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Zahid is a Paddy Power employee. He spent 10 years being something small in 'the City' before moving to Ireland and has been trading spread bets, on and off, for the last 4 years.

Right now Zahid is trading occasionally with the aim of supplementing his ‘day-job’ income. His current trading strategy means he tries to:
a) trade just one market (the FTSE)
b) make relatively few trades
c) make lower-risk trades
d) not let the sleep-loss caused by his two young kids trash his judgement
 new How To Trade FTSE
By Zahid Aslam on 12 May 2010 at 13:54
Category: Uncategorized by Zahid Aslam 2 Comments

The FTSE 100 is the single most traded instrument on paddypowertrader. Why? One of the main reasons is the spread. Trade with paddypowertrader and the FTSE Rolling Daily spread is just 1 point; on a market that can easily move 100 points in a day that is tiny.

However price is not the only advantage the FTSE offers. Consider


Zahid is a Paddy Power employee. He spent 10 years being something small in 'the City' before moving to Ireland and has been trading spread bets, on and off, for the last 4 years.

Right now Zahid is trading occasionally with the aim of supplementing his ‘day-job’ income. His current trading strategy means he tries to:
a) trade just one market (the FTSE)
b) make relatively few trades
c) make lower-risk trades
d) not let the sleep-loss caused by his two young kids trash his judgement
 Ex-Div To Knock 18 Points Off FTSE
By Zahid Aslam on 4 May 2010 at 17:48
Category: Market Commentary, Market News by Zahid Aslam 2 Comments

The FTSE 100 will be trading ex-dividend tomorrow. Some large shares with a significant dividend yield, including BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Glaxo Smith Kline, will all go ex-div.


Zahid is a Paddy Power employee. He spent 10 years being something small in 'the City' before moving to Ireland and has been trading spread bets, on and off, for the last 4 years.

Right now Zahid is trading occasionally with the aim of supplementing his ‘day-job’ income. His current trading strategy means he tries to:
a) trade just one market (the FTSE)
b) make relatively few trades
c) make lower-risk trades
d) not let the sleep-loss caused by his two young kids trash his judgement
 Get Trading Central Access FREE
By Zahid Aslam on 6 April 2010 at 16:24
Category: Financial Concepts Explained, Market Commentary by Zahid Aslam 2 Comments

Ever been caught wondering about whether you should go long or short, when you should enter a trade or even where to put a stop loss? Well now you can get a well-informed second opinion


Zahid is a Paddy Power employee. He spent 10 years being something small in 'the City' before moving to Ireland and has been trading spread bets, on and off, for the last 4 years.

Right now Zahid is trading occasionally with the aim of supplementing his ‘day-job’ income. His current trading strategy means he tries to:
a) trade just one market (the FTSE)
b) make relatively few trades
c) make lower-risk trades
d) not let the sleep-loss caused by his two young kids trash his judgement
 Haiti Disaster Relief
By Zahid Aslam on 19 January 2010 at 07:44
Category: Views & Opinions by Zahid Aslam Comment

Like many of our clients, we have been touched by the terrible events that have occurred in Haiti. So we have decided that the money earned by PaddyPowerTrader today


Zahid is a Paddy Power employee. He spent 10 years being something small in 'the City' before moving to Ireland and has been trading spread bets, on and off, for the last 4 years.

Right now Zahid is trading occasionally with the aim of supplementing his ‘day-job’ income. His current trading strategy means he tries to:
a) trade just one market (the FTSE)
b) make relatively few trades
c) make lower-risk trades
d) not let the sleep-loss caused by his two young kids trash his judgement
 Start Trading – FREE Interactive Events
By Zahid Aslam on 2 December 2009 at 15:02
Category: Market Commentary, Views & Opinions by Zahid Aslam 3 Comments

Good news (I hope) for those of you who are just starting out with your trading. PaddyPowerTrader are now running a regular set of events called Start Trading to, errr… well… get you started on your trading.


