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I have seen quite a few of you at seminars over the last month or so
and thanks for all the feedback, I think I have replied
to all!

If you couldn't make them beginners/improvers is Dec 3rd and
follow up/advanced Dec 10th.

Obviously as potential Xmas rally will be high on the list
for examination at both. Email me if you are interested in
a Xmas shares knees up as we will be having a Xmas lunch!

My son was only back from school for half-term for a short
time when disaster stuck.

Christopher has turned out a happy go lucky teenager totally
full of beans. Put it this way he isn't the type who is going
to sit down and quietly play chess for hours.

This means us elderly parents are often roped in to all
kinds of physical activity.

A day after I nearly ended up in a and e after a "game
of football" in the garden where I twisted my ankle attempting
a great goal, my wife did instead.

Christopher decided it would be fun to teach my wife how
to balance on a kind of giant rolling pin he used to use
in football training.

Unfortunately my wife fell off it, bang right onto the hard
kitchen surface and broke her arm. (We didn't know at the
time).

It was a mad dash to a and e. Which was amazing!
We got seen very quickly. X-ray was taken and the bad news
revealed by a sympathetic doctor All in all we were only there for about
3 hours.

We may have got lucky as it was before the evening alcohol
fuelled rush.

The doctor did a lot of asking about how it happened then it
suddenly hit me why! He was trying to figure out if I was
a wife beater!

I think he was reassured as it was a weird way to break
your arm. He had a lovely voice and we worked out he
should be a radio 2 DJ.

Anyhow - the upshot is the poor mrs has to hobble around
very carefully and needs loads of help from me.

This includes cooking, clearing up, shopping, and all
the other things I am used to not doing.

She's still in pain but we are off to the fracture clinic
tomorrow so we hope no surgery will be needed.

So food is down to me, if the m and s share price goes
up that's the ready meals I have been buying.

Hygiene has definitely gone out the window in the
kitchen area. Bits of mucky mess everywhere.

The cats are in total disarray with me in charge and
I know we have a teenager somewhere, just not
sure where. In fact everything is in disarray. Half
term trips all had to be cancelled too.

And it looks like this is going to be at least six weeks. Help !!

I'm pleased to announce the winners of the
naked trader summer radio show competition.

In first place it is Mike Dickinson. Congrats Mike
who gets £200. He really deserves it - he tells me
he spend 9 hours working on the answers and he pretty
much got every one even the very hard ones I expected
no-one to get.

In second place and only just pipped is Paul Easton who
was only one answer behind Mike. A fabulous effort
from Paul who picks up £200.

And a mention for Shirley Flanagan who came an honourable
third for £50. You now all have your prize money, spend it wisely!

And congrats to ALL of you who took part. It was a deliberately
hard music competition. All I can say to the top three is that
you really knew your music. I deliberately talked over the
background music as I know there are music apps out there
and I am glad I defeated those, otherwise where is the
skill in winning.

And thanks to all of you with your positive feedback on the
podcast. It has fired me up to produce a Xmas/new year
one which I hope will be out in December.

Would you like to take part in it? You can email me with
anything you like actually, perhaps taking your cue from
the style of the summer NT Show.

But here are some clues to what I am after!

- The Xmas track you hate the most and why
- Your favourite party song - the one that gets you moving!
- The worst xmas present you ever got
- How will you see in the new year? Do you hate it and
if so why?
- Your new year's resolutions

Bah humbug! What makes you say bah humbug? What
things annoy you around Xmas and new year? Do you
hate xmas, new year parties? Say why and any
funny experiences you have had.

Are you spending Xmas anywhere unusual?

Re finance what is the most annoying thing about being
a part-time or full time investor? Did you screw up this
year and how?

Your favourite and least favourite share of the year. Or
anything else you like. Just send it in! If I use
it, my thanks in advance.

Send your stuff to me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with
"Xmas pod contribution" in the subject line.

Please keep contributions reasonably tight and short!

Thanks to Alex from rawbean who came to the
last seminar we had to buy some of his
coffee bags!

They really are lovely and you can take them with
you, just need some hot water. Trouble is I
am definitely drinking more coffee. Still,
some reports say it's good for you!

I've got new seminar dates now.

For beginners and
improvers it is Dec 3rd - a very large early
bird discount on offer!

And for the follow up for those
that have been, Dec 10th. The Xmas rally will
feature in depth at both!

Mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com
for details with "dec seminar interested" or
"follow up interested" in the subject line.
Thanks to you all for feedback on the events and I know some of you
are already happily following the rules.

