APRIL 12, 2018
Will I get back from the Den alive?
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BEGINNER/IMPROVER SEMINAR: SPEND A DAY WITH ME AND LIVE MARKETS
MAY 21ST
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). If a beginner there is guaranteed no jargon!
See trades from my own accounts, research, level 2, and finding great shares from scratch and tons more. Three course lunch, snacks, drinks ,lots of chocolate, banter and fun with me live all day.
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Mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with " May seminar interested" and I'll send you details. There is a decent early bird discount on offer. Just a warning it's well over
half sold now so likely to get sold out by month end.
New: Follow up June 18th. For those who have attended a seminar before.
A day of live trading, research, and sorting out problems. If interested
mail me with follow up interested in the subject line.
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We're back from a soggy trip to Cornwall.
It rained and rained then rained some more.
Songs to sing included "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head"
"It's raining Again" "Raining in my Heart"..
We did some walking. Mainly through a muddy field to the
local cafe to eat cake as compensation.
Lucky we had use of a swimming pool. The kids got bored
at times (well they are nearly teenagers - whatever...)
Managed to use the tennis court for 15 mins during the only
dry bit.
The villages seemed to be shut after 4.30pm. Even the restaurants
we went to chucked out at half nine. I guess it
must be different when the tourist season really gets underway.
Being Londoners it was hard to judge when to say Hi to someone.
Seems like you definitely do it if you meet walking in a field. Sometimes
along a country lane. But looks like not once you hit the village or town.
I tried one or two cheery ones on occasion but also occasionally got
knocked back or ignored.
I suspect locals get fed up with rich Londoners coming down and handing
out faux cheery hi's because they think they should.
Anyway I can't remember much more except lots of muddy trainers
and trousers, there were lots of sheep and cows.
And I spent a lot of time asleep. I am no good away from pollution.
Without pollution I'm dead to the world. And it's too quiet. I need
some plane noise.
Coming back the traffic was awful, a 7 hour journey in stop
start traffic.
Hang on, I realise why I carry on doing this website.
I can moan away to people I don't know. Quite theraputic and
saves me £50 ph on counselling. I promise I won't moan much
more..
Well, except the very next day a long trip to Sheffield..
Thank goodness
it is the near the end of the football season.
I just can't take much more!
Because the team we live next to (Fulham) is doing so well my
son is obsessed. I'm trying to be a good Dad so taking him to
away matches.
So I had to do a trip to Sheffield. We left at 11am and got back at
10pm on Saturday. That's a day after a 7 hour car trip back
from Cornwall.
The next day he plays kids league football! Oh, and also I went
to the England Italy game, two other home games.
I've had to endure being with idiotic pissheads chanting stupid
chants at the games, the smell of pukka pies and rotten stinking
train journeys.
Luckily at the Sheffield game we met a friend of his from school
that was going and his mum. We looked at the tickets. One set
was lower down where people might sit and the others were high
up with the pissed up hooligans.
So me and mum sat in the OAP seats leaving our sons happily
jumping up and down with the hooligans.
We spent the match trying to work out how bad we were as parents.
Pretty bad or really bad? We both just hoped we could find them
at the end of the game.
After a win, the "Lads" wanted to get autographs etc
so we had to stand outside players' entrances (don't go there). A long
long day...
But the people of Sheffield. They are fantastic. Warm-hearted,
generous, friendly and giving. A real tonic. Seems to me
the further north you go the people get nicer and nicer.
At Sheffield station on the way back the Fulham players were
queuing for coffees and wandering about much to the
delight of kids like my son.
You can see the players thinking "FFS. Leave us alone, we
just played and we're tired..."
This didn't stop my son filming some of them buying stuff in M and S.
His footage was apparently a big hit on instasnapgram or whatever it is.
The kids were all disappointed they were buying healthy stuff. Although
one top player apparently did bag a bottle of coke.
Eventually got back home at gone 10pm after leaving at 11am.
Just five games to go.
I have now promised to go to the Millwall
away game.
Millwall fans' slogan is "Everyone hates us but we don't care".
