SPECIAL OFFER MASSIVE EARLY DISCOUNT FIRST 15 ONLY.

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)Three course lunch, snacks, drinks and lots of chocolate included!

There's a limited one-off special offer for the first 15 to book and pay of a massive very early discount of £240 off the price inc vat. That's the cheapest it has ever been offered. First come, first served.

Email me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "oCT seminar interested" in the subject line and I'll send you details. Add "special offer" if you want to be considered for the large discount.

I'm sorry but the September 28th seminar was sold out some time ago - apologies fior disappointment but you can now book October 12th instead.

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The follow up is a day of live trading with me, with plenty of research, level 2, timing and real trades. The Technical will teach you new things to hone your entries and exits such as MACD, chart reading, trend lines, moving averages, RSI and divergences. That includes plenty of time with top technical trader Susan and you get access to more than 300 slides for perusal at home afterwards.
Mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "follow ups interested " and will send you details there will be a discount for booking both. You must have already attended a seminar to come to either.

Click here to order:

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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.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.

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This is the last update till the holidays are over. Sorry, I know one or two seem to miss me but we all need a break. I'll be back on September 10th all wide awake and bushy tailed.
I'm ok to answer emails during the hols, you can ask questions and book seminars etc but expect it to take a bit longer to reply than normal. You may want to check FAQ on the website in case your answer is there... I hope to see some of you in September for the next seminar, see above for a special offer for the first ten to book.
Before I forget or for those that don't bother reading much further (fair enough, after all you haven't checked your iphone for ten seconds) the one piece of wisdom I discovered this week:

Never, ever put your chocolate in the fridge. More further down.

Great to meet so many lovely people at last week's seminar and thanks so much for the amazing feedback. So glad many of you feel more confident with your trading and beginners feel they can start without making the usual beginner mistakes.

Talking to some of you over lunch and after I can see how determined many of you are. Just remember the things we discussed during the day, stay disciplined, remember the get out quick and the stop, and the use of l2 to suss out whether it really is a good time to buy or not and the DMA. You should all have had the notes, if you didn't let me know.. and I know I will see a few of you at the follow up in October.

Wish you all the best with your trading, I was amazed at how many of you stayed so late
.. it was most of you! It was worth it for discovering some good trades later in the day.
Goodness me it's supposed to be the holidays.. I've been so busy doing holiday things it doesn't feel like a holiday. Does that make sense? Maybe not.
It's been a whirlwind of activity.
We went to Irish night at Kempton Park races and what fun that was and I only lost £150 which was a bonus.
A lovely evening, a few friends came along. The food there is surprisingly good and watching racing in the evening is great fun.
Lots of Irish girls around a bit worse for wear and there was a lot of "fecks" in the air....(and maybe one or two in the car park). Kempton evening racing is a lot of fun, go if you get the chance, every Wednesday night in August.
On Saturday we visited Wimbledon on ladies final day.
What a great atmosphere there... It's really lovely to see everyone having such a great time even though Murray was knocked out. We saw a brilliant fun veterans doubles game between France and Sweden.
Lots of relaxed messing about but also some great tennis from the "oldies" who could probably still beat some of the best teenagers.
The Wimbledon souvenir shops were doing brilliant business, we got a mug and a big ball. Henman Hill or Murray Mount was packed with lots of people having fun watching events on the big screen. If you can get hold of some tickets for next year it's worth it.
Guess what? We spent the last three days in York.
On Sunday the Mrs said "We're off to York for a bit". I couldn't remember why, was it a wedding or someting?
I'd forgotten. Christopher had a school trip there recently and told us how great York was so there and then the train was booked. So off we went, staying at a hotel on York racecourse.
As usual I found people "Up north" are way nicer and friendlier than those "down south". Southerners tend to be stressed out most of the time while northeners seem happier and more fulfilled and less interested in "brass".
First the train journey there and back. Virgin trains suck !! It's like the worst economy seats on a plane, really horrible, very glad to get off it. But Grand Central was a different matter.
More like going premium economy, much more legroom and tables. None of those horrid two by two seats with no room at all. So for trains, down with Virgin and up with Grand Central!
York was really nice and it makes for an excellent break. Shame a lot of shops had gone bust - all independents of course. They can't afford the rising rates which is a shame as even here soon it will be all the chains.
Walking back to the hotel it was also a shame to see a couple of larger independent hotels looking like faded glory. It really annoys me when a hotel can't even get the basics right outside.
One had a filthy menu and promos board. If they can't even clean their menu board what on earth is going on in the kitchen? Couple that with dead flowers and dirty windows in the hotel itself and I sigh.
I almost felt like going to get some disinfectant and a cloth and cleaning the

