I am too embarrassed to tell you how much I lost. But if you’re
a true sadist, you can turn to page 141 of Bets and the City, where
all is revealed.
So how come someone like me ends up writing a book on spread
betting? Isn’t this a bit too much like Anne Diamond on effective
diets? Or José Mourinho on tact and diplomacy?
Er, yes.
Well, almost.
What happened is that just when I was cursing myself for being
so stubborn (sensible Finspreads customers made large amounts by
going “Sell, Selll, SELL!” when the markets tumbled), I was emailed
by financial publishers Harriman House, who said they were keen to
turn my spread betting adventures into a Proper Book.
I assumed this was a cruel joke and ignored it. But the
publishers were persistent. And more to the point, when I declined
to go into hard copy as a rubbish trader, they suggested I got some
help.
“See a psychiatrist, you mean?” I asked suspiciously. OK, so
some of my friends think I should have my head examined for
persisting with spread betting, but had it really come to this? At
least I would get to stretch out on a couch somewhere in
Hampstead....
“No, Sally,” said the publisher. “Have you ever thought about
taking your trading seriously, and going to talk to a guru or
two?”
So that’s what I did. During the summer. I picked the brains of
three trading gurus. And guess what?
My trading shows serious signs of
improvement!
I’ve learned exactly what’s meant by strategies and
methodologies.
- I know all about risk management and money management
- I’ve fallen profitably in love with binary bets
- I’m no longer too stubborn to cut my losses (mainly!)
- And there’s money to be made simply by trading FTSE 350
shares.
So
Bets and the City ends on a positive note. My spread
betting adventures have taken me – so far – from naive optimist to
hardened pessimist, and I’m now in the process of becoming a
wised-up realist.
You’ll get the full story in the book. And you’ll also learn
about my life as a writer... hanging out with the celebs in
Primrose Hill, where I live.... my date with Paul McCartney
(honest!),,, my dud internet dates... oh, and all about the Happy
Happy Day when I finally seemed to have mastered spread betting,
and I turned my computer into a cash register.
Sally Nicoll is a writer and a Finspreads customer
whose career to date has embraced journalism, broadcasting, and
advertising copywriting She lives in London and
is currently writing her second novel. Feel free to contact her
at veryluckymoney@hotmail.com.
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