Risk aversion

The return of risk aversion in both stock and commodity markets could be upon us soon, T Bonds are ticking up again indicating this once more and commodities look overextended, especiallycrude Oil. Here is a site with my trades, spreadtraderpro.com

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Ask Al…

Whenever anyone asks me about spread trading it is usually the same questions and so I thought it would be nice to write up some of the more common responses. When did you start to spead trade – I first opened an account in 2001 with finspreads after taking a course in options with FTS, [...]

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Surpass today what you were yesterday

Reading and practice are essential to developing a financial spread trading approach – most beginning traders look for the “holy grail” a secret system which will lead to super profits. Following tips, newsletters, trading coaches – then onto more sophisticated technical indicators – then maybe “level 2 access” (closer to the market you see). Well, [...]

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Introduction – who are you anyway

Hello, dear reader, you have stumbled upon the first real life, real time spread trading journal where, from the comfort of your armchair, you can peek behind the veil of secrecy that is financial spread trading. There didn’t seem to be too many “successful” (read – not in financial pain) spread traders out there posting [...]

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