Next seminar with me and live markets is this week..Friday January 18th at Heathrow, if you are interested in getting the new year off to a great start with a day with me mail me with "January seminar interested". More details somewhere below or press the "Seminars" button.

There is a follow up on March 22nd for those who have been to a seminar already - we do level 2, live trading, research, finding new companies and timing tricks all day! Mail me with "follow up interested" in the subject line.
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Ah... now we remember! That's why we've been to South Africa over Xmas for the last three years.

We forgot about.... the rain! The cold! The wind! And the darkness starting at 4!

Oh how we missed the sun! The warm! The light evenings!

There just isn't a comparison. One thing I know: we will be away on holiday next xmas/new year!

Still there were some good bits... we had a great Xmas day we all enjoyed our chicken roast dinner and the massive Xmas night quiz.

I tried to keep order and the yellow and red card system worked well. Only grandpa got a red card for consistently shouting out an answer instead of writing it down.

Christopher had a great time playing football with Fulham FC.

Grandad thoroughly enjoyed his first ever premier league game on Boxing Day.

We were impressed - he sat in the pouring rain and said he enjoyed every minute of it.

He is a Man Utd fan, perhaps we persuaded him it is still quite fun supporting a team that never wins anything but it is really exciting to just avoid relegation every year!

My two sisters both dropped bombshells on new year's day.

One got the OBE for services to the theatre, she was very pleased.

She wasn't allowed to tell anyone until it was announced or else be done for treason and be beheaded in the Tower.

Anyway her OBE made it to the Daily Telegraph. And I guess I have to treat her as a very important person from now on...

A knighthood next, though she would quite like to be a dame. And, welll, there is nothing like a dame.

My other sister announced she was six months pregnant to twin boys... at the age of..... 49 !

Quite amazing. She's been trying since her 30s with no luck. I guess it is the same as scoring a last minute goal.

Christopher is going to have some new relatives and we all hope for the best with the births.

We're glad we kept all of Christopher's Thomas the Tank engine collection of trains. I think we still have every single one....

So that was a surprising start to the new year...

This year being at home I answered emails and this caused a problem: what are the cut off dates for wishing someone a happy Xmas or a happy new year?

Do you stop wishing a happy xmas from boxing day? Is that when you start wishing a happy new year or should you wait till new year's eve?

And then what's the cut off point where you stop wishing people a happy new year? Is it Jan 3rd? Jan 6th? Today? Or is it mid Jan?

I don't know. E-mail etiquette, must be a book in it? An e Book obviously.

Anyway let me wish you all a happy new year. May your dreams come true.

Meanwhile over a the gym I caught this conversation.

"I just rung in didn't I and told them I had the noira f**** virus .. worked a treat. Me and the Mrs had a great time, smoking f***** joints - then she wants to go to f***** Asdas! Who wants to go to f

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I just pass this onto you without comment. Don't shoot the f

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messenger.

Thanks for all the feedback that came in over Xmas re the last seminar, I think in particular many of you who were nursing losses are going to think about cutting them quickly in the future!

Also many of you seem to get how important it is to get your timing right and using level 2 and the other trick I showed you should help you to make more unemotional decisions on a trade.
If you missed that seminar, you can join me whether a beginner or improver... next week on Friday the 18th at Heathrow for a day of live education, trades, psychology and bacon rolls ! Find out how to play the markets like a pro.

If you are interested email me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "January Seminar interested" in the subject line.
Beginners and improvers welcome! Come and spend the day with me, the markets and some lovely people - and of course, lunch!

If you mail me I will then send you details and a full agenda of what is covered. Also more details below somewhere.

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!

A follow up with me will be on March 22nd... You must have been on a previous basic one of mine to qualify.

The last one was great fun so I can't wait - I know some of you who came to the last one want to come again! It is all day level 2, research, finding new stuff, timing and live trading. Who knows what will happen!

If you are interested mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "follow up interested" in the subject line.

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In fact it should answer any question you have about the market. There are all the key dates and tons of analysis too for all the different parts of the year. Each page of the diary is accompanied by a short article including seasonality analysis for days and months; momentum investing analysis for shares, sectors and market indices and many more.

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Lots of new strategies including my top 20, lots more mistakes to avoid, loads of new trader tales, cartoons and a bit of fun too.

I hope you all enjoy it - and can tell I put a lot of effort into it and I really hope if it just stops one person from making the mistakes I did it will be worthwhile.

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**** BOOKING OPEN FOR FRIDAY JANUARY 18TH *****
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 Jan 18th

Price is £590 plus vat. There is currently a decent early bookers discount off that price - 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 "Nov 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?

