Hoggums

I’ve long since given up trying to predict the market and now let the market tell me which way to trade. I only started making money once I realised I was no good at determining market direction. My entries are purely mechanical, exits are a mixture of mechanical/discretional. I have 2 complimentary trading methods which I run simultaneously. I trade a mixture of futures & options.

I play a lot of music, I do ski racing and of course trade
countryCode
GB
Real Name
Tony
Occupation
IB Programmer in FX & Derivs
Country
United Kingdom
Gender
Male
Trading Style
More of a day trader these days - hold from 30mins to 2-3 days max, however have an alternative (non-leveraged) investment fund where I buy & hold high yielding stocks on the dips.
List of Markets Traded
FTSE and DJI only now, I also like buying cheap out of the money options when I see a big move coming. Maybe oil/gold if there is an obvious opportunity. Stock trading I stick to the FTSE all-share
What method do you use to Trade?
Mostly, identify a trend, wait for a pullback and jump on the trend. Also trade off major support/resistance. Sometimes I will hedge out bad trades with an option rather than close if I think my analysis was "too soon" rather than "wrong".
Trading Experience
More than 5 Years
Trading Work Status
Spare-Time
Preferred Trading Style
  1. Swing Trader
  2. Position Trader
Preferred Trading Methodology
  1. Break Outs
  2. Delta
  3. Market Neutral / Spread
  4. Mechanical/Systems
  5. Momentum
Preferred Market Regions
  1. UK
Preferred Markets
  1. Indices
Preferred Trading Instruments
  1. Equities (Owned Stock)
  2. Futures
  3. Options
Preferred Spreadbetting Brokers
  1. Capital Spreads
  2. IG Index
Preferred EOD Data Providers
  1. Dukascopy
  2. ProRealTime
  3. Yahoo!
Preferred Realtime Data Providers
  1. ProRealTime

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Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend,
inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- G Marx.

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