Recent content by The_Man

More people losing than winning doesn't neccessarily mean the odds are worse than 50/50: It could be that people are stopping out of trades too late and taking profits too early. I fooled myself into thinking spread betting would be easy as in my demo account I kept positions open until I got...

Almost all successful traders begin by losing. I'm convinced that successful traders are just otherwise ordinary people who refused to give up and believe that trading wasn't for them. I'm trying to get started in trading and losing can make you feel like you have a gambling problem. It's a very...

The strategy on Binarybets strategies seems to be the best I've found: waiting for an early swing in one direction and then betting the other way when return for your bet is high. The author also seems skeptical about the 5 minute bets - Ladbrokes probably make most of their money off these.

Hello, I'm quite new to financial markets and trying to get my head around everything. I've tried betting on Ladbrokes financials with mixed results. However, there's lots of posts on this site by people who seem to think winning on Ladbrokes is easy. How do you do it? Do you use research to...