NOVEMBER 19, 2015
Awaiting party madness
Seminar: Big Discount Offer
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Happy birthday to my son, 11 today. He's brought me non stop joy and delight even when I'm standing in the rain every sunday on a football pitch somewhere in the middle of nowhere. We're off out tonight to celebrate and he's pretty happy with those new football boots I bought him! Betty... he is delighted with his present, thanks
so much (and it was lovely to see you at the last seminar).
That busy time of the year is on the way... Blimey, there's parent do's,
school end of term events, parties, football... and I'm trying to write two books,
one on trading psychology and a novel.
That's my excuse anyway for ducking the next scheduled
update. But... I will be back from December 17th with a bumper edition of the site including the year inreview and a look forwards to (gulp!) 2016.
If you want me before that come and join me for a day live on Dec 7th including news on my latest buys and sells - it's the last seminar till well into next year
so forget Xmas, relax and spend the day with me and learn stuff I can't do in the books, like when to buy or sell live. Mail me for details. There is still an early bird discount too and you get a great lunch, meet interesting people.
Talking of busy next weekend I'll be glad when Sunday morning rolls round.
Because the previous few hours is going to involve a few
headache pills!
Yes, me and the Mrs are taking on eight ten-year-old boys for Christopher's birthday party. We realised we gave too much in arranging it. In the
summer it sounded nice, now.....
Boys arrive at 2pm, we take them to the Fulham vs Preston game.
Then after we take them swimming. Can you imagine the noise
levels at both?
After that it's dinner time. Can you imagine the mess? Then party games.
Noise and mess. Finally... the worse is yet to come...
They are all staying the night in a giant sleepover !
Help!!!!!!!
Parents are picking them up at 10am. I suspect we will spent the
rest of the day, and week ahead recovering from what will
be a monstrous earthquake.
Party events will include pass the
parcel and some karaoke. My karaoke effort will be the current one from KDA featuring Tinie Tempah and Katy B "Turn the Music Louder" .
I am practising it at the mo. I'm sure the boys will be impressed and I promise no
dad dancing will be involved.
It's hard not to be an embarrassing parent.
Regarding boys it's always worth remembering never to ask a
10-year-old boy "Have you got a girlfriend yet?" They hate that.
Neighbours have been alerted. All I can hope is the vicar next door remembers the commandment: "Love Thy Neighbour". I'll tell you how we survived the event in the next update!
I've been conned by great marketing. A 25% off Molton Brown voucher arrives in email.
They do posh bath stuff. I usually order it for the Mrs for Xmas but selfishly wondered whether I should try some myself. Normally lilac Radox from the pound shop does it for me.
I order it absent-mindedly not realising till it arrived I paid £17.50 instead of £20 for a bottle of bubble bath ! And a fiver delivery. What an idiot!
So I was excited about my first bath in... er... "Mesmerising Oudh Accord and Gold" bubble bath.
"Oulent oudh accord with gold and cinnamon leaf oil. "
Gold! Oudh! Wow, should be a lot more than 20 quid. Hang on, what is oudh? And doesn't cinnamon go in curries?
It was all a big disappointment. Bubbles weren't great. And if that's what oudh smells like, give me Radox lilac.
"You smell a bit weird dad," claims my ten-year-old (oops sorry 11 now) later. He's right. I smell weird. How can I salvage the situation.
Hang, on the mother in law is coming for Xmas. I only used a bit off the top. Close cap, stick in mum-in-law friendly wrapping paper, done.
She can go round smelling weird instead while I return to smelling of lilac.
We saw Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse live in London on Tuesday
And we also saw "Jobs", the movie about Steve Jobs. The live show was way better than the movie.
Both performers are at their best - do catch them
if they appear at a theatre near you.
All the characters are there from loadsamoney, Tim
nice but dim, I saw you coming etc.
Highlights were the two old boy surgeons and
a Dragons Den sketch. Smashie and Nicey end up
being carted off by the police of course... And there's a clever
p*** take of "right on" leftie comedians. Put it this way. They
don't like Russell Brand!
Go and see if you can.
Meanwhile "Jobs" was disappointing. More arty farty than anything else. Which is why it will probably win awards from the arty farty community.
