Recent content by HughThistle

Has anyone been affected by IG's recent increase in minimum margin requirements for certain shares? Other platforms have been upping their margins on volatile share too I think, but has it affected your trading?

Making some money is the obvious motivation--but how much? It would be good to work out people's expectations from financial spread betting--whether you come close to meeting them or not!

Good point. I''ll have a copy of the FT and the Guardian. You can private message me for my mobile number too if you like.

Yes, please come along SS. I'm interested in speaking to people at all levels of experience from newbies to full-timers. And I'm sure the others will be happy to share their wealth of experience.

I can firmly commit to a booze budget

Sounds good. So unless I'm shouted down the plan is: Chandos, Charing X. Wednesday 7 pm. Cheers

Ah, I'm only looking for spread betters. At any level from the most amatuer dabblers to people that make a living at it. Sorry for the confusion

Great. How about Wednesday (25th)? About 7pm? If anyone has a prefrence of venue or area let me know, otherwise I'll try and think of somewhere central.

It depends if we can catch the Wetherspoons happy hour or not. OK, so I didn't want to over promise in these cautious times, especially if there was an avalanche of interest. Promising free beer to people to talk about themselves is more risk than I can manage. But I'll see what I can do and I...

Of course CV. It's nothing too sinister, this is research I'm doing on behalf of an investment company. They are interested in the SB biz, and I guess they want to know what the spread traders make of things right now to get a better feel for prospects in the sector. They are looking for a...

Anyone free for a drink in the London area? If you've got some time to spare I'd like to gather some folk and I'll buy a couple of drinks for your thoughts. This is not marketing--I don't want to know your contact details or anything but I would like your opinion. I'm doing some researching...