Thanks to all of you who attended Monday's seminar, really enjoyed it and hope you all haad a good journey home, more from the event further down!

If you missed this one my next Seminar is Friday November 30th. If you are interested mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "November Seminar interested" in the subject line. More info further below.

And for those of you who have been to one of my seminars before there is a follow up seminar on November 16th where we go more in depth.. again more details below somewhere or mail me for details of that one with "follow up" in the subject line.

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The First ever Naked Trader Diary 2013 is out!

What's in it? Well, I hope everything a trader or investor could want!

All the hot dates for 2013, like ex dividend dates, likely company reporting dates, sporting events, and even an arrow for each day telling you whether that day has been strong or not in the past. There is also my thought of the week for each week of the year, and some looks at companies reporting on particular weeks.

Oh and there are fun bits too of course, and lots of cartoons! (And a great Xmas gift!)

If you'd like to order it The Naked Trader Diary 2013 for next day delivery you can just click this link here:

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Well at the end of this week we all jet off to Florida for our road trip! So no updates for a couple of weeks and I'll be back with the next update on November 14th.

I am taking my laptop.. if you want to mail me you can but if it is your life story you may have to wait till I get back - if you need seminar info, offers, or anything within reason I will get back to you but it may take longer than normal!

I'm not into bling, cars or much in the way of material things - they don't matter to me - however what I do like spending on is travel!

So we are all going BA business class - relax stretch out and really enjoy a flight! And I've booked the best hotels I could find along the route.

So here is how our trip will hopefully pan out!

We start in Altanta Georgia, where our first hotel has stunning views of Atlanta at night apparently!

Then it is on to Savannah, Georgia where we have a "boutique" hotel booked - probably means the bedrooms are small !

Then it's onto one of our fave hotels ever, the Ritz in Orlando - and from there of course we'll be paying another visit to the wonders of Disneyland.

This time however I am NOT going to be sweetalked into going on the "runaway" train ride. My feet will stay firmly planted on the ground...

The hotel is simply amazing with a lovely "lazy river" where you can sit in an inflatable while it carries you round and round - bliss!

From there we head off to stay with some relatives in Jacksonville - they have a stunning house with a swimming pool and a smaller house attached for us to stay in.

Christopher has a cousin there a couple of years older - they get on really well so that will be lovely for him!!

I just hope I don't get roped into a game of golf with relatives there. Because I am totally crap.

Then we head off to Amelia Island Florida, and round off our trip with a visit to Greensboro before heading back to Atlanta for our plane home.

We just hope our hire car is of reasonable standard given we will be travelling a lot and I think Starbucks will be getting a lot of business from us!

The long-range weather forecast is excellent over there so we're looking at 20 degrees in Atlanta up to 30 degrees by the time we hit Orlando.

We really can't wait and I haven't even started packing yet so I had better get going.

Christopher is so excited he packed weeks ago!!

The team lost again on Sunday. Alpha Dad wrote a full-length novel analysis of the game.

If I wasn't scared of him like everyone else I'd like to say - "It's only a fun football game for seven-year-olds, why not lighten up and we'll all have a much better time and maybe they will play better!"

I've given friends our Fulham FC season tickets so they will be going to the Aston Villa and Everton games. We should beat Aston Villa but Everton are rather good!

Great to meet some of you at the seminar on Monday! Thanks for giving it so much attention and being a nice gentle crowd! So many interesting people to talk to.

Well done to Sam for winning the FTSE 100 competition.

The hotel's internet collapsed at 5pm and I had for the first time forgotten to bring a back up dongle.

So thanks very much to Steve for saving the day with the loan of his dongle!

From feedback coming in looks like many of you now see what I mean about picking companies, how to time entries and exits and even attempting to buy at the current "sell" price.

One of you wrote " It really was a pleasure meeting you; I had become quite cynical, believing everyone in this game is self serving and wants to sponge more money off people who just want to learn but I found myself surprisingly taken aback at how down to earth and genuine you are."

And another: "Just to thank you for the most fantastically enjoyable and illuminating day. We really appreciated your humour and above all your frankness - it is fantastic that you trusted us all enough to open up your accounts and explain your thought processes. This was impressive and immensely helpful. My trading life is now divided into two Ages - BB (before Robbie) and AB (after Robbie) and the AB will be so much more successful and stress-free because now I won't be dealing blind."

Well, that is what I hope - that those of you who came will now trade with an edge...

I do wish you all the very best in the future with your trading endeveavours and hope the notes I sent you all from the day will help.

If for any reason you didn't get the notes in your inbox on Tuesday please let me know.

