Two seminars in three weeks plus an advanced! No wonder I'm knackered.. and don't want to talk about shares for a long time with anyone!
In fact the weekend was a bit of a blur having talked non stop for more than 16 hours!
Anyway thanks to all of you who came to Friday's overflow session. Great to meet you.
It's really good now I'm with a hotel that tries hard to please.

I spent a lot of the day before with them getting the seating just right in the room so that everyone would definitely be able to see - we went through the food, the timings, and they were so patient.
They made sure the mike worked and all the connections. In complete contrast to previous hotel Fawlty Towers which did its best to do no work on it at all. I remember once running delightedly after a member of staff excited that I found someone!
Anyway my tiredness is worth it as what a lovely day it was... a great atmosphere from the start and which never stopped till the end. And yes, somehow this lot managed an even later record end time..
However I was enjoying it so much too I never noticed the time pass.
I remember trying to get re-started after tea and it was quite hard as everyone was getting on so well. And I remember so many of you, your input, stories and interesting questions and ideas made the day special. I was especially glad to see so many email addresses being swapped and new friends made.
A great atmosphere really enthuses me and the day flew for me.

I always like audience disaster stories and there were some especially good ones. Good to see so many women too, more than normal and sorry, blokes, they often make the best traders!
Hope you had a great birthday Alaa! Though how come I never got a slice of that birthday cake I gave you? What happened there... and again sorry it was a bit "girlie".
Congrats to the winner of the comp who got it spot on, well played and yet again I had to pay out the full prize money.
As usual always interesting to talk to some of you at lunch and in the bar. Pretty good curry I thought!
Fascinating to talk to people really interested in doing something different with their lives whether it's trying to build a business or escape the rat race, or just make life more interesting. Oh and hi to the Telecom Plus distributors who were there.
Time for the free website plug for those attending! This time it is thevintagecorporation.co.uk - if you like 70s and 80s, this is the band for you! Good to meet you Chris!
I gather four of you were still going in the bar till 4.30am! How on earth did you manage that? I gather the walk back to the local Travelodge was somewhat unwieldly! I made it to bed at half midnight and was out for the count rightaway.
Anyway once again thank you all for coming and a big thanks to Mrs NT for all the behind the scenes work and I know many of you enjoyed meeting her.
Grandma looked after Christopher for us during the seminar and stayed the weekend. To try and recover from the seminar I booked a nice little hotel in town and did some shopping to get some winter clothes.
Myself and Mrs NT had afternoon tea. What a mark up! £50 for tea, scones, some sandwiches and a couple of pastries. Still, it was nice!
I stayed over to try and get some sleep - breakfast was bizarre!
It was like walking into a power breakfast boardroom meeting. The room was buzzing with men in dark suits whispering things about "biotech".
Indeed there were some power breakfast what seemed like interviews going on in one corner. Lots of dodgy deals going on.
That's it! I've had enough of hotels for now.. Three nights in two hotels... The answer of course to "Do you want downturn"(?) is. "I'll just have the chocolates thanks"
Being as I'm perfectly capable of arranging the duvet...
If you missed Friday's seminar there is one more left this year.
I've just opened booking for the very last seminar I intend doing this year - it'll be on Nov 27th at Heathrow.

And the good news at this early stage there is a decent early bookers discount for that one!

If interested in details mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "November seminar interested" in the subject line and I will send you details.
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!
Spreadbetting firm Tradefair Spreads has upped its offer exclusively to Naked Trader readers to a £100 credit. This offer is exclusive to me and not available anywhere else...
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 (Terms and conditions apply)
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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.
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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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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.
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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:
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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:
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To order my new book Naked Trader 2 for next day delivery click this link... or the cover of the book top right!
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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

****NOVEMBER 27TH SEMINAR BOOKING NOW OPEN**(OCTOBER SEMINAR NOW 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 now open for the next Naked Trader seminar on Friday November 27th
Price is £495 plus 15% vat. But there is currently a decent early bookers discount on offer!
That includes three course lunch, coffees, snacks 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 "November 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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I think it's probably time to give mps a break now. After all if you were told five years ago in your job you could claim something and now told to pay if back you might be a bit miffed.
Some of them who are leaving anyway have nothing to lose and won't pay up. Yep, another screw up from Gordon Brown.
If any of them take legal action they'd probably win as it is unlikely retrospective legislation would have any way of getting through.
It looks like Lord Posh Chap has got it wrong.
But Jacqui Smith. Oh dear. She has not got the slightest chance of winning her Redditch seat. She was told to say sorry and it wasn't exactly a great apology was it?
The bottom line is our MPs have disgraced themselves - they are supposed to be showing us a moral example. What a joke! It's more like "grab as much while you can".
It really is time for a general election so we can start again.
Gordon Brown is about to do it again. After selling the country's gold right at the bottom of the market he's going to flog off a lot of other assets.
Again, probably near the bottom. Let's hope when he gets kicked out next year he doesn't take up share trading as he'd be letting his losses run and cutting his profits.
He's trying to sell the government bookies The Tote.