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thing myself. It's just so easy to fix these things which seem small but are actually big. How can the owners be so blind.
Both these hotels will probably feature soon on "Hotel Inspector". Alex polizzi will say "FFS clean the windows and the signs outside at least...." When I ran a cafe I would go mental if the staff left anything dirty.
It reeks of bad attitude and a we don't care about this place anymore feeling. If you don't care about your business anymore - sell it.
The highlight of the York trip was the brilliant chocolate tour. An hour of chocolate history and tasting chocolate.
Some really fascinating history, find out how various bars came into being... At the end you get to make your own chocolate lolly and design it.
A chocolate maestro at the end of the visit makes some chocolate and of course you get to taste some.
The one big lesson from him: Never ever put chocolate in the fridge.
Why? Within half an hour 10% of the chocolate taste disappears, more than a day - 70% of the chocolate flavour has gone.
Worse is to come: Bits of stuff you have in your fridge? The flavours of that get attracted to the chocolate. So a bit of cheese in there together with the chocolate. Well, then do enjoy your cheese flavoured Kit kat!
Foodwise we had two sensational meals at different places, in fact it seemed hard not to get good food in York. So, a visit to York is recommended!
Christopher got his school report. Apparently he's a lively member of the year but he messes around in class and needs to stop that and concentrate. Sounds just like me.
At least he never got a report that I got from my first school.
"Robbie is the most backward pupil I have ever taught" wrote one of my teachers.
One of the teachers told me if they put so and so is "quirky" it means he is a pain in the bum. Phew, no quirkies in his report.
So the holiday season continues, next week we are off to Portugal, we also have Spain booked for later in the season, then we have a sports weekend, a trip to Ireland and maybe another trip abroad!
I'll fill you in on our summer on September 10th, in the meantime have a great summer!
If you would like to come to the next seminar..it is Monday September 28th
Mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "Sep seminar interested". First ten to book get a massive special discount of £240 off, the cheapest I have ever done it.

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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So I'm pleased to announce I've managed to seal a new deal with Advfn for its "Silver" service - that's always on real-time share prices for a good saving (Bronze toplists etc are included in this).
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SEPTEMBER 28TH 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 September 28th

Price is £650 plus vat. However there is a special massive discount offer for first ten to book. Mail 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 "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!
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?

Spreadbetting firm Capital Spreads offers a great book on how to spreadbet for readers via this link http://www.capitalspreads.com/ntrader
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:

http://www.ig.com/nakedtrader

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:

