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I have a margin account and regularly enter trades for a larger amount than the cash I have in the account. So although I am risking far more than 1%-2% of my capital, I close out a loosing trade very quickly. The way I manage my risk is to 1. Only enter one trade at a time so I can...

I also trade the NASDAQ but find it hard to trade that kind of size. Do you scale into a position or is there the liquidity in the stocks to you trade to buy and sell that many shares in one hit?

LOL :)

I was at the traders day and I got the impression from Nadine that if the tax man wanted, he could also class your trading activities as a business and charge you tax on any profits. However it is all a bit confusing and as I trade part time I'm sure (well I hope) the tax man is not interested...

Is there anywhere where we can see a snap shot of the final results for all players of past competitions?

I started out trading UK shares but found that it was cutting into my work. I was spending too much time on the net looking at my positions and not enough time on my job. I now trade US stocks in the evenings after my day job. I day trade and always close out all positions by the end of the day...

Not sure what you mean by "brilliant online broker" but I use InvestIN Securities Corp found at www.investin.com/trading.html to trade US securities through a direct access platform. I just wire money to/from my account in the UK to my account in the U.S. If you plan to day trade then you will...

Have you started trading on paper using real data but just recording your buys and sells? This will allow you to test out some of the strategies you have read about and develop a trading style that you're comfortable with. Good luck.

Wasn't John Urbanek of The Sunday Times fame about £50k down before he turned it around and made most of it back by the time his weekly column ended? Perhaps he thought the 'big one' was just around the corner...

I guess that the ISB feed is just not updating properly due to a technical fault. It happens sometimes. I hate it when level II gets screwed up as it makes me too nervous to trade.

Im new here so I don't know if this is usual but the share comp states it runs from the following dates: Started: August 14, 2004 Ends: September 9, 2004 I see that people have been making trades today (10th September). So how does this work? Is there a mistake in the end date or does the...

I've just spent the last hour reading this entire thread. Lots of good advice. I've been trading part time for about 3 years now and am considering going full time for many of the reasons stated above. As I trade on the Nasdaq and live in the UK I plan to get a part time job in the mornings so...