If you couldn't make this Monday's seminar the next one is on November 30th

if you are interested in a seat mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com for details with November seminar interested" in the subject line.

And the good news is there is a decent early bookers discount! Beginners and improvers welcome! Come and spend the day with me, the markets and some lovely people - and of course, lunch!

If you mail me I will then send you details and a full agenda of what is covered. Also more details below somewhere.

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!

A follow up with me will be on Friday November 16th at Heathrow. This is for those who've been to a basic seminar with me but now want to improve. So we spend a day of live markets watching level 2, order books as well as researching new shares, coming up with new ideas for longs and shorts, and well, who knows what might happen. I love these days and it usually throws up some new ideas.

Sunday December 9th is the date for another technical analysis seminar with Susan who for many years has made decent money full time by using simple TA. She will teach you all about it in an easy and simple way to help improve buy and sell decisions.

If you're interested in either or both dates, email me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "follow up", or "TA interested" or "both interested".

Lots of lovely feedback on the September event including this from Janet: "Thank you so much for what was a terrific 12 hour marathon on your part. I feel like I have been through a 12 hour therapy session that has given me back some confidence. I now feel I can indeed make trading work for me, after a few years of trying and testing and not quite comprehending and co-ordinating the right ingredients. The last late session researching various companies was a real help."

And Colin: "Highlights of the day for me were Level 2 and going through the selection process to choose shares. I have followed advice from your book in the past, and it really has worked for me before, but even though I understood the concept of Level 2 I never quite saw the real benefits of it. Two minutes into your explanation of how you use it I was kicking myself. I could not believe that I had done all my trades without it! Watching you check some shares was very useful, especially the speed which you can eliminate or shortlist the numerous possibilities out there. Just watching you doing it showed me how much time I had been wasting doing the same thing but by a much more torturous process."

* The all new edition of my book Naked Trader 3 is out now !!!

Lots of new strategies including my top 20, lots more mistakes to avoid, loads of new trader tales, cartoons and a bit of fun too.

I hope you all enjoy it - and can tell I put a lot of effort into it and I really hope if it just stops one person from making the mistakes I did it will be worthwhile.

Indeed I hope the book is worth it even if you read about other people's stories, it is amazing how so many make exactly the same mistakes.

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Spreadbetting firm Tradefair Spreads has upped its offer exclusively to Naked Trader readers to a £100 credit. This offer is exclusive to me and not available anywhere else...
I've been using them for a few weeks to check that I'm happy with the service. As you know I don't take ads or allow referrals on the site unless it's a company I've used and I feel confident about.
What I like about it is it's easy to use, spreads are surprisingly tight on the smaller companies and interestingly an automated stop loss is applied to each trade - so beginners know what their max loss is from the outset.
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Many of you enjoy the cheap advfn toplists bronze deal through me as do many of you with the cheap level 2. However many of you say you want a half-way house to include real-time share prices always on.
So I'm pleased to announce I've managed to seal a new deal with Advfn for its "Silver" service - that's always on real-time share prices for a good saving (Bronze toplists etc are included in this).
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Just mail me for full details if you'd like it with "silver" in the subject line.

**** BOOKING OPEN FOR FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30TH *****
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 Nov 30th

Price is £590 plus vat. That includes three course lunch, coffees, snacks etc. There is currently a decent early bookers discount off that price - mail for details!
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 "Nov 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! You might even get to see the amazing crocodile boots . . . .
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?

I've started using Tradefair for spreadbetting - I like the auto generated stop losses which help to maintain discipline and that's good for beginners I think. And exclusively for Naked Trader readers they upped the offer to £100 credit.
So there's now a £100 credit on offer for anyone opening an account via me. You get that after 5 spreadbets (terms and conditions apply)
To get the offer, click here:
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Congrats to Theresa May for stopping the extradition. He is obviously not a threat to anyone and didn't intend to be.

Indeed he ought to be congratulated by the US for making sure they sorted out their internet security.

It was pretty pathetic that someone sitting in a house in the UK could hack into what was supposed to be a secure system - he actually did them a favour!

What a hilarious farce the England-Poland qualifier was - with water cascading about the pitch you had to laugh at the ref throwing a ball around the pitch to see if it was playable when it obviously wasn't.

They forget to close the roof! Doh! Then officials said it was okay as the underpitch heating would solve all the problems in half an hour... Like Roy Hodgson you had to laugh but also feel sorry for fans who probably have to take their flights back this morning..

You got to hand it to Homeland.. continues to be a cracking second series.

Lots of lovely twists and turns and great acting.... it just keeps coming up with amazing twists and turns. We love it!

