Recent content by emess

Thanks gle100

Sorry to be so naive, but what/who are Expert Advisors? And how can you tell one from the ordinary punter (like me, for instance)?

Why do I get that sinking feeling of being shafted by Capital Spreads. Today, I made 10 trades on the FTSE. And each time my trade was rejected. Then when it does go through the index is moving against me. It's not that my trades are likely to cause any ripple - they vary from £1 to £10 per...

Well done ODL. I find the platform more stable and a joy to work on. I haven't been logged out all day Friday. And this morning it's continuing to perform well. Looking forward to having some decent charts soon.

l am really having a bad ODL day. I seem to get disconnected from the trading platform quite regularly now. I have done all the normal things such as clearing all cookies etc. And when I re-log on it takes ages to load. I expect it take time immediately after clearing the cookies, but on the...

I have the 'explore account' which has a default stop. But I can amend this, it seems I can do this only once (unless I've got something wrong, which is more than possible). emess

Hi, Just recently joined up. It's pretty good, but there are a couple of problems which I hope is teething problems. The platform locks me out after awhile. Got to close the browser and start all over again. I can imagine problems closing out position in a fast moving market. The other is I...

Hi, Just recently joined up. It's pretty good, but there are a couple of problems which I hope is teething problems. The platform locks me out after awhile. Got to close the browser and start all over again. I can imagine problems closing out position in a fast moving market. The other is I...

There's a report in yesterday's (17th Feb) Mail on Sunday by Simon Fluendy that "Global Trader has put itself in interim administration on Friday after breaching Financial Services Authority rules"

Maybe this will get them to address problems with the site. I too jumped ship a couple of weeks. I closed my position using the close button only to discover they not only close short but simultaneously opened a long. The FTSE was in freefall and within 5mins I was down almost 30 points. emess

What spreads are they offering on their FTSE cash rolling? Is it as competitive as Capital Spreads?

Good Article - worth the time reading it.