***SPEND A DAY WITH ME ON MAY 3RD*** (APRIL 26TH DATE IS SOLD OUT)

My next available seminar is now Friday May 3rd near Heathrow. Unfortunately the April 26th seminar has sold out so I've added this new May date for those of you who I had to turn away for the sold out event or who couldn't make it.

If you want details email me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "May seminar interested" in the subject line and I'll send you details, there is an early bookers' discount available ... more details below too.

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The site is off for an Easter/half term break, and will resume on April 18th when half term is over!

I bought Christopher a Lindt Easter bunny. This morning gold bunny kept staring at me. "Eat me," it kept saying. "No-one will know.."

"No," I said. "I bought you for my son."

"Go on," said the bunny. "Just eat a bit of me..."

Yeah. Just a bit. What's the harm in that?

I grabbed bunny, unwrapped it and bit off its ear. That was good. So I had the other ear. Delicious.

I put it back down and spent half an hour contemplating the rest of the bunny.

I couldn't exactly give it as a gift now could I? Yeah. So I ate the body.

It looked a bit sad with just legs so I finished it off.

I am going to buy him another bunny but I will wait till the last minute on Saturday before Easter. Just in case.

Easter already? And a cold snowy one? Yipeee! Can you believe it?

With half term for our lad being an enormous one, he doesn't go back til the 18th of April, we are wondering about heading off somewhere warm on a very last minute deal.

But we have guests over Easter so we'll wait till Easter is well over and look at the forecast. I reckon if they are still forecasting zero degrees for the 10th-15th we might try and fly south somewhere just for some sun and heat!

We have been eyeing up Dubai, Egypt and Florida. Or anywhere where there isn't a freezing easterly wind!

I can't say I particularly want to travel but if it is still like this by then, I might do anything for some sun and warmth!

Relatives are paying us a visit over Easter and Grandad is going to the Easter Monday night Fulham Vs QPR with me and Christopher.

Should be atmospheric, an evening game under floodlights. It's on Sky Sports on Monday, see if you can spot us, front row towards the left, end of the first row to the right of the corner flag!

I've taken Christopher on two trips. One to the London Aquarium. Which really was complete and utter pants.

There is a short queue outside making you think you'll be in within ten minutes. But it's a con as of course the queue then snakes around the back.

Once in all there is are a few very bored fish in tanks - 3 or 4 extremely bored sharks, 6 bored penguins and not much else. A real disappointment.

I feel sorry for parents dragging round babies and toddlers - there is a stench of baby poo and wee pervading the air at all times.

And the passageways are very narrow so often it's like the M25 in there.

I'm quite embarrassed that this is a top London attraction. Of course all the way through they try and take more money off you with photos, souvenirs etc.

Stay away. London Zoo has more interesting fishtanks and at least there you get to see some other animals.

We also saw the kids film "The Croods". Which was just bearable but way overlong.

I got bored half way in but luckily had a radio in my pocket so plugged in for some music while waiting for this endless movie to finish.

Worse we got there on time and were subjected to some hideous advertising.

The worst was an ad for sweets from a sweet giant. Yes already getting two-year-olds to munch as many sweets as they can and persuading parents sweets are FUN. (Don't worry about getting your kids hooked on tooth rotting addictive drugs nice and early).

Oh and of course ads for sugary cereals pretending to be healthy etc. As you guessed all the ads were about getting kids hooked on sugar and salt so the corporations can make money from selling them crap for the rest of their lives.

The new house project is coming on nicely with Mrs NT making spot visits to keep the builders tea breaks to just a quarter of the day instead of half...

She was impressed yesterday. She did a spot check and they were all working very hard.

They're currently building the loft and extension, once done then comes the fun bit of sorting out how kitchens and bathrooms will look.

Us lads have obviously asked for a football pitch complete with goals and preferably a full time referee who can sleep and live in the garden shed.

Not sure whether our demands will be met though as the Mrs mentioned some kind of "Sweet summer house" and "lovely flowers".

Still, worst comes to the worst we can bounce the ball off the summer house and the flowers won't be strong enough to get in the way of goalscoring attempts which is the main thing.

Christopher meanwhile continues to blossom at football. A friends's older five aside group was missing a player and Christopher filled in.

He scored nine goals! I think they might want to pay a transfer fee... (I'll take a tenner)

Lovely to see some of you at the follow up seminar on Friday. Some really nice regulars, Peter thanks for that amazing salmon!!

