Welcome to the second post in a series dedicated to the chart patterns I use and look for every day during my technical analysis of the UK stock market. Last week we looked at the flag chart pattern. Today, we will look at the pennant chart pattern. You will be familiar with the attributes of the pennant chart chart … [Read more...] about The Pennant Chart Pattern
The Flag Chart Pattern
So I've decided to do a series of posts focussing on the chart patterns I try to look out for every day in my nightly analysis of the UK stock market. To kick things off we will have a look at the flag chart pattern. Take a look at the chart below: This is a classic flag chart pattern. From this, we can discern … [Read more...] about The Flag Chart Pattern
My Trades – September and October 2011
Hello and welcome to the second month end report from Trading Simply. Honestly, it hard been a hard couple of months. Both on the markets and in general. Which is why I am combining both September and October into one post. I have had many commitments away from the stock market and The Trading Simply Blog and I am … [Read more...] about My Trades – September and October 2011
RSS Feed and RSS Email Subsciptions
During some recent maintenance it appears that the RSS Feed is not working properly and has necessitated a brand new feed for The Trading Simply Blog. What this means is that if you receive notifications of blog posts by email or via your RSS reader, you will need to re-subscribe by one of the following … [Read more...] about RSS Feed and RSS Email Subsciptions
How to Spread Bet UK Shares Through a Financial Crisis
If, like me, you are an active trader holding onto trades for weeks and months rather than years, then this post is aimed at you. The three most important criteria to consider are: Stop losses - because you understand that stop losses protect you from losing so much money that you cannot continue trading Risk … [Read more...] about How to Spread Bet UK Shares Through a Financial Crisis
Recent Experiences That Nearly Made Me Quit Trading
Well what can I say? The last four weeks have been mental for me and has forced me to stop trading. This post is a follow-up post to this one. The reasons why I stopped trading are: Work pressures - I had a full time job and a part-time job effectively working seven days a week (half day Saturday). The pressure … [Read more...] about Recent Experiences That Nearly Made Me Quit Trading
Trading Simply Announcement
So I quit my job today :) I literally walked up to the store manager halfway through my shift and said 'I'm leaving'. Let me put you in the picture. For the past two years I have been working seven days a week. This was due in large part to: A lack of personal financial education, which lead to Excessive … [Read more...] about Trading Simply Announcement
Stock Market Report wk#39
An interesting week with the FTSE going sideways with a one day price spike on Tuesday. This event provided a learning outcome for me as well as a new addition to the Trading Simply Trading Plan. More on that in the month end report, to be published later this week. Stock Markets This Week Its funny how TALK of a … [Read more...] about Stock Market Report wk#39
Stock Market Report wk#38
This week saw the world's leaders still trying to figure out what to do with Greece to stop it from defaulting on its debt and therefore allowing it to stay in the Euro. One thing I have learned this week is to trust my own judgement when it comes to trading the UK stock market. All to often I go through a process … [Read more...] about Stock Market Report wk#38
Dividends and Spread Betting UK Shares
Dividends are like a nice little treat that you are entitled to you from your slice of the company pie. In traditional share trading you buy shares in a company that pays a dividend, you then receive a nice dividend cheque, usually twice a year. Today I would like to show you how dividends are treated when spread … [Read more...] about Dividends and Spread Betting UK Shares