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If only. If only we knew what was ahead. But maybe we might not get out of bed. Maybe we might sell out 'lock stock and barrel" and go bush. Maybe instead we might put it all into the markets and make our fortune in a matter of a year?

Welcome all Safety in the Market traders to this month’s dedicated newsletter, the first for 2011. I would like to wish all our traders Happy New Year.

It has been some time since I wrote an article on trading Westpac (WBC:ASX) and since then there have been a few good trades within what has essentially been a bit of a sideways pattern.

There are a number of clichés associated with the various months of the year, and what we tend to observe on the market in those periods.

The main focus of top down trading methodologies is quite simple; do some directional analysis and pick trades which you expect to rise or fall. Of course there is a risk in this – you might get it wrong!