A common theme in our podcast is adapting to the current environment and selecting strategies is no different. Join us in this week’s episode as we look at 4 different types of timeframe investing and what conditions might be most suitable for each:
What Works For You?
Most
people want to make money, but diving in and trying to you are best
served to figure out what sort of strategy is best suited to you.
Through decades of experience and countless clients, Host Andrew Baxter points
out that figuring out what sort of investor or trader you are is a
critical step in being successful. Everyone has different risk appetites
and different strategies do bring different risks into play. The type
of income can vary greatly across strategies – whether it be income,
capital growth or passive and establishing what you are after will be
one of the determining factors of which way you go. If you are time
poor, you may need to consider the requirements of different strategies.
Though you might be keen to earn some extra cash, before you get
started ask yourself – am I really interested in this?
Day Trading
Anyone
who has scrolled through their Facebook feeds over the last few years
would have seen advertisements for day trading courses presented in a
glamorous fashion. Host Andrew Baxter is
familiar with the day trading space and points out that it is not all
it is cracked up to be. We would all love to spend a couple of hours a
day in front of our computer, make millions and spend our afternoons
watch shopping but it is a highly challenging arena to succeed in.
Current market conditions are great for day traders however, with hefty
volatility present in the market. There is no point day trading very
steady instruments when day trading because even if you are right your
margins are so narrow. If you are interested in day trading, keep in
mind that right now is not the worst time to get started, with plenty of
movement in the market presenting possible opportunities.
Active Trading
Active
trading is another short-term trading style, but can span over a few
days rather than intraday like a day trading strategy. If you’re an
active trader, you might be looking to “smash and grab” over
a few days to pick up a profit should an opportunity arise. Once again,
it is not necessarily optimal in all markets and at all times, and
knowing when it is the right play is vital for taking winning trades.
Host Andrew Baxter notes
that right now does have its opportunities. Where in day trading,
volatility being present can give us opportunities across a wide range
of stocks, trading volatility itself in the current environment can
bring some opportunities into the frame for active traders. Though there
is generally sustained high volatility, you will see significant
fluctuations on a day-by-day basis and if well-timed can yield some
positive results. Though there is no tangible asset which is volatility,
there are ways to get into the market. Andrew Baxter’s preferred method – options.
Active Investing
The main difference between trading and investing is timeframes. As Host Andrew Baxter points
out, another key difference is the weight of focus shifting from timing
trades using technical analysis to looking at fundamentals. In this
context, we are referring to fundamentals in the sense of looking out
the window and noting how different sectors may be impacted. For example
we can look at the increase in grain and wheat prices stemming from the
war in Ukraine, targeting relevant ETFs in order to capitalise. The
price moves we saw however, were over a couple of months rather than a
few days so sticking in longer term positions was the greater approach
for such a trade. With all of the available information the internet
provides, you don’t need to be a fund manager to be able to utilise an
active investing strategy.
Long-Term Investing
Of
all of the different time frame strategies discussed in this episode,
long-term investing is the most common. You would be looking at
timelines over years rather than days, weeks or months and with the
long-term upward bias of the market perhaps not such a bad strategy. A
commonly perceived advantage of long-term investing in major blue chip
companies is dividends but as Host Andrew Baxter knows,
where you may bring in an income through a dividend the value of that
dividend is taken off the price of the asset. If you are time poor or
not equipped with the skills to time the market, using long-term
investments as a means of making money on your savings may be the
strategy for you. What sort of time frame investing sounds best for you?
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