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    Confusion about SB practices - help!

    Thanks, duly noted
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    Confusion about SB practices - help!

    What you've explained here is very informative and has sent me off digging for more info, and clarified a couple of things. Thanks. Has anyone had time to look at the trades i posted 22/12 to see if they were the actual mkt prices at the time pls? Thanks to evyone who has commented and...
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    Confusion about SB practices - help!

    I am pleased to hear finspreads have been dependable and satisfactory over a long time period, its always good to get personal pov. thank you. yes there have been some rly gd moves in the mkt, and it seems to provide a lot of potential trading action. do u mind if I ask what is 'thin trading'...
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    Confusion about SB practices - help!

    I sho whuz (my American accent is terr, you'll have to use your imagination :)) trading at around that time, at exactly that time, and talk about exciting... I was trading from about 6.30pm, completely unaware of what was coming, just poodling along, managing my little trades. Suddenly jst...
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    Confusion about SB practices - help!

    Thanks for your post, and feedback. Certainly its all helping refine my methods. Esp your advice re trading over the hols. After riding that bucking bronco following the FOMC announcement :clap: I think I may just sit the hol season out (or maybe jst a CAREFUl little flutter..._ Any...
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    Confusion about SB practices - help!

    Thanks for the feedback. The more studying and live trading I've been doing, the more I see its poss. I would like to know for sure tho (like Shakone suggested - checking the market prices, and getting the opinions of experienced traders) so I know whether to have confidence in the SB firm I'm...
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    Paper trade CFDs demo accounts?

    These are some demo accts i've come across (google: spreads OR cfd demo accts). Im nt sure of the quality of some of them. Bullbearings.co.uk – may not be rly lifelike eg large SB spreads, but you can hold an acct for ever! I didnt use CFDs so dont know how it holds up. Barclays...
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    Confusion about SB practices - help!

    Thanks very much. Here are the trades in question.
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    Confusion about SB practices - help!

    .... and the rest A: Because they can
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    spread co

    This might be true bt i dont believe....the timing, for one
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    Confusion about SB practices - help!

    Thank you very much. I'm rly pleased with your advice. :thumbsup: I will come back for help if I get stuck finding the prices - prob not till tomo tho if that's all right cos errands / chores are calling... thanks again. You've made my first foray into forums (!) a pleasant success...
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    Confusion about SB practices - help!

    hello everyone I am new here. I'm also new to trading, and to forums...:) I had my first day of live trading yesterday and in general the trades seemed to go fine (I gained some, lost more!). But later I observed with a a couple of markets/trades, that no matter which way a price was trending...
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