Recent content by Busy Bee

OK, so found some costs on the gftuk.com website. Looking at the S&P 500 costs, it looks like it is a spread of 2.95 cents either side. The daily financing cost seems to be the notional value of the underlying asset * (LIBOR + 3%) /360, which I reckon is approximately $10,000 * 3.25% /360 or...

Hi, I typically hold medium to long term (6 months - years) stock positions, along with a very occasional short stock position, also occasional option positions (either to speculate, or hedge) and, very infrequently, warrants. I've never had any dealings with speadbetting, but I would like to...

Thanks Shanghai. I downloaded the free version of Ninja Trader and I think that I got a strategy working, although I can't use it to trade live until I actually purchase a license. It seems that Ninja Trader has won a few awards, so I was a bit underwhelmed by it when I first installed it. I...

Hi, I am trying to figure out which order type I need to use for specific situation, but I can't figure it out, and I wondered if anybody here could help. Assuming that I want to buy a stock which is currently trading at $25. What I want to do is set up a trailing buy order, but one that...