titled So you'd like to... Trade Currencies on the Foreign Exchange Markets, which is a very condensed version of the information contained in the first chapter of my SOUND FX book. If you like the guide, buy the "SOUND FX" book.









If you're looking for a forex trading account provider, take a look at RPD FX.




Three Steps to Better Spread

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Trade of the Week on Trinity Mirror

Way back on 16 August I used my position(s) in Trinity Mirror to demonstrate How to Average Down (Safely). In this week's "Trade of the Week" feature I thought I'd update you on how the averaged-down position(s) played out, and to tell you what I'm up to now with the Trinity Mirror.



Well, here's what happened to those positions:



Position #1 (the original position)

This report is pretty

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Read "The Guide to Better Spread Betting" for free!

If you're thinking about picking up a copy of my Better Spread Betting book, but you're having trouble digging out your debit card, I have some good news for you:



You can get hold of an abridged (meaning it's shorter) edition for free courtesy of Spreadbet Magazine at http://www.spreadbetmagazine.com/better-spread-betting-ebook.








Three Steps to Better Spread Betting:

1) Buy the Better

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Pyramided "Trade of the Week" on Bowleven

I was first alerted to Bowleven as one of the "conviction buys" listed over at Spreadbet Magazine. I got in at a similar price, too, at 60p-per-share.



With both Spreadbet Magazine and The Motley Fool today reporting a tie-up between Blowleven and Petrofac, and with the share price gapping up as a result and then falling back to part-close the gap, I thought that now might be a good time to

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Spread Betting 10 Pounds Profit in Only 10 Minutes!

While not motivated to do much of my "real work" this morning, the devil made work for my idle hands in the form of a little index "day trading". Well, it wasn't even day trading because these trades lasted only ten minutes... but generated £10 in the process.



Here's the proof from InterTrader that I did make a little more than £10 profit:







And here's the proof (again from InterTrader)

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Now in paperback, SOUND FX: The SOUND Approach to Foreign Exchange Trading

Just a short note today, to say that my new book SOUND FX: The SOUND Approach to Foreign Exchange Trading is now available in paperback from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk in addition to the original e-book formats.





Three Steps to Better Spread Betting:

1) Buy the Better Spread Betting Book or e-Book
2) Sign up with  Capital Spreads, IG, InterTrader, ETX Capital, SpreadEx, Spread Co, or

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