Recent content by oarsman

A word of warning about Interactive Brokers. I have decided to close my account with them, and trying to get them to return my funds has been a nightmare. Two weeks down the line and my funds are sitting with them still, and I have now been told that my account has been frozen. I hav e to...

I too have had 2 transactions on the same day for $50 and $90 from Romansoft. Royal Bank of Scotland have been notified, but this is getting worrying. I have also had requests to "verify" my credit card details and then they ask for PIN number, date of birth, mother's maiden name etc. I have...

I have it coming up against resistance from the 10 min chart at about 560. Does anyone agree?

Went long before the open so got spanked :cry: Wasn't that a H&S between 14.55 and 15.10? I thought it might have been at the time but ignored it as was convinced market was going up :o and if I had would have saved about 20 points. We now seem to be bouncing around the 32 - will wait to...

Sorry, I'm being thick here, but I don't understand how you avoid the spread on the opening bet. Yesterday's close was 9899. therefore for a bullish day today the trigger point is 9995. Using City Index on their 6 point spread (cos I'm a generous soul :rolleyes: ) do I hit the buy when the...

Mug2K You're not Hugo in disguise are you? :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy: Or maybe his younger brother :lol:

I am sad to see that IK is to charge for his trades, but the writing was on the wall when Hugo stopped posting the trades on this board, and started up the website. He is perfectly entitled to charge for the trades and it certainly seems to be better value for money than many. He has a right...

CM I went long at 15.50 on the basis of a double bottom and exit at 17.35 on ND. What clue or what did I miss to indicate that I should have stayed in? I did also think I saw a triangle giving a Target of 9835 but chickened out of that when I saw the ND. Thanks

Putting the whole £100000 into an annuity would give him an income of about £9300 pa if it is level or £7570 pa escalating at 3% in the future. There is one company quoting £10500 level annuity but I am not sure if it is enhanced. If your uncle is a smoker or has a health problem he could get...

NB I can't download the attachment. All I get is the "This page cannot be displayed and is currently unavailable." This has happened for the last 2 days, but I have never had this problem with previous ones. Any suggestions and has anyone else had the same problem? Thanks

There seems to be some correlation between the size of the spreads quoted and SB Bias. Deal4Free have the tightest spreads, buit seem to have the most complaints regarding bias. I use City Index whose spread for the daily Dow Cash is 8 points, but only rarely is the actual cash price outside...

ChartMan I agree with everythig you say. In my view too many people, especially early on, trade on hunch or a belief that the market must go in a particular direction, and then get upset because the market didn't agree with them! This is why I like your system, there is none of this "I think...

CM Thanks for the RSI tutorial, I think I am getting there! As far as big moves on the opening are concerned using SBs and this system means that you are almost always going to miss the initial move. Firstly because the SBs will have factored the move into their price before the open, so the...

CM I'm either thick or missing something, but these days when there is a large move at the open I find very difficult. What often seems to happen is once the move has finished the market tends to trade sideways, or slowly continue up or down over the rest of the day with an occasional reverse...

Can you get TICK and TRIN on Sierra/My Track and if so how? Thanks