Recent content by mattonline

Ah this is not intuitive at all... Looking at the graphs yesterday, EUR/USD and the actual results of the NFP 126k - way below the forecast I would have been confident of going short and saying that the U.S. is slowing down in terms of employment but the results of the EUR/USD graph tell a...

Hello, I wanted to see if my intuition is on the right track (New to trading). I wanted to ask your opinions on the macroeconomic variables nested in your analysis of the NFP. The economic indicators for the NFP are as follows (as of 01/04/2015, source: DailyFX.com economic calendar) Previous...

I am fairly new to trading but I am studying a master in economics and heavily rely on econometrical analysis for my research, so I know that well. I wanted to know if there were any models out there in which they use econometrical analysis and macroeconomic variables to help ‘predict’ market...

hey mr trader man, i'm new to this whole investing thing, and i've signed up to a demo account on the site you recomended capital spreads, and just experimenting at the moment, its really fun! made alot of money with google spreadbetting and also lost alot on other bets, my question is how much...

I got a question, i'm with Etrade UK and they charge £8.95 per trade, and i've been thinking about making a few investments to start me off, nothing more than £100 so i can get the feel of it first, is the £8.95 deducted from my profits, so if i loose money do they still take a fee, and do they...

OK well i have just opened an account with E-Trade online, i've sent the registration letters off etc, but i'm questioning my decision, its going to cost me £6.75 i think per trade,and as i'm new i think its a little high, as all i want to invest at the start is £100 buying a few shares in...

yeh i will learn all this before i do put money in for real

oo right, so say i want to bid 502.70 for a stock, but the ask was 5.80 i would have to wait till it either drops a little or raise my bid. Ah right that cleared up a few things

ah right i get it now, say i bought at the BID which is at 502, would the new BID be lower than the 502? therefore would this mean it would go down to something like 501 (talking in whole numbers) I think i'm a little confused what the BID & ASK mean, can i BID for the trades?, and the ask...

That was just giving an example, but putting the stop there to make sure there are no losses? would this work?

OK i have a question about the stop line system, as of yet i've never trader so just curious about this idea i have, sure you've probely thought of it yourself. But look at the chart for google i've attached Now suppose i entered the market at the 503.44 line and also put a stop line at the...

Also if i stay at UNI, i will be investing my own money over the course of 2.5 years which can only look good on my CV (unless i lose a very large sum of money)

Thanks your posts have been great, i've got a job lined up in an accountancy firm if i want it in the summer, which i'll probely take. I will google for them investment managers, and to make me stand out even more, and to show my determination i think i might complete a SII qualification in uni...

I don't understand , whats a short? why does the price need to go down to make money? surely you would lose money? ask i thought he bought the stock at 14.78 and if it went down to say 12.78 he would of lost money, am i right or just getting confused?

Well i'm in my first year, so its general business education, studying marketing, ict, management, economics, maths etc, but next year i would like to just study Accounting and finance, maybe with a side module in maths which i think may help. Well at the moment my aspirations are to become a...