Karl

Karl

Portfolio Update: 10/10/2017

The portfolio has been mixed across the week and remains at a drawdown of around 14% from all-time account highs. Natural gas has lead the way as the biggest winner, finishing up at a total of around $2000 profit including…

5 Habits of Successful People

Being successful isn’t a walk in the park. I’m not the most successful trader out there, but I have managed to achieve a lot in a short period of time. At 18 I started trading whilst at University. By 21…

Portfolio Update & September Round-up

In the last couple of weeks the portfolio has pulled back from all-time-highs and September finished down -3%, after initially being up 10%. Drawdowns are the most frustrating and difficult part about trading, as it is much more difficult to…

How to use margin and leverage

This blog is going to talk about one of the topics I receive more questions on than anything else: leverage and margin. More specifically, how these two characteristics of trading can enable you to utilise your equity to its maximum,…

What comes after Cryptos?

Now before I begin, I would like to make it clear that this is not a doom and gloom ‘crypto currencies are a bubble’ article – although the possibility will be mentioned. I am more aiming to ask a question…

Portfolio Update 19/09/2017

Here with the latest portfolio update, focusing primarily on $USDCAD, $GBJPY, & $EURGBP. Profit in last 7 days is at $2100, and all 7 positions except $USDCAD are at profit.