The Trader: Bank worries and the indices
Michael looks at the indices after a spate of bank collapses that rocked financial markets. Worries about contagion and banks failing caused the markets to
31st March 2023
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: How to protect against frauds
Consider Wandisco. It’s a software company that specialises in providing data management and replication services for businesses. The company was founded in 2005 and is
17th March 2023
The Trader: The FTSE 100 clears 8,000.. but what does it matter?
Michael looks at what the recent all-time high in the FTSE 100 means for traders and two trade ideas On Wednesday the FTSE 100 hit
17th February 2023
The Trader: In defence of swing trading
Following on from my last article where I discussed intraday trading, it makes sense to write about swing trading. Intraday trading sounds glamorous and for
3rd February 2023
Why intraday trading is hard and how to improve
Many people like the idea of day trading: being able to open and close a trade within a few minutes, banking a nice profit, and
25th January 2023
The Trader: Profit warnings
Michael takes a look at some of the profit warnings announced in the last week and how they could’ve been avoided. It’s been a quiet
6th January 2023
The Trader: A review of 2022
2022 has been a whirlwind year. After 2020 and 2021, it was inevitable that we’d need to pay for the disruption Coronavirus caused. And John
23rd December 2022
The Trader: Finding bid targets
Another week passes and more takeover bids appear. This time for K3 Capital (K3C) and Crestchic (LOAD). And whilst takeovers are never terrible news, the
14th December 2022
The Trader: Two potential breakouts
It’s beginning to feel like we’re well into this bear market. Stocks are no longer looking like easy shorts. Many stocks have already bottomed and
30th November 2022
The Trader: US stocks had their second-best day in history this week.
Michael looks at the price action of the indices over the last few weeks and includes two potential breakout trades. US stocks had their second-best
11th November 2022
The Trader: The new early bull market
Michael looks at three features of new market leaders that will show themselves in the new early bull market. It’s goodbye Truss and hello Sunak.
31st October 2022
The Trader: Academic Findings in Retail Trading
Michael looks at several academic studies covering retail investors and what we can learn from them. We last looked at an academic article on trading
14th October 2022