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Also, I understand the marketing behind low initial margins, but what are the rates for after hours for us traders that allocate proper capital to positions? And financing costs more importantly.

Simon, so is Intertrader same as Capitalspreads as far as margins/spreads/financing costs are concerned?

Any plans on offering mobile service?

Question to Capitalspreads: I am currently betting with Partymarkets, who are shutting down & offering to transfer accounts over to intertrader.com who are part of Capital Spreads, so I was told by your staff. Question is, what would make me more interested in intertrader.com in comparison to...

The best way to be recognised as a worthy trader is: 1. by limiting risk to a maximum of 1% of capital; 2. by trading signals of longer term charts; 3. by taking stops from longer term charts; 4. by having targets substantially bigger than stops (like x10); All 4 combined represent nothing...

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Could somebody explain financing charges on rollover positions, how can it be one amount & then next day it jumps x 2.5 more? Thanks

Filled Long 1856.5, same stop & target

Shorted cotton No2 March $7300.00 stop $7700.00 Risking 1% capital £0.3 per 1 point move This is a counter trend trade, I liked dailys set-up

Long gold spot 1098.3 stop 1092 Risking 1% £15.5 per $1

This guy definitely is very frustrated, emotions have taken control.

Biggest problem is of course a psychological one. And mainly because of not knowing which signal is going to be bread & butter and which one will be a crapper. If we knew which one was the real deal, then there would be no fear to deal with. After a few losses mind goes into protective mode &...

Point is it will only take 1 bad trade & you could theoretically wipe out your account, depending on leverage used of course. If you used no leverage, then perhaps it's doable.

The latter is not such a hot idea IMO. Widening stop may work, but that depends on your strategy & statistics, simply saying widen a stop is not a cure.

One of the main problems rests in not being able to stay with a signal till its maturity reaches peak levels. The ones that have access to unlimited funds & understand order flow & mentality of retail traders can shake us all day long. We have to learn how to stay with a signal till it reaches...