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We are currently testing a new feature. Stock scan slideshows - separated by industry type.

Not all companies in the Australian stockmarket are currently represented, however most of the top 300 companies should be in the list somewhere.

Using this Australian Sharemarket Scan you can quickly browse and get an idea of which stocks are trending in the long term. Great for longer term traders and investors looking for a stock which is trending long (or short).

There has been a trend for Australians keen for online share trading. As more and more Australians become more financially proficient, there are a group of traders who are risk takers who want to be actively involved in their shareholding portfolio. They are ready to join the market, forgoing the expense advice of a full service broker and utilising the services of many cheap online share brokers.

Here is a list of Trading Books and eBooks. Some are crap some are great. It's all about finding the diamond in the rough to fit your own risk profile and financial investment and trading needs. Basically - find a book you understand. Martin Pringle, Mark Douglas and Alexander Elder have written great books about trading - look them up!

The Options Course
Math for the Trades
101 option trading secrets
Getting Started in Currency Trading
The Complete Guide to Online Stock Market Investing
The Psychology of Foreign Exchange Market
Mental Fitness for traders
Trading in the zone

For you share traders out there giving forex trading a go here's an article that you interest you, talking about today's Australian Dollar Movements:

Latest entry from Trading Critic:

Tell me that you know how to use the P/E ratio properly?

I've posted a new blog entry at Trading Critic. I look into the commonality between trading, religion and politics. Have a read of the preview:

If you aren't aware: there are stocks in the sharemarket that are very volatile and have their share prices double of halve in the short term.

There are stocks on the Australian Sharemarket that readily double or halve in value the short term. Better yet, there are traded financial instruments that are linked to the volatility of the larger valued stocks which also are highly volatile. The former are simply vanilla stocks. The latter example relates to derivatives, namely warrants and Exchange Traded Options (ETO's).

The Telstra (TLS) T3 prospectus was released today on the Australian sharemarket. Here comes some related commentary:

Ever wondered what a Margin Call notice looks like? With CMC Markets a CFD provider, this is how it works when you go into the red...