"SHARE TRADING" strategies ,thoughts , ideas- why I love to pay TAX
Ever since I doubled the value of my portfolio in the 04-05 fy (my third year of buying and selling my own shares online ,,,no more expensive stuffy old broker for me) I knew it was time to make a change
I decided with the advice from my accountant to form a company and become a TAX paying Trader ....I had the Trading bug and finally with the new structure I could break loose and BUY and SELL whenever I wanted ....no more stress ....(well not really ended up way more stressful LOL)
After simply thousands and thousands of hours of study and market watching have passed to date ...and I think it's about time I pass on some of my strategies thoughts ideas I have found have helped me get some brilliant returns and also what has cost me HUGE in wasted funds
Any Questions..... personal viewpoints ....Good/bad outcomes from others efforts doesn't matter how stupid put it up>>>
I'm certainly not the best technically trader but like the motto K.I.S.S .....
Now and again I'll throw up a post on another aspect to my own trading style I've mashed together over the years ....
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#1 -how I find shares to trade------
thanks to the PM's from novice traders out there ....honestly post on here!! and let's get the thread moving and hopefully drag in few legends of the trading game into the thread ...
right to work (second day after minor surgery)am on drugs so hopefully don't stuff it up too much.....love the edit
#1 -how I find shares to trade------anywhere and everywhere but mainly>>>>
Most of the time I original come across the shares on Sharetrader or Hotcopper(ASX share forum)
On HC the "ASX - Short Term Trading" thread is really good to bring to light some very good short term options at times ..
then as the years past your find your watchlists get full and you have a great memory of ticker codes to refer back to going forward,,,
Now with "Sharetrading" you don't have the time to sit back and do days of study before finally deciding on price your'd like to enter as your planning on holding for longer term much more factors come into play like divi yields ,longer term outlooks etc
More so I want to look at the basics of MICRO and MACRO factors of the company in question ...basically what the mgmt of the company has direct control over and what they don't >>>
MICRO- cash backing -shares on issue - admin costs- assets -market cap - top20 holders -forward plan(qtr outlook)- mgmt experience-chart trends,depth volume-
MACRO- market sentiment towards the sector you're trading in ...prices of the resources - products what's the trend,, what time of year
MAY JUNE great time to buy tax-loss selling pressure on the ASX ...
Now as a trader you usually stick to sectors you have a interest and history in as it cuts down on time studying the MARCO's
i.e-- you're looking over ASX Aus Gold producers .... you already know the higher than average AUD gold price and cheaper energy (low diesel costs) over the last many year ... and value given on peers in the sector so it's much easier to see a good value...
So you're general confident on the Macro ....the first two micro's I'll look at is --- DEPTH and 1yr-6 month Chart
example T/A on MCR (nickel, Gold explorer soon to be producer)
as we know tax loss selling mainly in june MCR volume picking up till cut-off date in late JUNE
nearly always see a bounce once that pressure releases
the chart green line 30day and redline 60 day moving average always bullish when the SP crosses these points
the depth chart as we can see a wall of Buyers keen to get on board ,,,holders less keen to put up there shares for sale (if you find many gaps in the offer is also a great sign)
more basics ----TRADING-&&&-EMOTIONS
....If you are thinking about getting into trading IMHO you really need to control your emotion around FEAR & GREED >>
--11yrs on I'm finally after so many stupid mistakes getting a pretty solid BACKBONE to my trading style ....(but just like eating bad food etc it never goes away)
#1-"never fall in love with a COMPANY".
...Can be hard at time when you have put many hours of study ..really respect what a company is doing or what they predict in forward plans etc .. maybe it's macro factors around the sector and you think you have found the next sector daring>>>>For a 'SHAREtrader" it's usually very easy to find the companies you have gone soft on as they are usually the one's gathering dust in the portfolio...
I've found the biggest losses to date have many times come from companies where I have talked with mgmt sometimes many times in turn
sometimes making you soft on Neg news or not meeting targets etc .....
#2-"Let the numbers to the talking"
Many times it best to let the numbers do the talking ...like the number of days overdue for a expected ann!!.... or cash balance ....forward cash burn .... your up 30% in under 30 days ...
#3- "Have a basic outlook(SELL PRICE TARGET) for every company before you BUY it".....
some can get riskier longer you hold it (cap raising needed.. value around only one project/drill/result etc).....others much safer if first targets aren't reached (many different outcomes could drive SP) ...so risk wise I would put a tight profit target and stop-loss on the former ....
#4- "TRADE when you're in the Right frame of mind"
When I'm tired ..maybe I didn't sleep well or just having rubbish day,,,, Sick etc,, sometimes it's best just to put some sell orders/ stop losses in place and go do something else>>>>
#5- Accept TRADING mistakes.......
Doesn't matter how brilliant you think you are at some point your make a trading error ..it's just human nature ...accept it move on ....don't get depressed or angry it'll just make it worse...At present I still have the likes of KBLO on my portfolio 100% loss(broke many basic rules buying those opts arrrghhh)