Good and bad news. Bad news is there is no update on Friday. Good news is that I hope many of you have a good time when you meet me at the seminar on Friday!
As usual very much looking forwards to meeting some of you readers out there!
I hope you all enjoy the day, I know I will even though I'll be completely knackered at the end of it after talking non stop for hours and hours.
Doors open 9.30am -if you get there a bit early don't buy any of their expensive drinks because coffee and snacks will be ready for you from 9.30am before we start at 10am. We have "best of British" for lunch!
Please just come give your email address to Mrs NT as you come in so she can register you. Don't forget no suits or ties please! It's a relaxed event so that pullover you got for Xmas in 2001 will do nicely.
I'm hoping to cover as much as I can in the time and remember to stop me if you don't understand something. Hope to see a few of you in the bar afterwards. I know my gin and tonic is going to taste good!
Everything will be live from Friday's markets so who knows what'll be happening except there is always something interesting going on and things to learn.
Anyway, see you all there.. if you're a bit late, don't worry.. Mrs NT will be on the left when you arrive and she'll sort out a seat for you.
At the last two seminars I've struggled to finish anywhere near on time so it'll probably go on longer than 5pm. Remember no question is "too stupid" on the day - it's your day so if anything troubles you, just tell me!
I take everything slowly and in plain English so I hope everything will be reasonably easy to follow and you'll learn some of the tricks I've picked up from over 10 years of trading. See you at 10am!
Hopefully this time I won't be suffering with a cold and cough like at the last one.
Sorry to those who tried to get late entry to the seminar but it got sold out but the next one isn't far off, on Friday June 26th and booking is now open. Mail me if interested at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "seminar interested" in the subject line. More below.
When I started my first job in Birmingham I had no money so had to live in a bedsit above a chip shop.
Above me was a very strange bloke. Strange that he used to pee out of the window instead of using the loo at night. (It's not raining, it's Brian having a wee!)
Anyway he kept waking me up in the middle of the night screaming "Ayyyyyyyeee Veeeeeeeeeeeeeee, Ayyyyeee Veeeeeee"
What on earth did it mean? I screwed up the courage to tackle him. He was big bloke and looked pretty handy in a fight. Well this girl I shared the bedsit with (don't tell my mother) make me tackle him anyway.
Brian also only had one eye. His other one was false. He tried to chat up my girl once with the not really very good chat up line "Would you like to rub some cream into my eye socket?"
Anyway I said, trembling, "Brian.. you're keeping us awake because you keep shouting Ayyyyyyee Veeee"
"Ah", he said and laughed. "What does it mean?" I asked.
"Aston Villa" he said "Come on A V!!""
Which perhaps in a slightly contrived manner brings me onto .. er Aston Villa. Who I saw play my next door team Fulham.
Reader and Fulham fan Peter mailed me to ask if I wanted to go to a game as he's got a season ticket. Of course I said yes and Peter turned up at the apartment for tea and toast before the game.
He met Christopher and gave him a Fulham fan. We then went next door to watch the game which was brilliant. Fulham won quite convincingly and are now pushing for a place in Europe.
Peter goes to most of the home games and some of the away games even though he now lives in a small village one and a half hours away. It's good to meet someone so knowlegable on the game. One of his friends has been going to Fulham since 1956!
He's seen some changes.. of course years ago stadiums were all standing but he prefers the seating!
Fulham is such a friendly ground. Peter tells me they are one of the few crowds who applaud the visiting teams. Owner El Fayed came onto the ground to big cheers. I guess he saved them from lower division football.
Anyway big thanks to Peter for taking me and not even allowing me to pay for the ticket. Hopefully I'll get to another game with him next season!
The fun of running this website and the seminars has been meeting so many interesting people with some becoming good friends and at least two couples who we go on holiday with.
We'd never have met them without the website.
Apart from working on the seminar at the weekend I took Christopher to the playcentre and then we went to a toyshop where he chose a mike/karaoke thing. He's now singing "I like to Move it Move It" to a drum background - he can also push a button to give himself some wild applause!
I'm really enjoying these spring long light evenings with him. We go out most nights, have a chat, take a football and go to the little park.
We like wandering around, watching the world go by and see who's around. It's really lovely and with plently of time to give him, being an older Dad is very rewarding!
It's even more rewarding that because I/we spend so much time with him the telly is rarely on and he's spending his childhood playing and not sitting there being brainwashed by computer games.
Friday's seminar got sold out a while ago but the next one which is already filling up is June 26th.
And even better there is again an early booker discount for that! if you are interested in June's event please mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "June seminar interested" in the subject line. And I will send you details. It's held close to Heathrow Airport.

