14th November 2007
One of the great themes of investment, whether it is stockmarket, commodity, foreign exchange or indeed any financial instrument, is whether or not what you are trading is in a clear trend. The reason this is so important is that trading a trend creates ...
14th November 2007
CFD traders will often hear the phrase ‘yield curve’ used in long and short term evaluation of investment trends, and it is seen as important as one barometer for the outlook for the economy, and thus the stockmarket. The curve itself shows the struc...
14th November 2007
In our daily reports, we comment on the background and outlook for the gold price, but from time to time we refer to other precious metals. One of these that can be traded using CFDs is platinum, and various contracts are available, as well of course as ...
26th August 2007
If there is one area that is regularly ignored by CFD traders it is that of volatility, which is often confused with risk. Certainly in terms of grading different types of asset classes, the two are connected, and both the risk and volatility of a govern...
26th August 2007
Albert Einstein – yes, he of “e equals mc squared”, said that compound interest was the greatest mathematical discovery of all time, and this brief summary might just convince you how right he was.
When one first examines a potential investment...
26th August 2007
If there is one area guaranteed to confuse many traders and lead to multiple opinions on the most appropriate approach, it is the subject of stop losses. The science and the art of placing stops is featured extensively in many trading books and guides, b...
26th August 2007
Finding a suitable indicator that reliably defines a trend is one of the keys to successful investing, whether it is on the stockmarket, in forex trading or commodities. CFD traders are often faced with a bewildering array of trend indicators on their so...
26th August 2007
The FTSE 100 index is used as the benchmark for measuring the strength of the UK stockmarket, and some commentators have argued it has a natural bias to outperform the wider FT All Share index, because it tends to promote to its ranks those stocks which a...
26th July 2007
Many traders do not realise that Contracts for Difference can be used not just for stockmarket trading, but also in the forex and commodities markets, and one of the most liquid and exciting markets is crude oil and natural gas. CFDs are usually modelled...
26th July 2007
Traders in shares, indices, forex or commodities should always have a backdrop of basic rules, which revolve around going with the trend, limiting losses and good money management. In other papers, we have covered these items extensively, together with h...
26th July 2007
Among the questions often asked by clients when selecting an adviser or a system for CFD trading is what percentage of recommendations they can expect to be winners, and how much should they expect to make each month, year or whatever. These form part of...
26th July 2007
The rise of CFDs (contracts for difference) and spreadbetting over the last decade has naturally impacted on the amount of trading in physical shares using a traditional stockbroker. There is no doubt that the internet has altered the share trading proces...
26th July 2007
Over the years there have been many research projects which aimed to find out if market action was random or whether there was proof that it could be predicted on a regular basis. If you are trading the stockmarket, there would be no point in playing the...