The day as usual took its own course, no two are the same because of live markets but maybe Janet summed it up:

"Many thanks for another great seminar last Friday. It was useful concentrating on one or two shares in depth actually because we covered more stuff that way - some of which acted as an overview of the whole process. And that is useful for those of us who went to your basic seminar a while back - it is easy to fall into little bad habits here and there and there were loads of interesting questions asked (and answered!)"

See some of you again later this year! I really enjoyed it too. Always brings up things I never would have thought of. If you've been to a seminar of mine already and fancy a follow up mail me with "follow up interested" and I'll put you on a list to contact when I sort a date, possibly early July.

Thanks too for all the lovely comments coming in from the last starter seminar.
I wish you all well in your trading. Remember: follow the trading plan! Also thanks to some of you who have come to previous seminars reporting some success. That is rewarding too. Indeed some presents have come in from one or two of you, our thanks!

If you missed that seminar but would like to come and spend a day with me and some lovely readers mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com for details with "May seminar interested" in the subject line as the next is on Friday May 3rd - The April 26th date has sold out, apologies.

There is currently a decent 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!

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!

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**** BOOKING OPEN FOR FRIDAY MAY 3RD *****
***APRIL 26TH DATE HAS SOLD OUT **

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 May 3rd

Price is £590 plus vat. (Early bird discount is on offer however)
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 "April 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?

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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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Well, markets are looking a touch wobbly as I write this early doors on Wednesday, however as I write the uptrend is still there, just about. The question is if the dips continue to be bought and they are still - just!

The Cyprus business gave them a bit of a kick but like a game of Jenga the pieces are staying up (for now).

Indeed the game has stayed intact after an awful lot of kicking.

The problem is how much more kicking can they take and will something give them a killer kick that will knock all the pieces away? One gets the feeling one or two more kicks and the pieces will collapse all over the carpet.

I guess I don't mind TOO much if it does given my summer off plans.

I've been gradually topslicing, and sold quite a few of the bigger spreadbets off leaving me with a lot less leverage used.

And I've started building up a cash pile too.

Just to remind you my plan is to have this summer off from trading and that means probably by end of May I don't expect to have much open that is volatile but I would expect to still own my nice long-termers for eventual growth and dividend yield.

I don't mind holding strong companies with cash but I'll be shutting down anything higher risk or anything with big debt.

I don't intend to do much shorting over the summer either. I simply imagine long holidays without the hassle of keeping an eye on the markets.

Of course just because I am doing this doesn't mean I necessarily believe a crash is on the way. Indeed the market could easily go to new highs considering the trend is still up.

But I made my money for this year already and so I would rather cash in on that than be too greedy to grab too much more.

Being too greedy can easily sweep away hard won profits in days.

So while my roving eye will still be out there for bargains - any new buys are going to have to pass a lot of tests to get onto the portfolio!

So, as I said this month has been more about topslicing and bagging profits rather than buying too much new.

But I did get some Esure - my allocation was 1,319 shares at 290p - they are up a bit after the placing.

I expect simply to tuck Esure away, forget about it and bag the juicy 6% dividends on offer.

And I have bought a share you have never heard of before, I guarantee it. It has a terrible name.

Hellermann Tyton (HTY). See told you. Impossible to say and hard to spell. Maybe it will be one hell of a share. I had to ring yesterday to get a deal as it wasn't online then. "No-one has been interested in this," said the broker. "You're the first!"

It's a new issue and Isaable. I doubt a single private investor will be interested. Indeed as I write this at 9am this morning I can't see any trades from private investors at all!

Because it doesn't have any of the exciting buy me buzzwords such as "Gulf, oil, desire, xcite, keystone, Egypt, mining, drill," etc.

Yes it is incredibly boring - it's cables!! Yes, cables I ask you how dull is that!! Cable ties... borrrringgggg !!! No chance of finding any oil at all!

And there is no chance whatsoever of it "ten bagging" - no point at all in "filling your boots" with it and the guy down the pub who gives you tips will never have heard of it. Nor will the downmarket tipster you all follow who will probably lose you a packet.

"Heller wot?" your tipster mate down the pub will say. "Cables! Listen to me son, that Robbie Burns is crap!

