Recent content by jaymyc

Not sure how Interactive Brokers is an alternative to Interactive Brokers?

Is there any of note? IB Customer Services are terrible, although the platform is good.

Love the post, good luck to you. Can't believe the amount of negativity surrounding this thread, I can only imagine it comes from losing traders.

Sign up to a spread betting firm with a demo account, this will give you a good understanding of terminology, position sizes and the different types of markets. I would never recommend to put any of your hard earned into one of these spreadbetting firms though, for numerous different reasons.

Hi All my knowledge is self taught through observing the markets. Can you recommend the best books for trading? Willing to get stuck into some reading, if any books have helped you become successful, let me know.

Can anyone help with this? I want a platform which trades at market price, not futures. IB is not allowing UK dealers, IG Index seems to trade on futures too.

OK thanks for the replies. I will check on Monday at 8am the markets open

Hi to everyone, I have made a few bets, some successful and some not; mainly as an experiment and as a learning experience. I have a question, would appreciate some clarity if possible. I am going to place a trade on the FTSE 100 through IG Index. The price is 6764.10 on IG Index, but 6740 on...