NOVEMBER 12, 2014
Corn pops everywhere
SPEND A DAY WITH ME AND LIVE MARKETS MONDAY DEC 1ST NEAR HEATHROW
Read the book but want to see me do it all with live markets? If you want details on how to spend a day with me and live markets (beginners and improvers welcome) email me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "December seminar interested" in the subject line and I'll send you details. Early bird discount on offer!
XMAS RALLY/LUNCH FOLLOW UP! Dec 15
Technical Analysis Seminar: Dec 7th. Come and learn basic TA with top analyst and trader Susan and myself. You must have been to a seminar of mine first or prove you are already a reasonable trader. Learn basics of charts, momentum and volumes. The whole presentation is available after the event for you to download. Email me with "TA seminar interested" in the subject line.
Discount: There is a decent discount for anyone booking both the follow up and TA.
BRAND NEW NAKED TRADER 4 OUT NOW
Naked Trader 4 is out! Click here to order:
http://www.harriman-house.com/book/view/1040/trading/robbie-burns/the-naked-trader/1317
Or click the book on the right somewhere. Delivery of the book? It should be with you next day delivery. And if you buy the print copy you get the e-book free!
The book is a total update since the last one which I wrote in 2011 - a lot has happened in the market since then and I cover all the changes such as the new ISAs and duty free AIM shares. There are tons of ideas, trader stories, psychology, biggest trading mistakes and 20 trading strategies to make money. Also loads of stuff I have learned over the last three years. New insights into trading tax free, tons of examples, a whole load of new traders' tales and some of the trades that have helped to make me well over £2 million tax free.
If you bought NT 3, I think you'll find it is worth getting the update. My new views on AIM shares now they are tax free, loads of analysis of trades I made more recently. And loads of new stuff on psychology and why you might be losing, including a new look at confirmation bias and the effect this has on your choices.
Great to meet so many interesting people at the seminar and enjoyed some great chats with some of you over lunch.
I was thrilled just before the teabreak that so many of you were calling the right answers out by looking at level 2 to decide "Should I buy this share now or wait?"
And I'm pretty certain that many of you will now be making trading plans properly and using all the tricks I taught you. If you missed this one next is quite close on Dec 1st but the early bird discount is just about still available, more details lower down.
I've had a few asking me if I'll do another follow up. I hadn't intended to do another till sometime next year but as there appears to be interest so I had a thought.
That is for a follow up on Dec 15th - the usual follow up for those who have been to a seminar before but with the addition of an Xmas lunch and also a bias towards finding trades for the usual Xmas rally as it is the perfect time.
However, I am not sure. It might be too near Xmas for people to want to come so I want to test the water. If you think you might like to come to such an event can you email me with "Xmas follow up interested" in the subject line then I can decide whether to do it or bin the idea.
So, onto Christopher's tenth birthday party. TEN!!! What? Where is the time going, I'm going to be dead soon at this rate.
Come on there are a few things I want to do before death and I'm running out of time but the first thing is, where the hell is the remote control?
We had 8 nine-year-olds to take to a Fulham FC game so they all arrived at our flat next door an hour before the game.
They basically ran riot and I thought when will I ever learn not to have popcorn at kids parties given more popcorn lands all over the floor than in any mouths?
To stop the riot I took them all out to play footie in the park. I thought I was going to ref but they pulled me into playing.
If I say so myself I was pretty pleased with some of my very neat passing and I scored two total screamers.
Come on, let an old bloke have a bit of a fantasy!
Got them back in time for the game where we kept them from wrestling with each other and annoying others.
The rain decided to pelt down during the second half.
Another note: When booking seats in the summer don't airily think it doesn't matter if the seats aren't under cover because it probably won't rain.
We got totally drenched. The Mrs tried to lobby for some of us to go to the flat in the middle of the second half but the boys flatly refused. Just as well as we scored three goals and won the game.
Though to be honest the opposition was not exactly Man Utd!
The boys jumped up and down in the rain celebrating, me and the Mrs were too wet to care anymore. But actually it was all a delight. Brilliant.
Back at the flat the drier became very busy and parents gradually picked up their offspring. The party must have been a success as they were all desperate to stay for longer.
