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Persistent, patient and conservative

Petri Redelinghuys 24 January 2017Latest, TraderPetri

Persistence, patience and conservation - these are three intertwined concepts that I think are key ingredients to becoming a consistently profitable trader. I’ve found myself, a few times over the last couple of months, thinking and even saying that I should be trading bigger. “I’ve taken a 100 point move on the DOW, if I ...

Knowing right from wrong

Petri Redelinghuys 22 November 2016Latest, TraderPetri

Every so often I have to confess a mistake that I have made; and I rather like doing so because standing up and telling everyone that I bombed out on the Rand, or didn’t stick to a stop loss on some or other stock, helps keep me in check and ensures that I stick to ...

Small is the new big

Petri Redelinghuys 2 August 2016Latest, TraderPetri

One of the most important things in trading, if you ask me, is the ability to defend capital. Look, we are all in this trading game so that we can make some loot, that much I think we can all admit by now. We can’t make any loot though, if we have blown all our ...

Don’t fight the market

Petri Redelinghuys 19 July 2016Latest, TraderPetri

So alright, much to my dismay, I have to admit the world hasn’t ended. I’ve spent so much energy on trying to rationalise why the market needs to fall that I have almost forgotten why it can go up, and more importantly, why I shouldn’t really care what it does at all. “Don’t fight the ...

Video: Risk management for traders (12/12)

Simon Brown 22 June 2016Boot Camp, Learn Trading, Webinar and Video

Without proper risk management a trader goes bust sooner or later and likely it will be sooner. This presentation covers Stop loss (where, how, why); Position sizing; The 2% risk rule; The 6% portfolio rule; Managing fear and; Trailing vs. fixed stop loss

Video: Using fundamentals and technicals (11/12)

Simon Brown 18 May 2016Boot Camp, Improve Trading, Webinar and Video

In this 11th Boot Camp of the current series Simon Brown, Just One Lap founder, will be focusing on using technicals and fundamentals. He covers; What’s the difference? Using them separately. Identifying quality sectors and stocks using Porters five forces Simon's own theory for finding the right fundamental price to pay Blending them together. Which ...

The lonely trading game

Petri Redelinghuys 16 June 2015TraderPetri

Many times I have heard and read people saying that trading is a lonely profession. I never really understood it, although I think I am starting to understand it now. Even though there are groups of people who like to chat to each other, share ideas and support each other, at the end of the ...

Time, patience and perseverance in trading

Petri Redelinghuys 7 April 2015TraderPetri

Trading is a paradox. Everything about it goes against what we have been taught in school and by society. For example concepts like “it’s wrong to be wrong” don’t apply to trading. Trading is also, I am told, one of the most difficult skills to master. In fact, the most successful traders in history often ...