It concentrated more on his relationship with his daughter and his assistant.
Trouble is neither relationship was actually that interesting. There wasn't enough on the actual products or the launches.
It did get across that Apple products were more about style than substance and Jobs was just a decent marketing guy and a total pain in the butt to those around him.
But if you want an entertaining movie, I'd go see something else. Not James Bond, that's not much good either!
If you would like to come to the next seminar..it is on Mon Dec 7th - and this one will be a little different as will also be looking at ways to make money from a potential Santa rally!
Mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "Dec seminar interested". There is a decent early bookers discount on offer that you can currently claim. Or if you have been before we can get stuck straight into trading at the follow up on the 14th.
Beginners and improvers welcome! Come and spend the day with me, the markets and some lovely people - and of course, lunch, lots of sugary snacks, and even live chocolate waffle making in the teabreak!
My seminars are designed for beginners, dabblers and improvers and deals with everything from how to look for winners, how to research, spreadbetting, level 2 use how to time trades and short, how to use advfn properly and run your portfolio without having to spend money on systems and tipsters.. and tons more.
A lot of the day comes directly from the live markets and I show you many of the tricks I use to get good prices live. And there might even be the odd live trade or 2!
Here's some feedback from from "D"
'It's obvious from his site Robbie Burns is a good market analyst and shrewd stock-picker. He is also a highly opinionated commentator on everything from TV shows to food. Therefore I expected his seminar to be 75% entertainment, 15% general exposition for beginners and-- if we were lucky-- 10% of something I could use to help me invest. But I could not have been more wrong.
The opinions on food and politics etc. though genuine, are I believe a bit of disguise or misdirection for there is a real touch of rebel genius here. And in the seminar, which is 95% hardball, he actually takes you candidly right into the mental process involved in his successful trading, making it a pretty amazing display, even showing his own investment accounts right there on the screen. You can see at once why so many of us are merely stabbing in the dark with our investments.
This is a genuine coaching session in how to trade like him if you put in the graft. I have only bought one stock since, as I am waiting for the tools he recommends, but I got the price down by using his tactics and I cannot recommend the seminar too highly if you are going there to learn. It must be taxing on him to let us at such length and in such detail into the process, which has made him so much money (for--unlike so many other so-called experts the seminars are not a day job). My advice therefore would be to sign up for this while he is still prepared to do it.'
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Naked Trader Seminar Latest News
Fancy spending a day with me, learning all the ways I have learned over the years to find good shares and play the markets? Well, you can at one of my seminars!
Booking is open for the Naked Trader seminar on February 1 which includes how to make the most of the Xmas rally potential.
Price is £650 plus vat. However there is a massive discount of £250 off that making it just £400 plus vat for the first ten early bird bookers. Mail for details with Feb special offer interested in the subject line.
That includes three course lunch, coffees, snacks etc.
The seminar is mainly aimed at beginners and dabblers though improvers are welcome too.
Topics covered using live market feeds all day include: Market psychology, level 2 - a simple guide to how to use it for better timing; how to value companies; finding companies that are about to rise. I will also cover techniques for handling events such as the recent meltdown and volatility.
Spreadbetting: How to use it to gain an edge and go short. Market makers - how they work and how to beat them; how to stop losing money and make it instead and plenty more.
How to plan trade entries and exits - how to research companies and understand reports, plus all those niggly questions you always wanted to ask. How to set stop losses and targets. Charts and how to use them.
Also covered: Market maker tricks: How to spot tree shakes and use them in your favour, How to tell when NOT to buy a share. I use live ADVFN all day with lots of level 2 and looks at all kind of live market data.
The idea behind the seminar is SIMPLICITY. I don't use jargon or fancy words - everything is in PLAIN ENGLISH! No question is too stupid and the event is held in a friendly relaxed and supportive environment.
The idea is you will come away from the event I hope a wise and better investor with lots of new ideas. I try and translate complex topics into easy bite size pieces. I also aim for it to be entertaining as well as instructive.
If you are interested please e-mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "Feb seminar interested" in the subject line and I will send you full details of the event including comments from those who have come to previous seminars and you can then decide whether you would like to come. See you there!