We're well behind with Downton Abbey so thanks very much to The Times for spoling it with a massive headline revealing which major character has been killed off.

A real idiot who wrote the headline because the story itself says spoiler warning coming up... doh!

Boardwalk Empire continues to be a cracking series.

And is Duncan ever going to put his hand in is pocket in Dragons Den? I can't remember the last time he made an offer.

And will anyone ever take any of Hilary's money?

The spreadbetting firm I use for sports betting is here:
Via this link Open a Sporting Index account and there's £100 cash offer - please check terms and conditions which apply.

http://www.sportingindex.com/?tpid=6755
Do remember if you do bet you ought to treat sports spreadbetting as entertainment - and expect to lose! Also with spreadbetting work out what your max loss could be and make sure you can afford it! In other words if you say backed the favourite at 15 for a fiver and they come nowhere your max loss is £75.

Anne writes :
Agree about facebook - the youngsters who leapt onboard when it started,
posting dire photos of them doing things they shouldn't are now grown up and
getting on in their careers and errrrrr wondering if that photo of them
mooning in the disco in Majorca was a good idea!

Nice to think I am not the only unsociable grump to not want to follow the
minutiae of my friends and colleagues mostly boring lives!

I am in the states just now and feel the Starbucks asking name thing is just
more marketing bollocks to get them noticed. If they just speeded up the
service I might go there but americans seem to need all this 'service
bollocks' to make them think they are getting their moneys worth.

Thanks Anne,
well of course I agree, it's nearly all bollocks!

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!
Stephen writes:
I read your book and did the course - and I wasn't sure if I'd recoup the cost, it's been 2 years and I've made £38k + saved a loss transferring a Jupiter ISA heavily invested in BP. I can't tell you how important this is or how grateful I am. That's just me, who knows how much people have made with your help and saved by not making mistakes. I wanted to get into shares as they recovered after the crunch, but I assumed I had to put a large amount in one company I thought would make a big jump.
But what happens when you make £1m on the website, will you still do courses? I don't know how you do your ISA and SIPP investments, write the website, books, courses and answer e-mails. But please don't give it up. Couldn't you do the courses and have a standing website which gets updated with your trades say once a month so people can see what you do..

Stephen thanks so much for such a nice mail and much appreciated! Dunno about the future, I feel like I'm getting jaded. It's possible I might just reduce it all at some point to twice a month after going weekly - that would probably help. The other problem is other people's angst is getting to me and the email workload becoming overwhelming. I think after ten years it might be time for me to quit. Anyway good luck with your trades and hope you make a lot more.

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To accept this great deal just e-mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "Level 2 offer" in the subject line and I will tell you how to get it. Level 2 gives you access to all the market maker positions and the order book and I would not trade without it!

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Can you believe Newcastle Utd has done a deal with payday loan merchants Wonga?

I believe a lot of fans aren't happy with this for obvious reasons.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has told his players after the deal with Wonga from now on they must get on the pitch and give .... 4107% ..

It is a bit weird heading off on holidays to the States with quite a few positions open knowing when I wake up in the States it will already be lunchtime in the UK!

Always hard to know what to do when jetting off for a couple of weeks. Well, I will be taking my laptop with me but I hope the portfolio stands up. I'll be sticking in a few trailing stop losses before I go to be on the safe side.

I really wan't expecting to buy any new shares with my holiday coming up but the seminar of course always throws up new ideas that I wouldn't have come across otherwise! So I could not quite resist.

I got some Direct Line shares (DLG) in the IPO picking up 2,800 shares at the offer price of 175. Turns out this IPO is going to turn out okay.

One of the reasons I decided to go for Direct Line was that Investors Chronicle, Shares Magazine and most of the newspapers said not to buy it or sell it at the opening.

Doing the opposite of what so called "experts" tells you usually works out well so I bought! Going well so far! Might keep them longer term and there is a nice dividend.

Same with bulletin boards - just do the opposite of what anyone puts on those and you'll make some dough!

Strangely for me I have bought into a couple of shares that came up at Monday's seminar that have gone down a lot - I usually tend to buy shares after they have gone up!

SDL came up at the seminar on a volume screen.. this is because it had gone down 70 points.

As I said.. Normally I don't like buying shares that have gone down a lot however, looked to me like the markdown was a bit severe and gave a chance to buy what looks like a good company at a reduced price. The company went down as if there was a massive warning and there wasn't. I think they will recover and head back over 600 - though of course as they have come back there is a risk they could fall further so a stop is in place.

So I bought in to SDL (1,000) at 577.6.