It seems self-obsessed to print all the feedback but why not
just one from Paul...

"Thanks for a brilliant day. It provided much needed focus
which was refreshing and enjoyable. The venue was
great, food excellent and I would highly recommend
the seminars to others."

Thanks Paul.

The Budget wasn't exactly a thriller - a kind of
holding pattern till we know what kind of Brexit
deal we have.

A few good lines though I thought from Phil's
comedy writer.

Trouble is with the system we have is no-one thinks 20
years ahead - what is going to happen and how
can we work towards it?

The high street is finished - the new cut price rates
is just a sticking plaster. Shops are dead.

High
streets will end with just coffee shops/charity
shops and your local amazon store which will track
your every movement and dispense an electric shock
via your phone if you don't buy more than £50 of shopping.

It's time for a major re-think on taxes. Everything is
going to move online, just a matter of time.

Sad for us oldies used to communicating face to face
but just natural for youth. Just the way it is.

Congrats to the Twitter boss who is considering removing
the "Like" button which is linked to social media addiction.

"We're incentivising people who want their likes to go
up and get more followers. Is that the right thing Vs
contributing to a healthy conversation?" he says.

Quite right. Get rid. Stop it. It is quite sad that all people
care about is the buzz another "like" brings.

Please like me! Ooh, I am so needy! Time to get rid
of amounts of followers etc too. It all panders to
addiction and neediness. This can't be good.

You're not a good person just because you have collected
a lot of followers. Some even buy them.

Get out there, be yourself for good or bad.

The sugar tax on drinks shows where government
interference can cause consequences.

Drinkers of San Pellegrino are going crazy as the
company changed some sugar to artificial sweeteners
to avoid the tax.

I guess this is happening elsewhere. So the tax looks
like it is forcing people to drink more artificial sugar.

Is this really a good option? I don't personally want to
drink artificial sweeteners. I would rather have a smaller
amount of stuff with sugar in, then a lot of artificial.

There is some evidence coming out that artificial
sweeteners can be worse for you than sugar.

Some make you want to drink more and more and
end up leaving you making up for sugar in other
ways. Also some evidence that drinking it can cause
health problems in the body.

Interesting new series "Condor" has started on an odd
channel "Universal" number 113 on the sky channels.

Actually so far it's a decent thriller series that may not
get recognition because it isn't on a mainline channel.

It's a bit like Homeland. So if you liked that you will
probably like it.

A guy came up with an algorithm to catch would
be terrorist but corrupt government officials
want him dead as it works too well.

It all sounds a bit "so what" but it is fast paced
and moves nicely. Obviously one of those where
you have to ignore the plot holes.

I can only praise The Apprentice as it is the only one
show we can get our 13-year-old to watch with us.

It at least gets him off the phone for an hour (he nearly
has 800 followers!)

Informer has been a rather decent thriller on Channel 4.

Some more interesting than usual characters
and it's quite thoughtful regarding police who
infiltrate gangs by leading double lives.

It gets more promising every week so worth a watch.

Trust and Better Call Saul continue to be great viewing!
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type of market time period.

And that's not only because the Mrs broke her arm
leaving her unable to do much and so leaving me in
charge of the household during half term. (And
for the next 5 weeks).

See above for more woe on that. (If you get a short or grumpy email from me right now please put it down to me
having to do some real work for the first time in years)

Last couple of weeks it really has become a casino with
the house determined to take your chips then throw
you out on the streets leaving you wondering if you
have enough change to get a kebab on the way home.

It's gone crazily volatile with some stuff up and down
in bonkers fashion.

Those of us in the game for a while have been through
this before! At least you can sell.

In 2008 it was impossible to actually sell much of
anything to get out.
Best to either get out quick, wait for the storm to
pass for a while then re-enter. Or shrug and hang onto
things and wait for it to blow over I do a bit of a mix.

I go through and
topslice anything that could be weak, leave anything
that I am certain looks good value and use shorting
to bring in the money on the other side. I also
just leave the sipp alone!
It has been a a good time to axe anything that looks
highly rated, has big debt or you are simply worried about.

The thing about markets is there is never an "answer".
It really is all about fear and greed and if fear hits expect
big declines. Then when sentiment turns watch it
all fly up as it did yesterday and today.

Of course just because things look good the last couple
of days doesn't mean fear won't come back.

Bottom line: check each share you hold. Is it profitable?
Are the profits going up? Was the outlooks statement
good? If so you will probably be ok unless they made
up the figures (see cake!)

