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Because I want to inform people of the problems. And I did not mean to infer that you weren't successful because you are still using them, you may not have encounted the problems others have because of your trading method.

Probably why you haven't seen the problems with them up to now. Succesful traders rapidly move to better companies

Surely the connection is far more important that the computer, RAM, etc., In the past I have had lots of screens, two computers running but connnetion was poor and missed several trades because of it. That and instant access to 'human' dealer is priority as far as I am concerned for trading

tommog, you aren't using d4f are you? Unless you are shorting or indices betting, perhaps might be better to actually buy the shares? that way you can at least offset your losses. You have to pay a big spread with spreadbetting so that alone eats into your potential gains

Institutions don't like level playing fields!

Be careful, don't daytrade with spreadbetters,.... the spead is terrible and you need to be a fantastic trader just to break even.

If you are such a novice don't touch CFDs... you will end up completely broke

You are laughing if you do that! ;)

But they do tend to go down a lot faster than they go up!

Sell and hold, fine as long as it doesn't go up.. some shares actually DO go up! Then you can run into margin problems very fast if you don't watch out

Have you got what looks like a square modem socket (sometimes comes with a flap)?

Probably easier to get a router, but possible to buy a crossover cable if both computers have a network (ethernet) port and the computer that connects to the internet will share the connection but both have to be on at the same time

The FTSE 100 has a quarterly review so books could get out of date very fast! It isn't like say the Dow where there is very little change over the years. A good place to start for information about companies /indices/sectors et. http://www.thelondonstockexchange.com/en-gb/...

Yes agree with that, long term spreadbetting better, daytrading use direct no question

Avoid at all costs CMC alias Deal4Free