As traders and DIY investors we are tasked with skilling ourselves in an environment that is full of known and un-known variables. To help prevent the unknown variables from continuing to take capital from our portfolios, it is necessary to implement a strategy that exits trades based on either a technical exit signal or a…
A universal ‘formula’ exists when trading and investing that needs to be understood and positioned in the trader’s psyche to continue to be successful on an ongoing basis. Anybody can place a few profitable trades, randomness will take care of that. But to continue to be successful on an ongoing basis requires more than the…
Marcus Padley, of stockbroking firm Paterson Securities, in his regular column in The Age wrote a knowledgeable piece that every active and passive investor should read. The title of the article “Where brokers dare, we should tread carefully” is a two part editorial in which Marcus conveys the 10 lessons learnt by Mr Harry Hindsight.…
There is natural rhythm in the universe. Day follows night, the tide ebbs in and out, the seasons change from autumn to winter to spring to summer and the fauna and flora all follow their natural processes during the season changes. Squirrels store acorns, birds and whales migrate, bears and snakes hibernate, trees lose their…
