Once Upon A Time
There was a time not long ago when the possibility of a major conflict in the Middle East would have caused energy markets to light up like a Christmas tree. Not any more.
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Ten Minutes With Tate Market Merry Go Round
The constantly evolving nature of markets makes them trade generating factories for those who can spot the change as it is occurring. However, spotting change is harder than it would seem if you rely upon the wrong basis for comparison and don’t understand that markets are also quite nuanced.
People And Money Are Strange
Whilst sitting in my local having my usual toast and vegemite following training I was listening to a podcast that touched on the fact that in the UK a huge number of people who might be entitled to government benefits didn’t apply for them. Recognising that people might not be aware of these benefits the…
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It Doesnt Say What You Think It Does
This is a little follow-up to my last video about how data is presented to us and how we interpret it. The following chart is yet another one doing the rounds which is supposed to imply something and in turn, cause people to act. What the chart shows is that the S&P Commodity Index relative…
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Ten Minutes With Tate That Ship Has Sailed
A constant in the market is change. This perpetual cycle of change is sometimes difficult for traders who want the market and individual instruments to simply repeat their history in an ever repeating cycle of easy profitability.
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Ten Minutes With Tate It Only Takes One Good Trade
Drawdown is inevitable for traders – some idiots believe it is possible to trade without a period of drawdown. But they live in a different world to the rest of us grown ups. What is foremost is your response to drawdown and your ability to analyse what has happened and to keep going. There is…
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Market Wrap – Gold Is Alive
Everyone’s favourite pet rock shows signs of activity along with other precious metals. I look at how traders can take advantage of these moves without having to trade the underlying commodity.
Ten Minutes With Tate Finding Winning Stocks
Trading is a business that requires us to filter vast reams of information to select stocks that we think give us the potential to be profitable. Unfortunately, most traders go about this decision-making process in reverse, making their jobs that much harder.
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All Booms End In Busts
No one should really be caught off guard by this but oddly people are.
