Recent content by jonray

Thanks

Just a couple of quick questions regarding FTSE daily bets. Sorry for the intrusion but dont know where else to post. I am new to binary bets although very knowledgable on the tricks spreadbet companies play to con us out of cash. Do binaries always expire at 0 or 100 or at a spread of say, for...

Lighten up racer. I know they are busy but bid-a-tool just lightens the mood whilst we all wait for the crash of the century........

Noooooo. Bring him back. Best entertainment on this board for ages. He is as mad as a badger. Please bring him back. Please

Too true mate. If i had a pound for every slow fill and requote i wouldnt need to worry about ex-div action.

I basically play the short term swings using the 3 bar/1 bar modified gann approach, chartman. I win a few, lose a few but generally produce reasonable profits in the medium term. I hold a position from a couple of days to a couple of weeks. I religiously place a stop when i open a position. I...

Good point Bramble. The system is actually working ok - using Rivallands approach. Looking to expand to the new instruments cos i dont like to put all eggs into one basket. Moreover the FTSE doesnt always swing greatly due to its defensive nature. The only thing i have been really caught out on...

Currently swing-trading FTSE cash with D4Free. Learnt by painful experience not to keep overnight short on tuesday due to ex-dividend recalculation. Wanting now to trade DAX, DOW and NASDAQ all in cash with the same company. Does the same thing happen with these indexes? Are there any little...

Point taken steve but does the gap always close?

if you close your short position just before 22:00 how long would you have to wait before you can re-open the short position and not have the dividend effect?

Cheers oatman, at least there is a little reassurance in knowing that they all rip us off......

Just a quick question(If its been answered elswewhere please direct me), but why is there a 9 point difference between df4 and ig-markets ftse100 daily cash this morning. Who's ripping who off?

Beartrap, Barclays and Prudential are a couple of prospects to look for breakouts soon, but it all depends on what the market as a whole does. I dont have the bottle to bet against the trend. Do you know of any software that would pick up a 3 day counter-trend correction in the FTSE 100 stocks...

Thanks for that beartrap. Do you use rivallands method for shares as well? Would be interested in any interesting ones at the moment. Just made a bit on DIAGEO. Bought at 700p. Interesting one cos it had broke through the previous swing low so i could have been buying into a counter trend...

Big Business, being objective, what do you think of Rivallands approach to swing trading? A lot of the people on ADVFN were quite dismissive. As a relative newbie i have followed this method and it's mechanical approach suits me cos i nearly always get it wrong when i make value judgements. It...