Recent content by TheTailoredTrader

Do you mind if I ask are you consistently profitable? Do you place a few trades a day or just a few a week? My IPO strategy is a pure swing strategy based on IPOs in the last 2 months. I keep my stops quite tight (5%) as it is a pure momentum play whereas my 52 week strategy allows me up to...

Hi tomorton, Thanks for that. I wouldn't say its bad for training. Its more about getting ones trading in line with everything else, particularly as I am not full time. I think it has helped with the discipline and emotional side of trading. Are you a pure Tech Trader? What would you base...

Its Been a While... Its been a while since I updated this thread. A mix of work (mad hours) and life (moving in with the gf) have put pressure on me updating this and my website. I have been trading though and have made plenty of bad and good decisions. Trading through the volatility in...

Hi, Just entered a FTSE spreadbet at £2 pp for Santa Rally @ 5791.3 Bought Sanne Group on 09/12/15 (SNN.L) @ 384.24, £3 pp. Current loss is 6.3% and current biggest loser. Next is Softcat with a 3.5% loss My Mining flutter got stopped out with a £40 loss. I have added another £300 to my...

Hi, The last few weeks have been crazy with work, travel, Xmas and life in general so I have not been able to update the site or forum. As previously posted my hits with KNOS and 32 Red made a decent dent in my portfolio. I have since learned a bit and am bag on track. My portfolio is nearly...

I had become quite happy with my purchase of KNOS and at one stage I was up over 40%. Little did I realise that most new shares drop on the results of their first IPO. The drop drop on results day and again today was something I had never seen before. Like 32RED my stop gapped down and sold my...

The learning curve seems to keep on coming at the moment. Today I made a loss and a rather big one. I don’t mind taking a loss as it is part of doing business. I am annoyed as I made a stupid mistake. I had forgotten “Buy on the Rumour and Sell on the News”. I had also forgotten that technology...

Sold HWDN today at a 3% profit. Sold to fund other trades coming in. Cannot see much more upside on it so time to bail. Thanks, TTT

Hi, My flatmate claims his mate can trade the DOW from 7-9pm and regularly exceed 100+ ticks in profit each day after taking into account losing trades on the same day. He says he trades £10 per tick. Would anyone on here consider this not unusual? I have no idea as I don't trade indices or do...

4 Lessons in One Week This week was the most active week I have had in my portfolio. Not because I was trading a lot, but because of being stopped out for profits and losses. My 2 Kainos DEC-15 Spread Bets hit their stop losses at 263.2. The stop loss was at 268.1 but the share gapped down...

Had a lesson on stops today and having too close a stop. I had a stop at 10% from a high. I usually keep it 12% from a high. Had a stop in at 268 on KNOS.L. Stopped out at 263. A 12% stop would have been 261. Looking at the chart and a flurry through google, it seems to be a Tree Shake. I am...

Added another Spread Bet of £3.50 per point, MAR-16, on 32 Red (TTR.L) @ 104.82. Total now £11 per point on 32 Red, which is what my initial exposure should have been. Thanks, TTT

Have been a bit more active. Portfolio currently consists of: HWDN KNOS TTR NFC RIV AVON BKY I tend to not look at mining but as BKY was the first 52 week breakout I have found in this area and followed my criteria I did a very small SB of £5 per point at around 30.825. my max exposure is...

Portfolio Update 01/11/15 Hi, Below is my Portfolio Update as of the 1st November 2015. My Shares Portfolio is up 11.35% including costs, which is 21% ahead of the FTSE 100 and 19% ahead of the All Share. My Spread Bet portfolio started on the 25th of September and is up 11.6%. I Added 32...

Next Fifteen Communications On Thursday the 19th of October, I had a Spread Bet order filled for Next Fifteen (NFC.L) JUN-16 @ 221.3 for £5 per point. So why did I buy? Technical Analysis Breakout - It hit a new 52 week high which caught my attention @ 217Gain - It had made a 2% gain...