Recent content by hamatrader

Thanks Catracho Wow what a day today. Seems like there was lot of dumping of stocks. I never could have predicted the level of selling today. So much for a pull back. Seems to have gone even more away from me. Would have been great to have shorted at the beginning of the day! Thanks for the...

DAX technicals Hi Everyone I normally SB trade the DAX. Like many traders I know that I still have much to learn. Apologies if this has already been brought up in the thread before but it would be great to get some opinions from the experienced and the experts here. Looking at the posts above...

Hello UTB again, You have said that you prefer the trending longer time frames for trades, and we have discussed trading over a time period of weeks and maybe a few months. What would you say if ,for example, you were to open a September quarterly contract and roll it over into the December...

Thanks UTB. I'm not sure when but as soon as the market conditions permit I am looking at holding for more than a week with one or more index position. So from what you say I should trade in the quarterly bets. Have you ever you used the year-end bets. So how have you found swing/positional...

Thanks Hoggums for the information. I have been using Capital Spreads and Interactive Investor, though I am in the process of starting with IGIndex because of there 24hr online and phone trading ability, and the greater market possibilities.I also think that Interactive are unreliable in in a...

Hi there, I’ve been trading on and off for a while now and have so much still to learn and am still refining a strategy for my trading. I currently trade the indices esp the DAX and FTSE. I usually do intraday trading and occasionally leaving a position overnight. I am looking towards holding...

Thanks fw, yes heard about the information regarding VW over the weekend and today/ I suppose it makes sense with the recent positive corpporate reults coming out and takeover/meger talks from Porsche and other parties. Mind you the surge in VW stocks has been going on for around a year now...

Hi All out there, I'm pretty new to all this. I have many questions and many have been answered on the forums here. So far i have been mainly SB. I find these forums a great source of information and learning. I've been looking at the various indices and major stocks and I have a couple of...