Recent content by ryandj2222

The Idle Investor is aimed at investors with around £10,000 or more to invest, and want to make good returns but don't have much time. The author has plenty of work experience in the financial industry, so it is refreshing to hear him advise you away from fund managers and more towards ETFs...

I'll review it.

Of course your girlfriend might be a financial trading genius...

iWeb charges £5 per transaction for UK and US shares (and European), plus currency conversion on buys and sells. I found it to be fairly reasonable, but don't buy many US stocks.

Honestly, it was a lucky break. I don't tend to follow ZZZ, but I was at my computer, happened to notice an odd time trading update (9 am or something) watched it go up for a bit then bought in. Initial capital locked in now plus a bit, so might as well trail it up...

I've gone long ZZZ... in profit now, not sure it will do much more thoug.

Sounds a bit like what I do - I like to use this to find 52 wk breakouts - http://tools.morningstar.co.uk/t92wz0sj7c/stock/HighLowPrices/default.aspx Preferably on small caps/fledgling stocks. Then hopefully buy and leave to run.

What do you use to identify your breakouts? Are you buying any stock that breaks out and from what period?

It would be silly to have more than the FCA limit - is it £50K?

iWeb is quite cheap for isa/sipp etc - £5 a trade. I'd suggest having a bit more money to start with though.

I've signed up for an account yesterday. So far on my fourth trade, first three were all scratched for 0 but the fourth is running still, up to £112.

I'm not saying he does cheat, but with just weekly updates it is easy enough to pick shares that have gone up in the last few days so they are already in profit when he lists them on his site. His main aim is to sell books and courses, so of course it's in his interest to have good returns...

This...

I don't tend to short as I trade in an isa. Mainly trade breakouts on small caps. Usually wait for a bit of a pull back and don't buy everything just try (note try not always right by a long stretch) to buy ones going up well. Look at debt broker views profit etc.

I used to use advfn for those top lists but now the free ones suffice. My p/l has been good starting this year bout 20% or so but prior to that hadn't been doing well DUe to no real plan or strategy. And following tips from others.