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 5 spreadbets (terms and conditions apply)
To get the offer, click here:
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It's quite a shock to see politicians on the news again after a nice break. Cameron. Arrrgggh. Milliband. Urrrrggghhhh. Clegg. Yikesssss !

Clegg and Cameron together. No, it can't be, where is the off button?

Cameron just made an ancient joke about Ronseal. RONSEAL !!!!

Clegg has just said a joke.. something about Ronseal and varnishing. It's all too much. I'm not a celebrity, get me out of here.

All of them horribly self centred irritating attention seeking prats of the first order. Best just to switch them off. None of them has a clue about anything - none have them have ever had proper jobs and all they know how to do is talk without saying anything.

Tescos knows people hate the fact they are everywhere but they were desperate to get into the high end coffee/cafe market.

So they cleverly have set up cafes in trendy areas of London holding a 49% stake with the name: Harris and Hoole.

They knew if they set up their cafes under the Tescos brand it would have created a riot of people complaining.

There is no mention this is a tescos cafe anywhere. I bet a lot of the trendy folk would choke on their lattes if they knew they were Tescos lattes.

(Lattes by the way are just buckets of calorie loaded warm milk and nothing to do with coffee !)

Also I guess the baristas would get fed up with people asking if they get one coffee, was there one free?

And they have set up a "trendy" bakery with the name "Euphorium" with more to come! Hee hee. Marketing is everything no?

Celebrity Big Brother has easily been the most boring so far. They need to get Jim Davidson in there and in there now!

It's a desperate selection. Some bloke from Neighbours. NEIGHBOURS !!

Some gay bloke from the X-Factor - though I think I heard him say he was looking for a girlfriend. That camp Essex thing gets a bit tiring.

What the hell is Frankie doing in there? And how is he going to cope without a visit to the loo with a banknote?

I like the Americans because they know it's a laugh and they don't mind messing about with others but they will be voted out fast.

Some "Glamour model" is in there and some bloke from I have no idea what.

I guess all the people you would really like to see in there have twigged by now unless you are utterly desperate for the money do NOT DO IT. It will end in tears, your tears.

Which brings me to Paula Hamilton. It is obvious she is fragile and it would have been kinder to remove her and let her keep her fee. When someone even mentions wrist slashing seriously, it is time to get them out.

I for one find it uncomfortable watching that.

The clever celebs must realise the best thing is to get voted out as fast as poss, bank the money and run.

Hard to bet on at the mo: However gay blokes always do well so Ryland must be in there with a shout. Of the outsiders Gillian looks the best bet.

Oh no! I forgot (!) to set sky plus to record the Downton Abbey Xmas special... the Mrs hasn't noticed. Phew.

There was so much crap on over Xmas, no point going through it. "Restless" was quite good though.

Some expert or other now says superfoods like blueberries and brocolli may not prevent cancer, indeed might cause it..

As some of us read further down the article we were really hoping he would say eating chocolate, crisps and pizza are the foods to prevent it. Dream on eh?

Pamela Anderson says her boobs just keep falling out. I know how you feel Pam, when you've got something big it is hard to keep under control. Happens with me and my willie all the time.

Via this link Open a Sporting Index account and there's £100 cash offer - please check terms and conditions which apply.

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Do remember if you do bet you ought to treat sports spreadbetting as entertainment - and expect to lose! Also with spreadbetting work out what your max loss could be and make sure you can afford it! In other words if you say backed the favourite at 15 for a fiver and they come nowhere your max loss is £75.

Anne writes :
Agree about facebook - the youngsters who leapt onboard when it started,
posting dire photos of them doing things they shouldn't are now grown up and
getting on in their careers and errrrrr wondering if that photo of them
mooning in the disco in Majorca was a good idea!

Nice to think I am not the only unsociable grump to not want to follow the
minutiae of my friends and colleagues mostly boring lives!

I am in the states just now and feel the Starbucks asking name thing is just
more marketing bollocks to get them noticed. If they just speeded up the
service I might go there but americans seem to need all this 'service
bollocks' to make them think they are getting their moneys worth.

Thanks Anne,
well of course I agree, it's nearly all bollocks!

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks Gabriel!

Terry writes:
Fantastic seminar.

