Recent content by AlexAndrews

I can't believe I wasted time downloading and viewing that...

Don't you mean a "senior moment"? :eek:

A Little Substantiation I suspect that I'm one of those "arrogont [sic] learners on another thread". Perhaps you could quote a source (a link to the relevant page on the LIFFE website, maybe) that substantiates your claim above that buying an index future contract results in shares of that...

Is that where you looked up what an "indicie" was? LOL

Well, stevet, whatever. For the sake of this thread, I am not going to continue arguing when you insist black is white. But thanks for letting me know the market jargon for the operation I described (BTW, technically speaking it is also a hedging operation, as the seller would be hedging his...

LOL stevet, has someone's ego been bruised? Not that it really matters, but yes, I have made money trading over the last 8-9 years, principally from equities on something of a part-time basis, but now I'd like to branch out to the indices - hence why I've never needed a streaming live chart of...

Do you perchance mean me? I never said I was a "learner"(rather assumptive on your part), although I'm not arrogant or stupid enough to claim that there isn't plenty more for me to learn, even if I have been at this game for quite some years. Given the factual inaccuracies of some of your...

So, stevet, we have gone from: to So, in fact, you do now agree that the futures price is derived from the value of the FTSE index? Thank God we've finally got that sorted out. This latest pearl of wisdom is in fact almost right, but not quite - you also have to take into account expected...

Hi jon, Yes, I've just downloaded the Ground Rules for the Management of The UK Series of the FTSE Actuaries Share Indices document, in which it states: 12.2 CALCULATION FREQUENCY 12.2.1 The following indices will be calculated in real-time and published every minute during their opening...

frugi, this is all well and good provided you are in a position to cover any negative equity that you may have when you come to move, otherwise it ain't happening. Alex

barjon, I've had a look at the livecharts.co.uk site now. Unfortunately, although it shows a live chart of the FTSE, it is not streaming - I think it is some sort of auto-refreshing page in an i-frame. And I see what you mean about the adverts. But thanks anyway. BTW I checked again, and...

Sorry, stevet, but that is complete and utter rubbish. "the ftse futures contract at any given moment is the ftse price that traders trade off - it is not the expected price in 3 months": No. The future price is the expected value of the index at a set time in the future, hence its name - that...

I want an indicie Errr... no. OK, I can see I'm going to have use very simple words. As I have previously observed, the FTSE is a share index, a number expressing the value of the share prices of its constituents. It is roughly calculated on a free-float market capitalization basis, so that...

Cheers barjon - are they streamed live charts? I'll take a look tomorrow, anyway. Alex

Huh??? Because you can't trade the FTSE (directly), you can't get a real-time price for it??? I think you are missing the point. I want a live streaming chart of the value of the FTSE-100. Yes, it is a synthetic instrument and as such there are no trades to chart, but its value can be...