G’day Traders, If you would like to listen to an audio recording of this Daily Update, please click here. Firstly I’ve got to say I spent the whole weekend worrying if there was going to be a backlash against Friday’s article. But this morning I am thinking the best thing that could happen is a [...]

G’day Traders, If you would like to listen to an audio recording of this Daily Update, please click here. Firstly, I won’t be doing a Daily Update until next Wednesday due to the US holiday. Last night I found some awesome articles and re-tweeted them. There is information there on global food prices, weakening Emerging [...]

G’day Traders, If you would like to listen to an audio recording of this Daily Update, please click here. I woke up this morning to find a nice sized mud crab in the pot – This will make good eating tonight with the other two we have caught in the last few days. These guys [...]

G’day Traders, If you would like to listen to an audio recording of this Daily Update, please click here. Just looking through the signals from Friday I am very happy about the markets right now. Plus there are some exciting signals I have been waiting for. Although February is often a mixed month for trading, [...]

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In the current market, risk management is a critical part of locking in your returns. When you see the markets taking a sudden turn for the worse, you want to be able to take your money out as quickly as possible. When you’ve experienced a sharp gain, you want to be able to lock in [...]

Hedge funds have made a lot of headlines over the last year. Hedge fund managers are presented as alternatively fiendishly clever and horribly evil little market manipulators. They make buckets of money in the markets, but they’re not real people. Yet can the common investor use their strategies to be financially successful? Of course! No [...]

The market has a tendency to draw you into impulsive behaviours. Terrified that you will miss some great opportunity, you feel pulled to act now, now, now. However, learning to patiently evaluate each and every trade you make can bring you greater profits. Now you may roll your eyes when you hear the old saying [...]

Who do you trust with your money? If you trust anyone other than the person you see in the mirror each morning, then you are probably trusting the wrong person. People are funny about the way that they spend their money. You might spend months planning a vacation, spending hours each week on top travel [...]

G’day Traders, In a week where we have seen critical news that is interpreted as ‘good’ for the markets – because the Republicans took control of the house and the Fed announced an extra $600 billion of quantitative easing – I wanted to pose the question – is it good for the markets long-term? Before [...]