International Finance Awards 2016: Best Finance Blogger: Robbie Burns
2015: Best Finance Educational Provider : Robbie Burns

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MONDAY MAY 9TH
If you want more than the book and see me do it live, come and spend a day with me and live markets. (beginners and improvers welcome). See trades from my own accounts, research, level 2, and finding great shares from scratch and tons more. Three course lunch, snacks, drinks ,lots of chocolate, banter and fun with me live all day.
Email me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "May seminar interested" in the subject line and I'll send you details. More details also if you press the seminars button above.

There's a massive discount available for the first ten bookings.
Mail me for details on that one with "May Seminar interested" at robbiethetrader@aol.com

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Thanks to all of you who came to Monday's seminar. I really enjoyed it though it finished very late.. I spent the next two days comatose unable to speak after talking for 11 hours !

I have to say you were a lovely bunch, lots of laughs (especially with the images thrown up by my bottle!). And let's not mention the rubber fetishes (!)

I thought the psychology section threw up some interesting "confirmation biases". Many of who seemed by the end of the level 2 section to "get it" generally and I know from mails it is helping you already.

And hopefully you realised the importance of shorting and how to do it should the market fall.

Thanks for the lovely feedback too - happy to stay late on this one and enjoyed a drink with some of you in the bar after.

And it was great for me too, as it threw up an awful lot of trades to be that I would never have found if I hadn't done it, so that was great.

And thanks for your interesting comments and questions all day - and agree, the hotel did a great job with a brilliant lunch.

Hope you all do well and I'll see some of you for a follow up later this year. Also lovely to see my "hard-core" group at the follow up, some lovely ideas came up. Some of you have been coming since 2008 !

I've won my second ever award, that's two trophies I have now. Christopher just won another football trophy though so it's still 18-2 to him and he is only 11!

My award this time was for "best finance blogger". Thanks if anyone voted for me.... the award will take pride of place next to a load of footie trophies...

Our son's school staged a play based on the movie "The Great Escape".

The boys did really well. Hardly any lines forgotten and one or two good actors indeed the school has produced several well-known actors.

Christopher had a minor comedy role and he got the laughs.

However, the current mad obsession with "Mobile phones" which are of course really just mobile computers continues to drive me bonkers.

The parent next to me, instead of being in the moment and enjoying the play and watching his son incessantly looked at his mobile computer throughout.

I harboured dreams of grabbing the phone and stamping up and down on it. That would certainly have created even more drama that night, but managed to resist.

Wasn't just him. Why can't people do anything for more than a few minutes without needing to look at that addictive computer glow...

The new generation is so hooked on machines they're losing the ability to want to/or communicate with strangers, or even friends.

Take Marks and Sparks. I'd just been through the till, the lovely till lady bagged up my goodies for me and we had a nice chat.

She now waited for the next person.

Can you believe this: There was a massive queue for the self-service tills, nearly all under 25s. They actually are so shy of communicating with a stranger they would rather wait to use a robot till where they don't have to talk to anyone.

Even if a cashier is there ready to do it for them quicker.

I don't know where this is all going but it can't be good.

I wonder if a backlash will be on the way sometime.

New groups set up to help people with their I Phone addiction. I note addicts have to keep grasping their machine tightly as if without it they would melt away,.

Half-term starts today, next week Christopher spends a week on a school skiing trip so we're taking our chance and heading to Venice for a long weekend.

Our hotel is on its own island which sounds like fun and a water taxi from the airport to the hotel sounds even more entertaining! Will let you know the highlights (ones I can broadcast) next time.

If you would like to come to the next seminar the next is May 9th - there is a massive discount for the first ten bookings!
Mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "May seminar interested" in the subject line.

Beginners and improvers welcome! Come and spend the day with me, the markets and some lovely people - and of course, lunch, lots of sugary snacks, and even live chocolate waffle making in the teabreak!

