harrymonk
Trading for 3 years, so still a noob.
Been paper trading since at school, then went live about 3 years ago.
Started my first spread bet account 3 years ago, and have given the companies numerous chances to prove they are fair and been shafted each time, mostly due to ridiculous margin calls which I had covered.
Made a £500 account into a £5000 account in a few weeks then lost it in a day...on more than one occasion.
I put this down to lack of discipline and experience, but more recently as those qualities got better within me I have noticed the spread bet companies can also be less than helpful in amassing any fortune.
Holding out until I have a sizeable chunk to invest/speculate with without the leverage as I found the margin calls became more and more ridiculous to my account with my predictions coming true but bearing little fruit due to being stopped out. Also remembering that smaller amounts need larger movements to be profitable.
Trading, Exercise, Gaming
Been paper trading since at school, then went live about 3 years ago.
Started my first spread bet account 3 years ago, and have given the companies numerous chances to prove they are fair and been shafted each time, mostly due to ridiculous margin calls which I had covered.
Made a £500 account into a £5000 account in a few weeks then lost it in a day...on more than one occasion.
I put this down to lack of discipline and experience, but more recently as those qualities got better within me I have noticed the spread bet companies can also be less than helpful in amassing any fortune.
Holding out until I have a sizeable chunk to invest/speculate with without the leverage as I found the margin calls became more and more ridiculous to my account with my predictions coming true but bearing little fruit due to being stopped out. Also remembering that smaller amounts need larger movements to be profitable.
Trading, Exercise, Gaming
- countryCode
- GB
- Occupation
- Personal Trainer
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Gender
- Male
- Trading Style
- Still working on it (somewhere between scalping and trend following)
- List of Markets Traded
- Changes... FTSE250 companies, forex, indices.
- What method do you use to Trade?
- SB
- Trading Experience
- 3-5 Years
- Trading Work Status
- Spare-Time
- Preferred Trading Style
- Day Trader
- Preferred Trading Methodology
- Candlesticks
- Fundamentals
- Moving Averages
- Price Action
- Technical Analysis
- Volume
- Preferred Market Regions
- US
- UK
- Europe
- Preferred Markets
- Currencies
- Indices
- Stocks
- Preferred Trading Instruments
- Spreadbetting
- Preferred Forex Currencies
- USD
- GBP
- EUR
- JPY
- AUD
- Preferred Trading Software (P-Z)
- Updata
- Preferred Direct Access Brokers
- IG Markets
- Preferred Spreadbetting Brokers
- Capital Spreads
- IG Index
- Preferred EOD Data Providers
- ProRealTime
- TradeStation
- Yahoo!
- Preferred Realtime Data Providers
- ADVFN
- ProRealTime
- Favorite Trading Books
- Definitive guide to point and figure,Steve Nisson books x 2, Martin Pring books x 2, The 'Market Wizard' series, Trading Athlete, How i made ..., Reminiscences of ..., Trade in the Zone, A. Elder books x 2, , Alchemy of Finance, many others
- Favorite Trading Magazines
- Traders'
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