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Tom Scollon

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From farmer to high school teacher to successful investor and financial advisor, Tom Scollon's career path has been diverse. Yet this interesting mix has resulted in far-reaching experience in a range of industries and enabled him to enjoy unmitigated success trading the markets. He has invested successfully on the Australian stockmarket for more than 20 years trading equities, options and other financial instruments using technical analysis techniques to determine trends and chart market movements. Tom believes that studying simple trends such as price and volume can reveal much about a stock’s prospects. He uses technical indicators such as “On Balance Volume”, “Bollinger Bands” and “Elliott Wave” to predict where the market might head next. He is a great teacher and in his articles he translates his views into easy-to-understand concepts for all levels of traders, and has thus developed a strong following over the years.

Latest Posts

Telstra - I am Not Buying It

4 Oct, 2010
Telstra made a few announcements this week – well why wouldn’t they. They need to halt the sliding share price.

The Big Australian a Little Tired?

27 Sep, 2010
Well in my days at BHP it was known as ‘the big Australian blue chip’ and still is, but really it has now become something of a resource monolith of global proportions.

Calm Ahead?

20 Sep, 2010
I have become quite a fan of Bollinger Bands over the last couple of years. Mind you they have not helped me make truck loads of money, Yet, as I have been largely out of the market – and still am out 100%. I follow Elliott and Bollinger and look for the big steady trends as I like the safe easy money.

Telstra - How Low Can You Go?

10 Sep, 2010

I have been watching with some indifference TLS over the last few years, having once been a not insignificant shareholder; taking decent size parcels in all three tranches, but cutting loose not long after. Despite all the upbeat chat at the time of privatising I have always believed they not only would suffer for many years from being a government department despite being so called ‘privatised’ but also that they would always be a political football with too many masters. And the most telling disadvantage was they were a ‘dead in the wall’ organisation with sunset technology in a sunset space. And because of the political issues it could not move fast enough to move to sunrise strategies.

Still Promise in Copper?

6 Sep, 2010
Copper is often a useful guide as to the future fortunes of many of our miners – NHP, RIO, FMG and others.

Gold a Safe Bet?

30 Aug, 2010
With the thought of a double dip recession gaining some increased following – but not from yours truly just yet – one might think of gold as a place to find refuge until the ill winds blow over.

To Gear or Not to Gear

23 Aug, 2010
That is the question. Well at least one important question.

Many investors get locked into the routine of a strategy without really questioning is it relevant today and in these market circumstances.

Range Trade for Years?

16 Aug, 2010
Someone suggested to me we could see the markets range trade for years – maybe 10 or a dozen years!

Yet Another Book on Trading

9 Aug, 2010
I am sure Wiley will be happy for me to make reference to their recently released ‘The Wiley trading Guide’ in which yours truly contributes a chapter.

Money and Holidays

30 Jul, 2010
It is about this time of year Australians start to think hard about the looming and not too far away Christmas holidays.
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