One seminar attendee Clare wanted to write a testimonial about her experiences at the seminar which follows now!
"I've just come back buzzing from one of Robbie's seminars. What a day! He's just brilliant, and manages to pack an awful lot into one day, and with his enthusiastic and humorous delivery the day just flies by. There are no gimmicks, no sell, no "˜get-rich-quick' promises, just his own solid, sound approach which he has learnt over the years and which works.
He shows you how to minimise the risks and maximise the profits and points out the banana skins on the way. Where the seminar really comes into its own is when he teaches using live level 2. Hearing him talk through his thought processes and reasoning is invaluable, and really brings home everything from the book. He has endless patience answering peoples' questions, and really seems to care that everybody understands.
On top of that, you meet some really nice like minded people and swap e mail addresses, you're plied with
chocolates and coffee all day, have a great lunch and spend the evening getting tiddled with Robbie in the
bar afterwards!
Don't worry about the cost, it's easily worth it, and you'll soon make it back with your new-found investment skills, and in what you're no longer losing. If you're thinking of going along to his next seminar, whether you're a novice or an experienced trader, don't hesitate ""just go!
Thanks Clare, did you want the tenner in cash, or will a cheque do?
Capital offer
Its spreads are surprisingly tight and interestingly an automated stop loss is applied to each trade - so beginners know what their max loss is from the outset. A super site for beginners.
I use IG Index for betting on the very small companies, the only spreadbet firm I can find that does the smaller ones making it possible to trade AIM cos tax free.
To sign up and get an excellent weekly education programme use this link:
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You can sign up at this link which includes a decent market commentary:
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Naked Rambling
No-one wants them in, including their own colleagues.
Corbyn is the supply teacher of the political world.
If in charge, everyone here and in other countries
would take the p*** just as pupils do with a bad
supply teacher.
Now he appoints his old pal "uncle Ken" on defence
policy which really is a joke.
Uncle Ken has showed his nasty side this week revealing
himself to be a sulky schoolboy with a massive ego.
I think it's time they all retired and enjoyed some nice
chats about old times at their local Labour club.
With problems across the world we can't afford to have
this old boy's leftie club around any longer and we need a
decent opposition.
Regarding the French terrorism I haven't got anything to
say because it's all been said. Horrible. The sooner we get
rid of these young psycopaths the better.
Want to be happier? Says a report. Give up Facebook!
Apparently giving up Facebook boosts happiness and reduces
anxiety, anger and lonliness.
That's what happened when researchers deprived
Facebook users from using it.
Of course as researchers found people get fed up
with looking at their friend's "amazing lives".
Ie all the best bits only and a lot of exaggeration!
As humans of course we compare how we are doing with
others. And all Facebook pages are let's face it
just a promo for the person writing them.
The Mrs gave up Facebook a few years ago and felt
better for it. As for me, I'm not interested in any social
media.
Hell, I don't even have a mobile. Want to get in touch?
Mail or phone the landline. I'll get back to you
in my own good time. Life is too rushed.
I'm A Celeb is back. Disappointing line-up to say the least, so
far anyway.
The interesting one for me of course is Duncan
Bannatyne. The man who always has to be
married to someone half his age.
The challenges won't mean much to him, he's
tough but I wonder how he'll deal with other people
on a level playing field. I have met Lady C a couple
of years ago when she was at an event at one of
my sister's theatres. She is delightfully batty but
charming too. Not sure why Chris Ewbank is there,
after a career in fighting a few bugs chucked at
him is hardly going to freak him out.
Fargo continues to be its entertaining best. It's a bit
like Jeremy Corbyn - an avuncular outside but
a menacing core.
The Apprentice. Hmmm, beginning to be tedious for
the first time and finding myself fast forwarding
through some of it.
Lord Sir A gets more egotistical every year.
Homeland remains a good watch except that how
thick is Saul? He seems to fall for every
dumb trick. In real life surely he'd have been
fired years ago.
Peep Show is back for a final series. I had
thought they shouldn't do another one as it should
be left at its best.
Still, it wasn't bad... and it still works!
Catastrophe remains the best comedy on TV now.
