Recent content by platypus_8888

No, that is fine and it sounds like we are pretty much in accord. But people do make money out of IG and if it were not possible I, and others, would simply not use them. It is certainly not easy but it can be done. I have never encountered a significant problem with their sites. Sometime the...

Errhh, you seem to suggest that although I have doubled my account size through my trading I should still trade in a size related to my starting point. I do not agree, to put it mildly! Trading is gambling. The difference is between the amateurs and the professionals. Professional traders...

I think the important thing is to watch for a while and see what you are getting involved with. Work out a plan and then test it for a while. Then risk your money in increasing amounts as you win. I don't know exactly what you have done but it sounds like you have not done that.

most futures markets have the same characteristics. I'm afriad you are just going through a learning curve - for better or for worse it never completely ends. It helps if you consider such things opportunities and work out ways of usign them to your advantage.

binaries a couple of thoughts on the last post. First only ever trade a binary at a price that suits you - if you get a signal but there is a lousy price then wait for the next one. A good signal at a lousy price is a bad trade. Second open a second account (name of boy/girlfriend etc.) and...

I'm trading binaries with IG and you cannot put in limits or stops. But I have heard of external software that will monuitor the prices and alert you when the right price comes along. Anyone heard of this?