Recent content by captainstern

Hey it worked! :thumbsup: Thanks again

That sounds quite ingenious. :idea: I'll give it a try tomorrow. Thanks

Maybe I've missed something but if I haven't - it's sloppy of them, damn sloppy.

nope. i took a pound a point on GS the other day and then again today. i can only sell at 2 pound a point now.

I took 1 position a few days ago and then another today when the price got lower with the intention of using the second one as a scalp. Well Gekko seems to have just combined the two positions into an average. As far as I can tell it won't allow me to sell each position seperately, instead I...

Why don't spread betting charts have volume on them? Or am I missing something?

Sorry, found it. Once you've read the small print their offer doesn't really sound very good.

I can't find any mention of it on Spread Co's website... :(

Can any one confirm if they're good for it?

Thanks for the welcome. Ye, as you said, you can't really blame them. It's just it sucks for someone in my position! I'll keep on trucking though.

Has anyone used ETX? How do you rate it? Is there anything I should know?

Thanks everyone. I'll take everything you've said under consideration. I've just taken a look at the Finspreads application by the way. It's the most intrusive one of the lot by far. :(

I spoke to IG on the phone. I explained that I was unemployed and only had a few thousand. I told them I wanted to start small, that I would use stop losses and little leverage but they didn't want to know. They told me I should get a job and then get back to them! I got the impression that if...

Hi there, I was wondering if you guys could help me out? This is my situation: I've been making steady gains on a Capital Spreads demo account for a while now mainly by swing trading on individual US shares. I then decided to open a real account with IG Index because they offer 10p a point...