My seminars are designed for beginners, dabblers and improvers and deals with everything from how to look for winners, how to research, spreadbetting, level 2 use how to time trades and short, how to use advfn properly and run your portfolio without having to spend money on systems and tipsters.. and tons more.

A lot of the day comes directly from the live markets and I show you many of the tricks I use to get good prices live. And there might even be the odd live trade or 2!

Here's some feedback from from "D"

'It's obvious from his site Robbie Burns is a good market analyst and shrewd stock-picker. He is also a highly opinionated commentator on everything from TV shows to food. Therefore I expected his seminar to be 75% entertainment, 15% general exposition for beginners and-- if we were lucky-- 10% of something I could use to help me invest. But I could not have been more wrong.

The opinions on food and politics etc. though genuine, are I believe a bit of disguise or misdirection for there is a real touch of rebel genius here. And in the seminar, which is 95% hardball, he actually takes you candidly right into the mental process involved in his successful trading, making it a pretty amazing display, even showing his own investment accounts right there on the screen. You can see at once why so many of us are merely stabbing in the dark with our investments.

This is a genuine coaching session in how to trade like him if you put in the graft. I have only bought one stock since, as I am waiting for the tools he recommends, but I got the price down by using his tactics and I cannot recommend the seminar too highly if you are going there to learn. It must be taxing on him to let us at such length and in such detail into the process, which has made him so much money (for--unlike so many other so-called experts the seminars are not a day job). My advice therefore would be to sign up for this while he is still prepared to do it.'

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MAY 9TH 2016 NEAR HEATHROW
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 9TH.

Price is £650 plus vat. However as it is miles away there is a substantial early bookers discount on offer. And a bigger discount for the first ten. Mail me for details.
That includes three course lunch, coffees, snacks etc.
The seminar is mainly aimed at beginners and dabblers though improvers are welcome too.
Topics covered using live market feeds all day include: Market psychology, level 2 - a simple guide to how to use it for better timing; how to value companies; finding companies that are about to rise. I will also cover techniques for handling events such as the recent meltdown and volatility.
Spreadbetting: How to use it to gain an edge and go short. Market makers - how they work and how to beat them; how to stop losing money and make it instead and plenty more.
How to plan trade entries and exits - how to research companies and understand reports, plus all those niggly questions you always wanted to ask. How to set stop losses and targets. Charts and how to use them.
Also covered: Market maker tricks: How to spot tree shakes and use them in your favour, How to tell when NOT to buy a share. I use live ADVFN all day with lots of level 2 and looks at all kind of live market data.
The idea behind the seminar is SIMPLICITY. I don't use jargon or fancy words - everything is in PLAIN ENGLISH! No question is too stupid and the event is held in a friendly relaxed and supportive environment.
The idea is you will come away from the event I hope a wise and better investor with lots of new ideas. I try and translate complex topics into easy bite size pieces. I also aim for it to be entertaining as well as instructive.
If you are interested please e-mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "Feb seminar interested" in the subject line and I will send you full details of the event including comments from those who have come to previous seminars and you can then decide whether you would like to come. See you there!
One seminar attendee Clare wanted to write a testimonial about her experiences at the seminar which follows now!
"I've just come back buzzing from one of Robbie's seminars. What a day! He's just brilliant, and manages to pack an awful lot into one day, and with his enthusiastic and humorous delivery the day just flies by. There are no gimmicks, no sell, no "˜get-rich-quick' promises, just his own solid, sound approach which he has learnt over the years and which works.
He shows you how to minimise the risks and maximise the profits and points out the banana skins on the way. Where the seminar really comes into its own is when he teaches using live level 2. Hearing him talk through his thought processes and reasoning is invaluable, and really brings home everything from the book. He has endless patience answering peoples' questions, and really seems to care that everybody understands.
On top of that, you meet some really nice like minded people and swap e mail addresses, you're plied with
chocolates and coffee all day, have a great lunch and spend the evening getting tiddled with Robbie in the
bar afterwards!
Don't worry about the cost, it's easily worth it, and you'll soon make it back with your new-found investment skills, and in what you're no longer losing. If you're thinking of going along to his next seminar, whether you're a novice or an experienced trader, don't hesitate ""just go!
Thanks Clare, did you want the tenner in cash, or will a cheque do?