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!

There is more detail on the seminar below. Already looking forwards to meeting all of you coming to the May event!
Thanks for the great spreadbetting stories - winning and losing stories for my upcoming spreadbetting book welcome at.. thenakedtrader@aol.com (spread stories ONLY to this address please!! -please use my normal address for anything else).

Did you lose spreadbetting? Why and what happened? Or have you found it easy and you're a winner? Tell me! Anyone whose story I use gets a free copy.

Hurrah! Spreadbetting firm Tradefair (Betfair's sister) has upped its offer exclusively to Naked Trader readers to a £100 credit!
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.
Anyway they now offer a £100 credit as long as you deposit £100. You get the credit after you placed 2 trades (non equity)

If you'd like to open an account with Tradefair and get the freebie and try them out e-mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "Tradefair" in the subject line and I'll send you info on how to claim the new £100 credit.
Still with BT for your phone line? Why? Move over to Utilities Discount Warehouse under me and pay just £8.99 for your line rental, and deal with a nice company. I get commission and in return you get my e-mail - this site into your mailbox at every update!

You could also add energy, guaranteed cheaper than the top 6 suppliers and get the lot on one bill every month. Mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com if you fancy it. Easy to do!

I'm glad to say MF Global has improved its offer to readers....
First you get a free £2 bet on the FTSE.. and secondly when you place your first bet with them they will cover the potential loss of up to £100 if the trade moves against you.
I use MF Global myself for spreadbets on the smaller companies as they have more online than anyone else and offer spreads on pretty much everything.
To take up the offer either click the MF banner you should find somewhere on this page, or cut and paste this link into your browser and you can sign up online:
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Terms and conditions obviously apply, check them on that link.. I think those are good offers.

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).
The deal is via me you can save £30 for your first year by paying just £138.06 inc vat via me instead of £167.47.
Just mail me for full details if you'd like it with "silver" in the subject line.
The money - real money - is already coming on from my own internet shopping site which is at www.ei42.com/nakedtrader.

In fact I've already made £1,000 - that's in a very short time and as this grows I think there could be a very good income there.

YOU can make money out of this too - by simply doing your online shopping as normal but via your site (it costs nothing) and then tell friends to open their shopping site using the link from yours - you then get commission on their buys!
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So for free you can sign up and get this site for yourself.

Everytime you buy anything yourself on your site you get commission.. So if you normally shop online anyway it's a no brainer: just use your own site instead of going direct and get some commission every time you shop.
Then you just get some friends to sign up and get their own site too - when they do online shopping using their mall, you get commission too. Simple as that.
It's all explained on the site top right.. just click "Make money with your own shop find out more" and it's all explained. Or click here

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So you just shop away as normal - but now you earn commission - and there's also decent money off coupons too on top of that!

They've just re-published "The Zulu Principle" by Jim Slater who's written a 2008 update at the beginning.
This is a brilliant classic book. Reading this is a real pleasure and it was a great idea to republish.
Jim believes like I do the best gains can come from smaller stocks and in an easy to read style takes you through how to evaluate smaller companies that are about to become bigger ones - he uses some excellent examples.
Really this is a must read for all more longer-term investors or anyone looking to grow their money... a number of you have also written to me about this book and praising it.
Here is the link to buy it:

