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		<title>Super Fund Investing vs Short Term Trades</title>
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		<dc:creator>Georg Scheffer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may be having great success with your short term trading portfolio and have become comfortable with investment strategies. Now you may wonder if you should apply your successful methods to your superannuation fund. Can you treat your super fund and your trading fund the same? What about calculating stops?


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You may be having great success with your short term trading portfolio and have become comfortable with investment strategies. Now you may wonder if you should apply your successful methods to your superannuation fund. Can you treat your super fund and your trading fund the same? What about calculating stops?</p>
<p>Actually those two types of funds are totally different from each other. They represent different aspects of investment trading. One difference is usually the amount of money in the funds. Your super fund probably is much larger than your trading fund. The purpose of the funds is also different.</p>
<p>My investment trading fund, as much as I don&#8217;t want to, I could afford to lose it tomorrow. It wouldn&#8217;t ruin me. The last thing I want to do is lose all the money in my super fund. I am so conservative and so defensive and thinking much longer term in my super fund than I am in my day to day trading fund. So completely different purposes and to me they require completely different approaches. The size of a trading fund does affect your whole approach to trading. Whilst all the same rules of effective trading apply, most notable nipping losses in the bud and letting your profits run; you have adapt the way in which you apply those rules for maximum benefits and profits.</p>
<p>Your super fund should be allowed to grow over the years so when you are allowed to cash in on it, you will have a nice sum available to provide financial security.</p>
<p>As far as setting your stops goes, you want to nip your losses in the bud and let your profits run no matter what you are trading, but when it comes to your superfund, the way you handle your stops is going to be very different. One method does not work for both types of investing.</p>
<p>Another thing to consider is the method of calculation; would you use the same method on your super fund as you would on your CFD trading fund? You know the width would be different, but what about the method, is it the same?</p>
<p>Again, the two accounts are handled differently. Short term trading does well using a technical stop but you should use a volatility base for your super fund. They need different methods for both to be profitable. It is important you do not lock into a single method of investing. You need to be adaptable in order to maximize profits and meet your individual goals.</p>
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