I have always been sceptical of the public testaments you see on web sites
saying how great an event was. Now I'm one of those people!. I
genuinely believe that the tips and techniques as well as the overall
approach you demonstrated will radically improve my trading performance

Thanks Terry, well all the testaments are real but know what you mean and glad you feel it was worth it!
Stephen writes:
I read your book and did the course - and I wasn't sure if I'd recoup the cost, it's been 2 years and I've made £38k + saved a loss transferring a Jupiter ISA heavily invested in BP. I can't tell you how important this is or how grateful I am. That's just me, who knows how much people have made with your help and saved by not making mistakes. I wanted to get into shares as they recovered after the crunch, but I assumed I had to put a large amount in one company I thought would make a big jump.
But what happens when you make £1m on the website, will you still do courses? I don't know how you do your ISA and SIPP investments, write the website, books, courses and answer e-mails. But please don't give it up. Couldn't you do the courses and have a standing website which gets updated with your trades say once a month so people can see what you do..

Stephen thanks so much for such a nice mail and much appreciated! Dunno about the future, I feel like I'm getting jaded. It's possible I might just reduce it all at some point to twice a month after going weekly - that would probably help. The other problem is other people's angst is getting to me and the email workload becoming overwhelming. I think after ten years it might be time for me to quit. Anyway good luck with your trades and hope you make a lot more.

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You've just gotta love the santa claus rally - that was one of the best ever.

The FTSE 100 buy, the FTSE 250 buy and the spreadbet and the buy of a basket of banks that I mentioned in my pre Xmas update paid for my Christmas and also pretty much for the Easter holidays abroad too!

I took profits on all these as seemed sensible. The banks spreadbet banked over £3,000, the FTSE 100 bet nearly £2,000 and the FTSE 250 bet stormed it with just over £3,500 profit.

Of course markets are strong at the moment and well up today and it's possible all these could carry on going up - however indicies etc aren't my thing and those profits are just too good not to bank. Deal, Noel!

Also the back end of Jan/early Feb don't tend to be great for the markets.

On top of the lovely santa rally gains the portfolio has had a storming start to 2013 with absolutely massive rises for loads of my shares - the money has flowed into all the accounts and particularly the spreadbet accounts.

I'm not a spreadsheet guy but my guess is I'm up by 60 grand or more since the start of the year.

Which is just as well as I just exchanged on a property purchase of nearly £800,000 (with probably £150,000 of work/things to buy needed on it as it needs a total revamp) so I will have to raid some of my spreadbet accounts before completion in March to fund a lot of it! The bank account has a load of spreadbet profits banked in it from the last few years and I would rather buy property with it than leave it earning nothing in the bank.

Right before looking at some of the great gains a brief overview of what I was up to over Xmas apart from the santa rally bets.

I picked up some more shares in one of my favourite longer-term plays Carclo (CAR) getting a further batch at 406. I think this one could rise very strongly this year. Its CIT technology looks a winner and the shares could easily have a massive run up from here given time and patience. Already doubled on it and sitting on massive profits but I feel the best is yet to come. It got its milestone payment from Atmel. If it can get over 500p soon that would be very bullish.

St Ives (SIV) has looked good for a long time and have been holding some for a while bought in the 90s. The shares did go over 100 but refused to go over 105. But when they broke out over that I went in for more this time at 106.8.

St Ives was an old fashioned printer but changed its model and they still look cheap at the current 120 and I think the shares will at least get to 150 ish. But potential for maybe even 200.

I have got rather a lot of St Ives as those of you who come to the seminar next Friday will see when you get a chance to view my accounts ! (There is still a seat or two spare at the seminar, email me at robbiethetrader@aol.com if you want details and you could be spending next Friday with me and live markets!)

One I think will do very well this year is Vislink (VLK) and looking for it to go from the current 27p ish to 37p ish for 30%. I picked some more up at 26.6. Management already forecasts some nice profit rises over the next 3 years and it looks cheap and at some point should get a rerating. Very low risk too and it is in a hot sector.

I made a lot of money a couple of years ago with Volex (VLX) - however it has had a bummer of a year last year. And not surprisingly. In October it said profits would be £25m but by December it said $14m. Yikes.

The hard thing to judge with a share that's tanked is: Am I just buying a stinker and a falling knife or is it a recovery play?

The jury is out here still so it is a tentative purchase. However as long as the new forecast figure is right then I think all the recent bad news is now in the price and any recovery is not priced in. They fired some people and hired some new people. Time will tell. Any hint they turned a corner it will be up 30% in a flash. However one more bad one and it's going way down. I got some at 90. I took profits on Supergroup as it wasn't taking part in the market rally - got out at 576 for a profit of £240.

Sitting on a huge basket of profits so be surprised if I didn't bank at least partial profits by the next update.

