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On Friday evening I came home from work to find a msg had been left by City Index on my answering machine at 9:15 am stating: "margin call on my account unless funds were received by 4pm that day my trades would be cancelled". City Index had closed my trades! Surely it can't be right that...

Until recently I used to be able to trade at my desk with my work PC but our IT have tightened up with restriction to sites so I am now unable to do this. I've tried using a my PDA but unable to get a reasonable internet service. Has anyone else experienced this problem - what was your...

Hi , Has anybody had any dealings with a Company called E-Local Trading(or Trading Course Ltd) in Basildon in Essex. I receved an email from them last week 'City trading Oppportunities now availlable in Essex' . The email read like a job advertisement inviting me to apply to become a futures...

:?: My employer recently installed software which stops me accessing my Finspread and City Index accounts on my PC at work. Can anyone suggest a spreadbetting Co. which this sort of software might over look. Also does anyone spreadbet using a mobile phone service: how reliable do you find...

I've read that historically imediately after an election shares rise on the release of the result s regardless of which party wins. A simple strategy to profit from this would be to take a long position on the ftse prior to the election . Has anyone done this in the past? Or can anyone...

Does anyone know about or used the gueriila stock trading system

currently use City Index and Finspreads and quite often wish to spread a Company in the FTSE . but find its not listed in there index's. Can anyone tell me which spreadbetting Company offers the best range of UK equities to trade?

I'm very new to spreadbetting. My first spreadbets in FTSE shares are due to expire 14th Dec. At this time in the main I'm showing a healthy profit. Can any one tell me does the market tend to react in any particular way as an expiry date approaches ? Is there anything I need to be aware...

Thanks for taking time to reply - your comments were really and helpful informative . For the moment I'll guess I 'll just stick to taking positions for short periods and continuing to improve my trading plan particulary my timing on entries and exits.

I'm new to trading and have read that a strategy for trading the Dow futures that has a high probability for success is to go long on the Dow prior to Thanksgiving and hold for 6 weeks. The theory is people/ the market will be upbeat because of Christmas and the New Year. Is anybody doing...

I'm spreadbetting dow and footsie indices intraday and futures using free charts at Bigcharts.com and FT.com