Apparently away fans get a massive police protection and it's an area
where a lot of the murders happen.
My sole aim is to come back alive. Great to see some of you
again at the follow up seminar! we had a great day I think
and some nice new ideas. Congrats to Rob for winning the £100
for best idea of the day.
I wasn't planning on another follow up seminar till autumn but I'm getting quite
a few people asking for a summer one.
If you have been to a seminar before and want to come to another day featuring live trading/ideas/
research mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "follow up
interested" in the subject line.
Date is June 18th - but it will only go ahead if there is enough interest.
Thanks for the continued feedback on the last beginners and
improvers seminar so happy you
all enjoyed it,
I would love to publish it all to show you how fantastic I am but just one:
"I had a really enjoyable day on the seminar. Travelling down the motorway before the start, I felt we were in for a long day of numbers, PowerPoints and dry talk.
Instead, what we got was fascinating and enjoyable mix of punchy insights, merriment and wise-cracks, sharp wit, and to the point no nonsense advice. I sat down at 9:45am and didn't look at the time again until way after 8pm at which point I had to drag myself away.
I read your books and understood the words "" however I was missing that final nugget of knowledge "" actually seeing you valuate a company and make that buy/no buy decision live means I now get it."
Getting mails like that make it so worthwhile.
Next seminar now is May 21st email me for details at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "May seminar interested". The last three have been sold out well before time so don't leave it too late. There is a large early bird discount.
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.'
I love it the most getting mails from people who have spent a day with me some time ago and are doing well. This was very pleasing from Jason:
"I took part on one of your courses this summer and I wanted to send you a belated thank you. The next day I got myself Level 2 and sold all of my positions, most of them had losses, I then started to buy shares, some which we found on the course and others using the techniques you shared, the simplicity of your selection process surprised me but I also found it easy to apply. Within a couple of weeks I felt so much more at ease trading, I wasn't worried about my decisions anymore because I felt in control of each trade, I knew when to sell and when to hold on and I'm no longer anxious when I open my account because it's always in the plus.
When I signed up to your course my goal was to make 20% p.a., I've achieved that in less than six months. Your course was pretty much going to be my last attempt at trading, So once again thank you, it's by far the best money I've ever spent on trading education and probably on education full stop."
Thanks Jason but it is down to you, you applied the discipline needed and had the cuts to cut your losers.
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Naked Trader Seminar Latest News
March seminar is 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 open for the Naked Trader seminar on May 21st
Price is £790 plus vat. However there is a massive
early bird discount on offer. Mail me for details.
That includes three course lunch, coffees, snacks etc.
The seminar is mainly aimed at beginners and dabblers though improvers are welcome too.
Topics covered using live market feeds all day include: Market psychology, level 2 - a simple guide to how to use it for better timing; how to value companies; finding companies that are about to rise. I will also cover techniques for handling events such as the recent meltdown and volatility.
Spreadbetting: How to use it to gain an edge and go short. Market makers - how they work and how to beat them; how to stop losing money and make it instead and plenty more.
How to plan trade entries and exits - how to research companies and understand reports, plus all those niggly questions you always wanted to ask. How to set stop losses and targets. Charts and how to use them.
Also covered: Market maker tricks: How to spot tree shakes and use them in your favour, How to tell when NOT to buy a share. I use live ADVFN all day with lots of level 2 and looks at all kind of live market data.
The idea behind the seminar is SIMPLICITY. I don't use jargon or fancy words - everything is in PLAIN ENGLISH! No question is too stupid and the event is held in a friendly relaxed and supportive environment.
The idea is you will come away from the event I hope a wise and better investor with lots of new ideas. I try and translate complex topics into easy bite size pieces. I also aim for it to be entertaining as well as instructive.
If you are interested please e-mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "May 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?
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.
You can sign up at this link which includes a decent market commentary:
http://www.spreadco.com/nakedtrader
(A reminder if you don't know what you are doing you can
lose a lot of money spreadbetting - make sure you understand the risks - see spreadbetting chapter in my book Naked Trader 4 which explains how to do it and the risks)
Naked Rambling
My mate Putin must be very excited about our next election.
