FYI, the first Brighton ShareSoc meeting /dinner will be taking place at 6pm on 8th April at Breeze Brasserie, Trafalgar Street:
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brighton-sharesoc-investor-evening-tickets-10793729335
Good opportunity to meet other traders and investors in Brighton area...
You will likely find it difficult opening an account with most UK brokers whilst you are resident in US.
I would suggest instead opening an account with a US broker that accepts UK resident citizens - for example Interactive Brokers or MyTrack; you could then continue running the account as...
Thanks for the links - Wall Street Warriors was insightful ... not surprised Tim Sykes' hedge fund didn't work out. Amazed anyone would invest with him after watching those antics!
I agree with Random.
To complicate things further, you also have to remember to apply the share matching rules
as well as the currency conversion.
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cgt/shares/find-cost.htm
Unless you've just a few transactions, I'd get some software as suggested. I don't think the...
Check out coursera.org - maybe there is a university course available online (for free) there:
https://www.coursera.org/courses?orderby=upcoming&lngs=en&cats=economics
They are showing video presentations from the MoneyShow online from 14 November - 5 December
http://www.moneyshow.com/eshow/london/world_moneyshow/?scode=034005#&panel1-1&panel2-1
Prospreads can do email alerts, as can Capital Spreads (as mentioned already). You can select if you want the Open, High, Low or Close price level to be hit; make sure you select 'check trigger on each tick during interval' otherwise the system defaults to check just at the candle close.
Help...
If you use the 'Screen crosshair' option then there is no snap-to effect.
OHLC data is on the top left of chart as you move your pointer (rather than an overlay).