Recent content by funkyronster

Another problem is that all the big SB firms appear to run the FTSE100 as a 24 hour market. I only want to bet on a full trading day's action, not the weird machinations of a futures speculation between ones days close and the next open!

I am often in different time zones! I can manage to open positions, but closing them in the wee small hours is a pain! many of the info sites I have looked at talk about bets that expire or close at the end of the trading day, but I can't find any index trades that offer that - they all seem to...

Hi. I am trying to find a way or platform to automatically close a spread bet at a specific time. Or if this is not possible, to close a UK100 bet at the daily trading close. Is this possible? Thanks

I appreciate your standing on the forum, compared with mine, but I don't agree. In both of your put buying examples, you miss the point. And the second one is just plain wrong. If you buy the puts and the stock drifts lower, you are guaranteed exit at the strike of the put, assuming you bought...

Thanks all, I appreciate the comments. I think I phrased the question wrongly. I was looking for a technical discussion on the relative values of puts versus double inverse etf's. I ran some calculations yesterday that indicated that a double inverse etf offered far more value than a simple...

Would people care to comment on the following. Say one is generally bullish about gold and silver long term, but fears a major correction in summer when/if the Fed ends QE2. And lets say one holds shares in SLV, doing well at the moment. What is the best way to hedge? I was considering a...