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I use IG Index for betting on the very small companies, the only spreadbet firm I can find that does the smaller ones making it possible to trade AIM cos tax free.

To sign up and get an excellent weekly education programme use this link:

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What can we say about the Belgium attacks?

It's awful that this band of psychos continue to play havoc. Really, these attacks are always conducted by a small band of brainwashed idiots. Such a shame for all of us.

I don't understand this thing of shutting everything down after they did it. We must carry on as normal or else they win.

I certainly intend to carry on flying and holidaying and whatever else. You can't let fear rule you or else you'd do nothing.

Labour MPs must despair that the supply geography teacher is still in charge.

Absolutely anyone else could have roasted Cameron on the Budget cock up on benefits but not our Jezza.

Worse than that we see what a prize plonker he is with the publication of the who likes me and who doesn't list. What is he, 7 years old?

That list is pure comedy gold and Cameron duly proceeded to make the most of it.

I just despair that all these politicians are bonkers males with low self-esteem addicted to booze, power et all.

The Budget: Well, I was pleased with the best aspect for me which is £20,000 in Isas allowed from next year.

Isas are brilliant and us share buyers are lucky to have them. So 20k from next year is very welcome. As is the cut in capital gains tax.

I don't get that tax. Why should you pay on making a gain on something?

Thanks to a reader for alerting me to last night's Horizon. About the use of gravity and potential for a new form of transport.

I do believe we are waiting for the next big technological revolution after the internet, most think it will be robots. I hope not, I think it will be transport.

I believe current forms of transport will end and be replaced with super fast transport that doesn't need oil. Once established the world will quickly change. But it will also spark problems as I think anyone will be able to go anywhere rather easily.

The Night Manager has ended up a very watchable series with Hugh Lawrie making it as a tremendous bad guy.

Though let's face it, a pretty stupid bad guy too. Lots of plot holes and sillyness but ignoring that, a lot of fun.

Comedywise, this season of Girls has been the best yet. Funny and wise. Togetherness that follows it not quite as good but not bad.

Vinyl - pretty good though I tend to fast forward through the music bits which are a bit long-winded.

Just started the comedy "Transparent" on Amazon Prime - worth a look. It's got Hank from Larry Sanders show in it.

Several of you have emailed saying thanks for Mr Robot on Amazon Prime. Great gripping series that one.

Better Call Saul now definitely the best series of the year so far.

Lovely story, great characters and beautifully filmed. Though Game of Thrones is back next month, so that might make a challenge!

Good place for spreadbets and fixed odds for sport (and the EU vote) is here...

http://www.spreadex.com/nakedtrader/sports

Good quick execution of bets and a great range of markets. Recommended!

Dave writes :
I agree with comments about Dr Who and Breaking Bad. I used to enjoy Dr. Who years ago but I think it's worn out, it's all about celebrity now, like everything else on telly.

I recently was enjoying the Sopranos a friend let me borrow (fascinating story lines) and my son Rob in Australia (an irrelevance to you of course), he said if you like Sopranos you'll love Breaking Bad. Wow was he ever right. I got the full set from Amazon (apart from the last season). I'm having to eke it out it's so brilliant I don't want it to end, that's the sad bit. What about the uncle in the desert in the wheelchair with the bell strapped to the arm of the chair, the missus and me just fell about and many more just brilliant set ups dragging out every emotion.

