What does a typical day in the life of Nick Radge look like? What does your daily trading routine look like? I’m a little bit different to other professional traders. I’m what’s called an end of day trader, which means I download my data at the end of each day. I run my strategies, place […]
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A trading strategy is a set of rules by which you trade the stock market. Your trading strategy defines how you trade. Nick Radge, The Chartist discusses his trading strategies. My core strategy in the Australian share market is a trend following model. It’s a breakout model, which means we buy strength, sell weakness. It […]
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Do you have to know why your strategy makes money? Is there a point when you’ve got to step back and say this isn’t working? You’ve got to firstly and foremost, before you even start trading, understand why your strategy will make money. Okay, that’s the key right there. If you don’t know why your […]
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How do you ensure that it is only a small amount of money you are going to lose? Have you got your stop losses in order before you enter the market? Everything we do is planned in advance, and that planning comes in the format of some kind of a formula, or mathematical equation. So […]
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It seems everyone has a little interest in Pump ‘n Dump trading this week. A Pump ‘n Dump is normally associated with the illegal ramping of a micro cap stock (known as penny stocks) and then selling once the stock price has risen following the surge in interest as a result of the ramp. One […]
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Is a disaster or catastrophic event a known unknown or an unknown unknown? Chatting with a client recently about the expected market reaction to the Paris tragedy I used the term ‘known unknown’. A known unknown is an event that is known to occur, we just don’t know when or where. Like a terrorist attack. […]
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Is Now A Good Time To Make A Trade? Recently a comment came across my Twitter feed in reference to an exceptional trade that the OP (original poster) was riding. Here’s the comment: “Lesson : Don’t ignore 52 week high strength when overall market is weak.” The OP is certainly on a great trade and […]
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A common question we get when trading longer term momentum style strategies, such as the Growth Portfolio, is how to manage a missed signal. Do we chase it? Do we stand down and wait for the next signal? Do we buy it if it’s below the original entry? It’s an important question because in a […]
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Momentum investing forms the basis of the majority of our trading strategies. Does It Pay To Tweak…? I’m a firm believer of being open to new ideas and testing their potential within the context of one’s own research and strategies. For example, I started my trading career because I happened to look over the shoulder […]
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Stock trading question from Steve L.: “Can you explain hedging in laymans terms?” To hedge means to protect a position or portfolio without exiting it. For example, if you had a $100,000 share portfolio that was designed for dividend income and you were concerned that a major correction may occur but didn’t wish to trigger […]
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