http://books.global-investor.com/books/167207.htm?ginPtrCode=10453
Here's a very topical one: The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets by Peter Schiff.
The book is all about how to keep portfolios up in a down market. He focusses a lot on how to play commodities and win with some sensible advice especially on natural resources and precious metals. He is very much a realist and there is no rubbish here: some straight talking and some interesting strategies.
Everyone who invests should think seriously about keeping portfolios up in bad times so this book should be read.
Well worth picking up at this link:

http://books.global-investor.com/books/271958.htm?ginPtrCode=10453
To order my new book Naked Trader 2 for next day delivery click this link... or the cover of the book top right!
http://books.global-investor.com/books/27120.htm?ginPtrCode=10453
I've had heaps and heaps of praise from many of you regarding The Financial Spreadbetting book.
The book really seems to have helped a lot of you understand spreadbetting a lot more than you did. You say it's really helped you with ideas too. The writer deserves commendation. With the ability to go short so important in these volatile markets, it's a must read. To order click this link... http://books.global-investor.com/books/23307.htm?ginPtrCode=10453
Several people have asked me for a recommendation on a book which shows how to study accounts in a reasonably easy way. The one I like the most is http://books.global-investor.com/books/15717.htm?ginPtrCode=10453 by Robert Leach. Ten crunch questions to ask before buying any company.
It' s a decent easy-to-read book with several key chapters and it's highly recommended. It's one I keep and dip into from time to time. To order, click this link... http://books.global-investor.com/books/15717.htm?ginPtrCode=10453
The best book on charting and easiest read on the subject is http://books.global-investor.com/books/15618.htm?ginPtrCode=10453 by Alistair Blair. Click here -> http://books.global-investor.com/books/15618.htm?ginPtrCode=10453
Another good one is the second edition of http://books.global-investor.com/books/23792.htm?ginPtrCode=10453 by Peter Temple. Included in this one is how to use spreadbetting, CFD's warrants and trackers to reduce risk. And there are some decent trading strategies too.
This is an excellent book for new investors and also experienced ones. It explains all the things you may not be sure about in the markets and will explain the tools that are there. To order The Investors Toolbox by Peter Temple (new edition) click the following link for delivery in 24 hours... http://books.global-investor.com/books/23792.htm?ginPtrCode=10453

MAY 15TH 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 still open for the next Naked Trader seminar on Friday June 26th. Price is £495 plus 15% vat. However there is a large early booking discount available!

That includes three course lunch, Starbucks coffee, parking etc. And most importantly it covers choc bars and fruit gums too.

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 "June 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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. Mf Global Spreads is one of the few companies that offers spreads on smaller companies valued at just £6m or more, including AIM stocks. And you can trade them online too.
So now you CAN deal in small companies without having to actually buy the shares in the market and you can deal in them on margin if you wish.
Every naked trader reader who opens an account with them though me will get a completely free £2 a point bet on the daily FTSE on a day of your choice.
As you can imagine get it right and this free bet could be worth a few quid. The bet cannot be a loser, because if you lose, it is as if you never placed it!

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So here is your chance to open an account to spread bet the smaller companies - of course you can deal in the whole range of usual spread betting with them too including the bigger companies and indices bets as well.
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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 2 spreadbets (non equity).

To get the offer, click here:

http://promo.tradefair.com/nakedtrader100/

Oh dear. Well I guess I have to talk about the top story of the week..
Those grasping, expense grabbing egotists!
They care nothing it appears except grabbing as much money as possible, they have no talent at all..
They drone on and on on the TV...
Yes, of course I'm talking about Katie Price and Peter Andre...
These two on the front pages because they are "Splitting up". What's the betting that they will get back together to get yet another load of publicity..
But probably not until after Katie has slept with someone who will reveal all in the papers... yawn!!!
"I slept with X but now I want Peter back..." it's their kids you have to feel sorry for.
Now back to the other money-grabbing publicists.. the MPs.
Brown's apology had to be the worst especially when he said "Sorry about the last few days"
What he means is of course, sorry we got caught out and never mind the last ten years...
The worst of the lot has to be the dreadful speaker of the house. He pretty much made it clear he was cross he wouldn't be able to claim anymore and was more interested in catching the mole than being sorry.
The sooner he gets dumped as "speaker" the better.
Surely an answer to all this is simply to provide government flats for MP's close to Westminster?
The other thing is it's not just expenses. It's the whole system. Something is terribly wrong if we can't trust the people who run the country.
The way we run things has got to be changed. All this silly pomp and circumstance. The long holidays. isn't it time for proper debates without a "speaker". Isn't it time to drop the "honourable member" stuff?
Can't things be talked through faster and without all the red tape?
You have to hand it to Cameron. For the first time he's shown he can take quick and decisive action while Brown as usual hesitates.
And please oh please can we have an election to clear the air and make a new start putting the current lot out of their and our misery...
The Apprentice: tonight they have to rebrand Margate. I think I can predict quite easily that whatever they do, it'll make Margate seem less appealing.
In fact after they did the rebranding I bet the number of Margate tourists went down. I bet the Margate Tourist people thought it would be a great publicity idea. How wrong could they be?
One of the teams apparently decides to re-brand Margate as the gay place to be. I can see Nick's face now.. and Margaret rolling her eyes....

If you want to bet on sport here's the sign up link, very large free bets for newbies: To open a Sporting account click here:
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.

Duncan writes:
I hope you are well "" I read your story about poker and it made me laugh the exact thing happened to me a few years ago "" I went to some club in the city but I got cleaned out by the bankers! So I got much better won the money back and now they will not play me.

I actually made a bit of money playing on line but it takes so much time and I only play on small tables so its not really worth the trouble but it sounds like you have what it takes to be a great player!

Thanks Duncan but I think I shall leave playing Poker for now with my winnings. I certainly have no intention of getting fleeced online!

Ed writes:
I need the money to pay for a porn movie, a plug, some manure for my garden, a patio heater, a repair to a pipe under my tennis court, a chandler and various other bills I have for my second home. Luckily, I've done a bit of a fraud and still claim single person's discount on the community charge while my firm pays the whole whack. I'm hoping to decorate it, at their expense and then pretend it's actually my main residence. That way, when I sell it, I don't have to pay capital gains tax ! Am I clever or what !?

The only worry I have is that somone at the firm will notice my 'holiday home' is actually only a few miles away from my real home. If they do, I might have to work out how to justify my travelling expenses. Still........

Good luck with your plans Ed. I think it's marvellous you should be thinking about following in the footsteps of the honourable members of the house of commons..
Ryan writes:
I can confidently say that since your seminar in March, I have become a more relaxed and confident trader! Have made some money too! And I don't have to trade everyday or worry about not sitting in front of the computer screen all day!!!

I am not sure that I can put my finger on exactly what did it for me but it is worth mentioning that part of what was inspiring was that there were no wild claims as to what we were going to gain from the seminar. Just sharing your own experiences (as in the book) was awesome! Many thanks for sharing your trades with us; the day was definitely well worth it. I am still expecting my own commission on the trade you closed out that afternoon! And I would like my own tenner in cash "" no cheques please! By the way, the lunch was also really lovely indeed and thanks for signing my book. I hope all who attend after us would find it as useful and as inspiring as I did
Thanks Ryan and glad it worked for you

Keith writes:

Just finished reading your book, and I must say I enjoyed it immensely .So much so that I am going to read it again immediately to confirm that some of your ideas have stuck . Not only was it a good read , but it also confirmed that I am only doing a few things wrongly , not everything as unplanned as I thought .
One question though if you don't mind , where can I get relevant information regarding Aim listed companies which are moving up to the main market ? I don't seem to be able to find this info so far , and I wonder if you could point me in the right direction ?
Hi Keith..
There's no easy way.. I usually scan news items on advfn at 7am, a move is usually highlighted there - but there are only about 5-10 moves a year!

I have 3 great offers from ADVFN. First great deal: If you want level 2, though me it is only £299 for your first year including VAT!
This compares to £360 PLUS vat from ADVFN direct (£423) so this deal saves you over £100! 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 for only £299 for a year (including vat), or under £25 a month!!