"Listen to me, I've got a great little oiler for you that you'll 20 bag on when it finds oil in this amazing swamp land in Mosambique. I got it from this great poster on the bulletin boards who knows everything! They found oil and they're going to announce it any minute!"

In fact it is so dull I am not going to say another word about it except I have bought some at 194.5. (Same price the institutions paid). And some more at 195.5. And some more at today (online this time) at 196. (I'll sell it the minute the worst tipster in history puts it out as a buy).

And I added some more Greencore (GNC) today at 101 and a touch as I liked the look of the breakout over a quid. Still in from 82p here so for the second time this one is churning out great profits.

I shorted a bit of Ashtead (AHT) - not that I think it's a bad company but I think its rise might be about to come to an end and if the market falls this one will get badly hit and seemed a good idea to short as it came up towards what might be a tricky 600 area. Much over 600 and I'd take a loss.

I got kicked out of the last trade in ceo on a trailing stop at 1150 but then I topped up at 1087.75 - looked to be oversold now on the basis of no news and last time it got to around this level it shot up again. My main lot was bought in the 400s so no worries for the moment.

I topsliced a bit of Ftc at 69.5 as I realised I had accumulated quite a few but hold onto the main lot still. Profit banked for the website is £2,300. The remaining positions have a nice open profit of nearly £20,000.

The Xch trade never worked out and gradually fell after entry. I tend to get out fast if things go wrong so the trade went at 141.8 for a loss of £135. I also topsliced a bit of Nmc at 330 for a profit of £1,288 - remain still in a massive profit on the original buy. The latest Car trade got bit by a t stop at 422.75 for a profit of £448 - but again keet the main lot and looking to buy back at the mo.

That's cash banked of £3,901. And all those profits go into the cash pile for use if the market crashes.

32 red holds its gains nicely. Holding for a hopeful bid!

Loq had a weird day- a massive shake, I made a nice spreadbet this am at 570, cashing in at 610 for a quick £400. Level 2 paid for itself spotting both turns.

The recent spreadbets continue to kick on. Filtrona in particular up again very nicely this week and nearly 120 points higher for the spreadbet, CSR spreadbet goes well too but hesitant about cracking a fiver.
Dialight couldn't manage to hold 1400 and is now kicking around 1300. but still perfectly happy here.
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 12 quid - website profits are up and over £70,000 and personally profits over £100,000.

I think Dialight's 20 year light is going to be a massive winner and it could end up being a mega company unless it gets bought.
The recent Brammer trade has been a big success so far. Looking for it to hit around 400. Kentz reported lovely results this week - it has gone up quite a bit and surely worth at least a fiver but the market isn't a fan.

GB Group reported great results ahead of expectations and went up nicely that continues as a long-term cracker.

Being patient with the Crapetshite short may be about to pay off - the robots appear to have gone (I smashed them up with a hammer) - however I don't think I am quite there with victory just yet as they may come back. A move below 600 could see a nice big plunge which as I think the shares are worth about 2 quid at best is fair enough.

Pendragon has motored up, looking for 25p on that one. The brilliant Low and Bonar has conquered 70p, dare I hold out for 80? I motors up again today. RWS continues to do well, up nearly 250 points on this one, nice. The spread is a bit of an irritant though but up again this week

The lovely Porvair has closed above 200 what a star trade... and is doing nicely today.

Costain announced a merger with May Gurney today. Market doesn't seem that keen but I'm holding on as still up more than 100 points now on the first buy. I suspect it will rise again once things settle down.
Telecom Plus tries hard to get above the tricky tenner. Having another good go today. Might take some time. All looks on track and I would expect a nice steady rise this year. It seems to have cracked the 900 area for now - cracking a tenner is going to take a few attempts, Website profits of well over £100,000 and personal profits of more £300,000. I just continue a long-term holder.

Vislink (VLK) reported a decent set of results this week and is on track for 8m ajusted profit, is sitting at 31p and looking for it to go to 37p ish. Management already forecasts some nice profit rises over the next 3 years.
Nichols where I now sit on a fabulous profit is up again after telling the market it is ahead of expectations - it has tons of cash.
Alternative Networks has been rising very fast and cracked 300. Excellent profits there and worth being patient with them. I wonder if a bid is coming (they already turned one bidder down) .
Sepura is starting another run, 100 is the big barrier.
Fiberweb has gone up a bit.

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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.

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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 in the diary under Markets
on Wednesday afternoons.