Recent content by oddbod007

dohhhhh! You're good at this candle lighting business!

"A CANDLE LOSES NOTHING BY LIGHTING ANOTHER CANDLE" Thats a nice sentiment but not actually true. You try lighting one candle from another without losing wax from the first - its far from easy.

I agree, my stop orders have eventually been filled at the right price with Finspreads but it can prevent you from trading, sometimes for hours. Either because you need to free up the profit/margin or because you want to trade the same market in the opposite direction. Its damn unfair, either...

Morning all. I do a bit of trading for fun (at least it is when I'm winning!), mainly on FTSE 100 EOY. I have also tried my hand at currencies but, apart from a bit of beginners luck, have had my ass kicked so I tend to leave them alone nowadays. My style is not very safe or scientific. I...