Specialist

USA Group

This group is for those interested in investing in the USA. It is open to all investors with a special interest in this area and all levels of experience are welcome. A typical meeting will have a discussion on a particular market issue or a presentation by a member or external speaker on a subject of interest to the group.  All members are expected to play a part in presenting and to take an active role in making the group of ...

Traded Options- Options Group (SigOps)

The Options group has been meeting monthly for some 20+ years and new members who are either trading or interested in trading options are always welcome. Our members trade options predominately on both UK and USA shares, indices, currencies and commodities.

Technical Evaluation Group

All levels of experience welcome.  A typical meeting agenda includes: – Macro Environment – Trades: Members review existing positions and identify securities with promising TA entry patterns or setups and with suitable risk/reward. Any security, long, short, futures, options may be considered. The convener takes actual positions in trades and maintains his own detailed ledger, accurately measuring performance of individual securities and cumulative activity. Members are notified by e-mail prior to the entries or exits that are decided upon. Following each meeting an ...

Technical Analysis in Support of Investing

This group is for investors rather than technical traders. Although we mostly invest on the basis of Fundamental Analysis, we believe that Technical Analysis can be used to help decide the timing of entering, adding, reducing and exiting investments. Meetings include presentations by group members on specific topics, and on recent decisions made with the input of technical analysis.

Scottish Technical Traders

The group, which covers Scotland and is open to members from wider afield, focuses on 'Technical Trading' rather than 'Investing'. The group will discuss topics such as swing trading, stop losses, position sizing, chart patterns, support and resistance, indicators, price targets, positive expectancy, trade management, trading systems, trade ideas and evaluation, trade planning, leading and lagging sectors, leading and lagging participants within sectors, trade journals, and the 'Tools of the Trade'. The majority of the group have both longer-term investments and ...

Waterloo New Specialist Group

This group was set up as a forum to discuss companies in detail, each company is introduced by a member and discussion may last one or two hours. Membership is by invitation only.

Intermediate Group

An online group for those who already have some experience in investing.  Covering topics such as finding companies to invest in, financial statements and ratios, valuation / margin of safety, analysis of companies and investment trusts and exchange traded funds.

Fundamentals Group

We are a small group of committed, thoughtful, active, amateur investors who are mostly retired. Our core investment philosophy has always been to look for fundamental value in companies and our inspiration has been Warren Buffett. We are generally buy and hold investors, not frequent traders. We will look at a wide range of investments, including for example, investment trusts, OEICs and ETFs as well as companies of any size. However we do not look at the more exotic areas of investment ...

Waterloo First Specialist Group

This group was set up as a forum to discuss companies in detail, each company is introduced by a member and discussion may last one or two hours. Membership is by invitation only and is for experienced investors.

Equity Income Group

The Equity Income Group welcomes investors of all levels of experience, from beginners to advanced.  The focus of meetings is on dividend paying Investment Trusts, though there is also discussion around individual shares.