Agree Dave, love Breaking Bad. Only five to go for me and I won't spoil what happens for you except it gets more and more addictive!
Gary writes :
"For throwing your heart, soul and energy into one fact-packed, full-on and exhaustingly educational day: FIVE stars with no hesitation!!
Met some really nice people too - like me, nervous that it was the most we'd ever spent on a whole day of anything (had we made arses of ourselves?) But no one felt short-changed, especially when you were still going strong when we all wanted to go to bed! One of your delegates, Susan, back for a second time, said to me unequivocally, "you will go away absolutely inspired." I can't disagree.
Thanks Gary, hope you make some money!

Duane writes:
Wanted to say a big thank you to you and Mrs NT for an amazing day of learning and fun at your seminar.

The way you explained the share trading from start to finish was understandable and really interesting, well worth the seminar fee!
It was great to hear such down to earth and honest assessment from a successful trader like yourself. The way you explained everything was good revision from your book and gave further insight into successful share trading.

I particularly liked your live trades and going through your accounts when you gave snippets of why you invested in certain shares and why you kept/dumped them. Also helpful was the way you searched for prospective shares and within minutes discounted them or put them on a short list for further examination and correct entry points. Amazing!
You could really tell that you loved doing what you do and your energy levels to keep going till 10pm was well....... I had to leave at 9pm I was shattered!

Thanks again Robbie I am keen to put into practice what you have taught me. Even though you make squillions from your trades and I am sure don't need to do the seminars for financial gain, but please keep doing those seminars for newbies like me!

Thanks Duane! Don't expect to be doing them foreever but very rewarding for me to help people so expect to carry on for a while longer.
Gabriel writes:
If you are reading this, you are perhaps considering going on one of Robbie's Seminars. You maybe asking yourself (like I did) the testimonials are all well and good but once the euphoria and excitement of attending a Seminar has died down ..... and I am back home in my normal routine and faced with the "graft" of putting it all into practice... will I become a better trader and be financially better off?
Let me tell you that in my case it certainly has!
Book your place pretty sharpish....... is what I say !

Thanks Gabriel!

Terry writes:
Fantastic seminar.

I have always been sceptical of the public testaments you see on web sites
saying how great an event was. Now I'm one of those people!. I
genuinely believe that the tips and techniques as well as the overall
approach you demonstrated will radically improve my trading performance
Thanks Terry, well all the testaments are real but know what you mean and glad you feel it was worth it!
Dan writes :
'It's obvious from his site Robbie Burns is a good market analyst and shrewd stock-picker. He is also a highly opinionated commentator on everything from TV shows to food. Therefore I expected his seminar to be 75% entertainment, 15% general exposition for beginners and-- if we were lucky-- 10% of something I could use to help me invest. But I could not have been more wrong.

The opinions on food and politics etc. though genuine, are I believe a bit of disguise or misdirection for there is a real touch of rebel genius here. And in the seminar, which is 95% hardball, he actually takes you candidly right into the mental process involved in his successful trading, making it a pretty amazing display, even showing his own investment accounts right there on the screen. You can see at once why so many of us are merely stabbing in the dark with our investments.

This is a genuine coaching session in how to trade like him if you put in the graft. I have only bought one stock since, as I am waiting for the tools he recommends, but I got the price down by using his tactics and I cannot recommend the seminar too highly if you are going there to learn. It must be taxing on him to let us at such length and in such detail into the process, which has made him so much money (for--unlike so many other so-called experts the seminars are not a day job). My advice therefore would be to sign up for this while he is still prepared to do it.'

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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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Well, thanks to doing the two seminars, I have a lovely monitor full of great share ideas. One or two I already made, and some are sitting there waiting for the right time to buy.

Thanks to those of you who came to the follow up for some brilliant trade ideas. And at the beginners/improvers one, a number presented themselves when we did screens for shares.

I find more and more the best place to screen for new shares to look at is the brilliant site stockopedia.

I think using several of their screens live at both events helped bring up some very interesting ideas. There is even a share screen called the "Naked Trader-esque" screen based on criteria I outlined in my book.

