As a believer in the philosophy that ‘timing the market’ is more important than time in the market (although both are necessary), we must endeavour to learn a number of new trading specific paradigms and prevent some of our old societal paradigms from impacting our trading. I’ve written about some of these paradigms in previous…
Last week we explained the concept of leverage and the benefits and drawbacks the use of leverage can have for the average active investor. This week we would like to focus on the use of CFDs as a leveraged instrument for increasing exposure to the stock market and share some stories and suggestions on how…
Much is made of the use of leverage in trading to increase returns on both investment and trading portfolio’s. But what exactly is leverage and how can we use it effectively to improve our returns? The big issue that is usually highlighted but little understood is that leverage is a double edged sword. Just as…
This posting was recently brought to my attention. It originates from an international trading site and is repeated here verbatim. Trader John lists in point form the 38 steps it has taken him to become a successful and profitable trader. I think this is a very pertinent article as it outlines in a simple yet…