It's on Amazon prime if you missed the first series. Very
fresh and original with no dull bits.
"The Affair" (Sky Atlantic)
just gets better and better. Really well written and
thoughtful too.
And a word for "The Americans". Tucked away on
ITV Encore, a channel no-one watches it's worth
getting the DVD or the download if you can find it/them.
Cracking stuff.
Good place for spreadbets and fixed odds for sport is here...
http://www.spreadex.com/nakedtrader/sports
Good quick execution of bets and a great range of markets. Recommended!
Naked Mail
Dave writes :
I agree with comments about Dr Who and Breaking Bad. I used to enjoy Dr. Who years ago but I think it's worn out, it's all about celebrity now, like everything else on telly.
I recently was enjoying the Sopranos a friend let me borrow (fascinating story lines) and my son Rob in Australia (an irrelevance to you of course), he said if you like Sopranos you'll love Breaking Bad. Wow was he ever right. I got the full set from Amazon (apart from the last season). I'm having to eke it out it's so brilliant I don't want it to end, that's the sad bit. What about the uncle in the desert in the wheelchair with the bell strapped to the arm of the chair, the missus and me just fell about and many more just brilliant set ups dragging out every emotion.
Agree Dave, love Breaking Bad. Only five to go for me and I won't spoil what happens for you except it gets more and more addictive!
Gary writes :
"For throwing your heart, soul and energy into one fact-packed, full-on and exhaustingly educational day: FIVE stars with no hesitation!!
Met some really nice people too - like me, nervous that it was the most we'd ever spent on a whole day of anything (had we made arses of ourselves?) But no one felt short-changed, especially when you were still going strong when we all wanted to go to bed! One of your delegates, Susan, back for a second time, said to me unequivocally, "you will go away absolutely inspired." I can't disagree.
Thanks Gary, hope you make some money!
Duane writes:
Wanted to say a big thank you to you and Mrs NT for an amazing day of learning and fun at your seminar.
The way you explained the share trading from start to finish was understandable and really interesting, well worth the seminar fee!
It was great to hear such down to earth and honest assessment from a successful trader like yourself. The way you explained everything was good revision from your book and gave further insight into successful share trading.
I particularly liked your live trades and going through your accounts when you gave snippets of why you invested in certain shares and why you kept/dumped them. Also helpful was the way you searched for prospective shares and within minutes discounted them or put them on a short list for further examination and correct entry points. Amazing!
You could really tell that you loved doing what you do and your energy levels to keep going till 10pm was well....... I had to leave at 9pm I was shattered!
Thanks again Robbie I am keen to put into practice what you have taught me. Even though you make squillions from your trades and I am sure don't need to do the seminars for financial gain, but please keep doing those seminars for newbies like me!
Thanks Duane! Don't expect to be doing them foreever but very rewarding for me to help people so expect to carry on for a while longer.
Gabriel writes:
If you are reading this, you are perhaps considering going on one of Robbie's Seminars. You maybe asking yourself (like I did) the testimonials are all well and good but once the euphoria and excitement of attending a Seminar has died down ..... and I am back home in my normal routine and faced with the "graft" of putting it all into practice... will I become a better trader and be financially better off?
Let me tell you that in my case it certainly has!
Book your place pretty sharpish....... is what I say !
Thanks Gabriel!
Terry writes:
Fantastic seminar.
I have always been sceptical of the public testaments you see on web sites
saying how great an event was. Now I'm one of those people!. I
genuinely believe that the tips and techniques as well as the overall
approach you demonstrated will radically improve my trading performance
Thanks Terry, well all the testaments are real but know what you mean and glad you feel it was worth it!
Dan writes :
'It's obvious from his site Robbie Burns is a good market analyst and shrewd stock-picker. He is also a highly opinionated commentator on everything from TV shows to food. Therefore I expected his seminar to be 75% entertainment, 15% general exposition for beginners and-- if we were lucky-- 10% of something I could use to help me invest. But I could not have been more wrong.
