Articles for: Australia

There was a lot of talk in the media last year about the Euro replacing the US Dollar as the Number One currency of choice in the world.

In the last edition of the Trading Tutors Newsletter I wrote an article about picking strong or weak sectors and choosing long or short trading opportunities within those sectors.

A very interesting question from one reader

One way that major financial institutions go about their stock selection is to employ a process known as top down analysis.

When I first studied my Smarter Starter Pack, I thought that the way to trade was to find a market and take every ABC long and short trade.

It’s a fairly straightforward matter to justify the expectation that markets will recover, that the vast majority of companies will remain solvent and that the economy will pick up.

The G20 meeting in Washington last weekend left much to be desired.

Looking back over the history of the Australian market since the inception of the SPI futures contract in 1983, you will find no other bear cycle as savage for such an extended period.

Strong emotions and successful trading do not mix. I have often made the point that trading needs to be boring.

Currently the Implied Volatility of options is high, making them expensive to buy.