After the last parent came we surveyed the wreckage. I know now and for the final time. DO NOT PROVIDE POPCORN AT KIDS PARTIES. OR CRISPS. OR ANYTHING!!!
Days later and bits of popcorn, crisps and cake suddenly appear from nowhere.
Which has its upside as I was quite hungry at the time.
Our poor cat Crumble had a nasty day at the vet yesterday.
Unfortunately some poo (sorry folks) had become lodged near her bum (sorry again) and so it became dried on her long hair causing unpleasantness for her and for us.
So she had to go to the vet to get, erm... not sure how to put this... a Brazilian down there.
She was very brave about the whole thing and this morning we are all relieved and she is definitely a lot happier.
We now have a cat flap issue.
A massive ginger cat has discovered the flap and the delicious premium food laying in the kitchen.
I can't really blame this cat. I suspect it gets fed Tescos value stuff - our pampered puss gets cans that seem to cost over a quid. (What's in them? Caviar?)
However it is keeping me up at night by charging all round the kitchen looking for hidden goodies and several times I had to march down the stairs and kick it out. (I didn't actually kick it).
Help is soon at hand as a guy we know next week is coming to put in an electronic flap that only Crumble has access to via a microchip.
In the meantime I'm going to block the flap overnight. It'll have to be something hefty as this massive ginger has some muscle. I think it is head of the local cat mafia.
I haven't eaten much today and that's not because I am on a diet.
No, tonight we are meeting a couple of friends for a meal and we've decided to pig out.
And I know exactly what I'm having and when you've seen the list you'll realise why I haven't eaten much!
Gold leaf har gau and sesame prawn toast with foie gras
Baked black pepper Royal King crab
stuffed with spring onion and nameko mushroom
Crispy duck roll
Black truffle roast duck
with tea plant mushroom
Stir-fry Australian lobster in spicy black bean
Steamed turbot and chanterelle mushroom
with ginger and spring onion
Stir-fry black pepper rib-eye beef with merlot
Seasonal Chinese vegetable
Steamed jasmine rice
Oh, and pudding. Someone will have to roll me home.
A delight to meet so many different people at the seminar. Thank you all for the attention you showed, you all ought to have the notes and the trading sheet.
I do wish you all the best with your trades and thanks so much for the lovely feedback re the event and the kind comments about my presentation.
I was amazed so many of you stayed so late for the evening session - I think that session was well worth it. It was for me with one or two trades found and already in good profit myself from one or two of them!
If you missed this one you can now book the new date December 1st mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "December seminar interested". There is a large early bird discount on offer!
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.'
XMAS RALLY/LUNCH FOLLOW UP! Dec 15
Technical Analysis Seminar: Dec 7th. Come and learn basic TA with top analyst and trader Susan and myself. You must have been to a seminar of mine first or prove you are already a reasonable trader. Learn basics of charts, momentum and volumes. The whole presentation is available after the event for you to download. Email me with "TA seminar interested" in the subject line.
Discount: There is a decent discount for anyone booking both the follow up and TA.
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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 December 1
Price is £650 plus vat. However there is a decent early bookers discount available for those booking nice and early.
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 "Dec 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:
If you like to trade the FTSE, Dow, or currencies then Spreado has an outstanding tight 0.8 spread - that is incredibly tight. The platform is very good and robust and have used it to great satisfaction and profits.
You can sign up at this link which includes a decent market commentary:
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Naked Rambling
Take Amazon#s "Echo" a box that sits in your room and listens to everything you do. This is a good thing, says Amazon.
It will creepily do things like add ice cream to your shopping or play music. It's going to learn a lot about you too and report back to the authorities, I mean Amazon.
Surely can't be long before it begins to counsel you, becomes your friend anticipates your every move and taken to its ultimate conclusion and I know it's an awful thought but, well erm is it possible it will have sex with you?
After all, surely it will soon know the way you like it!
Though it would be a bit embarrassing if it listens and watches your efforts with a real human and swiftly adds sex toys to your shopping list...
Soon there will be little left that won't track your every move. Big Brother is nearly here.
Oh and by the way the same listening technology that is on amazon echo is already in a lot of mobiles, probably yours.