I've made decent money from Optos (OPTS) over a couple of years, if you buy it at the right time it can really move up. I thought the statement that came out on the day of the seminar to be very decent - its Daytona technology looks to be very decent and sales could start bringing in some nice profits.

I bought some Optos as the market opened at 205 and a tiny smidge.

I've nipped some AGA (AGA) into the pension! I was kind of alerted to AGA because Mrs NT wants one. And she tends to be in at the start of new trends and Aga shareholders get a ten per cent discount!

And there were two big Aga fans at the seminar - hallo ladies !!

Aga has come down a long way as profits have been down and it has pension deficit problem...

But in the 60s all its problems look in the price and I think it looks very cheap indeed and worth a punt at this price - I think there is potential for a 20% rise from here, possibly more. It has paid down some of the deficit and looks like it doesn't have to pay any more now for quite a while.

AGA has done a deal in China for distribution in stores over there and with a new Chinese middle class on the rise, I bet they would like an AGA or two!

At the current market cap it looks really cheap - it is still throwing off a lot of cash and after this year it doesn't have to pay into the pension pot for some time. Could be a lovely one though perhaps a slow burner (gettit?). I also found out AGA shareholders get 10% discount off agas which is going to save me a fair few quid as we are shortly to buy one!

The Mrs is currently on the AGA website deciding which to go for!! Well, at least they definitely have one sale to report in the next statement! I got my AGA at 57.6

I like the look of the Diverse Income Trust (DIVI). As I explained at the seminar it is a trust that buys into small companies with big dividends. What a great idea. Even better on scanning the list of shares the trust owns, well... I own quite a lot of them myself!!

It publishes every lunchtime how much all the shares it has in its basket are worth and the shares simply move up and down depending on what the asset value of the trust is. So no worries about treeshakes!
I have tucked away some DIVI at 55.8.

I bought some Burberry (BRBY) after its very reassuring statement on a spreadbet at 1057 - already in a nice profit. Looks like the recent blip could be just that and it could head back up to the 1300 level. That is what I am hoping for !

I've shorted Halfords (HFD) (Betting on it to fall). At 330 it has reached a real top on the chart, reaching around this point many times and then falling back.

And my experience and those of friends is that Halfords couldn't sell a pint to an alcoholic. It got a nice boost from cycles from the Olympics but I bet that is short lived. We shall see!

I've taken final profits on Sporting Bet. My reason is while the new bid is around the 61p mark, a few pence of that is paper and I really can't be bothered with it. And while it's possible a higher bid might come in 65p looks about the top and I might as well just bank it and be done.

So that's a profit of £6,750 and added to the recent profit take of £3,600 on it that's a total profit on Sportingbet shares of £10,350. Nice! (In real life profits were nearer £20,000).

I also sold the last of the APR but would expect to get back in soon, especially if it drops back down to 700. Profit on the last lot is £1,240 making a total profit of £1,986

I had a nice run with Keller but it easily hit the target and a look at level 2 live at the seminar showed some sellers coming in so I sold my spreadbet live at 574 to bank a profit of £710.

So that's profits banked for the website today of £8,700.

Click this link to order the NT diary for 2013 packed with dates, facts and ideas. Great gift for a trading friend too (How's that for marketing eh?) Here is the link for next day delivery:

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Well, still very happy with the progress of many of the shares in the portfolio.

The amazing Coastal Energy last night reported more good news - this is an explorer that just keeps on coming up with the goods! Now nearly a treble for me and it is going to continue as a long-term hold for what I think are even more gains to come.

LOQ shares which announced a brilliant contract win in the Netherlands - massive profits in this one where I have trebled my money but I feel more to come!

Recent buy St Ives holds very nicely above 100 and needs to tackle 106 to head higher. Still looks really cheap!

In the shorts department Abcam can't seem to fall below 400, Carpetshite continues to devy gravity or any explanation as to why its shares are rated like a tech company's.Carpetshite reported - some hilarious spin here - everything is okay apparently despite the fact it flatlining and sales elsewhere are still falling.

At some point the rug is going to be pulled out from under these shares and the shares will sink. The reason they are not is that they are tightly held. But if one of the major holders fancies dumping a few watch the price tumble. I can wait.

Some profits building in the Dominos short and hoping for a bit more there.

Telecom Plus made a statement - everything still looks good there - its high growth continues and even better it says dividends are going to shoot up which is great for me as I get massive cheques from thgis company in dividends and it is a great income. Website profits of well over £100,000 and personal profits of nearly £300,000. Just a reminder I am biased as a distributor for many years. If you are interested in residual income from selling its products do mail me. And if you want the cheapest gas,elec, phone, broadband, mobile all in one deal also contact me. You get cheap, I get residual income and as an extra you get my weekly email !

