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30 Sep 2014 Where to start when learning to trade online? Our Wannabe iTrader reveals his approach.

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The first step I took once becoming the second Wannabe iTrader, was to tell some friends, and ask them for any top tips or vital information I might need. I soon discovered that they were mostly as clueless as I was. I would have to...

25 Sep 2014 Our second Wannabe iTrader launches into the world of day trading!

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We have a second Wannabe iTrader, Bradley Lund, who will be trading with our R10,000 for the month of October! He's been busy getting all his paper work in order to start trading and this is his experience so far: After following the last Wannabe iTrader’s...

18 Aug 2014 Sentiment on social media turns negative for Capitec!

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Capitec's share price is coming under pressure after Moody's downgraded Capitec's debt rating to junk status. The share price dropped from R243 to R203 in two weeks after the demise of African Bank (Abil) and the rating downgrade. Capitec Bank share price drops!Topsy measures social sentiment...

14 Jul 2014 A week as a day-trader: Our Wannabe iTrader reveals all

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We gave Pieter Kriel, our first Wannabe iTrader, R10,000 of our money to try his hand at being a day-trader for a week. He was nervous and excited and VERY quiet during the trading week. We catch up with him to find out how it...

09 Jul 2014 ‘Meeting the Hoff’ – our Wannabe iTrader’s first trading day

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Pieter Kriel, our Wannabe iTrader reflects on his first day of trading: With not much happening on the local and international news front this week, I expected a quiet day on the JSE with lots of directionless movement. Only major Top 40 movement for the day...

03 Jul 2014 Our first Wannabe iTrader!

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Say hello to the first ever Sanlam iTrade Wannabe iTrader, Pieter Kriel! Pieter is a 29 year old entrepreneur from Cape Town. He has a financial background from his studies (BCom Honours at Stellenbosch University as well as CFA Level II). He has worked in financial...

03 Jun 2014 The JSE defies gravity …. for now!

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As I wrote in my previous blog post, iTrade Fantasy League Announcement, share prices on the JSE have run far ahead of earnings expectations. The JSE All Share Index increased by more than 30%, from 38,000 on 24 June 2013 to 50,000 in May 2014....

08 Mar 2013 First steps to start investing

Posted at 08:30h in Educational and learning material, How to start investing by isayitrade 28 Comments

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Many followers have asked us how they start on the road to become investors themselves. I will try to give some guidelines in this post. It is important to note that the JSE is not a casino and investing or even trading is not supposed to...

19 Feb 2013 Introduction to Shares: The Basics

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So, we all heard about shares and stockmarkets and The JSE and Bulls and Bears, but what do they all mean. Here we will give a briefly explain what they are. What is the JSE? The Johannesburg Stock Exchange, now called the JSE Securities Exchange was founded...

11 Dec 2012 Investor Education Series: Introduction to Technical Analysis

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Technical analysis is basically the study of prices to make better investments, with charts being the primary tool. (Technical Analysis from A to Z – Steven B Achelis). The roots stem from the Dow Theory developed by Charles Dow in the early 1900s. Technical analysis...

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14 Jul 2014 A week as a day-trader: Our Wannabe iTrader reveals all

09 Jul 2014 ‘Meeting the Hoff’ – our Wannabe iTrader’s first trading day

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