Michael Taylor made the move to trading the stock market with his own capital on a full time basis in December 2016. As well as ShareScope, Michael contributes to Investors Chronicle and other online publications. He has also written a free book on getting started in the UK stock market, along with a stock trading handbook – both of which are available to download from his website at www.shiftingshares.com
I believe that anyone can learn to trade if they are able to remain objective and are willing to put the hours in. I lost a lot of money early on by not having a proper strategy and following the crowd. If you want to make money then you need to generate your own ideas – I use SharePad to find and plan my trades, and ShareScope to run on my trading screens.
In part two of his trading hacks series, Michael dives deeper into the mindset shifts and tactics that can truly transform your trading game. This is the second article in my two-part series ‘How to hack your trading’ – you can read the first part here where I cover the first three points. We left
Michael looks at small but productive ways for traders to improve P&L with the first of this two-part checklist and walkthrough. Let’s get one thing straight… There are no shortcuts in trading. I wish there was because it would’ve saved me a lot of time and money. But sadly, there is no way to quick
I got lucky when I started trading. Well, my first trade was a 100% loss with a company called PeerTV. So whilst that wasn’t exactly lucky, it was lucky that I kept going. And also lucky that back in 2016, the market was in a huge bubble for small-cap stocks. You didn’t even have to
I got asked this week about growing a small trading account and was told that a lot of the advice and suggestions given out are for around a large trading account. I’m trying to think what would be different, but let’s start out with a small trading account of £5,000. When I started trading, IG
It’s gutting news for Argentex shareholders as earlier this week the business announced that it had suspended trading as a result of its financial position. The latest is that the company is in “advanced discussions” with IFX Payments regarding a possible offer at 2.49p per share for Argentex stock. Given that the last traded price
Michael looks at recent events and the importance of protection. Well, it turns out China wasn’t big enough to bully Trump into submission. But the bond market was. As my Grandad once told me… there’s always someone bigger. And in this instance, US Treasury Bills are far bigger than any President. The Federal Reserve doesn’t
“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” Or so said Samuel Johnson back in 1777. Back in that time, high mortality rates and the disgusting living conditions suppressed the birth rate and life expectancy of native Londoners, and so the city grew only because of new migrants who replaced the
Is this the beginning of the end? Michael looks at the future of the London Stock Exchange and Beeks Financial Cloud. Five years ago we marked the bottom of the Coronavirus crash. It went as quickly as it came. Boris put us in lockdown and markets rocketed. Helicopter money, furlough, work from home, and not
In this article, Michael looks at things to look for before buying stocks in order to check up on potential red flags. Before buying any stock, it’s important to do some quick checks to stop you from buying a complete crock. Depending on the type of trade will depend how deep you go. For example,
Michael looks at the pros and cons of trading as both the house and the player. I’m often worried that whenever I mention the words “position sizing” you will groan and think “Not this again”. But it truly is the most important factor in trading. Not the only important factor, of course. There are many.
In this article, Michael looks at the ramifications for Nvidia’s fall and his RNS layout. What a week. Nvidia took a dive on news of DeepSeek which, if we’re to believe is true, is able to compete with ChatGPT-4 and Claude for a fraction of the resources. It might not look much. But that drop
Michael looks at the idea of money management for traders and some key points for traders to review. A former hedge fund manager once told me: “You’re not a trader – you’re a money manager”. When people think of trading, their minds often gravitate toward stock picks, chart patterns, or the latest RNSs.