Ok, so enough of the theory, let’s get down to the nuts and bolts. In this video I come up with a simple trading strategy and look at how long it would take to learn, and how much you could make in a year – thus answering those two all time favorite questions!

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In the last video I mentioned that I used online backup to protect my data, and therefore my trading business. I mentioned I would post a link – here’s the one my technical guru recommended: Mozy

This works on Windows as well as Macs. You can get a free version if you don’t want to backup too much stuff, or pay a few bucks a month for unlimited space.

Your data is valuable, so if you don’t have a proper backup solution (ie not just an external hard drive but some kind of off-site backup), then I urge you to try this or one of the many alternatives out there. This saved my ass…don’t wait until it’s too late!

It’s been far too long since I made a video. The problem, if that’s the right word, is that the markets these last few months have been just fantastic. It’s been too hard to tear myself away from the apparently never-ending supply of easy and profitable trades on the table every day. But tear myself away I did, and finally I recorded something new for you.

In this presentation I talk about the business of trading, and trading as a business. I also try to answer possibly the most commonly asked question of all….

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I’ll try not to leave it so long before the next video. In the meantime, I hope you’ve been profiting from these exceptional times.

One of the questions I’m asked frequently, is can I recommend a broker, or a charting package.

The short answer is ‘no’. There are hundreds of brokers and hundreds of charting programs out there for a reason; what’s right for one person isn’t necessarily right for someone else.

To explain this better, and to offer my advice on how to choose what’s right for you, my latest video delves into the question.

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Been a while since I put up any live trading videos, since I changed the video format. As I’ve had a fair number of folks asking how the markets are behaving these days, I thought it was high time to show you!

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Note: This video was release earlier in the week through iTunes.

Two weeks into the TV Show Million Dollar Traders, and there are a couple of great lessons that have been beautifully and practically demonstrated. So important are these lessons, rather than just write about them here I decided to make them the subject of my next video:

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Here’s a quick heads up for you… If you are in the UK, or have access to BBC 2 TV via some means such as satellite or the rather excellent iPlayer, then you may want to check out a new show tonight – Million Dollar Traders – at 9pm GMT / 4pm EST. According to the BBC website:

“Eight ordinary people are given a million dollars, a fortnight of intensive training and two months to run their own hedge fund. Can they make a killing?”

This is being billed as “The Apprentice, but with stocks and shares”. Find out more here.

It’s nice to see mainstream TV showing what trader really involves, even if it is just cashing in on the current financial situation!

Happy new year to all! With the holiday season over, and ‘back to work blues’ kicking in for many, here’s my take on the start of a new year.

In this video, I also reveal my recipe for finding those easy-to-trade stocks out of that great big universe I mentioned in the last film.

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Here’s the second video in my “back to basics” series. We carry on where the previous film left off, and look at my concept of the trading triangle. I explain what the three corners represent, and why they are essential to your success.

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Reminder: This video was published on iTunes several days ago. All videos now appear first in iTunes. You can subscribe for free here.

Here’s the first of my view-style videos. I’m starting this series by going right back to basics. It’s too easy to get tied up in the detail of charts and strategy. I think it’s good to go back to the beginning every once in a while and remind ourselves of just what we need to do to make money consistently.

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Reminder: This video was published on iTunes several days ago. Subsequent videos will also appear first in iTunes. You can subscribe for free here.