Aug 29
In Which Rogue Traderette Reveals All Now, I know he’s a bit eighties; and yes, he does look a little like a cheesy game show host on the front of his book but you have to give credit where it’s due. So Stan Weinstein, I salute you. You are my secret weapon. Or, slightly more …
Aug 24
Introducing Rogue Traderette – Futures Trader Hello! You might not recognise me today, so sorry about that. The reason I look different is because I have a brand new feather in my cap, and it’s bloody huge and you probably can’t see me behind it. Today, I placed my first proper commodity trade. Sure, I’ve …
Aug 22
In Which Rogue Traderette Puts Her Hands On her Ears, and Sings. As I’ve been catching up on some financial blog reading this morning, I’m struck by all the doom and gloom and whingy-pants’s out there. Life’s not fair, and people are complaining. They’re blaming High Frequency Trading for ruining the markets. They’re blaming the …
Aug 19
In Which Rogue Traderette Drops the Ball. Trading is the bizarre. It would have to be one of the of the few games where you have to play as hard on the sidelines as you do on the playing field. Sitting out is not an excuse for a rest. After the dramas of the last …
Aug 10
In Which Rogue Traderette is Less Than Impressed. Part of my weekend trading routine is to flick through the ASX 200, to make a tally of the current market health. You know, count the strong bullish, moderately bullish and so on, using my special custom designed method which I’ll sell you for $2.50. But act …
Aug 09
In Which Rogue Traderette is Torn. Bear markets have a special way shining the spotlight into our investment souls, and revealing whether ‘investors’ should really be investors at all. It can be hard living in the real world as a trader/market fiend/investment guru. In the Internet-World it’s easy – we can associate with other traders, …
Aug 05
No, This Post is Not About Hotpants. More’s the pity some would say, but unfortunately I don’t write that kind of blog I had a brief chat with another trader at the beginning of the week who insinuated that people who short the market are somehow morally lacking – a concept that I find intriguing …
Aug 04
In Which Rogue Traderette Tells It Like It Is Just yesterday I had an email from a would-be trader who was keen to get started in the markets. On the one hand, I adore seeing people taking their first steps in trading, but on the other hand I feel like scaring them away because I …
Aug 03
In Which Rogue Traderette’s Head is Spinning Forgive me if I’m the only one, but the happenings in the US are starting to turn me into the trading equivalent of a 40-year-old housewife busting for a view of Prince William and Kate’s first-born. I’ve been up at the crack of dawn (ish…you know, 7.30 am) …
My name is Jess. I’m an Aussie girl (or maybe I’m a woman – I’m not sure where the cut-off is). I’m a Mum to my daughter and two sons, a wife to my one husband, and a friend to anyone who knocks on the door – particularly if they come bearing red wine. Or any kind of wine, really. More >>