He must be desperate to get Corbyn in!
Well I'm really glad I never signed up for Facebook et all.
The whole thing is a load of fake. Most people's accounts are
fake with fake friends and only the best things they did.
And now they're upset as their "friend" Facebook stole all
their data. What did they expect?
None of these sites are your friend. All these big companies want to screw you out of as much as they can and get away with it.
Go on: delete all your social media accounts. Phone your
friends on a landline so you can hear them! Stop downloading!
Buy some vinyl! Get a cassette player and start taping stuff
off the radio !
Let's have a f*** new tech party! Get "Celebrate" Kool And
the Gang playing on vinyl. Then Jax Jones and "Instruction"!
Let's all talk to each other again
face to face ! Chuck your not so smart phone in the river!
I don't have any of these things, seriously, it's fine. You can
do without! Do it before it's too late !
Throw "Alexa" out of the window. No, stamp on the wretched thing!
End it now! Or tell "her" it's not her, it's you. And you need
some time apart.
"She" is listening to your conversations apparently using a "voice
sniffing" system. That's to get ads to you. But watch out,
that might just be the start. You know where this leads.
Don't be a baby. You can look stuff up for your self.
Afraid I have no sympathy for the burglar who got killed by
the 78-year-old.
Frankly if you enter someone's house in the middle of the night
to burgle or worse then you deserve whatever happens to you.
And this toerag actually targetted vulnerable old folk.
People react in different ways when attacked. Fight or flight etc.
So we ought to support him and we have. Householder comes
first.
Jeremy Corbyn knows he just needs the youth vote to win the
election.
So today he announces free bus travel for the under 25s. Cost is more
than £1bln, but don't worry we'll just borrow the money.
He reckons it will encourage the youth to save!!!
Yeah right, of course they will put all the money saved from free
travel into the piggy bank.
Of course!! They wouldn't dream of spending it... would they?
My mate Putin must be very excited about our next election.
He must be desperate to get Corbyn in!
I bet he's already getting the Twitter and social media fake
bot accounts ready to bombard with pro Corbyn stuff.
Good news is TV has at last got some decent stuff on.
If you have watched THE WHOLE OF Save me.. please let me
know whether the end was worth watching it all. I've seen two.
But I hear the ending is so bad it wasn't worth the time spent.
Someone let me know. Is it or isn't it?
Billions remains such a great watch. Those of you who are
fans know what I mean and glad to have got some of you
to watch it enjoying it as much as I do.
If you haven't watched yet, series one and two first! Some of
you have started watching because of me and love it too.
Even if it's a pain getting hold of the series, do it!!
I only know The Americans' new series is on because Sky picked it
up for me. I would never have known. They have stuck
this great series on ITV 4.
The cold war battle between the Ruskies and the Americans
continues. One spy has had enough, the other is still
going full tilt. Meanwhile daughter has got going.
Based on things that really did go on during the cold war
it's an intelligent, fascinating series. Probably why it
ended up on ITV4...
Here and Now hit its stride after the first so so episode and
is definitely worth a look. Nothing like examining a dysfunctional
family. Especially if you come from one like me!
The Assassination
of Versace has been a fascinating series, catch up if you
didn't see it.
For those interested in sports betting try
http://www.spreadex.com/nakedtrader/sports (unless you are Wayne Rooney!)
Good quick execution of bets and a great range of markets. Recommended!
Naked Mail
Chris writes :
I want to tell you of an experience I had this week. After reading your new book Trade Like A Shark.
I had finished my research on some stocks and as I was about to buy when I felt myself get really excited about it because two of them were making good gains. I stopped myself, admitted to myself that my emotions were running amuck and I closed the computer.
The next day I made the trades but with ice running through my veins and no emotion. I found that by admitting to myself that my emotions where high I could gain control again.
Excellent you are really on the way to becoming a proper shark!
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!
