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    IG's TV advert

    Good morning all. This advert has coincided with the launch of the IG stockbroking service so it looks like it is aimed at investors rather than spreadbetting. I have added stockbroking to my IG account and the platform is almost identical to spreadbetting. Ian
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    Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

    Good morning all 6760 provided support on Monday and yesterday so gone long FTSE at 6765. Stop 40. Minimum size. Ian
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    Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

    Good morning all Not posted for a while, have gone short FTSE at 6863. Ftse has been in a 100 point range for over 4 weeks and approaching the top of recent range, also gap up of 30. Have had a few good wins trading this range over last few weeks. Ian
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    Do you have to wait a 1 minute before you can trade stocks?

    This seems to be for the sake of the client as there can be very wide spreads for the first few minute's trading with the risk of being stopped. This happened to me on the first trading day of 2012, I had two shorts on MRW with stop at 339. After the auction the price opened at 330 and...
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    Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

    Good morning According to an email from IG, market closes early at 18:00 our time. No mention of opening time so presumably as normal. Ian
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    Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

    Yes IG have their Insight pages. Currently FTSE 54% long DAX 85% short DOW 79% short.
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    Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

    Good morning all Short DAX 9120. Stop 50. DAX has struggled to close above this level. Ian
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    Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

    Good morning all FTSE coming back nicely, my long at 6720 nearly had 30 point stop hit, now only 5 points down. Ian
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    Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

    Closed FTSE short for 25 points, looks to have bottomed for now. Will probably go back with uptrend later. Ian
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    Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

    Good morning Went short FTSE a few minutes ago at 6731 hoping the out of hours rise proves to be froth. Tight stop of 20, small stake. Ian
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    Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

    Good morning all Something is puzzling me about the IG free charts where the range from S3 to R3 is about 30 on Monday of this week and increases to a few hundred by Friday, so wide they are off the chart. Anyone got any ideas of what is going on and whether this is inherent in pivot point...
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    Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

    Closed above FTSE long at breakeven. Will wait for next week now. Ian
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    Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

    Good morning all I went long late yesterday at 6663 close to breakeven at the mo. Particularly difficult market as unclear whether a new downtrend has started. Ian
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    Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

    Good morning all. DOW and FTSE longs down over £200 yesterday, nice to wake up to see them in the blue and will let them run as there seems plenty of room yet. Also quite big surprise divi on DOW. Ian
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    Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

    According to IG charts the DAX has not managed a full day above 9000. Just gone short at 9023 with guaranteed stop in case left over weekend. Ian
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