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1. Pull the battery and LEAVE IT OUT
2. Open the Blackberry Desktop Manager
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Extreme market volatility over the past year and the agony of watching the market fall off a cliff while pension managers are out playing golf has driven more and more people into short-term trading.

Trading follows a different methodology from investing: you are looking for short-term movements and speculating on price falls as well as rises. Investing entails looking for value and taking a longer-term view.

Here are 10 trading tips that have stood the test of time.

1. Knowledge is king. Have an economic calendar, and a company reporting and dividend schedule to hand. Devour the business pages and read the odd trading book. Have a financial television channel on, but avoid information overload. Read more »