Spread betting: putting it all together

published 6 December 2011

Today I would like to bring together my three different trading strategies - tramline trading, Elliott waves and Fibonacci - to show how to make money by spread betting the financial markets

I use a combination of all these methods to give me the clues I need to reveal the order and structure in the markets. These methods are time-tested and have proved their worth many times.

If you have not seen my previous videos, or would like to refresh your memory, click the links at the bottom of this article to watch them.

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In this video, I will explain the two main factors to bear in mind:

How a high probability entry and good money management rules will give you an edge;How acting promptly and decisively when the signals tell you to do so is the key to successful trading.

Markets are inherently uncertain, but using the methods outlined, you can have a very good idea of where they are going next. Waiting to see what happens is often a formula for disaster - you get in far too late, the risk shoots up and you lose money.

Your job as a trader is to be able to forecast what other traders are about to do, and make your move before they do it. In this and my other videos, I aim to show you how to do that.

And if you haven't seen them yet, or you would like a refresher, do take a look at my other video tutorials.

See all my spread betting video tutorials here.

John is is a British-born lapsed PhD physicist, who previously worked for Nasa on the Mars exploration team. He is a former commodity trading advisor with the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission, and worked in a boutique futures house in California in the 1980s.

He was a partner in one of the first futures newsletter advisory services, based in Washington DC, specialising in pork bellies and currencies. John is primarily a chart-reading trader, having cut his trading teeth in the days before PCs.

As well as his work in the financial world, he has launched, run and sold several 'real' businesses producing 'real' products.