Zahid is a Paddy Power employee. He spent 10 years being something small in 'the City' before moving to Ireland and has been trading spread bets, on and off, for the last 4 years.

Right now Zahid is trading occasionally with the aim of supplementing his ‘day-job’ income. His current trading strategy means he tries to:
a) trade just one market (the FTSE)
b) make relatively few trades
c) make lower-risk trades
d) not let the sleep-loss caused by his two young kids trash his judgement
 How To Trade The FTSE 100
By Zahid Aslam on 26 August 2009 at 15:53
Category: Financial Concepts Explained by Zahid Aslam 2 Comments

The FTSE 100 is the single most traded instrument on paddypowertrader. Why? One of the main reasons is the spread. Trade with paddypowertrader and the FTSE Rolling Daily spread is just 1 point; on a market that can easily move 100 points in a day that is tiny.

However price is not the only advantage the FTSE offers. Consider


Zahid is a Paddy Power employee. He spent 10 years being something small in 'the City' before moving to Ireland and has been trading spread bets, on and off, for the last 4 years.

Right now Zahid is trading occasionally with the aim of supplementing his ‘day-job’ income. His current trading strategy means he tries to:
a) trade just one market (the FTSE)
b) make relatively few trades
c) make lower-risk trades
d) not let the sleep-loss caused by his two young kids trash his judgement
 What Are Bonds
By Zahid Aslam on 25 June 2009 at 17:23
Category: Financial Concepts Explained by Zahid Aslam Comment

Bonds. Normally they don’t get much of a look-in – newspapers and message boards spend far more time talking about shares, currencies and even


Zahid is a Paddy Power employee. He spent 10 years being something small in 'the City' before moving to Ireland and has been trading spread bets, on and off, for the last 4 years.

Right now Zahid is trading occasionally with the aim of supplementing his ‘day-job’ income. His current trading strategy means he tries to:
a) trade just one market (the FTSE)
b) make relatively few trades
c) make lower-risk trades
d) not let the sleep-loss caused by his two young kids trash his judgement
 How To Make A Trade
By Zahid Aslam on 29 January 2009 at 15:19
Category: Financial Concepts Explained by Zahid Aslam 6 Comments

How do you actually make a trade? What thoughts go through your head, what items are on your mental checklist? The answer


Zahid is a Paddy Power employee. He spent 10 years being something small in 'the City' before moving to Ireland and has been trading spread bets, on and off, for the last 4 years.

Right now Zahid is trading occasionally with the aim of supplementing his ‘day-job’ income. His current trading strategy means he tries to:
a) trade just one market (the FTSE)
b) make relatively few trades
c) make lower-risk trades
d) not let the sleep-loss caused by his two young kids trash his judgement
 Keep Up With The News
By Zahid Aslam on 30 December 2008 at 15:36
Category: Views & Opinions by Zahid Aslam 7 Comments

Staying up to date with the markets can feel like a full-time job. Although the internet has made a lot more information available for us trade-from-home types, it has also made the job of tracking all that information a lot harder.

However help is at hand


Zahid is a Paddy Power employee. He spent 10 years being something small in 'the City' before moving to Ireland and has been trading spread bets, on and off, for the last 4 years.

Right now Zahid is trading occasionally with the aim of supplementing his ‘day-job’ income. His current trading strategy means he tries to:
a) trade just one market (the FTSE)
b) make relatively few trades
c) make lower-risk trades
d) not let the sleep-loss caused by his two young kids trash his judgement
 Money, Money, Money, Can Be Funny …
By Zahid Aslam on 23 December 2008 at 14:22
Category: Views & Opinions by Zahid Aslam 7 Comments

As the holidays are almost on top of us, I thought I’d sprinkle a little festive cheer into the paddypowertrader blogs. A few days ago we got a copy of a great little book – Harriman’s Money Miscellany. It’s a fun read, full of witticisms,


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