Recent content by barbie2002

Hi! I've been asked to put together a brief presentation on trading for some friends who are considering setting up an investment club. I've had some limited (and I'm sure accidental) success with spread-betting, but I need some help with the basics. I know that there's a lot of information out...

ohhh poo Sorry guys, this isn't an entry about how I've lots thousands on a hopelessly long spreadbet - I'm running the Reading Half marathon tomorrow and have done zero training. *rse. Never mind, when I'm nursing my blisters tomorrow afternoon I've got a damn good excuse to look at a few...

Up goes the FTSE When I first started to think about spread betting, the FTSE was at 3800. If only I'd bought @ £10 a point ... But regrets are pointless (kick ow). At the moment I'm still reading Swing Trading, and watching and learning. It's peeing down outside, I'm warm and snug inside with...

Hi FC Do you reckon the FTSE will fly upwards from 5000?? What's your stop-loss on this one? Have you got any fingernails left? Regards Barbs

The first week - hmm Well. The first week didn't go as I expected. Work was a total mare, so the planned schedule of 'homework' went down the pan. Phhh! But, as part of my Review, Learn and Improve policy, my bedtime reading is now Charting by Marc Riv, and not The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Page...

Phew! Thank you everyone for the advice. I'm less confused now - how long this state of mind remains is anyone's guess. I'm looking for short-medium term spread bets, as I have to spend far too much time at work to carry out any intra-day trading. PS - Anyone going to a Marc Rivalland seminar...

Barbie's Year of Triumph Right. This is the first entry of a scaredy-cat spread-better. I've got the books, I've spent a few hundred quid on how to do it and when, I've made HUGE mistakes (and made a few quid - but not enough) during the last year. This year, 2005, this is it. I'm going to...

Hi everyone (and a very belated Happy New Year) Quick question, and this may be a very stoopid one - I've read in various publications about choosing Dogs of the Ftse (or DOW), but I've seen different definitions. One was that they were the worst-performing companies during the previous year...

Thanks to those who have pledged/sponsored me so far! Feel free to chip in, as I'm sure you're making oodles of dosh from your systems :) 4 dyas to go, and I'm NOT nervous at all ...

Just came across this thread - I'm going for it on 10th September, so I'll let you know how it goes, down to every last gory detail. I'm doing it for vanity I suppose, and to get rid of the hassle of having to wear glasses every time I want to see something. Eek ...

Bon jour ma petit boulangeries Please excuse my cheek, but I'm running (walking/crawling - whatever) in the Windsor half-marathon next month. Being a relative newcomer to this board, I feel a bit hesitant in asking, but ... would you good folks like to sponsor me please? I'm doing this...

Oof, you're so funny!! Any HELPFUL remarks will be cheerfully accepted ... ! Barbs

Wavy I looked at onewaybet. Hm. I also got recommended ANOTHER system by a trader , and it ONLY costs £450 per year! And you can pay quarterly! If you don't make your subscription within the first three months, you get your money back!! Nononononononononono! And if I find my wonderful system...

Good advice - my other half has said that he won't mind if I marry Michael Schumacher or Wayne Rooney, then divorce them a few months later and take them for half their fortune. Diverting slightly, are there any female traders out there who are being successful, either intra-day or on longer...

Hi WR Hm. I suppose I'm looking for a failsafe system that's going to make me millions, or at least make me enough so I can give up my suck-the-soul-dry day job and watch This Morning every day (and yes I know this system doesn't exist!) I've got a theory that I'm going to try out next month...