Yes.. your mobile is already listening in. Won't be long before it starts selling stories to the papers about you. In fact, frankly, your mobile is already quite disgusted at your behaviour.
Oh no. I don't have anything against charity records, great they raise money though they are usually awful.
Why oh why do they have to resurrect Do They Know It's Xmas again! Why not take the talent that signed up and come up with a new song for Ebola?
Something more modern and catchy - one we haven't heard endlessly and got tired of.
I don't know about you but the first few bars of DTKIC makes me go right for the off switch.
Homeland continues to be a decent series though the Carrie shagging the young lad bits are a tad embarrassing. Bit less please!
Just Judy Murray to get rid off in Strictly, how is she staying in? New balls please...
Sky's Legends and The Leftovers provide a bit of silly hokum.
Just started The Missing and the first episode was pretty good. It is the fear of all parents that their child disappears so it is a bit harrowing.
But the story is told very well and looking forwards to the rest.
I tried the Dr Who finale (well to be honest fast forwarded through it). To be fair it wasn't too bad but the Cybermen .. again!!! Time to consign them and the Daleks to the scrapheap.
The "Mistress" doing a Mary Poppins schtick was a bit tedious. However, all in all, I still find the whole thing a bit crap.
The Apprentice... well Sir Lord got rid of one of the last bits of major entertainment in another amusing episode.
The coach tours were a hoot but you had to feel sorry for the customers and I hope the BBC paid them all a bit of a refund.
James singsongs were awful but he remains great entertainment and I am sure the producers will try hard to keep him in.
I'm A Celebrity is back next week. Might be worth a few quid on Jimmy Bullard.
He's an ex footballer who played for Fulham for a time. He's a big joker and a likeable rogue kind of character.
So he will either be out first for being annoying or he will win.
Spreadex is already doing prices, you can get 9/5 fixed odds on Bullard.
You can sign up here for sports and I'm A Celeb and Strictly betting:
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.'
I have 3 great offers from ADVFN.
ADVFN level 2 offer
First great deal: If you want level 2, through me it is only £350 for your first year including VAT!
This compares to £473 direct from advfn inc vat so this deal saves you over a whopping £120! ADVFN level 2 also includes all the live trades made through Plus Markets which I find invaluable.
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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Just mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com if you'd like this deal with "silver" in the subject line.
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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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Here's a tale of two issues.
Charles Dickens missed that title somehow.
I examined both new issues carefully.
It didn't take long for me to figure out I really wanted to buy one but definitely not the other one. They both make roughly the same amount of profit but one has floated at way higher a price than the other.
Definitely not: Fever Tree.
I was disappointed. The company makes brilliant upmarket soft drinks. They do an amazing tonic water.
I wanted to buy shares some but....
Fever Tree made profits of £5.8m last year. It's valued at £190m at 170p. That's way at the top of the tree of a valuation for me. After all that's over 30 x profits.
Now it's a great little company and the next profits will be higher than that but I think unlikely to be enough to merit the current value.
Contrast with Quartix. (QTX) Profits 4.6m last time judged on half year likely to do about the same as fever tree soon and I reckon somewhere in the near £6m profit mark.
Valued at 54m at 116p now 67m at 147p.
Now that is more like it. Floated at under 12x profit. I wish I had been in at the float price but I ended up buying quite a few at 138.8 and tucked some more away around the price as I write about 147.
QTX looks to have plenty of growth potential and I liked the way all its financial figures were in the float document. It has a small net debt but profits and revenue have risen nicely every year over the last 3.
So, I have bought QTX and ignored FEVR. I've bought Quartix then on a one year view, maybe longer targetting a 50-100% increase. Patience should pay off with this one.
I do love doing seminars as trades always come up I would never have found at home due to laziness.
One example is Amino Tech (AMO) bought after the seminar at 105.
This software tester seems in a good space and just won a good contract.
On an undemanding rating and with tons of cash and could have another nice run up in price given a good market.
The price of AMO is quite volatile so buying on weakness looks the best bet and I'm hoping for a price fall to bag a few more. Looks a bit weak today so might be a good time.
Mission Marketing (TMMG) looks like a share with plenty of decent upside to come, I'm reckoning there is 25% upside to be had.
