Recent content by shortorlong

Guess I should wrap this story up. Customer support said there was indeed a problem their end, it lasted approx 4 hours till 2am. They apologised for the inconvenience, and I have the impression had I lost any money they would have re-reimbursed me however, this is speculation as I didn't lose...

Ok I adjusted my stop which was hit in profit, phew!! now I can rest easy. I have contacted capital spreads about this glitch and hopefully it will not occur again ..

what the hell is going on with Capital Spreads software this evening???? I have a trade open on cable .. I can't trade it!! The trade button is marked 'Closed' and "This market is not enabled" when I try to trade from my Portfolio list.

Your trade has been rejected! .. over and over . and then when I get a trade on it's too late, it's the wrong trade at the wrong time ..p*ssed off!

Classic buy the rumour sell the news! .. did no one see that coming? .. ah the wonders of hindsight ;) .. oh well next time .. actually I was not trading at all today as I got caught long ftse on the day that they failed to pass the bill .. no stop .. I was getting careless .. again .. luckily I...

Your right, I also received a message from CMC. "If you currently hold an open short position, you are not forced to close this and if you need to sell in order to close a long position your order will be accepted." I pitty anyone who held a short on Friday, except the big beasts who have been...

What rubbish you are spouting .. forex instruments are 24 hours .. Many's the time the price has been 1 point from my stop and I have ended up in profit.. that tells me they are giving me a fair deal. If you lose money you only have yourself to blame. it's a difficult game, not everyone can...

I think it's a percentage thing. So it should only affect the big beasts. This might have implications for spread bet companies hedging their client's positions. Also it is limited to financial stocks. So it can't really apply to the index as a whole .. Also it'll stop those pension funds from...

Hi fib, what's happening in Shanghai?

since what time exactly? .. where's your info coming from? .. have the shorts dried up since the announcement? .. anyway I guess we will find out what the effect of this ban will be.. if the market stabilises and no-more banks are hunted to extinction .. then we can surmise that the big shorters...

The big naked short sellers are causing a problem of extreme volatility . it's those big beast we need to castrate .. and no that's not a metaphor :twisted:

everything must go up only! :lol: how can I trade cable when by buying Sterling I am effectively shorting the dollar and vica versa.. I'm so confused ..

update your java .. that should help .. Download Java software from Sun Microsystems

well I for one think it's about time, here's hoping the big shorters take a fatal loss. grrr .. steal my pension will you ... destroy my bank will you .. how will this affect spread betters? .. will I still be able to short/long cable? serious question! :P

A thousand traders will tell you a thousand different methods .. price action should be enough IMO .. but pay attention to the timing of data releases : Forex Forum, Forex Calendar, Forex News @ Forex Factory ... also watch for price action (reversals may occur) at support/resistance, previous...