Recent content by MalcolmSm1th

The one thing that does concern me is how much people are letting things go in the name of technology. My big gripe at the moment (wait five minutes and I can you another one...) is that due to the mobile phones, the iPods and the like people are conditioned to think that mp3s are a great way...

I will have you know, sir, that there is actually a good market for those things. And every fifth kiosk bought comes with a free inebriated tramp.

Well, we know the story; Morrisson's have agreed a deal with Ocado. The CEO of Waitrose said this morning that he was for the deal as long as it doesn't effect them in any way. Of course, whether this is true or not, I don't know. It looks like Morrison's are going to have to put up a lump...

The other day my wife received an eMail from her online broker, where she has her ISA that I am looking after The eMail told her that she's received a dividend from Ladbrokes "What's that?", she asked. So I explained "And so where's it gone?" "Back into the ISA" "You mean back into the...

One of the things about trading or stock selection is that it's easy to work out when to get in. The getting out is where the problems lie because it seems that a lot of people don't know when to get out. I've read a few of Malcolm Pryor's books, "Charting Tools for Spread Betting" in...

I've looked at Ocado a few years ago and I didn't like the numbers then. I've just looked at some of the data that I can find and the only thing which puzzles me is how come the price is so high. I've been wondering how long it's going to take for it to make a profit. And if I look around...

Leverage is when you borrow money to make a trade/investment/whatever. For example, if you have £500 in your account and you risk £500 then that's not leveraged, but if you decide to spend £3,000 on a trade when you only have £500 then that is leverage. I personally think that it's the road...

I would like to say that your 2% stop is too tight; most shares can easily move this amount for no real good reason. When I am doing my investments (my ISAs usually) I look at about 10% to 15% and then hunt around on the chart at around that amended figure to see if there is an obvious nearby...

Good morning, at the moment I am just doing stocks. I have looked at the indexes and that looks like excactly what I don't want to touch -- if I want to spend the day in front of the screen then that's where I will go. But I would rather do other things in my time and so my trades are set up...

When i was a software consultant I used to keep those clauses IN my contract. The simple being is that this clause is not legally binding as it comes under Restriction of Trade. Now, if the client offered the consultant paid leave for those three years (which is known as Gardening Leave) then...

Hello, I'm Malc and, er, I've just got into trading. It's been a long time since I was away from the world of the stock market which I was active in during the '90s. In those days I used to use MetaStock and had their first attempt at a Windows platform rather than their DOS based affair...