Recent content by normandysr2

So I'm spread betting here and looking at the costs for setting a stop loss. Its more expensive without a stop loss when you trade. If you place a stop loss the cost goes down a bit, BUT after a certain limit the stop loss cost greatly exceeds the cost to trade without placing the stop loss! So...

I was wondering if someone can verify whether I got my equations right because spread bet options seem to be rather different to normal american style options: Premium required for Buying an Option regardless whether its a Call or Put= latest quoted ask price x trade size Profit/Loss if an...

I'm increasingly finding out that even if I have a trade that makes a GROSS PROFIT on a small move trade of like 10 - 20 points, when the margin costs are considered, my NET PROFIT always end ups slightly in the negative. Its like I need a very large price move >50 - 100 points just to break...

I asked this question in the Options forum but got no response despite several views, so I'll try here. Whats the preferred way to trade options in the UK? Because it seems you either have to register with a US broker like Interactive Brokers, or go with spread betting firms in the UK. I've...

Ok after searching around a lot I have come to the sad conclusion that you either have to go through the long process of registering with a US broker like IB or OptionsXpress to trade options or go with UK spread betting firms to trade their rather, how should I put it, "hybrid" options. Now I...

I was looking at this stock the other day (can't remember which one) and i saw plenty of times where double bottoms, double tops, and head and shoulder patterns completely failed and took off in the opposite direction even though it looked as if it had reached the support/resistance breakout. So...

I'm probably blind to see it, but where did you spot the inverse head and shoulders? Can you highlight it on the chart?

So I have a graph here of a stock (BAX) that was ranging for a good part for several months until mid July 2006 when it took off. The first MACD divergence seems to have been correct in predicting the dip at around December 2006, but then the stock continued to go in an uptrend, and this was...

Is there a limit to how high/low we can set stop losses? I've also noticed that including a stop loss reduces the margin requirement. Why is this?

probably major indices and large cap stocks

Hi, so I got interested in trading a couple of months ago after being disillusioned by the "buy and hold" fantasy. Haven’t made any real trades yet but I have been “backtesting” various technical indicators (stochs, RSI, ADX DI+/DI-, moving averages, CCI, money flow etc.) and also candlesticks...