The opinions on food and politics etc. though genuine, are I believe a bit of disguise or misdirection for there is a real touch of rebel genius here. And in the seminar, which is 95% hardball, he actually takes you candidly right into the mental process involved in his successful trading, making it a pretty amazing display, even showing his own investment accounts right there on the screen. You can see at once why so many of us are merely stabbing in the dark with our investments.
This is a genuine coaching session in how to trade like him if you put in the graft. I have only bought one stock since, as I am waiting for the tools he recommends, but I got the price down by using his tactics and I cannot recommend the seminar too highly if you are going there to learn. It must be taxing on him to let us at such length and in such detail into the process, which has made him so much money (for--unlike so many other so-called experts the seminars are not a day job). My advice therefore would be to sign up for this while he is still prepared to do it.'
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Markets
EMAILS: I do beg you not to send me emails asking me for advice on a particular share. It isn't legal for me to give you individual advice and all I do is send you a mail saying that, which wastes a lot of my time and yours too. This includes asking me what to do with a share, what I might "think" about a share, or deconstructing any of the buys I mention here. I would be grateful, see FAQ for more on this. Of course more than happy to answer general questions not related to specific shares.
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COPYING TRADES: I can't stop you from copying a trade I made but remember the price may already be a lot higher than I paid indeed I hope it is as buying at good prices is what I do for a living. You may be buying at the top and could easily lose money. Also I can make terrible mistakes and have done in the past. I could also sell before you or before the share tanks. I may still be holding in a year when you sold at a loss. Always do your own research, don't jump in blindly. Market makers are very clever at knowing how to make you pay top dollar and then push you out at a loss. This site is about sensible investment and learning how to trade sensibly and is not a tipping site. Beware. Never push buy on anything till you've done proper research and got yourself a sensible price.
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In case you don't read my stuff up above due to working
on a psychology book and a comedy-thriller novel the next update will
be Dec 17th which will be a bumper update including trades
made at the dec 7th seminar, year in review and a look
ahead to next year.
Any new trades I'll detail and explain to those of you coming
on the 7th.
Markets are always tricky at this time of year, at least
up to Mid December.
Generally they go down a bit with spikes up
in between. The terrorism in France hardly
effected them at all. Markets tend to shrug
off terrorism these days as sadly it
becomes all too common. Indeed
the markets are very strong at the mo. However
do be careful about getting involved too much
till mid December.
In the main I tend to take profits/losses in November
rather than looking at stuff to buy but actually there
were some nice looking buys to be had so I
did a bit more buying and a bit more selling than I
would usually do around now.
I was interested in selling stuff and have been
banking quite a lot of profit to raise cash to play
the probable Xmas rally (happens 9 out of 10 times).
Secretly most traders/investors are happy for markets
to do down back end of Nov and early Dec as that makes
a decent santa rally more likely. We shall see!
Let's start with what I'd consider fairly low risk
and one I anticipate I'll hold for some time and
that's retirement home builder McCarthy and Stone (MCS)
which has listed this month.
(Sounds like an MOR rock band.. and now ladies and
gentlemen, please welcome.. McCarthy and Stone.....!)
I bought some as a spreadbet and then some for the
ISA. (There is some idiotic rule not letting you buy main
market listings in an ISA until they have been listed for
a week, such cobblers!)
MCS is in a very lucrative niche and the figures look
good - I think it was fairly priced and it's a long-term
hold for me.
I've been keeping an eye on Stadium group (SDM) for
a bit as those of you who came to the last seminar
know! I was waiting for a dip which happened this week
and so picked some up.
Stadium shares look very cheap. Profits
are rising strongly and it's buying up other
companies as well as growing organically.
Forecast profits are very strong and net debt
reasonable. I'm not sure why they are not higher.
They seem to struggle to get above 130 but once that is
broken I don't see why 160-170 isn't possible. I'm
thinking of about a three month hold here to kick off with.
I picked up some Goal Soccer Centres (Goal) after noting
Mike Ashley picked up nearly 5%. I wonder whether
this is a prelude to buying more or even a bid as after
a couple of warnings Goal now looks cheap.
I know 5 aside footie well as I manage my son's five
a side team! I can easily see where more profits could
be made by someone new coming in.
I think these shares have been kicked into touch
too much and they could start to motor up the wing
for a superb profitable finish.
