traders who micromanage

Traders who Micromanage

Are you sweating the small stuff? Micromanagement. It’s what so many of us get caught up in when trying to run our businesses. The need to control all the small things in our work place and to get rid of the endless clutter. When it comes to trading though, the best thing to do is […]

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mortgage stress

Mortgage Stress Continues to Bubble

Experts have been calling for the housing bubble to burst in Australia for many years now. Yet prices have continued to head north. The rate of annual increases has moved at an even faster pace over the past few years. However towards the end of 2017 and 2018 thus far, there are indicators surfacing that […]

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winning the name of the game

Is Winning the Name of the Game?

Is winning the name of the game? There are so many aspects to life that have a focus on winning. There’s a stigma attached to losing. It starts early in our school and sporting endeavours. And continues into adulthood across aspects including business. Is a ‘win at all costs’ attitude relevant to trading?  Or is […]

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make watchlists work

Making Watchlists Work For You

How can you use our free watchlist service, Trade Long Term, to spot opportunities? It’s important to state that these watchlists are not signals. Instead they provide a short list of high momentum stocks that are potentially continuing with strong trends or pulling out of basing patterns and beginning new trends higher. Here’s a few […]

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Outlook for Australian Small Caps

Outlook for Australian Small Caps

Peter Hammersley, author of the ASX Chart Research service has some positive words about the Small Cap end of the Australian market: It’s a well known fact that when confidence is high and global equity markets are trending nicely, investors and traders are inclined to take on more risk. This is called “risk on”. Where do […]

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unprofitable traders

Top 5 Bad Habits of Unprofitable Traders

We will read what’s required to be a successful trader. Yet rarely do we hear what unsuccessful traders are doing wrong. What is inhibiting unsuccessful traders on their journey towards success? Do you have some of these habits or behaviours in your trading repertoire? Some are quite subtle. Or seemingly so insignificant that you may […]

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52-Week High Rotation Strategy

Our research regime centres around improving current systems and ensuring they’re synced to the current market environment. We also spend time looking at new ideas that can either stand on their own or be used in conjunction with other systems. The following is an adaptation of a strategy that came across my desk recently. Here’s […]

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Fundamental Vs Technical Analysis

Fundamental Vs Technical Analysis

Which is best; Fundamental analysis or Technical analysis? There is no doubt that Fundamentals are the drivers of any stock or market. But which piece of fundamental information is driving price action at any moment? If anyone can tell me this then you have my attention! The media will say they know exactly why a […]

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Choosing the Right Trading Strategy...For You

Choosing the Right Trading Strategy

Do you know how to go about choosing the right trading strategy for you? One of this biggest issues we see is people choosing to trade the wrong strategy for their personality and needs. Below is a table to help you decide which trading service might be right for you. Further reading: Which Trading Advice […]

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volatile markets

Top 3 Tips for Trading Volatile markets

The sudden volatility we’ve seen in global stock markets in 2018 contrasts to the low volatility that factored during 2017. Many traders were caught out expecting only shallow price dips. Instead we saw 100+ point drops and wild intraday swings on the S&P 500.  Day traders state they love this type of volatility. Yet in […]

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