What a stupid time to do it just when bookies as a whole have sunk to low levels - it is nearly the bottom of the market for bookies and that's when Brown decides to sell. Oh dear oh dear. He'll be lucky to get £300m for it. Not going to help much is it?
Not when we owe £850 bln!
The first national post strike is going to be on.. the day before my birthday and on my birthday. Hey, it's just not fair!!!
I think the strikers are silly but a lot are being bullied. It could spell the end for Royal Mail. Strikes mean they will lose yet more contracts and the union bosses I have heard don't realise what they are doing.
Can't see this still existing in five years do you?
Monday's Panorama was just terrible. It tried to do a hatchet job on RyanAir but it just ended up publicising it. It came up with very little - air crew are on commission! Big deal!
You get charged for a bag. But you're still not charged much. £4 for a sandwich. Well, just eat before you board. Oh and its planes are all brand new and a 100% safety record!
I am no apologist for Ryan Air and indeed prefer Aer Lingus and would pay a bit more for it but Ryan Air does provide what it says on the tin. Cheap travel, no frills and if I was in charge of the BBC that programme would have been binned.
Hurrah! Curb Your Enthusiasm is back on, Thursdays More4 at 10.55pm. Best comedy of all time I reckon a view not shared by the TV companies who show it late night.
This series features a reunite for the cast of Seinfeld and a brand new Seinfeld episode set ten years on. unmissable!
If you press "Sports" there is a preview of the weekend's sports betting action and a look at the weekend games.
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.

Mark writes:

Thanks for the Seminar on Friday it was by far the best use of a day I have had for a very long time (admittedly most of the previous seminars ones have been I.T. related !) .

My main goal from the day was to see whether your book and approach was really a scam (or at least
more difficult than it seemed , and whether it would simply be a 'selling at the mugs' day, as it were... if it was , I missed it !, as I was extremely impressed by your approach , your honesty and generosity
in explaining your ideas and processes.

Thanks Mark, one of many nice mails, glad you enjoyed it.
Andy writes:
Just read your latest update in which you mention the Vetting and Barring scheme, covering children/vulnerable adults and volunteers and your opposition to it. I couldn't agree more and I am becoming increasingly concerned at the Stasi like nature of this government. Are you also aware that the government are now proposing that anybody who wants to rent a room out in their own home, even if this is to a friend will have to register on a national database. Incredible.. As a former landlord and tenant, I like to think that I can see both sides of the landlord/tenant arguments but I fail to see what a database will achieve other than reduce the amount of accommodation on offer. As I understand it, landlords won't have to be vetted before they sign up so I can't see how it will benefit the tenant. Far better to have a database of landlords who have already been convicted of bad management coupled with a database of bad tenants. I am quite sure that this control freak government will soon be trying to attend our children's birthday parties with a clipboard to ensure the right food is being served and that there is the right ethnic mix etc etc. It really is time that people stood up and said enough is enough.
I have been discussing the Vetting scheme with my partner's mother who is a former teacher and in favour of the scheme. She says it won't apply to informal arrangements between parents but only to a situation where, for example, a parent is used regularly by the school to perhaps drive children to events. She mentioned an example of where a parent who did this at her school turned out to have been banned from driving and another one was caught speeding on a couple of occasions. I suppose there is some merit in her argument but I still consider that (as usual) the government are using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
I have no intention of registering either so I guess when the time comes, I will probably be joining you in Wormwood Scrubs - as long as I can bring in my laptop and they have internet access, I don't mind.
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Thanks Andy, see you in the Scrubs - I expect we can get wireless in return for some cigarettes..

Greg writes:

"A little toast story for you. I had the dubious pleasure to going on holiday with my mother-in-law, flight out of Gatwick at 6am... So we decided to use one of the airport hotels (which are very cool because you can leave your car for free in the hotel car park).

M-i-L got her toaster out at 4.30am and started making toast in her hotel room, next thing she knows the silent fire alarm goes off in the hotel and 2 massive night staff blokes bundle into her room..... To investigate a fire!She had the shock of her life!! Toast was great though."
Thanks Greg - could have been worse - the hotel might have been evacuated. Maybe she did it on purpose to get 2 massive blokes into her room?

Julia writes:

Thanks so much for a wonderful seminar on Friday, everything about it was brilliant. I can now see why some people keep coming back again. Have spent this morning raving about you and it, so may well end up sending a load more people your way .. Thanks Julia.. erm but too many please!

