Hi Lauri
Not posted here for a while but i went through the same phase 6 or 7 years ago so thought i'd post.
If you can trade short term & consistently make more than you lose, then you simply need to scale up your positions.
I did this by taking out a loan - rates these days are c3.5% now so...
thanks for taking the time to post these set-ups mr charts. read from start to finish a few weeks ago - a really concise & logical intraday trade set up for catching momentum runs. i trade uk stocks mostly (though i fully understand the reasons for favouring u.s) but have still been finding...
great thread this - like your technique grey1.
i trade uk stocks in a vaguely similar manner - when index is overbought, look to short statiscally weak component stocks & vice versa when oversold. use intraday TA for entry & close when the move is spent.
position sizing/risk management...
a dma platform (i.e gni touch for e.g) routes your order directly into the underlying cash equity market, i.e you are executing in a 'real' as you put it, market. all gni do is wrap ithat trade as a cfd for stamp duty purposes. i execute on trades on SETS using both a cash DMA platform & a CFD...
trade cfds on a DMA platform (gni,ig etc offer one) & you will not have the issues you metioned - you trade at market prices & can bid & offer your own prices.
hi - i have regulation & derivatives study books from the financial training company.
they are from 2002 when i took exams & the material has not changed as far as i'm aware.
let me know if your interested - yours if u want them.
hi
market slow as usual after 11am so waiting for US open - will look for some follow through/continuation of mornings moves
good call on your shorts - u trading on SETs?
looking to short SVT this pm
hi
i intraday trade ftse 100s on sets as cfds & sometimes swing trade them - hold for 3/4 days - depends on expectation of move.
tend to day trade in size according to liquidity of stock and volatility e.g-
barc 10,000/15,000 would trade for 2 or 3p turn
azn 5,000 for 5p turn
trade from 5 to...