London Calling
May 30, 2024
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SHARES SEMINAR ONLINE JUNE 21st
10-5pm Friday June 21 Beginners and improvers welcome.
Includes: How to use your new isa allowance- Share screening - Level 2- Trade hunting - Trade planning-Shorting - DMA - psychology - stop losses - taking profits - which websites to use -live examples from the market and lots more.
All live and using my own accounts to place trades on the day.
Interested? For more details mail me at robbiethetrader with
June online seminar interested". Early bird discount.
New: FOLLOW UP PLUS ELECTION RESULT MARKET COVERAGE LIVE July 5th
For those who have been to a hotel or online seminar previously.
We'll be watching live market reaction to the election result and finding trade ideas.
Following up on seminars you already did, includes revision, trade hunting,
screening plus £100 for best trade idea of the day made by one of you.
Also spreadbetting, level 2, portfolio management, being "streetwise", stop
loss placement and more with live chat room and psychology.
Interested? Mail me at robbiethetrader with "follow up seminar interested"
and I'll send details. You MUST have been to a previous event to qualify for this one which is not for beginners.
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This is now sold out but if you would like to be on the waiting list drop me a mail at robbiethetrader with "Retreat interested".
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Looking forwards to seeing you all attending the spreadbetting seminar a week on Friday.
I hope you enjoy all the guests which include bosses of various spreadbet companies.
There's going to be a prize comp for best trading range of the day, look out for an email over the weekend with details.
There will also be a questionnaire to fill up.
I have seen some of you before at the hotel and online so we shall catch up.
See you all then for a lovely day of spreadbetting and hope you all enjoy it.
There is still space so if you'd like a spreadbetting day with me online on June 7th beginners and improvers welcome email me for details.
We've booked the villas for the September retreats in Palma.
(It was an eye-watering amount!)
We can't wait to spend days with some of you in Palma again!
We are sold out, but we are going to start up a waiting list, so if you would like to be
on the waiting list for this year or next, email me with "Retreat waiting list".
And if you want to know more about them, myself and Elizabeth are happy to chat to you on zoom to take you through the details.
Spent bank holiday weekend in the heart of London.
We stayed at the amazing Bankside Hotel, great service and lovely rooms near Waterloo/Blackfriars.
Enjoyed a lot of wandering around Borough Market with its fab stalls and food market.
Ended up at a terrific fish restaurant.
A lot of football fans from Southampton and Leeds were around enjoying a trip to London ahead of their clash at Wembley.
A lot of "Leeds are falling apart again" songs were badly sung, and sadly for them, they did
London is very busy and no signs of anyone reigning in their spending.
Restaurants around there were all packed as were the pubs.
Had no problem using cash at any establishment we tried which was good to see.
People seem to be happy to spend out even at today's higher prices.
Street market stalls all seem to charge about a tenner now for whatever it is they serve/
But I did notice the odd one is now trying £10.95... I suspect soon another quid
will be added by all.
Got me wondering about the demise of cash though.
Previously going through a tenner pricewise would be tricky as you need someone to stump
up more than one note, might have stopped people.
Now people merrily just tap their phone.
Which made me wonder whether contactless has massively helped to push up inflation?
There were very few beggars around, far less than I am sure there were before.
More people are now using the Thames boats which is great to see, we went into town and back again on Thames Clippers, our route Putney Pier to Bankside Pier.
It's a great way to travel around London, and you get to see a lot of the sights.
No ticket needed you can tap in on your card or phone.
Lots of people trying side hustles at the moment.
Actually it was side hustles that helped me quit work for good in 2001.
My best was and still is Telecom Plus which trades as Utilities Discount Warehouse.
You can sell energy, sim cards, mobiles, broadband and insurance wfh.
You get commission per customer plus an ongoing commission every time they use
a service for as long as they remain a customer.
No stock needed, all done online. If you're good with people and don't mind a lot of
no thanks" could work for you.
My young son is doing it and is roaring away with 20 customers already.
You're backed by a billion plus FTSE 250 company and it's rated well by Which Magazine for good deals and excellent customer service.
If you think this could be a good side hustle for you, mail me with "side hustle" at robbiethetrader and will send you some info.
