in commentary

It’s all doom and gloom… time to get long?!

I have been bearish of this market for a good while now and it’s proved fruitful, but today I am thinking that shorts should be covered.
Why, when the Dow has just printed it’s lowest price since 1997, would I suddenly start to think bullish thoughts?
Because I read the papers and listen to the financial news channels, and upon …

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in technical analysis

Candlestick Charts – The new book by Clive Lambert, Director, FuturesTechs

“Candlestick Charts – An introduction to candlestick charts”, Clive Lambert’s first (maybe not last!) book has recently been released, and you can get your copy now.
Early feedback has been positive. Thank you to those who have already got their copy, and thank you to those who have offered their thoughts
To order your copy we have set up …

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Analysis – Is this the bottom for Bank Stocks?

We were asked by a trader today (like we often get asked with respect to Banking Stocks) where a good place to buy Barclays would be? For those looking at this after the event let me briefly set the scene:
Barclays topped out just shy of £8 in February 2007. Last week we hit 47p, and have since bounced, …

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in trading

FTSE Trading using Levels

We often get asked “How can I use your product?”
FuturesTechs provides support and resistance levels to professional traders across a range of different Futures markets. They use our levels as the basis of their day trading.
Unfortunately I often come across traders using them in different ways, so it’s tough to give a definitive answer to that question. …

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Saying goodbye to 2008 – With a bit of trader psychology

For this blog post we welcome a guest writer, Stephen Desborough, who has worked in the Futures industry for many years as a trader and is now a Performance Coach. He has helped many traders with his in depth knowledge of methods like NLP, approached from a traders point of view.
stephen@performance-coach.co.uk is his e-mail address if you wish to …

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in technical analysis

The 2009 Society of Technical Analysts Diploma

Dear All,
We are often asked here at FuturesTechs about training courses on Technical Analysis.
There are many providers out there, but none with the impeccable reputation of the UK’s Society of Technical Analysts. The STA runs their Diploma Course every year at the London School of Economics in Aldwych. The course runs for 11 Wednesday evenings in a row …

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in trading

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator – A must read

It never ceases to amaze me how many people cite Edwin Lefevre’s 1922 book “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator” as one of their all time favourite books on investing and trading the markets.
I am one of those people. I read this book at least once a year. However busy I am (and I’m pretty bloody busy right now!) I …

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in commentary

Signs of life? – A few thoughts from Clive

If you are a regular reader of our reports, or if you’ve seen me on CNBC any time in the last few months you’ll know that we’re staying right out of the rush to pick a bottom on this equity market sell-off, a rather thankless task that so many people appear to be happy to do. This is how it …

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