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    Best Thread CMC Markets owner answers your questions

    Dear Peter, thought I'd bid you a fond farewell and let you know why, after several years with MarketMaker, I'm off to IG. I like MarketMaker a lot and have found both it and your HelpDesk to be highly professional. I've made a reasonable amount of money and I'm sorry to go but here are the...
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    Trend followers: how good has the last quarter been?

    Thanks, M, that was a new site for me: I do need to spend some time reading around. I'm not up to speed with all the acronyms yet but I think there are a few key differences with my approach: 1. I don't wait for a retracement - if yesterday was a 25 day high or low then I buy or sell today. 2...
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    Trend followers: how good has the last quarter been?

    M., I trade commodities and currencies but I have no preferences other than that (i) it is offered by CMC for spread betting and (ii) it is covered by the Maddock Data daily data set. I'll probably include indices and treasuries in due course, too, but I don't have the stomach for shares. I...
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    Trend followers: how good has the last quarter been?

    Hello, this is my first post so please be gentle if I breach any etiquette. I've been a spread-betting trend follower on and off for a few years and began again in earnest at the start of September 2008. My target is an annual return of 20%+. The logic behind the target is that compounding...
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