Recent content by Sledgehead

... Men seem to like securities/derivatives for the short term. Women seem to prefer property for the long term. Men are seen as more prone to gambling. Women are paragons of virtue .... or so they would like us to think. I invite you to check out a thread at SingingPig, a favourite haunt...

I think it important to finish with some useful advice: buy low, sell high, but only buy stocks that are making new highs. LOL!

You've made valid points as long as the status quo continues, as with any momentum strategy.

I recently wrote a VB prog to judge the influence of fundamentals on performance. Essentially it involves scatter charts. I am able, in one click, to see how balance sheet ratios, p&L ratios, cash flow fig or any combination, along with relative strength affect the relative performance, 3months...

You are confusing desire with methodology. No need to thank me. Glad to be of help.

And you ask me how what I said works! :cheesy: For anyone who is interested, there is a correlation between risk and return. Boring dividend paying stocks are never going to reach for the stars, but they are also unlikely to go to zero. Multibaggers however are totally different. They come...

In 2000 I didn't make 20%, I made 400%. I avoided losses in 2001 and 2002. Thought I was a genius. And then 2003 happened. Best of it was, it wasn't the big falls that hit me (by nature I'm a fader, so I tend to make money from volatility) but the false starts. I can look at the indices and...

The point here is it is NOT the magnitude of the move that is important, but the opportunity cost of missing it. The opportunity cost is a function of: 1 ) the move size; 2 ) your position size for that move; Your position size should be determined by your expected return vs risk. Seeing as...

Having quit a bunch of hefty feed subscriptions recently, I was scouting around the usual suspects to see what was on off elsewhere. In particular I was contemplating a position in RSA, when I noticed the chart differed quite noticeably between providers. Whilst reuters showed thechart on a new...

This is a very interesting thread. Just look back to 2003 and you will find a host of experienced traders telling you it is God's own task to make money in markets. What has changed. Three years of uptrend. I'd love to see somebody on this thread who joined on, say 2000, telling us making money...

Hi, Have read the last few pages with some concern as I was interested in CS. Seeing as I was not privy to the CS platform problems I wonder whether somebody familiar with the problem could just state: a ) whether there was a problem in depicting price data b ) whether prices became inaccurate...

Errr, no, that's prety much TWICE what it is (your own logic should inform you as much - think about it, how many futures contracts have been entered into? If I take on a building contract, does that mean the client and I have atotal of 2 contracts? 'Course not! It's the same contract!) Look @...