In Diaz’s latest book, she tracks the progress of a top group of traders who competed in a CFD trading competition with $100,000 in prize money up for grabs. The book starts with an explanation on CFD’s (Contracts for Difference) and covers the basic information about leverage, short selling and some of the other [...]
[Continue reading…]BOOK REVIEW: Your Money and Your Brain
January 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Your Money and Your Brain By Jason Zweig $49.99 Become a smarter more successful investor, the neuroscience way Your Money and Your Brain explores the neuroscience of financial decision-making – what goes on in your brain when you think about money. Zweig explains why smart people can be stupid about money – and how they [...]
[Continue reading…]Trading Diary: July-Nov 2010
December 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This is more of a recap, since I didn’t post during this period. Had a pretty disappointing start to this trading period; which in part pretty much reflected my state of mind! I was slaptick at monitoring my account and watching for potential trades. So got myself sorted and sold my initial parcel of shares in [...]
[Continue reading…]Trading Diary: Feb-June 2010
August 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Have been slightly remiss with updating the ole trading diary this year. Sometimes life just gets in the way. So here is a quick breakdown of my performance over this period: My performance was ticking along and received a boost from the potential Lihir takeover bid. I was in holding mode for most of the [...]
[Continue reading…]Trading Diary: 14 Oct 2009
October 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The ASX200 continues it stellar run, now up around 13% since the beginning of this game. Had a small pull back at the start of October, but seems now to be resuming upwards. I sold out on the 6th Oct of AMC which finally broke through my initial stop on the 7th. So having great [...]
[Continue reading…]Trading Diary: 22nd Sept 09
September 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I missed posting a diary last week as I was busy trying to source a NZX data feed that would integrate with Bullcharts.I ended up using Findata, but took several emails back and forwards before I could get it to work. Nick at Findata surely has the patience of a saint. Now I’m wondering, with [...]
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