Recent top up CML has risen strongly and just about resisted the urge to take a profit as I think there is more to come! It seems to want to head over 400 and with a lot of buying coming in, one to stay on the right side of. Couldn't quite maintain the 400 level but I suspect it will try again.

Sepura has rocketed skywards nicely with decent profits building - I would have thought at some point they should hit the 100 level.

Vectura reported more good news kast week with another drug looking like a possible winner. It has zoomed up this week and brilliant profits building there now. Dialight continues its brilliant progress, and my profits are well over £100,000 on it. I remember so well buying these at 150 ish at a seminar in 2009 ! I never thought I'd still have them three years later at near 12 quid. Averaging up in these has made me a real fortune.

Lavendon tries hard to get above the 150 level. Chime continues to spike up on good volumes. Still in this from 50p so a nice times four and a great profit on the ones bought more recently in the 140s and the spreadbet.

Nichols continues to slowly rise day by day and profits are now rolling in nicely... I'm hopeful of a bid at around the tenner mark. It tries to push 800p today. If the Britvic- AG Barr merger is called off both will want to snap up Nichols.
Long termer Entertainment One surprised the market with the buying of Alliance .. but seems like a good move - still over doubled on the initial buys - and sticking in for much more upside will be the wise move I think.

Brilliant GB Group is rising again after coming back on profit taking. I have trebled and doubled on it now, I would hope it will gradually drift up to the 100p mark by year end.

Sitting on a very nice profit on Greencore which has soared higher and paid a dividend too!

A reminder you can spend a day with me and live markets on November 30th. Email me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "November seminar interested" in the subject line.
I've been getting e-mails regarding my use of direct market access and who I use. I've tried a few and for me the easiest system for me is here:
http://www.igmarkets.co.uk/?QPID=1079&QPPID=1
Direct market access means you can place orders directly onto the order book bypassing brokers and market-makers with a chance to buy at the "sell" price. I would suggest you ensure you know what you're doing first but IG does provide much education with its "tradesense" educational tool which comes with it.
I also use its spreadbetting service too along with other firms like Tradefair because it now provides trailing stops which to me is a pretty sensible way of trading. Also with this link there is an excellent education programme and it offers the biggest range of smaller shares.

www.Igindex.com/nakedtrader
As usual before opening accounts please read all the warnings on the sites. You can lose a lot of money if you're not careful so pay close attention to them and make sure you always understand what you are doing and what your potential losses are.

I've also started using Tradefair for spreadbetting - I like the auto generated stop losses which help to maintain discipline and that's good for beginners I think. And exclusively for Naked Trader readers they upped the offer to £100 credit.
So there's now a £100 credit on offer for anyone opening an account via me. You get that after 5 spreadbets (terms and conditions apply).
To get the offer, click here:
http://www.tradefair.com/promo/spreads/nakedtrader100/

If you want to get the contents of The Naked Trader website into your mailbox instead of waiting for the update to come through, plus exclusively news on the progress of my SIPP from the old Sunday Times column inc new higher risk Aim buys made for that, e-mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with SIPP in the subject line for details of how to get it.

Want to quit the rat race? Try and start a new source of income so one day you can tell the boss to stuff it? You could do what I did to escape my grotty office job and become an independent distributor for the Utilities Discount Warehouse.
You get to sell great broadband, phone packages and energy to friends, relatives, contacts and anyone else you find and you get cash for each sale but more importantly you get a cut of their spend EVERY MONTH for as long as they are a customer!
It's called residual income and is a far better way to enjoy a ripe old age than relying on a pension. Because even after you stop selling the money STILL comes in!
I still get paid EVERY MONTH for sales I made back in 1999! Every time a customer uses broadband or the phone or switches on a light you get paid.
It's a great business and backed by a stock market company (Telecom Plus), a dedicated team of advisors.. and me to help you on your way!
Not only do you get paid out every month for each customer you can take on distributors. encourage them like I do and get paid on their sales as well.
One day, say you could made redundant, needed a year off or wanted to retire early can you imagine what joy it is to have the regular income coming in. It's wonderful.
You have to work at it, but if you do genuine repeat wealth could be yours. I did it. You can too. For full details, why not email me at robbiethetrader@aol.com.
An overview is also available at http://www.utilitywarehouse.org.uk/fabdeal you can sign up directly there but do tell me! (Click become a distributor and follow links)
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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 Wednesday afternoons under "Markets" section..