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So with this system, you'd have bought as close to yesterday's close as possible (because it closed 3 points down from Tuesday) and then you'd look to exit on the first profitable uptrade. Makes sense (at least in this month's context, or unless the DOW falls off a cliff)

Gerald, Thanks for your detailed response. I'll take a look at your site again, following the routes you suggest and I'll be in contact shortly. JonnyT and others on this board recommend you, and you appear to offer everything I need, so it's just a matter of finalising my setup.

These a speedy responses. What's the minimum required to trade Bunds? ie. how much do I have to deposit and what are the comm rates? I see unbundled rates starting at 1.21 plus exchange fees of 0.20 for DTB and bundled rates of 2.00. are there any other charges involved. Apologies if these...

Many thanks JonnyT, especially for the attached chart.

I would like to trade only Bunds using a 15min bar chart with TA capabilities. Can IB provide this? (the charting aspect that is, of course) Thanks.

Many thanks frugi for your reply and links. I'll take a look at them now. :D Apologies to GameOver22 for hijacking your thread. ;)

I have a question along a similar vein... if I start trading from home (and that is all I will be doing) is it best to keep it simple and pay CGT once my profit for the year has exceeded £8.5k (assuming I make a profit) Then as I hopefully become more successful, would I then change my status to...

Ah. I see what you mean. thanks for the clarification charliechan. Do you trade with some sort of a target in mind?

Thanks charliechan and Verno for your replies. charliechan, could you explain your coment about going for optimum profits to avoid ending up with a curve fitting system? Verno, thanks for making the suggestion to use smaller sizes to trade once I'd achieved my target for the day. I hadn't...

I've been looking at Bunds on a 15min chart, and paper trading using a 4 tick stop loss. I set a target of 10 ticks (no particular reason) unless a trendline or pattern indicates sooner. But the target is not always reached, and I've toyed with the idea of a trailing 4 tick stop loss, so if the...