The Trader: Trading through a bear market
In this article, Michael offers some thoughts on trading through a bear market and how to protect yourself. Technically, the FTSE 250 is in a
1st June 2022
Michael Taylor
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.
The Trader: Introducing two new filters for times of pain
Michael introduces two new filters to get ahead in difficult times through advance notices of potential breakouts and breakdowns. It pays to be bullish. History
13th May 2022
The Trader: Macroeconomic factors on stocks
Trader Michael Taylor looks at indices and the macroeconomic impacts on the market. It’s been another volatile few weeks in the market. The game has
25th March 2022
The Trader: Three breakouts in a weak market
Michael Taylor looks at three potential breakout plays in stocks that are holding up despite the adverse conditions. The market has been rotating heavily in
11th March 2022
Is this a stock market crash? A look at the indices
It’s always worth keeping an eye on the indices. They are the bellwether for the markets – whenever the Dow plunges or hits new highs
28th January 2022
One commodity breakout
It is harder for many private investors to wrap their head around this thought: buying a price only when the stock is higher. The natural
14th January 2022
The end of the year | Looking back on trades
As we roll into December, it’s inevitable that people start to look back on their year and how they’ve performed. We tend to look at
10th December 2021
Sniper shorts
It has been a turgid couple of months for small cap investors. Many stocks are well off their highs. There are no longer placings where
22nd October 2021
The Trader: A look at the indices
I don’t trade indices as I much prefer equities – however one thing I learned from the pandemic is that instead of shorting 30-40 stocks,
1st October 2021
The Trader: 3 principles for trading on the stock market
Breakouts are an excellent way to swing trade and profit from bull markets. I love breakouts because they’re a high probability pattern of continuation and
27th August 2021
4 FTSE miners | Centamin, Fresnillo, Ferrexpo, Petropavlovsk
We looked at two potential stage 2 stocks a few weeks ago here. The issue with some AIM stocks is that they don’t offer the
6th August 2021
The Trader: Two potential early stage 2 stocks
I was at lunch this week with some trader friends, discussing the market and the various strategies you can use to make money. We came
22nd June 2021