And indeed that screen came up with some good picks. If you want to find that on stockopedia click "gurus" and then "robbie burns".

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The markets as I write this early this morning can't seem to push through 6200-6225 so I am trying shorts in the 6200-6220 area with the view to quitting fast if the markets do push above those levels. Seems a sensible idea.

IS Solutions (ISL) looks a nice one. Nothing like a sentence like this to make me take notice: "Further contract wins will result in profitability significantly ahead of market expectations".

This is a very fast growing software company that appears under the radar but looks like it has a big future.

My thought is an isa tuckaway for a couple of years for some likely very good capital growth.

It's looking to break into the US with its first US office too. Profits are storming ahead. It also has recurring revenue which I really like. I guess the potential downside is that the shares have gone up a lot. I'd be out quick if they started to go down and try and get in lower if that happened.

Cerillion (CER) is a decent-looking new issue. A lot of new issues seem to come onto the market priced very highly. Not this one though.

I was expecting it to be rated a bit higher so was pleasantly surprised and bought more than I was expecting to.

It's a leading provider of billing and charging services to companies across the world. It's going well.

Looks like an under the radar float which at some point will be noticed and can see this one much higher in time.

I bought more CMC Markets (CMC) - the current market volatility really suits spreadbetting companies, the level 2 looked so strong I got some live just near the end of the day.

Results from IG this week indeed prove Sb companies are making a lot from the volatility. CMC should continue higher for a bit.

Yu Group (YU.) looks interesting: supplies gas to businesses. Impossible really to weigh this one up financially as it's so new but I've tucked a few away in the ISA, see how it goes. Could go well.

I took up rights in Empiric Student (ESP) and bought more on top. Why not? Lovely safe income stock with 6% yield.

Softcat (SCT)came back into a buying area so I bought back the shares I sold for a big profit last time. These always end up a lovely buy when they are weak. Holding for a lift back up to the 350p area.

Vectura and Skyepharma are going for a merger so I bought some more Vectura (VEC) on weakness, looked time for a top up, my longer-term view is at some point Vectura will be a lot higher than this and may end up getting taken over itself.

Finally I bought a few more FXI. With a dividend declared, a new deal and director buying they still look oversold to me.

A small punt on a smallie hasn't paid off (if you go for these you have to realise it can happen) - a not so good statement had me out of Cog for a loss of £ 575 . To take advantage of my CGT allowance before the end of this tax year, I sold a few tep as the only share not shielded from tax. To reflect this closed out one market website pos for a profit of £1,955.

Elsewhere after the excellent dividend, Tritax BB produced brilliant results so already a nice uplift plus the dividend, a three year hold for me and I am after 25% pa from it inc dividends.

Paysafe is having an excellent run with all positions well in profit. Market Tech disappoints so far but will stick with it for now, seems to be on the rise again. Impellam has gradually gone up very well after an excellent statement.

Iomart is bubbling along nicely trying to break 265. Nearly there! Quartix continues to rise after its great statement with 400p the barrier to get through.

Cracking results from Empresaria, they really ought to be higher and tempted to get some more. NCC remains in the doldrums but support at 250.

Mcarthy and Stone looks to have a great future after its results too.

Photo-Me has at last been re-rated, took a while but well deserved after its statement, Japan going well. Dignity has started to rise from the dead.

So while markets remain volatile there are still plenty of opportunities out there.

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I also use IG's spreadbetting service too along with other firms. Great execution of trades and nice 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.

http://www.ig.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.

Capital Spreads offers a really excellent book on spreadbetting for those who open accounts through the link below. Spreads are very tight and every trade has to have a stop loss which is excellent discipline to have especially for beginners. Execution is really good I find and they also allow shorts on shares it is hard to get shorts on like say Carpetright or facebook.
To get the offer, click here:
http://www.capitalspreads.com/ntrader

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/237058/opportunity you can sign up directly there but do tell me! (Click earn with is then sign up now 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 every other Thursday afternoon.