Recent content by glide

I see a combination of technicals and fundamentals, let's face it, good US GDP figures are thanks to public money and continued intervention. Technically, looks toppy with selling opportunities along the TLs (accummulating). But then, I just trade what I see, not what I think. SO far has served...

One of my main methods is using the pivot points to enter and exit trades. I use MT4 for charting and have the daily, weekly and monthly pivot lines on the chart. (they are available seperately from MT4). The method is easy and unambiguous as all traders will see the same numbers and respond...

I use tradefair as their spread on the instruments I trade is reasonable, i.e. 1 on Dax and 2 on cable. The response time is good and I rely on market timing to enter and they are good for that. I used to use others but found them less responsive. Also, their customer service is good and...

Placing your hard earned money on a trading robot is total folly imo. If you want to trade, learn how to do it, if not, do something else or let someone else manage (and probably lose) your money. LTCM went bust and was run the finest financial geniuses ever, Nobel prize winners. Trading is a...

Spread betting Yes, I am aware of the problems and there are a few solutions: 1. set up accounts with different SB firms and use a multiclicker to enter same position simultaneously (viperclicker is one I use) 2. There are SB firms that do hedge (bone fide) I think GFT may be one of them. 3...

I use the Tradefair spread betting platform and I almost always get filled. When the market is volatile, they may requote you as no bids/offers exist anymore. This is true when trading level II as you see a gap opening and u can't hit the bid or offer u're after. Fair is fair, if no bids/offers...

No robot works in all market conditions all the time, similarly no single method/system works always. The only thing that can work all the time is you. Once you've overcome fear and greed you can trade happily and consistently, and this requires some work, mostly internal, check out 'Zen in the...

u can enable DDE on MT4 do download data.

Very rarely but it does happen, the DAX is a heavily traded instrument and liquidity is rarely a problem with the exception of figures such as CPI, NFP etc coming out.

Tradefair and IGindex for SB. IB as broker. I trade: 80% Dax, 10% Currencies, 5% S&P and 5% energy commodities.

IB is good and commissions are reasonable. Execution is ok as long as you have a fast reliable connection.

I trade the dax regularly and take between 100 - 200 trades a day, they are for 2-7 ticks and some last longer. The basic principle is having a tiny SL and sticking to it. Some trades are momentum when the 1 min breaks the bottom BB (perios 14) for the first time and some are reversals at 10 ema...

Indeed they do, unless of course they only claim to be DA like the company in the city. My US DA brokers are happy as Larry with circa 200 trades a day. Mind you,vxcz my UK spreadbetting company seems happy too.

Scalping I have been branded a scalper by a big Brokerage firm in the city and my account was closed along with several other day traders. With spread betting firms I've never had that problem as they will say the 'price is no longer available' if they have no bids/offers at the requested...

I agree and I do use IGindex from time to time, however, their spread on the Dax (my main trading instrument) is 2 compared to tradefair's (and a few others) spread of 1. That is a massive 100% more expensive, and bearing in mind that the spread on the future usually maxes as 0.26 (I trade the...