Thanks for the feedback from recent events.
Gary:
The arrangements and agenda were first class, delivered with Elizabeth's charm and efficiency and Robbie's natural charisma. The drill down on all the stock trading ideas
really cemented the knowledge received from the beginners seminar and all
merited the further investigation Robbie and the group undertook.
Having a look at Level 2, DMA and Spreadbetting was very much appreciated.
The day flew by and finished far too soon. I'm convinced I am now a better stock picker and trader as a result of both days with Robbie."
Anne:
My husband and I had a lovely time. We learned so much, the hotel was great and the lunch fantastic. We didn't leave the bar till midnight!
Dave:
I've been a teacher for the last 30 years and I'm not sure I could have kept a group of pupils so captivated for so long. Humour and in-depth subject knowledge go a long way!
I loved seeing your thought process in deciding which shares to trade and level 2 was also an eye opener."
Phil:
The seminar was delivered with huge integrity (there was Zero hidden agenda/ulterior motives, it was simple and open with some great laughs thrown in)
As much as I found myself trying to complicate the process and make it more sophisticated in my own tiny brain.
You also took the time to answer "every" question anyone posed. And it was every question. Loads of shares ideas to boot, but more importantly the process to find your own. Brilliant!
Naked Rambling
Oh no, not an election.
Weeks of total tedium. Well, at least we get it over with I suppose.
Surely there must be a gap for a channel that guarantees no election coverage whatsoever.
Please sign me up.
I can't cope with Sir Lord S's whingey and holier than thou tones.
Or Richy's manic promises.
Or whoever that boring lib dem guy is pretending to be exciting by racing down a hill on a bike.
Paula "the rev" Vennells, the ex Post Office chief. Watching her give evidence was horrid.
I don't like slagging people off, we are all flawed humans and we've all done bad things of some kind.
But she takes the biscuit with her crocodile tears.
An obvious sociopath this woman has a cold heart and frankly no surprise she is/was a church leader.
The more you live, the more you see it's cold hearted sociopaths who rise to the top, getting there by pushing all others out of the way.
They often get to the top with cold cunning.
We had a vicar live next door to us. I was (still do) talking to older folk for Help The Aged.
I thought maybe I could pay visits to someone lonely in the area.
I asked her if she knew anyone I could help.
No, not really," she said.
Of course there were, she just didn't care. And I found that with other dealings with her.
All these socios just want power whereever they can get it whether it be politics or religion or a company.
But are they really any good at their jobs?
No, not really for most of them. Because they don't care about people.
Oh, and they will always think they're amazing despite evidence to the contrary.
Look at Neil Woodford who screwed over so many smaller investors. Instead of hiding away he is back in the game.
I bet you he still thinks it wasn't his fault.
The Gathering **** Ch4
Wow, an actual decent drama hits Ch4.
It's about rivalries at a top gym club but in essence is about social class rivalries, the difficulties of being a teen, and the parent of a teen.
It's also about how parents try and do the best for their kids but it only ends up effing them up.
There's a bit of a whodunnit it in there too.
Red Eye *** ITV
This year's most ludicrous thriller with more plot holes than a party manifesto (or should that be potholes).
The climax was even worse with characters spelling out what was happening in case you missed it (well it is ITV)
So... this was a set up all along!" says one character just in case you didn't get it..
The weird thing though, it was watchable and entertaining with it so there is that.
Think of it as a comedy not a drama as you laugh along at the next terrible line or insane plot turn.
Clarkson's Farm ***** Amazon
Improves with every episode. Apparently they love this show in China!
The pigs give out a lot of drama and there are genuine tears from Clarkson.
Chuck in Kaleb who seems to be getting slightly deranged and squabbles with the power mad local councillors, lots of entertainment here. And very well put together.
Buying London * Netflix
Eeek. Horrible attention seeker's ego is massaged by this show supposedly about selling London Super Property.
But actually it's more like Made In Chelsea, everyone seems to have a role and there's a made up rivalry thing.
They don't appear to sell any property at all.
Looks like they all just want to be on TV, and they succeeded!
I had an email today from someone who reckons they have pix of me watching porn.
