The Trader: Position Sizing – Part III
Knowing the rules is one thing – applying them in live trades is another. In Part III of his position sizing series, Michael Taylor explains
3rd October 2025
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: Position Sizing – Part II
In part two of his position sizing series, Michael Taylor moves beyond the basics and dives into more advanced techniques that separate disciplined traders from
19th September 2025
The Trader: Position Sizing – Part I
Michael Taylor tackles one of the most overlooked yet crucial aspects of trading: position sizing. Get this wrong and you risk blowing up your account
5th September 2025
The Trader: The art of sizing correctly
Michael looks at the emotional effects on position sizing and how to size appropriately, showing why it’s the trader’s final line of defense. In this
15th August 2025
The Trader: Keeping It Simple
Michael looks at the merits of keeping things simple and removing complexity. I was at a dinner party this week and was asked, “Well, if
25th July 2025
The Trader: Your Trading Board of Directors
In this article, Michael looks at how to develop your ‘trading board of directors’ to level up your trading. Most people treat trading like a
11th July 2025
The Trader: How To Hack Your Trading Part II
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
20th June 2025
The Trader: How To Hack Your Trading Part I
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
6th June 2025
The Trader: Why trading can make you angry
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
23rd May 2025
The Trader: How to grow a small trading account
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
9th May 2025
The Trader: A Risk Management Reminder
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.
25th April 2025
The Trader: The Art of the Squeal
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
11th April 2025