It's buying up other companies it its space, which should gradually enhance earnings and it looks very cheap.
Its statements are bullish and it easily raised last month another 2.5 to spend on acquisitions. Looks like some good management here so a confident buy for me, the trade made live in Mission at the seminar last week.
A couple more decent statement and TMMG could easily swing back up to its recent high of 55p.
I did spreadbets on both those small shares too, making one live at the seminar using here:
http://www.spreadex.com/nakedtrader
This company has a huge range of smaller shares and you can for example trade both AMO and TMMG with them. You can open an account really fast online usually.
As most of you know I like averaging up, that is buying more of a company that I am already in a good profit on.
So I've topped up in two.
I loved the statement from Spire Healthcare (SPI) and topped up heavily in my ISA and in spreadbets. Put it this way, personally I now have about 50 grands worth.
It got its contract renewal with BUPA and now has 39 hospitals across the country. I know people who have used Spire and are impressed.
I certainly expect to use them if I need any treatment in the future.
I'm thinking of holding for 2-4 months for the spreadbets and longer-term for the ISA and already several thousand in profit from my original buy.
My other top up is in Sprue Aegis (SPRP) - As I mentioned when I bought this lower recently it looks like a lovely company in a growing area.
A read of its recent results makes for very good reading as it expects to beat market expectations on good growth, the type of share any investor should be in.
One I suspect I shall hold for some time to come.
I made a mistake by shorting Marks and Sparks just before its trading statement managing to lose around £500 - however it was a spreadbet and I had a guaranteed stop on it. I don't use GStops much but it is worth it if you are having a trade just before a statement. They don't let you put GS too close to the price, usually it has to be at least 5% away hence my loss.
However I think Marks and Sparks rise has been overdone and back in with a short at 474. No GS needed now, and hoping my £500 will be returned. A reminder what I said in my book: "Never try to get revenge from a share that lost you money". Hey, who are you calling a hypocrite?
Nothing major to report really on the selling front.
But I've sold long-termer Costain at last to bank a total profit of £4,221. It's been a goodie but it always struggles when it nears 300 so it seems a good point to say thanks and goodbye!
I took more profits on the FTSE shorts I was holding from just under 6,900. For those of you thinking of playing the Santa rally in late Dec, might be worth opening an account here in readyness as the FTSE spread is only 0.8
http://www.spreadco.com/nakedtrader
Portfolio Highlights
A few have reported. I'll start with the best first and that is my long-term holding in BTG Group.
A fantastic report today. Well ahead of forecast and expects to hit the top end of revenue guidance. What more can an investor want?
In profit by over £30,000 for the site now and a lot more personally. Take profit? No, sir. More to come. Patience pays. In fact as I write pondering buying some more!
Hayward Tyler reported yesterday, nice set of results and continues to look very cheap. A spot of profit taking perhaps but I am thinking about getting some more.
Servelec also came up with a nice report. It can't quite manage to get up to the 300 mark but it should do with some patience.
Energy Assets came up with a decent statement too, profits nicely higher on better recurring revenue and looks one to sit tight with despite some good recent rises.
Tristel also made a statement that its wipes went well in a study and that helped push the price up a bit.
Recent buys haven't done too badly. I wasn't barking up the wrong tree with Pets At Home which is trying to hold above 200, looking for a push up to 220 ish. Iomart has gone above 200 again and Regeneris is looking strong.
Iomart is holding well over 200 again. Pressure has risen very nicely over 700p now and really motoring. Wish I hadn't sold half and looking to buy back!
OPG is booming, it's run right over the 100p - if it can break the 110p area then a reasonable target looks to be 150.
GVC continues to be a lovely share. Super profits but the dividends are simply amazing and I got a nice juicy payout of nearly £2,000 last week.
GB Group where I have made a fortune (£12,000 profit for the site so far) I'm now hoping for a bid to take it out in the 200 area.
Scisys is starting a nice rise after it got a decent contract extension this month. Nice under the radar share which should pay out nicely in time.
Nothing can seem to stop Renew, and that has bust nicely through 300p since my last update. what an amazing share that's turned out to be, nicely doubled and more.
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Technical Seminar Dec 7th
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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
on every other Wednesday afternoon.