Paul writes:
Well it's the end of 2017 and I am very pleased about it. I first read your books around 2 years ago and went to your seminar last xmas. I've been trading 'proper' now since January of this year, I uploaded £3k to my spreadbetting account and I have ended the year with £9k. Whilst this is obviously peanuts, I have managed to achieve this by taking trades for most part of the year to the equivalent of £1k, with £200/£300 per trade being my target and of course I have lost trades too. So my return has been great, I am now taking trades to the equivalent of £2.5k and often buying more if it goes in my favour so sometimes £5k in total which is what I noticed you do, so for 2018 I am really in a position to push on and start making some decent money.
My life has completely changed this year, I sold my coffee shop in April to focus on trading, I have every school holidays free to be with my kid and I can do whatever I want whenever I want. I remember reading the first chapter of your book and being inspired to live this kind of life - I am almost there now and I am forever grateful.
Thanks Paul, glad you could change your life but you did this through sheer determination and hard work. Well done.
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.
ADVFN level 2 offer
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.
Level 2 gives you access to all the market maker positions and the order book and I would not trade without it! More on level 2 in my book and I spend hours on it at my seminars.
ADVFN Bronze Offer
To take up the offer, e-mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with Bronze in the subject line and I will tell you how to claim the deal.
Bronze is included inside the level 2 deal.
Advfn Silver Exclusive Offer
The deal is via me you can save nearly £35 for your first year by paying just £174 inc vat via me instead of £208.43
Just mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com if you'd like this deal with "silver" in the subject line. Please note if you want to discontinue the sub you need to give a month's notice by post.
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EMAILS: I do beg you not to send me emails asking me for advice on a particular share. It isn't legal for me to give you individual advice and all I do is send you a mail saying that, which wastes a lot of my time and yours too. This includes asking me what to do with a share, what I might "think" about a share, or deconstructing any of the buys I mention here. I would be grateful, see FAQ for more on this. Of course more than happy to answer general questions not related to specific shares.
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COPYING TRADES: I can't stop you from copying a trade I made but remember the price may already be a lot higher than I paid indeed I hope it is as buying at good prices is what I do for a living. You may be buying at the top and could easily lose money. Also I can make terrible mistakes and have done in the past. I could also sell before you or before the share tanks. I may still be holding in a year when you sold at a loss. Always do your own research, don't jump in blindly. Market makers are very clever at knowing how to make you pay top dollar and then push you out at a loss. This site is about sensible investment and learning how to trade sensibly and is not a tipping site. Beware. Never push buy on anything till you've done proper research and got yourself a sensible price.
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I rarely do offers - Forex companies in particular offer me eyewatering sums. I turn all this down as I would never put out an offer for a company where I think my reader will 95% likely lose, or be taken for a ride.
Having had lots of mails from people using Stockopaedia and using it myself I am 100% confident.
Stockopedia is indeed like a stock market encyclopaedia and a great place to scan for new shares to buy, check out fundamentals, discuss on a sensible bulletin board. Each share gets a ranking, you can use "guru" screens to find shares, there is even a stock screen loosely based on my criteria! There are strategies based on ideas from top investors.
There is lots more really fantastic material and I believe access should help investors and I now use it myself.
For your 25% discount off any sub (eg £56 discount off UK sub) and free 14 day trial you need this link:
http://www.stockopedia.com/nakedtrader/
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Next seminar is MAY 21st March is sold out
- mail me at robbiethetrader@aol.com with "May seminar interested".
It looked like at one point they were destined to drop substantially.
But... it didn't happen. I had some big shorts open hoping to make
a killing from a quick crash. But in the end it was a damp one, and
my stops stopped me out of them.
It will almost certainly happen at some point. I am waiting
and poised. Looks like at the moment whatever Trump tweets
moves the markets.
There are a lot of potential political
events that could suddenly shift things so caution is
called for.
Anyone's guess what happens next. In September if you told
me the FTSE would be 7700 or 6000, I wouldn't be surprised
at either number.
Right, onto a trade or two.
ITV has been hammered and fair enough. But it's too low I think.
