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What does a successful trader do that an unsuccessful trader can't seem to master? They quickly find and get in and out of the winning trades with expert precision. What does this better than anyone else? Smart money of course!

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German growth data has put a bit of a spanner in the works this morning as expectations of around 0.5/0.6% have been a tad stymied with the announcement of an anaemic 0.1% performance. With the half of Europe placed below Lyon on the map looking to the Germans to bankroll them through the tough times ...

The markets enter yet another period of tense expectation as Sarkozy and Merkel meet to decide the future of the known world. In reality we all know that there are just two choices. Either Germany decides to become the backer of last resort for the whole Eurozone by agreeing to the issuance of EU Bonds ...

With volatility being the name of the game this week, the European Securities and Markets Authority stepped in yesterday to flex their muscles and put a ban on short-selling in four of their key euro zone nations, well, for at least 15 days. With Italy, Belgium, France and Spain all being thrown into ...

Whilst the riots around the UK look to have dissipated the markets have not seen the end to their chaos as yet another sea of red covered traders’ screens yesterday. The Dow gave back most of Tuesday’s gains and so the big bargain hunt was proved to be short lived, with the great bullish “hammer” that ...