Jason McIntosh - Motion Trader
11/04/20 • 33 min
Would you get on a plane with a pilot who only managed to land 40% of the time? It may seem counterintuitive but that's exactly how some of the best share traders make money. Jason is the founder of Motion Trader, an algorithmic subscription-based trading tool which provides technical analysis to identify trends in the market. Jason uses technical analysis to help to identify trends - specifically moving averages.
Link to the blog post https://www.sharesforbeginners.com/blog/motion
Link to Guest website: https://www.motiontrader.com.au/sharesforbeginners
Portfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/au/sharesforbeginners
Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use these link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Shares for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Shares for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.
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Would you get on a plane with a pilot who only managed to land 40% of the time? It may seem counterintuitive but that's exactly how some of the best share traders make money. Jason is the founder of Motion Trader, an algorithmic subscription-based trading tool which provides technical analysis to identify trends in the market. Jason uses technical analysis to help to identify trends - specifically moving averages.
Link to the blog post https://www.sharesforbeginners.com/blog/motion
Link to Guest website: https://www.motiontrader.com.au/sharesforbeginners
Portfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/au/sharesforbeginners
Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use these link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Shares for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Shares for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Previous Episode
Tamas Calderwood - The Soft Dictatorship of the Index
What is an index? What started out as a way of measuring the size of a market became an investment methodology. Is passive investing now so big that ETFs are starting to influence the market? Tamas Calderwood joined me to discuss:
· Financial advice and the new generation of emerging advisers
· Who calculates the indexes we track?
· Tesla and the Observer Effect
· The soft dictatorship of the index
· The role of price discovery in more passive markets
Link to the blog post https://www.sharesforbeginners.com/blog/tamas
Tamas has written an article further exploring the topics raised in the podcast: https://einvest.com.au/insights/the-observer-effect-shares-for-beginners-podcast/
Portfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/au/sharesforbeginners
Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use these link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Shares for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Shares for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Next Episode
Vince Scully - LifeSherpa
If one more person tells me that if I just cut out my morning coffee or took my lunch to work I could afford a house or to retire rich...I’ll scream. That's the extent of most financial advice for younger people. Vince Scully joined me to question these beliefs and to talk about LifeSherpa his on-line financial advice platform that helps deliver guidance to those who need it the most.
We talked about:
- U2 before Bono could sing (Vince is from Dublin)
- Vince's financial advice bugbears
- Information revolution in financial advice dissemination
- Choosing an Index that suits your needs
- Passive vs Active funds
- Protecting your portfolio with bonds and alternative investments
- Life Sherpa
Link to the blog post https://www.sharesforbeginners.com/blog/lifesherpa
Link to Vince's website: https://lifesherpa.com.au/
Portfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/au/sharesforbeginners
Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use these link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Shares for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Shares for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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