I know there is just Dec left and they are Antless, but even
so people are still going to tune into I'm A Celebrity.
They have content, studios and still pull in big audiences. This
must look attractive to the new upstart rivals and at some point
in the future a bid would be no surprise.
Anyhow I bought some today after it went down after going
ex dividend.
For now, bar a market slump can't see how they
could be rated much lower. If I was a tech looking for assets
I would be making an offer. As long as they promise Ant comes
back soon.
I've bought some Redde (Jeremy Corbyn's fave share) . Indeed
I have tucked some Redde under the Bed.
Redde came up at the follow up seminar, a suggestion from a delegate.
It didn't do much the last year ranging from 145 to 180 and back again
and currently sits around 170. It broke up to 200 or a bit.
It did a trading statement Apr 27th last year so expect one around
the same time this.
If the shares started to fall before said
statement I'd be tempted to bag a small loss just in case.
it pays out a dividend of 7pc. A negative is net debt has risen.
Interim statement was very strong and Jan and Feb trading
was fine. It could surprise to the upside.
Vectura (VEC) looks to have been well oversold. I don't get involved
with many drugs companies as they're hard to value. Value
often based on drugs that are to come.
It took over another company a while back and has suffered since.
Falls also came because of delays and problems with new drugs.
But. It's half the price it was and I wonder if a large company
might put the slide rule over it. I would. Pick it up on weakness?
Also you never know with these companies. One big drug announcement
and they can fly. Of course the downside is the reverse.
But overall given the falls it doesn't look too risky and I would think
a lot more upside left and not so much down.
And I topped up on my big long-term winner Avon Rubber (AVON).
My reason was the shares are rising and there are some very big
buyers right now. Indeed as I write there is someone wanting to
buy £70,000 worth of shares just under the current price.
A strange one with two different divisions, dairy and defence!
But it keeps on picking up orders for its rubber masks especially
from the states. War and armies and all and Trump in charge?
Would be no surprise to see more orders.
I also gather in certain circles in Surrey the masks are very popular
for... erm... kind of... naughty department. Throw your car
keys in the hat and good luck!
Sometimes you get a lucky break. I'd bought Kape and expected it
would do well, but slowly. I thought maybe 3 months to head
up to over a quid. And then some tipsheet tipped it.
It rose 15%. Market makers of course who aren't fools already
marked it up by more than 10%. Then it carried on going, 20%
well over what I was after. I think 20% is nearly as good as a bid.
Anyway I banked a profit of £1,766 at over target much faster than I expected. My thanks
to whichever tipsheet it was. Might be another trade there soon as
it actually does remain a decent share. I'd be happy to buy back and
it does look worth at the very least 100p. You could
easily argue much more. So I expect to own again soon.
I banked profits in the stck short. When you're in a short and
the share begins to rise fast against you, it's usually worth getting
out before you lose your profit. But eyeing up a return!
And the Superdry short has paid off nicely and I've banked profits
on that one too.
The portfolio has has a fabulous couple of weeks with lots of gains all
over.
Safecharge is on the way up - I have a lot of those and hopeful
of a bid.
Nice report from Next Fifteen (NFC) and the price continues to rise with
a main broker setting a 550p target on them which seems reasonable.
K3C - whoa! Superb rises here. And whenever profit takers come in and
it dips, buyers come in. 130p to 400p is a nice feeling. The question is
can it do more? Well, there seems nothing stopping it for now.
Sopheon too
has been rising very nicely, shame about the awful spread though you can
deal within it often.
The Sunday Times picked up on Fulcrum's entry into the electric
car charge market that's pushing up the price - more to come
up to 100p? Amino has been flying over the last couple of days.
And Alliance Pharma has gained very nicely since a very decent
statement. Concur Tech has started to climb again.
The market's had a good run this week so some caution required
maybe. Be interesting to see whether gains can be held. Or more
gains available. Or a slump if politics doesn't go well.
I see residents in a street named "Bell End" have
beaten a council who wanted to change its name. Well done them.
The council is obviously full of bell ends.
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