Trading : A game of speculation challenges

The game of speculation is one of the fascinating game in the world to me. It is not game for the stupid, the mentally lazy, the man of inferior emotional balance or for the get quick rich adventurer. Those were the wise word of Jesse Livermore.

What is speculation?

Alibaba : To invest or trading?

Alibaba has announced that their stocks will be trade publicly on the 19th of September 2014 on the New York Stock Exchange.
Alibaba is currently being hyped on the financial markets. Today 8th September 2014 the company's roadshow has started, to get investors interested to buying their stocks.
Is Alibaba worth buying?

Reassesment of your Tradings/Investments

After trading for a while it is good to do some reassessment. How did your trades go these last couple of months? Why did they go well or why did it go bad?

In my case , I have made an return on investment of 19,3% so far this year. Its important to keep a trading journal. Because with the trading journaal you can keep record of why your trades went good and why some of them went bad.
Those records gives important information for analysing your performances. Sometimes it is not easy to keep an everyday journal of your trading as life can be sometime very hectic. Especially when you also run another business.
How to create a good trading journal?