The Hidden Cost of Playing It Safe
Jason Needham returns with a new guest article exploring the portfolio habits that quietly damage long-term returns, from cutting winners too early to averaging down
22nd May 2026
Jason Needham
Jason comes from an investing family and started investing from an early age after the introduction of PEPs (personal equity plan) in the UK during the 1980’s. After a couple of decades investing through funds Jason made the move to single stocks focusing on small to mid cap growth stocks to ride big trends and larger main market shares to catch shorter swing style moves. The methods used are primarily end of day methodologies. Jason shares content via www.tradingbases.co.uk and takes you on a daily market screening routine that keeps you in tune with what the markets are doing and which stocks and sectors are trending. It’s an educational journey every day where over time you will learn how stocks actually trade and how to build a playbook around them. Jason will focus on classical charting, position sizing, risk management, trade management, daily process and market trends. He will show you how he finds the best growth stocks by introducing you to growth trends and the real fundamentals that move growth stocks.
Know Your Breakaway Gaps – Tactics to Get Onboard Monster Trends
Breakaway gaps, otherwise known as pro gaps, can signify a major change in sentiment and the start of a new primary trend. In this article
14th February 2024
Tuning out of the day-to-day noise ¦ Markets Post Huge Volume Reversals
In the last update, I looked at the leading markets (NASDAQ & S&P500) and what to expect after the break higher and I also talked
24th November 2023
Using Volume to Help Make Better Informed Investment Decisions
In this article, I’m going to cover how I use volume to assist my trading and investment decisions. I will cover multiple timeframes to see
8th September 2023
Big Winners (Outliers) & the 80 – 20 Rule
In this article, I’m going to jump straight into the business end of where the money is made when you’re right. I’ll run through three
4th August 2023
Tuning out of the day-to-day noise | Green Shoots, Leadership & AI
Since my last market update in February markets have been consolidating the move off the lows and more recently we have seen the Nasdaq and
26th June 2023
Tuning out of the day to day noise | Where next for the markets?
It’s been around nine months since I did my last market update and in this article, I’m going to follow on from that last update
24th February 2023
Trading Psychology Pitfalls of a Systematic Approach
Below is a list of common trading psychology problems that I’ve compiled from my own trading journey. I see them as the main problems that
28th December 2022
Trend following and trailing Stops / Methods to Capture Trends
Lets face it we all want to ride a big trend. We’d be crazy not to. In this article Jason Needham looks at the trailing
26th August 2022
Tuning Out Of The Day to Day Noise| Big picture levels
In this article I want to run through some interesting areas I’m seeing in the markets by zooming out of the day-to-day noise to get
27th May 2022
How to identify breakout stocks | The effects of overhead supply.
In this article I will dig a little deeper into buying breakout stocks and identifying stock breakout signals. I will share with you what I
23rd July 2021
Reversals & Recovery Stocks: Price Action Reversals
How do you answer that age-old investment conundrum – when to get in and when to get out? Here’s a technical approach to finding the best recovery candidates as they emerge.
2nd April 2021