And if I don't send them £2,000 by bitcon then they'll send it to everyone I know.
I replied: "That's ok, I'm part of a swingers group and we share lots of pix between us."
You're welcome to send all you have to everyone I know, they will love it!"
Oh, would you like to join my swingers club?
It's a lot of fun, let me know, it's only £100 plus vat* to sign up."
(Varied Arse Tax).
No response so far, will keep you posted.
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COPYING TRADES: I can't stop you from copying a trade I made but remember the price may already be a lot higher than I paid indeed I hope it is as buying at good prices is what I do for a living. You may be buying at the top and could easily lose money. Also I can make terrible mistakes and have done in the past. I could also sell before you or before the share tanks. I may still be holding in a year when you sold at a loss. Always do your own research, don't jump in blindly. Market makers are very clever at knowing how to make you pay top dollar and then push you out at a loss. This site is about sensible investment and learning how to trade sensibly and is not a tipping site. Beware. Never push buy on anything till you've done proper research and got yourself a sensible price.
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The markets have taken no notice at all regarding the snap election.
Why's that?" You cry (believe me you will cry sooner or later)
(Sooner if you're an investor or trader).
Well, things will pretty much carry on as they are for a while as Labour do little and become Tories with a sad face emoji.
Indeed given summer hols and conferences it's unlikely we'll see any real change for some months.
Or maybe not at all.
Lord Sir K seems to just want to be in power and doesn't care what he says to get it.
Having watched this game for a long time, it's become obvious the civil servants run the country and politicians of different parties don't really make a whole lot of difference in the end, it will be same old, same old.
Unless you are unlucky and have a kid at private school and lucky me I just escaped without having to pay another 20pc.
My only plea: please don't have a go at isas and pensions.
Let the few of us who want to save rather than spend on multicrap keep our money tax free, we deserve it.
We don't want to be a burden on the state. Encourage saving, don't demonise it.
I really am no forecaster and never try, simply follow moves as or a little while after they happen.
But if you were to push me I'd say we may have a decent summer of rises but as we get into late autumn and the US elections I wonder if a massive crash will happen, led by US shares.
I'm prepared for this, you ought to consider a plan for this possibility
I'll be covering more on this and US shares etc in the subscription email.
I have a passion for buying shares linked to personal pronouns.
No idea why.
By the way I identify as a very good looking man with lots of hair.
You can call me "us". Yes, my preferred pronouns are "us" and "we".
And if you not refer to me properly I will report you directly to Sir Lord S once he gets in.
Anyway enough childish rambling.
To add to YU and ME I have.. added YOU.
That's Yougov that does lots of polling.
To make this clear I own two You's and one Me. Are you clear or not?
Do us (that means me by the way) need to spell this out to you? Or they?
And personally I bought a fair few YOU for us (in other words me).
I rarely get excited about a trade as it's just business, sometimes they work and sometimes they don't.
But this ticked so many boxes. This included being right at the bottom of an established trading range.
On top given it does all these polls it has two elections coming up which should bring in a lot of business.
I also wonder if it can head back to the top of the range quite quickly.
You see my intention is probably not to be in it for long, maybe a month or two.
If it heads back towards the top of its range, I am out. When I say I, I mean us. Get with it.
It looks good value near the bottom of its range and too pricey at the top. I've already
put the stop into breakeven.
Maybe we should do a poll?
Should you vote for a buy in Yougov?
Before I finish with You's.. YU went ex dividend for 37p today so the fact it is up today is good news, it ought to be down 40p.
And any of you holding will get a nice bonus into your isas on June 20th.
One I bought a while back for the sipp (those of you who get the sub email which includes my higher risk sipp buys) will know I like it and own it and I have now bought for the isa too.
This one is LBG Media (no nothing to do with LBGTQP whatever)
It's the publisher of stuff like Lads Bible.
Its main strength is its social and digital media which I think could prove a powerful incentive for someone else to want to buy it.
What I like here is the potential growth to come from its presence in the USA which it's building.
And once noticed in the states I think a bid could come assuming the price doesn't move too much higher.
Chances are too the next statement could be decent.
