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For those of you who havn't read ENTRIES AND EXITS, the concept of the book is based around 16 traders, each who appear to be close friends of Dr. Elder's, showing two trades each, a winner and a loser. Dr. Elder's analyses each of the trades presented in the book too, telling what he thought...

Who's out there, in a day job, reading Entries and Exits or any of the other myriad trading books available on the train in to work, trading stocks with your own money, spreadbetting, winning, losing, writing it all down, trying to learn? Want to talk about it? Your winners AND your losers, how...

Suppose you decide that, for example, the turkish stock exchange index looks very bullish and you want to take a position on it, for say 6 months, one year, what is the best way to do that? I notice that, for example, CFDs when used to trade indices are meant to be held for short periods, and...

New to the UK markets. Can anyone recommend a broker that offers margin lending facilities on basic shares (I've checked out the review section of the website but there seems to be a heading for everything but normal LSE shares). Thanks in advance.

I'm new to the UK share market and was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some good share books that concentrate on the UK market and focuses on specific stocks. Stuff like fundamental analysis, most promising stocks over the coming year, etc etc. Just so I can better...

Racer, Very informative. Thanks. So, the race is now on to make that £8000....!

This is going to sound dumb, but in the UK, is the first £8000 you make per tax year on capital gains, tax free? It's just that I'm from New Zealand, over here to work for a bit, and our CGT rules are not so clear cut, to say the least. Also, what is the role of an ISA in all this? Do the...

Does this website cater for traders / investors interested in stable long term uptrending stocks? Those traders, for example, who look at weekly charts, not dailies. Traders who might jump on uptrends like SVT, or SAB? If not, where can I go?