Remember the days when you had to stay glued to your monitor looking for trading opportunities and waiting to exploit short term volatility in the market? Spread betting was not for everyone as people did not want to give up their social lives for trading. Sitting at home and just patiently waiting for entering and [...]
The Dumbbell Strategy and How Stocks Fit into That
Talibi’s books “The Black Swan” and “Fooled by Randomness” argue, reasonably convincingly, that extreme events are under priced in the current market due to a lack of experience and the over reliance on mathematical models in trading. To take advantage of this they advocate a “dumbbell strategy” which basically is that 80% of assets are [...]
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April 3rd, 2010 
IndependentInvestor Financial Spread Betting Isn’t a Gamble
Paddy Power, the online bookmaker, is launching a spread betting service. Now there’s no doubt that this will be a professional outfit and we wish them well. However there is a concern that these bookmakers may find contracts for difference tough going. They are an investment vehicle and not a way of gambling. We had [...]
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March 11th, 2010 IndependentInvestor Financial Spread Betting Over Christmas – Volatility Can Strike
One of the worst things about trading in the Christmas period is the volatility. One of the best things about trading in the Christmas period is the volatility. The Christmas period, which lasts from the third week of December to the second week of January is a notably frisky period for just about any trading, [...]
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December 23rd, 2009 IndependentInvestor Which Market That You Would Like to trade?
Trading plan must have complete sets of rules, which cover each aspect of trader’s trading. What instrument (forex, shares, financial spread betting, options, CFD and so on) you would like to trade & why? I trade stock & forex not just because I like forex or stock market I have an definite reasons for trading [...]
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September 4th, 2009 IndependentInvestor 