But: is it loss-making? Are there question marks? Is it
in a high risk area like mining or oil, a penny share
or potentially dodgy? Then get out, because in a
down market it will get hammered.
Last couple of days as sentiment has turned I have closed
out a few of the FTSE shorts banking some serious
gains (£80k plus). For those
of you who came to the seminars I still have one or
two of the shorts open that were made higher up but closed
the ones made 7350 and below. I'll do some more if
it looks like a real major Nov shakeout is to happen.

Although I've been short profit taking I haven't been back
in buying heavily either. I remain cautious.
Good news is all this mucking about could lead to
a fantastic Xmas rally which I'll be covering live
at the beginners/improvers seminar on Dec 3 and
the advanced follow up on dec 10th. There is a
chapter in the new SB book on it too.

I have bought a bit recently but only bits.. the markdown in
some shares just felt too tempting not to take. Probably
not as much bargain hunting as I might have done if
the Mrs had not broken her arm as a lot of my
attention has to be elsewhere for now.

Safecharge (SCH) looked well oversold even in a down market
so made a top up. The price kept coming down and
I scratched my head going through it carefully
to see what I missed.

Looks like there was a shares overhang (a big
seller needed shares placing). Now that is out
of the way looking for it to head back up to
300 and more.

It has a giant dividend of near 6% which I got last week
which certainly helped to cover some of the weakness.

NMC got knocked back a fair bit and I felt it was a
good time to top up, subject to get out quick. Made
a fortune on this mid-east healthcare provider.

It announced last week upgraded guidance for
next year's profits and expects "strong organic
growth". That was good enough for me to buy
on the weakness.
I bought an old fave, Telecom Plus. (TEP). This is
my income stock and I hold a massive amount in
certificate form, the only thing that isn't tax free but I
get giant cheques twice a year from the 5% dividend.
Indeed the big cheque always arrives
in time for Xmas shopping.

I have been a distributor for them since 1998 when I
bought my first 2,000 shares at 18p ! Yes, I still
have that certificate!!

They are strong right now, seen as defensive. But
gains could come next year when the energy price
cap comes in which Tep should benefit. They report soon, on Nov 20th.

Also rival small cos are going bust with the strong oil price,
not something TEP has to worry about as it has a deal
with Npower. People are beginning to realise service matters
too. Better to pay a few pence more, know the co isn't
going bust but you can get through fast to a UK call centre.

They also do mobile, phone, broadband, and insurance and plan other services too all on one bill.
They are usually top 1-3 for service in
Which Mag. Mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com
with "tep customer interested". You then get my email free too.

I ummed and ahhed and bought some more FFX mainly
because I only had the small amount a little higher. It was
close to being axed but level 2/the supply and demand tricks
I taught you at seminars kept me in and buying a few more.

And I really could not resist buying a few more Cineworld (CINE).
Looked crazily sold off after the recent highs. It recently
bought a huge chain and is gearing up to become a
major operator in the space.
Onto sales - one or two recent buys just appeared very weak on supply/demand and I had to quit. It is actually quite hard to
sell something for a loss you only just bought.

So Tri and Sbiz were disposed of for
a combined loss of £320.
They began to fall fairly soon after buying. But it wasn't just
that - demand for the shares just weren't there and it
looked like they would fall further. They were ill-timed
buys.

It could be argued I could have just held onto them and
wait for recovery. But supply/demand was very poor.
I don't think there is much wrong with any of them but
will bide my time for possible re-entries as I think
all of them could bounce back and the current
entry prices look attractive.

The shorts in the spreadbet firms have paid
off handsomely !!

I've decided to bank the profits on Plus which
amounted to a very nice £3,740. I have
my doubts as to its business model but it was
a big win so I might as well take it.

I took part profits on IG of £6,240. Just kept
a bit of the short open. And JE short went
after a pretty decent statement for a profit of
£500. So between them these
shorts earned me a profit of £10,480.

After Patisserie Valerie's awful accounting
scandal can you believe there is another one?

Yu Group's shares came crashing down after
announcing "considerable concerns" with some
accountancy hokey pokey.

Thank goodness I sold them off a long time ago with a
handsome profit but I perhaps got lucky.

How many more companies out there are not giving
us the real picture? It is getting quite shocking.

Well, let us see what the next two weeks bring us.

Despite the good recent comeback I think it is right
to remain very cautious and in general I expect to remain
mainly on the sidelines for now. But I do expect
to find the odd bargain and perhaps the odd short.

Good luck: it is a hard period. Beginners may want to
sit for the moment. It is not far till the last part
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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.