Recent content by Jen

Hi there, yeah it doesn't come up in web searches, but their website is: www.echelonwm.com Based in Glasgow, phone is always answered promptly when you need to call!

Spreads vary but generally you are looking at a 2 point difference between buy and sell. The DOW for example currently has a 4 point difference between buy and sell. Let us know how you go with the S&P!

I'm using Echelon. Very user friendly interface, but a bit limited on the data!

Hi Ceydababy Unfortunately, Echelon doesn't provide the most interactive charts. They are a simple line chart (and sometimes the wrong ones!), and aside from charting over 1 day, 2 days etc, there are no other functions available. So ADVFN is compensating for this at the moment and its only...

Hi Ceydababy I'm still quite new to the game, so still trying to find my feet. My trading platform is Echelon, but the graphs on there are quite basic line graphs. Most of the time I use end of day data via Sharescope but have been thinking up upgrading to get intraday data. At the moment...

Hi Ceydababy Sounds like you're doing really well on the indices and thanks for the tips! It looks like whilst I am over here, I need to start investigating the Dow! I'm currently trading all via technical analysis. I don't often hold a position for more than a few days, so the fundamentals...

Hi Ceydababy Sorry, should have been clearer, EOD means end of day trading. Being in the US, means I have to stay up quite late waiting for the UK markets to open. I tried it once and found it was really tough to give it 100%. Having said that you mention that you trade the Dow, maybe that's...

Hi Elbie Sounds frustrating. I use Echelon and find it quite user friendly. I generally do end of day trading so I'm placing orders with stop losses. The minute they are filled, they come up on my screen and once they are stopped out or closed, this also shows up. When trading live, it will...

Hi there Just joined the forum and thrilled to see the wealth of information that is here! I've been EOD trading the FTSE stocks for around 6 months now and interested to start trading the indices themselves, particularly the FTSE. Strategy is all via technical analysis. Would be interested to...