Recent content by gmca686

Like most retail SB punters, when I heard about ESMA I thought about getting around these "stupid" EU rules. I have been SB trading for many years, but my account has never gone up consistently. It shoots up then it shoots back down again. Why!! Because I am not as good as I think I am. I am...

Two points if I may 1 if using MAs and their derivatives to make statistical decisions, surely the MAs should be plotted half their distance back. eg a 9 day MA value would be plotted against day 5 data? This will alter the timing of boundary "hits" 2. A simpler approach to this issue has been...

Being a cynic, I find the best way of viewing the US markets is to remember that it is, in my belief, heavily manipulated. For example on the new Fed appointment, Bernanke stated that he would carry on the policy of Greenspan, ie no change in the interest rate hiking policy. But the market had...

please tell me that some of you sharp US traders bought GOOG before the results last night. I nearly did, but at the last minute chickened out. What a plonker I am!! Lost a $45 per share gain. regards, G McA

Wilma is now CAT 5. Even if it only hits Florida it will do major damage. However, it is currently tracking up the gulf towards the oil region. Watch this space. The YM futures are falling. regards, G McA

Hurricane WILMA was upgraded to CAT 4 overnight, could be upgraded to CAT 5 during the day. Could this be the straw that breaks the camel's back and investors/speculators throw in the towel? If you don't have the link, here it is http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ regards GmcA

Stock market crash coming !! See article http://www.safehaven.com/article-3799.htm I hope its soon as my shorts are getting a bit tired looking! regards, G McA

A few cages have been rattled! JonnyT said he found the D4F charting poor. It is actually excellent! He was too lazy to work out how to use them. I have found lots on this site excellent. That's why I keep coming back. I don't work for CMC, but I'm planning to buy them with my SB profits...

What a ridiculous comment! Click on HELP, select CHARTING HELP, download the 37 page CHARTING USER GUIDE. Then read it, as others have obviously had to do. Only when you understand how a system operates is it valid to comment how good or poor it is. Sorry about my reaction, but I get fed up...

Minimum stops on D4F are 2 times the spread plus 1. Therefore with a 3 pip spread, the minimum stop is 7 pips. However, in fast moving markets they move the goal posts. With Google, on a 15 point spread, the min stop is 31. However, several times my stops have been rejected, only to discover...

Karmit, Open an account with D4F. They offer a tremendous range of products, a lot of which can be traded 24 hours. It's a good trading platform with excellent charting. I have always found their Help Desk people helpful and friendly, despite what others might say. Ignore the negative...

Bigcharts is real time for US indices. Look at the top right of the chart when you refresh where it shows a time. That is the time of the data update. For US indices it is real time. You can easily measure the delay to data for other info. Although I have 2 live feeds which I pay for, I still...

I have empathy with the article. Having survived the tech boom meltdown with my Marconi, Bookham Technology, QXL etc shares evaporating to next to zero, I learnt a hard lesson. The desire to quit was strong but I didn't. In the last three years I must have shouted at myself several thousand...

Great post User. I've researched the VIX, and one key thing I've learnt is that it must be treated as a "relative indicator". Absolute numbers are not the key. For short term reversals the VIX must be trading more than 10% away from its 10 day simple MA. Not there yet. For longer term "big...

I trade the e mini Russell, but I actually track the Russell 2000, $RUT, for trading decisions. It has led the market up, and hopefully it will give the lead for the market retrace which I believe is overdue. For intra day, my set up is 5 min candlesticks, 9,18, 89 sma's, and most importantly...