It also has a nice net cash pile if it needs to buy up some rival itself, a nice tuckaway maybe.
A bit of weakness crept into Bloomsbury after results (note a lot in my book on shares falling on results days).
However given it looks a superb company it seemed a nice time to top up.
Yesterday Bloomsbury announced it was going to make use of its cash by buying up a large
US publisher.
The market seems to like this use of cash and is marking the shares up again.
I've held Porvair for, gosh, maybe 3 years or so? I kind of forget about it.
But I bought some new shares in it, mainly as it's been stuck doing nothing for a while and there appears to be some action.
Might mean something, might not!
It has a nice niche in specialist filtration (I know, exciting right?).Oh, and environmental tech!
A warning on this one though it is SETS/Market maker so that means it always opens up a widespread in the morning.
And that means you have to stick the stop some way away or guess what might happen at 8am.
I've used some of the selling of my biggest holding IQGEO to top up on some of
my favourites.
And those top ups were in Qinetic, Next Fifteen, and MS international.
Qinetic released a fantastic statement and the shares could easily rise to 500p.
I shorted Whitbread Group. Nothing wrong with it, management seems decent.
And though it has a lot of debt there is a lot of fixed assets there so not worried about that.
It's more the problems its pubs, restaurants and Premier Inn brands face with the rising staffing costs and continued food inflation.
The downtrend is pretty awful which entices me into a short spreadbet on it.
However, I did ensure to get a guaranteed stop loss here with TN just on the outside chance it got bid for out of the blue.
That means if there was a sudden leap in price my stop is honoured whatever happens and I know the exact damage if it did which would be quite small.
The way shares are currently falling there could be some more downside - I would then hope to take profits when buyers come back in.
I don't plan to be in the short for that long- maybe a month or two. I'll gradually ease the stop down as I've shown you at seminars.
TN does brilliant guaranteed stops, you pay a small amount if it gets hit.
If you have TN click "guaranteed stop" and it will tell you how much if triggered and then depends on the size but it's not much.
If you would like to sign up to TN link is here.
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We'll be using it a lot live Friday after next at the spreadbetting seminar (I'll be covering how to short quite a bit).
If you'd like to spend the day with me and spreadbetting mail for details.
I've started selling off my bid share Iqgeo, which is rather nice as I am building a fab cash pile to deploy elsewhere.
I've sold about half now so for website I've sold at a bit lower than the bid price. Taking it now lower rather than waiting.
So for the website around half profits is £12,528 profit.
Telecom Plus is really surging away now (trades as Utility Discount Warehouse).
Impressed with service from UDW - I wanted a new router box last week as mine was ten years old.
I got it the very next day and the lovely tech guy on the end of the phone was super and managed to speed up my broadband by doing something or other.
If you'd like to become a UDW customer let me know and my son gets some commission.
You'd also get my subscription email free, - you get website stuff in advance, some higher risk picks and US coverage.
For various reasons I had to email financial providers I use recently and here is the email response times! I sent all emails on a normal weekday.
It wasn't too bad actually though one never replied.
Advfn: 45 mins. IG: 3 days. TN: 50 min. Spreadex 15 mins. II: 4 hours.
Creation: 3 days. Stockopedia: Didn't reply at all.
Anyone you had trouble getting hold of or no response? Let me know!
I've now finished reading The Trading Game.
Boy, what a gripper!
Definitely makes me glad I never ended up on a trading floor.
The cast of real-life characters there is not a pretty one!
Full time traders seem to be either alcoholics, drug abusers, loners, weirdos, passive-aggressive alpha males, know it alls or just a bit barmy.
And they are all certain of their own brilliance...
Frankly just check any of the discussion forums, all these characters are there..
Anyway, super read and a must buy for anyone interested in trading!
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More on this in my coverage of the US in today's email to email subscribers.
SHARES RETREAT SEPTEMBER PALMA AND NEXT YEAR
This is now sold out but if you would like to be on the waiting list drop me a mail at robbiethetrader with "Retreat interested".
SHARES SEMINAR ONLINE JUNE 21st
10-5pm Friday June 21 Beginners and improvers welcome.