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In all my years in the markets I have just never made so much money so quickly than in this year - I reckon I must have privately made at least 150k since March and probably getting on for 100k for the site.
What this means of course is some care is needed and one thing I never do is add in new cash. The £7k isa money goes in every year and that is that!
Indeed thanks to the vast sums made tax free in my ISAs I paid for the whole of my son's school fees up until the age of 13 upfront - which is very pleasing. Those of you who came to the seminar will have seen the big sums that have built up inside some of my isas.
With all the rises it is definitely going to be time to bank some of it very soon. Although, actually I have been gradually banking some.
The US earning season has got off to a good start hence the rise in the Dow - they obviously want it to hit 10,000 again! Much depends on the US earnings coming up over the next few days.
No doubt that many shorters trying to get in too early have been badly burned.
What I like about the seminars is I come across shares that perhaps I wouldn't have come across before. It was an interesting session with some good new finds for me to add to my watchlists.
Indeed I bought Eaga (EAGA) live on the day - on a spreadbet as it was quicker! Getting £25 a point at 137.7. Great sector, brilliant balance sheet and it actually reported a very nice statement today! Plenty of cash in the bank and lots of promising angles. A medium-term tuackaway. Target 170 stop 131
I bought 10,000 GB Group (GBG) at 20.48. It was on the seminar shortlist but the sharp eyed of you there would have seen it in my ISA account that I showed you and that I had already bought it! Very interesting sector which is ID fraud and ID detection - my thoughts are this company will start to take off next year and it's a great tuckaway. It's slowly rising already as investors spot the great potential - worth visiting the website which we did at the seminar. Icing on the cake is a dividend of nearly 6% and it also has a nice cash balance too so can't see how it can be worth any less than this. Will need patience but I have plenty of that! Target 32 stop 18.

I also bought Creston (CRE) off the shortlist getting 5,000 shares at 78.7. This marketing company has lots of big name accounts but the main thing here is debt is coming down fast and it is rated way too low imo. If it really does clear debt further the upside could be big. Target 120 stop 70.
Helphire (HHR) is a company that isn't one I'd normally buy with its debt problems - but as a recovery play gamble it looked interesting and I got 10,000 at 53.49. I liked the volume and the strong uptrend. It's proved a good un so far with a good rise already. Target 75 stop 48.
In the evening at the seminar we were talking emerging markets and we came across Templeton Emerging Markets Trust (TEM) which is big in Brazil. Emerging markets are very strong right now though I'm in this one probably short-term - it's an investment trust and it is like buying a pot of emerging market shares. I bought 10,000 at 492.9. Target 550 stop 478.
I bought some Centamin Egypt (CEY) getting £30 a point on the spreads at 117. Found this one was moving to the main market at the seminar - it should go directly into the FTSE250 and it looks like a serious player. Target 170 stop 98.
And I topped up yet again in the brilliant Intec Tel Sys (ITL) getting a further 5,000 on a treeshake at 111.
Intec Tel Sys has been fabulous, nearly doubled now on the original buy in the 60s and well up on the spread topup in the 90s last week. Brilliant statement and some bid rumours doing the rounds. Target 150 stop 98
I've sold Booker - results were excellent and justified the recent rises but the thing is I'm not sure there's an awful lot left in there for now so out at 43.5 to take a very nice profit of £1,750. Shame I missed a possible 45p exit but dithered a touch.
I've quit the Yell short at 61.5 to bank a profit of £680. Seems dangerous to have any shorts open short-term, Shame as I could have got much better profit if I sold on Monday. I expect to be back as it still looks overcooked.
At last I topsliced some Barclays - I bought 3,000 in the late 80s at the height of the gloom and it's become a four timer. So I sold 1,000 of them at 371 to bank a topslice profit of £2,834 - I still now have a paper profit of nearly £6,000 on the rest (2,000) which I keep. The only problem is as I write they've gone to 381! Doh! bad timing.
That's a total profit banked for the website today of £5,264. Which brings the total profit made for the site now to over £700,000 for the first time. And I am now just £300,000 off the million. Given paper profits make that closer to £800,000 my target of a million is in sight - and that's the point when this website will end and I shall retire it. Maybe two years left! I hope. (Much as love you all).
Recent top up Dialight also has gained massively. And big shout to last buy Dimension Data (on the seminar shortlist but already bought) which has jumped over 10%.
Spirent continues to climb and a huge gain on that one nowas it hits 93. Photo Me is now into profit.
Top up Telecom Plus has moved higher, this was in the Times on Friday (take with a pinch of salt) : "Could Telecom Plus be a target for Carphone? FinnCap argues that, post-demerger next year, its TalkTalk unit may look to promote further growth from its residential base with products such as gas and electricity. Telecom Plus would be the only suitable platform if TalkTalk looks to acquire over the next couple of years."
Trebler Alterian holds onto recent gains nicely and indeed rises more. Profits knocking on £7,000 now.
Good move for nice gainer Microgen yesterday.

Huntsworth hasn't moved much since I bought but the buybacks are still going on so here's hoping.
Another good riser is Nestor Heathcare up 15% last week and holding onto the gains.
A very good rise for Dragon Oil today and how I wish I bought more at 129! However at 410 I am very happy as a potential four timer hoves into view.
Another star is Petrofac giving me a massive profit of over £12,000 - what a star share this has been.
It's got through the 1000 barrier nicely today. Looks good.
BTG Group and that's paying off with a huge profit now - if it can get up and over 200p then the bullish run could continue. In profit over £3,000 there
XP Power is now over 300p so a lovely little profit there. Heritage remains a lovely trebler - over £10,000 profits and looks like it's trying to get through the sticky 550 area.
So there we are. All good and nothing losing much either. How long can this continue? Much hangs on company reports coming out in the US over the next couple of weeks.
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 (terms and conditions apply).
To get the offer, click here:
http://promo.tradefair.com/nakedtrader100/

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.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!