This post is a round up of trades and thoughts taken for the week ending on 2nd November 2018. Monday. Have got a position in NTWK that went up nicely today and on solid volume. I have had this trade on for a few days now and will continue to hold it on this kind […]
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New Trading System Nuggets Of Gold
This month, another new trading strategy called Nuggets Of Gold has been included in our research program Marwood Research. This is a daily, long/short strategy composed of simple rules that is designed to find short-term swing trades.
Lack Of Direction But No Lack Of Profit – Our Trading System Performance In August
The month of August was characterized by a lack of direction across many of the major stock market indices. Despite any notable trend, several of our premium trading strategies were able to profit and put in a solid month of results.
Trading System Highlights – July 2017
Global stock markets started the month of July on the back foot following a Federal Reserve rate increase in June and some mixed economic signals. However, by the end of the month equity markets were back to their all-time highs and the bull market in US equities continued. This came as US growth figures showed […]
No, This Market Is Not Confusing
Last week I received an email courtesy of the StockTwits newsletter with the headline ‘This Market Is Confusing Everyone’. Apparently, because the market has fallen, gone up, and then fallen again (in the space of a few days) investors are totally confused and the market is ‘faking out everyone’. Unfortunately for the headline writer, this […]
Have We Finally Seen The Top In Stocks?
Tuesday morning I sent out a tweet to say that we may have seen a top in the stock market. Today, the S&P 500 has just closed down by 1.20%, it’s biggest fall in over 100 days.
A Shocking Response From Financial Markets
Yesterday’s US election result came as a shock to many people and I’m sure you will have strong feelings about it too. Many observers took to social media to report their surprise and despair at the result.
Janet Yellen Does It Again : Dollar Drops
As I predicted on Monday, the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold yesterday and this saw the US dollar drop against most of its major trading partners. The central bank cited low inflation and uncertainty abroad as the main reason to keep rates on hold and this has pushed market expectations for the first […]
An Important Week For Markets
Stock markets finished higher last week with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up just over 100 points and the benchmark indexes climbing around 2% in what was a shortened week thanks to the public holiday. This was one of the best weekly performances since March.
Course updates and news – 23 October
Well after four days of solid gains, stock markets finished in the red again yesterday as the price of crude oil collapsed, dropping 2.4%. I have to admit I didn’t see oil falling as much as it has done. I’ve always been somewhat of a perma-bull when it comes to energy and the dwindling global […]