Look, sorry, I know
I just couldn't find any decent football puns. Yellow
card for me. Red card for the shares once they've
made a decent profit.
(Stadium followed by Goal - there is a theme here...)
I picked up some more Xeros (XSG) which has a
brilliant new invention, polymer beads which cleans
clothes better, faster and with little water. Great
for places drought hit like California.
The first lot
I bought for my sipp already have trebled. I picked up
a further 1,000 at the brilliant price of 210.25. Price
fell when a fundraising was announced at 225p to raise
£40m. A great move, I could not understand why the price
went under the placing price so put a hopeful order direct
on the book at the sell price, lucky for me someone sold
them to me!
I will cover getting shares at the sell
price thus wiping out the spread live at the seminar on the
7th .. I'll stick on some live orders and see
if we can get the sell prices on the day.
If you'd like details on the event on Dec 7th at Heathrow
mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "Dec seminar
interested" in the subject line - there is an early bird discount.
(If you have been before there is a follow up on the 14th).
Onto a large number of sells, either sold as they'd reached
where I wanted, they hadn't moved much, or felt the money
would be better used elsewhere. I did a bit of a sell
splurge over a couple of days axeing stuff I was bored
with, hadn't moved or seemed full value for now. I also
top sliced (sold bits off the top of quite a few holdings. Too
hard to sort these out for the site though).
Part of the reason
for sales is to raise a whole heap of cash to play the
potential Xmas rally next month. And I now have
that whole heap of cash! I
The last of the KBC went for a fantastic profit of £3,404.
And with 32 Red pushing up over a quid and so
doubling my money I sold three-quarters of them,
for a website profit of £5,810.
I sold some GMS, profit £477 and then bought
some back after a statement which saw them lower.
Pnld went last week for a tiny profit, breakeven after costs.
Dplm, out for a profit of £436 and Rgs was half sold for a profit
of £1,002.
I've finally sold Al Noor, was waiting for a counter
bid but didn't look like that was going to happen so
taken a lovely profit of £7,163.
That makes six bids this year for some fantastic profit, best
bid of the year goes to Aga which made me many thousands.
I am hoping for one more this year with a bit of luck.
With some giant profits banked total
profits banked for the site are £17,856.
ETO produced a very nice statement this week, tv sales strong,
film sales weaker but the outlook looks good.
For now, the market isn't moving on them. At some
point I bet they will! There is tons of value to be
unlocked in ETO shares, the its catalogue alone is
valued at a billion dollars! If shares stay low for much
longer I bet there'll be a bid and that would have to be
in the 350-400 area.
Long-termer Vec reported good
news on its drugs pipeline. They do
need to crack 180 to venture any higher. Hopefully
patience will pay but in any event doubled my money on them.
Iomart continues to be strong and is hitting
300. Any bidder will have to be looking at 350-400.
Recent buys are mainly doing ok especially the
three new issues, Ibstock, Equiniti and Worldpay.
Next 15 has whizzed past target, tempted to topslice
at some point. Empresaria continues to empress.
Kainos has proved an amazing performer very fast,
up more than 100 points on the first buy.
I am getting tempted to bank some profits.
QP shares continue to be a close
call on holding.
Renew just carries on up over time very well. Optimal Pay has changed its name
to Paysafe and now in tremendous profit. More
to come and hopefully in time, a bid.
Long-termer Hayward announced a fund raising today at a healthy
90p, more to come and remain patient here.
The lovely GB Group just keeps on going and been in since 20p.
To see it with another nought on the end is sensational. I still think it will end up
being bid for - but in the meantime sits at highs. See you all
again on Dec 17th.
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Trade tables follow! Trades are current open and recently closed trades. Closed trades feature the closing price and the amount I won or lost. All others are open. Trades get updated a little later than the narrative. Trading costs are ignored, however I also do not add in dividend payments and with the kinds of companies I buy, dividends tend to equal or outweigh costs. Spread rollovers ignored for web purposes. Tables as accurate as poss however a mistake or two can creep in and very occasionally if I forgot I sold or bought something it will be added at a later time. Trades first reported in the diary under Markets every other Thursday afternoon.