Some great gains for the portfolio and some nice reports!

Nichols where I now sit on a fabulous profit is up again after telling the market it is ahead of expectations - it has tons of cash so I'd expect them to announce some kind of big dividend with results in March.

Aga's share price has cooked up nicely getting near to the target though staying with it as there is potential for 90p if it can crack the 80p area which it is trying to do today. A lovely recovery trade that is proving to be especially as I have more than you might imagine. The Mrs is shortly buying one, so another buy signal there!

Avon has leapt nicely higher as it tries to crack 400. I am vaguely tempted to bag some profit here given I nearly doubled now on the initial buy but it might be worth waiting to see if it can get above the 400.

LOQ keeps making great annoncements and has done it again! Now nearly four timed my money on this one but I feel more to come! Can it crack 400? Costain seems in the middle of a deserved rerating at last and patience is paying off here.

Greencore continues to soar, more than doubled here now and the recent top up in a massive profit now too.

Low and Bonar has been a bit slow, still the trade has nearly worked out and ten per cent could soon be bagged.

Anite has been a bit quiet but still no downside that I can see. Trifast has leapt nicely - I hope it will have another go at defeating the 50p mark.

Cash Converters has had a nice rise and I hope that will get to at least a quid.

I'm hoping for a bid soon on Alternative Networks (they already turned one bidder down) and in the meantime there has been great capital growth and a massive dividend as they have loads of cash. It's now trying to crack the tricky 300p area.

The lovely Porvair has been motoring up very nicely over Xmas and in good profits there now.

Telecom Plus continues to find 900 a tough area to crack, still think this one will just continue to grow and grow and one day could be in the ftse 100. Website profits of well over £100,000 and personal profits of nearly £300,000. I just continue a long-term holder.

Vectura is on the rise again a good drugs pipeline here and it has tons of cash - could be a future very big star and hoping to hold on longer term.

Chime keeps on going up - a good 30 points higher quite quickly over Xmas and still in this from 50p so a nice times four and a great profit on the ones bought more recently in the 140s and the spreadbet.

Dialight struggles at around a tenner at the mo after an institution sold a few but directors are confident and have been buying. A trading statement is due. I remember so well buying these at 150 ish at a seminar in 2009 ! I never thought I'd still have them three years later at a tenner.

Coastal continues to shine and now nearly trebled on this brilliant oil play. I suspect a bid will come in here this year at hopefully around the 1800 mark.

Direct Line has proved a surprise nice winning trade and has sped over 200. I was thinking of taking profits at over 200 but it seems so strong staying with it for the mo. I laugh as I only bought because all the magazine tipsters said don't buy!

. Sepura continues to go for it and 100 surely must be cracked sooner or later. The only dud at the mo seems to be Kentz which refuses to budge over 400. Maybe grim patience with it will pay off eventually.

What can I say? A brilliant start to 2013 - however with February often not that great I suspect I will be banking some profits sooner rather than later. After all a profit isn't really a profit until it is in the bank..

A reminder you can spend a day with me and live markets on January 18th.. Email me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "January seminar interested" in the subject line. There is a decent early bird discount!
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.com/nakedtrader

Direct market access means you can place orders directly onto the order book bypassing brokers and market-makers with a chance to buy at the "sell" price. I would suggest you ensure you know what you're doing first but IG does provide much education with its "tradesense" educational tool which comes with it.
I also use its spreadbetting service too along with other firms like Tradefair because it now provides trailing stops which to me is a pretty sensible way of trading. Also with this link there is an excellent education programme and it offers the biggest range of smaller shares.

http://www.igindex.com/nakedtrader
As usual before opening accounts please read all the warnings on the sites. You can lose a lot of money if you're not careful so pay close attention to them and make sure you always understand what you are doing and what your potential losses are.

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 5 spreadbets (terms and conditions apply).
To get the offer, click here:
http://www.tradefair.com/promo/spreads/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.utilitywarehouse.org.uk/fabdeal you can sign up directly there but do tell me! (Click become a distributor and follow links)
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Trade tables follow! Trades are current open and recently closed trades. Closed trades feature the closing price and the amount I won or lost. All others are open. Trades get updated a little later than the narrative. Trading costs are ignored, however I also do not add in dividend payments and with the kinds of companies I buy, dividends tend to equal or outweigh costs. Spread rollovers ignored for web purposes. Tables as accurate as poss however a mistake or two can creep in and very occasionally if I forgot I sold or bought something it will be added at a later time.
Trades first reported Wednesday afternoons under "Markets" section..