Recent content by mcharlton

Hi, I am trading CFD's but spend a lot of the time out of the office. I use iii web-based platform at the moment but I'm looking for something that will run on Blackberry for when I am not at my desk. I have tried IG Markets Demo platform, which seams okay. They also have mobile based...

Does anyone know of a good Website that gives free/cheap real-time share price charts for FTSE 250 quoted shares. I can get real-time prices from my broker (IB) but not live charts. Thanks...

So... Just a couple of questions... How are the prices of CFD's worked out.. ie are they the same as the actual market.. and therefore change with the market... or are they based on the trades carried out just through CFD's. What would be the best way to look into trading CFD's..? are the...

Thanks for all replies... Had look and dont like the idea of leverage at the moment... seams a very easy way to go bust!!! Cheers...

from what i can see it is cheaper because of no stamp duty or commision (with deal4free)...

I have posted a couple of questions on here looking at trading regular shares through direct access and at least one person always mentions looking at CFD's instead due to lower trading costs... So... I have absouletly no knowledge of how CFDs work and would appreciate any thoughts, knowledge...

I am using ADVFN for Level 2 info for some of the shares in the FTSE100 & 250... however it does not seam to show all orders... ie Orders are going through at prices lower/higher than the current ask/bid prices shown on ADVFN... can anyone explain why this happens and if there is any where that...

Symbol: ISYS How do you look up the tick size?? Cheers.

Can't see the flag trades... maybe the best thing to do is contact IB and see what they say about it...

Ok will look into it a bit more... The only thing that confuses me is that when watching the last price come through there are orders being placed with prices that I cannot seam to get.. ie... share trading at 12.75 - 13.00 I put in price of 12.76 and it is not allowed. then the next trade...

Thanks for your reply but how do I find out the tick size for a share...? ta.

Individual shares... only using this to get a bit of advantage on price not neccasarilly to make money out of the spread... I am using limits...

I have just opened an IB account and was under the impression that by doing this I would have direct access to the FTSe and therfore be able to beat/use the spread... ie. Bid 100 - Sell 110 I would be able to put an order on for say 101 and then sell at 109... (simplified i know...) If I try...

ok... well thanks for your replies...