Trade of the Week: Albemarle & Bond

Because I last posted in mid-September, this one might be better titled "Trade of the Month".



At the very end of September, shares in embattled pawnbroker Albemarle & Bond fell off a cliff, so I bought some at the 'bargain' price of 71p-per-share on the basis that I would make a killing (if they regained their former glory) or would not lose too much (if they didn't, because I had a modest

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An Example Trailed Stop Order

Note that I have titled this post An Example Trailed Stop Order rather than An Example Trailing Stop Order. The distinction for me is that I like to trail my stop orders manually myself (by periodically adjusting them) rather than by utilising (automatic) trailing stop orders.



I thought long and hard about how I could best demonstrate a stop order than had been trailed manually over time, and

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Will TradeFair+ be a plus?

Like me, you might have received an email telling you that from 12 December 2013 your TradeFair account will no longer be accepting new trades. It's a shame, because this was one of my favourite spread betting accounts that showed stop order levels right alongside the trades (see below) and which -- along with other London Capital Group platform providers -- allowed you to apply guaranteed stop

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Trade of The Week: Renewed Confidence in Renewable Energy

You've heard of multi-bagger stocks; those stocks that return many times your original stake. Well, here's one in the shape of Renewable Energy Holdings.



The share price of this stock had fallen massively in recent years, before flat-lining. As per my position trading philosophy I was happy to establish a small exploratory position on the basis that the price would either multi-bag (returning

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Trade of the Week: The Persimmon Precipice

You shouldn't try to catch a falling knife, right? So it would have been dumb to have bought into housebuilder Persimmon on Thursday last week when it suffered the price-drop shown at the end of this InterTrader chart:







Except that this is what happened next (it bounced right back):





It means that within a day you could have made a £100 profit for every £1-per-point staked, as

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Trade of the Week: The AGA Saga

Q: How do you know when the British economy is picking up?



A: When people start buying AGA cookers again.



And according to the AGA Rangemaster price chart (courtesy of InterTrader) shown below, they have!







The nominal £1-per-point trade below shows how much money you could have made (so far) per £1-per-point stake if you had "invested" at the low point and held as a position trade.

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Trade of The Week on Tullett Prebon

It's been some time since I posted a "Trade of The Week" feature-- sorry about that, but I've been busy with other things. Anyway, here is one that went right... but probably for the wrong reasons. A nominal £1-per-point exploratory trade on Tullett Prebon has performed nicely since it was opened as a potential position trade in a Capital Spreads account in April:






I actually can't remember

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