Includes: How to use your new isa allowance- Share screening - Level 2- Trade hunting - Trade planning-Shorting - DMA - psychology - stop losses - taking profits - which websites to use -live examples from the market and lots more.
All live and using my own accounts to place trades on the day.
Interested? For more details mail me at robbiethetrader with
June online seminar interested". Early bird discount.
New: FOLLOW UP PLUS ELECTION RESULT MARKET COVERAGE LIVE July 5th
For those who have been to a hotel or online seminar previously.
We'll be watching live market reaction to the election result and finding trade ideas.
Following up on seminars you already did, includes revision, trade hunting,
screening plus £100 for best trade idea of the day made by one of you.
Also spreadbetting, level 2, portfolio management, being "streetwise", stop
loss placement and more with live chat room and psychology.
Interested? Mail me at robbiethetrader with "follow up seminar interested"
and I'll send details. You MUST have been to a previous event to qualify for this one which is not for beginners.
I'm getting quite a few ideas from my "Dash for Cash" screen on Sharepad.
To access that get a free trial there on this link, you can pay monthly.
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For those of you coming to the online spreadbetting seminar on June 7th we will be using TN quite a lot because of the tight spreads on top shares and ease of use.
To open use this link:
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Please understand fully spreadbetting before you make a trade though, it is easy to make a mistake especially if trying a short for the first time.
Read through all the examples in my book link here:
If coming to the SB seminar in June, maybe wait till then before placing trades.
US coverage added to email service:
I've added coverage of one or two US shares to my sub email. You also get higher risk trades not on this site, and the site material sent before it is updated here every other Thursday.
For details mail me at robbiethetrader with "email" in the subject line and I will send you details on how to subscribe.
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I've enjoyed reading "The Psychology of Money".
It's a best seller deservedly with 19 stories exploring how people think about money.
if you want to better with how you invest, trade or spend money it's a very worthwhile read!
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SPREADBETTING
I discovered a SB firm that does just 0.6 on the FTSE and tight spreads on 100 and 250 shares, also handy right now if you are shorting given the such tight spread
Just a 0.6 spread for the FTSE which is fantastic and the best I've found.
Spreads on FTSE 100 and 250 stocks are really tight, I shop around SB sites when I am about to trade for the best spread and this one keeps coming out the best.
Here's the link if you want to sign up, on this link the lovely Lorenzo will help out if you run into trouble or make a fat finger trade.
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I've finished the book on AI - "The Coming Wave".
It's a must read for any investor - I've learned a lot, the writer co-founded Deepmind, one of the world's leading AI cos.
It's fascinating, some of the conclusions are scary and it's good to try and understand it, though in the end he concludes AI will being a lot of benefits. It will also drive some shares down and some up.
Buy and read! Amazon link:
One or two of you asked about how we got our car back after it was stolen, we used apple airtags, hide them in your car or under your bike seat and get your car or bike back, amazing.
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The steering lock we were recommended and bought you can get from amazon, link here:
I love companies with decent cash piles and I've developed a screen for shares with cash with Sharepad to go with my new book.
The screen goes with one of my strategies from the new book "Dash for Cash".
The idea is it picks up sensible shares with a cash pile for further examination.
I don't mean it to be "just buy any share on the screen." My idea is it's a start for further research as just because a company has a cash pile doesn't necessarily mean it's a great company.
If you don't have Sharepad you can try a free trial using the link below, if you think it is useful after the trial you get a decent discount on the link and can pay monthly if you want.
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Spreadco has tight spreads for FTSE 250 shares.
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For small caps try Spreadex say for the moment they will carry on with most of the shares so that could be another place to deal in shares IG won't.
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Trade tables follow! Trades are current open and recently closed trades. Closed trades feature the closing price and the amount I won or lost. All others are open. Trades get updated a little later than the narrative. Trading costs are ignored, however I also do not add in dividend payments and with the kinds of companies I buy, dividends tend to equal or outweigh costs. Spread rollovers ignored for web purposes. Tables as accurate as poss however a mistake or two can creep in and very occasionally if I forgot I sold or bought something it will be added at a later time. Trades first reported in the diary under Markets every other Thursday afternoon.