Recent content by jklondon

yes was looking at it more from an investment point of view

Looking to trade AMJ JPM ALERIAN INDEX. Initially told by iii they could but after opening the account the desk said they cant (its a US Fund) - great :( Anyone know how I could get exposure to this security as a UK Retail Investor? Thanks

CS dont make a market, IGIndex only taking orders for closings and its on their no-shorts allowed list. Any ideas anyone? THanks

Question - just opened and account, send invoice of previous SB dealer to the the info@... address of the company but its keeps saying the msg is delayed? Anyone else had this issue?

just signed up, quick and painless, the interface is pretty basic and I would love to see more commodities (softs) will give it a roll tomorrow.

just heard that paddypower were taking large bets on XL going under and closed their books the evening before they did... so with that in mind I messed around a bit with my limited techie skills and created this RSS feed from the odds on paddy using dapper.net (very cool tool) Paddy Power...

totally agree on the jobs like buses, was in a similar situation last week, imagine yourself in each job then ask yourself will you be thinking about the other one and what could have been... seriously it worked for me good luck

Does anyone use shorting data (i.e. % market cap on loan) to feed their trading systems and if so how? If so what sources are good - this is certainly interesting and perhaps even useful Short Stories although the data is (I think) based on short cash so ignores derivatives (i.e. puts) hence...

if it does come I suspect from Dubai ... Demand for cuppa boosts Dubai tea trade - Retail - ArabianBusiness.com

nice link grant! Are the site owners quick to update actuals?

Is there a way to trade ‘tea’? If not any reason why not given that it’s a huge soft commodity…? JK

Re-entered RCG on the way down recently, no one can argue with the fundamentals but this is a good case study where market sentiments can thrash a decently performing company (at least from what we can see) - think my JM Keynes comment in my sig is appropriate for this one!

err sorry if this is a bit serious but has anyone got a review of the IGs new PureDeal platform including (excuse my whilst I stop laughing) their price improvement feature - ok im skeptical and think this is just a marketing gimmick but keen to be proved wrong...?

will bio-fuel farming change the game for farmers perhaps...?

Thoughts on this - - what measures - how do you get them - how do you trade-off effectivnes of one trader vs the effectivness of the whole desks - i.e. combining books etc .. any links to quality articles here also would be appreciated? Cheers JK