greetings!

Just wanted to say 'hi' to everyone here.

I've been trading on and off for a few years. I don't have much money to trade with and have lost some and won some, overall about breaking even. After just 'playing' around for a while i'm now starting to seriously study the market and learn as much as i can, to hopefully take my account through the break even point. I am in the lucky position of being on maternity leave, and so able to spend some good time just learning without too much distraction (apart from my baby of course!).

I have previously been spreadbetting through 'easy2spreadbet', but i've become a bit unsure about this company now as it appears they are not taking new clients, does anyone know what is happening here? I have signed up and deposited a small £100 into IGIndex instead for the time being and am just playing around with 10p per point bet sizes, and will increase my account there if i like it and 8 weeks of small bet sizes runs out.

I entered a short trade on silver today at 985- but a little nervous about this trade as looking at the chart again now it seems as though resistance has been broken, but, price is heading back down again now. I will just keep a very tight stop in place on this trade and see what happens.

I have been lurking on this forum for quite some time before deciding to sign up fully.

Anyway, that is enough from me for now!

UKTradergirl

Welcome!

Contact MrGecko about the 'Just charts, no chat' social group... plenty to be learnt in there... Also, if you like Silver, there is a busy gold and silver thread here http://www.trade2win.com/boards/met...erm-medium-term-intraday-calls-gold-here.html

One word of advice... Be wary of Jtrader... He's on the pull!

thanks

wasp said:

Welcome!

Contact MrGecko about the 'Just charts, no chat' social group... plenty to be learnt in there... Also, if you like Silver, there is a busy gold and silver thread here http://www.trade2win.com/boards/met...erm-medium-term-intraday-calls-gold-here.html

One word of advice... Be wary of Jtrader... He's on the pull!

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I've seen that Jtrader fella you mention here and there- a curious sort of chap indeed, point has been noted and i will be wary! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction re. silver and gold, and also the group.

wasp said:

One word of advice... Be wary of Jtrader... He's on the pull!

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You have a great opportunity

You have three things going for you (besides having a lovely baby) some free time, an interest in trading, and you are in the best time zone for currency trading. I suggest currency trading because the commodities (silver, etc.) are in a slump because of what is going on with the global economy. And certainly you can still short commodity futures but currency trading has the advantage of high leverage (up to 400:1) which lets you control a large amount of currency for a small amount of cash. You cannot have a loss that will wipe out your initial buy-in as you will have a margin call that will close your trade. Certainly currency trading may be a little more complicated than commodities but in my view is much more interesting and rewarding. I have been part time trading for 13 months and I now make half my normal income doing it and will be able to trade full time in the next few months. If you want some information on currency trading I would be happy to share with you pages of notes that I have built up over the last 13 months. I wish you success with any trading you do. By the way - i would try to avoid thinking of it as betting. There are similarities but it really is all about making a very carefully thought out investment aimed at making a profit. Best, Bryan. PS Have some really good fish and chips for me - I miss 'em.