http://www.spreadco.com/nakedtrader

I was interested to read that those who use their mobiles four times more than normal are probably depressed.
A study showed it could pick out with near 90% accuracy those who were depressed by simply looking at past mobile activity.
This must mean I must be the happiest person out there as my mobile phone activity is zero - I don't own one!
I just had to renew my car tax for a year and realised no longer do we get that lovely colourful receipt of a tax disc
It's such a shame. I don't know why but used to love getting that little disc. Cutting it out, popping in the little disc-holder. Celebrating another year gone.
I'm going to keep my last one, probably worth a fortune in 100 years time. (They used to put bits of coloured paper on those weird health threatening car things before we got atomised body transfers which is how we all travel these days.)
It's good to have a proper government now that has a chance to push through what it wants to do.
I can see the BBC continues to pay its stars way too much.
The one I couldn't get my head round was £2million for Gary Lineker! Let's say there are about 35 Match of The Days that's about 60 grand per show!
And that's for probably around 9 links between football games. Frankly who cares who presents it. I wouldn't mind betting footie fans would do it for nothing .. all we want to see are the highlights. In fact why bother with presenter at all?
Graham Norton is at £1.5m for a crap chat show. Just show a movie instead it will probably get a similar audience... times are hard and it's time for the BBC to stop paying out such big amounts.
If I were a Tory MP I would be laughing. The challengers for Labour leader are terrible. None of them are up to snuff.
However one feels whoever is chosen is a dead man or woman walking as my bet is David Milliband will be installed in 2018.
The odds are being slashed on left-winger Corbyn. If he gets in the Tories will be laughing. Labour has a few years to decide what they are and what they stand for. At the moment no-one knows, least of all them.
Summer TV is upon is so nothing is on which is fine by me as will be away for most of the summer. Celebrity Big Brother might be worth a look if they can find a couple of big names.
In the meantime rewatching series one of Game of Thrones. This is proving rewarding as I didn't understand what was going on in those first few episodes the first time round.
Orange is the new Black on Netflix will probably be the summer standing dish. The new Dragons have breathed some life into the old show, and indeed with the removal of Duncan Grumpytyne it's become more of a proper business show.
Good to see the back of Piers and Kelly, they didn't really bring anything to the show. The two new ones seem more sympathetic. Which actually is better than the pretend rivalries previously. Even Peter Jones seems to have mellowed.
It still amazes me that people go in there without knowing their profit and turnover, how hard can it me to memorise two sets of figures? Astonishing.

Good place for spreadbets and fixed odds for sport 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.'

I have 3 great offers from ADVFN.

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This compares to £ 567.60 direct from advfn so this deal saves you £147.60! 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.

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Just mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com if you'd like this deal with "silver" in the subject line.