Deal two is ADVFN's bronze subscription - normally £60pa - available from me for only £40! That's a saving of £20! You get access to the premium bulletin board which contains my discussion forum with direct access to chat to me and some very good traders.
Plus you get ADVFN's premium top lists which I talk about in my book and think are a must for finding great stock picks. That includes great lists like ex dividend dates, market maker buys plus chart breakouts and downs.
To take up the offer, e-mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with Bronze in the subject line and I will tell you how to claim the deal.

Deal three is ADVFN's silver subscription - for those of you who want all the benefits of Bronze AND always on real-time prices.. no more using the back button and getting frozen out!

The deal is via me you can save £30 for your first year by paying just £138.06 inc vat via me instead of £167.47.
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I'm glad I've spent the last week taking profits and I've continued that profit-taking. Markets have risen quite a lot and there's no harm in taking something off the table.
I also noticed a number of "fill your boots" type articles in the papers which is a sure sign it might be worth taking some profits!! So for right now I'm more of a take profits mood than buy mood.
Tricky one. I've made a very good profit on Unite and more than doubled but it's due a statement this week and given shares often sell off on results day I've decided to bank my profits. Of course it could easily rise well again but I guess in the end I'm happy with a better than double.
So I sold at 114 to bank a profit of £3,139 and 116 on the spreadbet to bank a profit of £3,275, total Unite profit of £6,414. Which isn't a bad profit for a couple of months of holding.
Also sold is Chime at 112 for a profit of £1,225 - it struggled to get by 116. It seems to take two steps forward and one back, still plenty of potential there for this year so I expect to buy in again especially on any weakness. The bid for a rival seems sensible and the company can easily afford it. Serco has been pretty boring to say the least, it can't get through 400 so out at 398 for a profit of £90 although did get a dividend as well.
I give up waiting for a possible bid for Morse so quit at 12.25 for a profit of £275. Shame as I could have quit earlier in the week at 14! Never mind. And I sold half the Topps spreadbet at 61 for a profit of £500 but missed the top at 68 by a long way. Good support at 55 just keeps me in with the rest for now.
That's a total profit for the website today of £8,414.
Elsewhere though the market is on a downer today I still hold onto a number of good winners on the basis that there could still be more to come if this is a small pullback..
It was touch and go as to whether to take some profits in Alterian as it dipped. I've just about stayed with it!
Giant profits still in Heritage (£12,000 plus) - it seems to be consolidating after the recent enormous rise. Maybe there are lots of stops around 500 and the mm's are taking them out. I pluck up the courage to hold after my experience with Burren where I held all the way through from 232p to the eventual bid at 1220 ignoring shakes along the way for a near 30k profit. I am hoping Heritage is another Burren.
Last buy Boot H goes well, down 4p because it went ex dividend for 4p today (which essentially is unchanged) but it's still higher than my buy price and I also now get a £200 dividend. Can't be bad! A statement is due shortly.
Recent buy Volex has stormed higher! I'm up 50% already - never expected it to climb quite so quickly I was expecting it to take about 3 months! Still holding because there seems to stopping its rise and there must be something behind it. Statement June 1st.
Despite the weak market a lot of the big doublers and treblers are still going well. Dragon, Galiform, Petrofac, Microgen, new Brit etc all show brilliant gains with many thousands of pounds of profits. And they're all staying relatively strong in today's down market.
We're heading into an important time where the market has to decide whether it's come too far too soon or whether it's just a wee sell off before it goes higher again.
I've not got a clue - I just hope to hitch a ride some of the way up or down. So I expect to follow rather than lead and will take even more profit if things really do start a new slide. In any event it's always healthy to have a sell off after a strong run.
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. Link is here: -
http://www.igindex.co.uk/?QPID=1078&QPPID=1

that also includes a pretty decent educational programme. 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 2 spreadbets (non equity).

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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.telecomplus.org.uk/fabdeal you can sign up directly there but do tell me!
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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 Weds and Fri afternoons under "Markets" section.. afraid I can't do live trades as that would turn me into a tipster and I'd have to be regulated!