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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In case you don't read stuff about my life above, the next update will be September 10th on my return from the summer holidays.
The year so far has been superb. Some very lovely winners and plenty of profits banked too, most recently more than £10,000 after the AGA bid. More a bit lower.
A bit of a warning about summer trading: tread carefully. With so many away the markets are a lot less liquid so it is harder to buy or sell shares at fair prices.
It means the difference between the sell and buy prices can get very wide especially from 8am-9am - this period should be avoided if possible and stops re-considered in case of an 8am stopout. I would suggest if in doubt don't press that button.
There's a whole load of get rich quick stuff around at the moment and my mail box is full of firms wanting me to plug their get rich quick system/ forex trading system, amazing system that does all the work for you just "follow the signals".
And "Binary betting" companies. And trade forex etc. All desperate for me to plug them telling me how much lovely money I will make from them. I write back and tell them what kind of person would I be when I write nearly everyone loses at all these things and then try and coax my readers into them!
I tell them I know full well 99% lose over time at forex, signal, binary and day trading. They don't disagree! All they want is the next mug punter. I urge you not to touch any of these products. You will never ever make quick easy money. A fact!
The only way to make good money is by being sensible, cutting losers quickly but letting profits run for as long as possible. And think longer-term. I know. But I also know it's harder to say than do. The lure of quick easy money and greed is very seductive.
Some of you have asked me when the next follow up/ technical seminar is, so I just fixed the dates, October 9th for follow up and October 10th for Technical.
If you have been to a seminar before and want details on those please mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with follow up interested in the subject line and will send you details.
If you haven't been before then the next seminar date is September 28th for beginners and improvers, there is a special offer right now of £240 off which is the biggest discount I've ever done but for the first ten to book only. Mail me with "special offer interested" for details.
Onto my trading.
I bought some of a recent issue Kainos (KNOS). This one is the kind I like.
It's been launched onto the main market so it should be promoted to the small cap index in September which should attract some fund buying. And directors have already been buying. It's in a good market providing digital technology solutions that lets companies operate faster and more efficiently.
Profits have been rising very nicely here indeed and the future looks very bright.
I am thinking of a tuckaway in the ISA for a couple of years with an initial target of 250p. I think this could end up a lovely winner. Epwin (EPWN) looks an interesting one.
I bought this at the "sell price" at the last seminar using Direct Market Access. (come to the sept 28th seminar to see me demo this live on the day).
That was great because it is in a tight range of 127 to 137 so getting a price under 130 was excellent. It would be bullish if the price heads above 137 but I'd be out probably if it dipped much below 120.
It makes low maintenance building products which appear much in demand at the moment. Profits more than doubled over the last two years so prospects seem very good here. I am hoping for an eventual re-rating up to the 200 mark. Directors have been snapping up shares.
Alliance Pharma (APH) looks an interesting pharma with a good pipeline. It didn't have a very good 2014 but statements but recent statements show a much more bullish tone for 2015 and 2016 and the price is rising nicely in response.
Obviously pharmas do carry some risk but I like the risk-reward ratio here and happy to pick some up. It's one of those that could be a massive winner given time. It seems to have a winner in Hydromol performing well.
I just had to top up in OPAY. The price dip seemed crazy - it is waiting to get the all clear for a takeover and I am sure the price will head higher again once that hurdle is clear. A trading statement this week was bullish too.
And ETO was simply begging to be topped up on - the price sank because a fund sold out. But that wasn't surprising - the fund has held for years and wanted to bank some profit, I would have done too probably if I was the fund! The shares on offer were snapped up anyway. The price will rise again and in the meantime I have still five timed my money and more.
The AGA saga is over with a bid at a lovely 185. Shame I sold some of them a bit lower but you can never tell with a bid and always worth banking some profit.
That makes a profit of £4,760 for the website and a total profit of £10,539 for the website from AGA as a whole.... If you happen to hold AGA by the way you can either take 182-183ish now or wait a little for hte full 185p which will arrive in your account in cash.
Either way, a nice result.. Nothing better than getting a bid and I am hopeful for at least three more by the end of the year. I am happy with 5 a year! I took profits on the Abcam short of £310.
My reason for quitting was it didn't want to go below a fiver.
Ald started tanking on Budget day because the chancellor's new tax on banks didn't look good for newer challenger banks - I didn't see that one coming but markets can do that to you! So I sold well off highs unfortunately but about to buy back as it now looks very oversold. Smaller challenger banks are writing to the chancellor asking for breaks against the bigger banks, and just maybe they might get some as the tax seems unfair for them, a re-think could cause the share to uprate again.
A half-term look around the portfolio before I leave you for the summer!
I think Dignity probably gets my vote for my fave share of the year up from 1700 to near 2300 giving me in reality profits of over £30,000 as I built up a substantial stake. I now just keep a trailing stop on it 250 points away from the action
Aga obviously has done well, already covered that!
Pets At Home has made me purr this year up from 171 to near 300.. took a bit of profit but personally up more than £20,000 as those of you who came to the seminar saw on the spreadbets!
Poundland has motored up. Renew has done well now over 300. Quartix is trying to get over 200 level. Energy Assets up a quid and a half and OPG is a longer-term winner, potential double coming up there.
Long-termer Vectura has had a good run this year and now doubled and a half on my first buy. With patience, I think personally I'm going to make more than £100,000 on it.
The lovely GB Group just keeps on going and been in since 20p. To see it with another nought on the end is sensational. I still think it will end up being bid for. 250p? Quantum Pharma continues to do well and has had a nice run up from 114 to 160p.
Telecom Plus has recovered nicely - it goes ex-dividend next week for a massive 21p so a big fat cheque will arrive shortly after. Lovely long-termer Porvair carries on going up. Been in it since 60p and now 320p
Spire is on the way back up after an early backer sold the last of its shares. The recent spreadbet in Easyjet has taken off too.
So I am very happy and intend to go off on hols with no intention of trading much more till September as happy with what I have. I will be taking my laptop though as you never know!
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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.