Yes, it's quite possible the market spread caused the widening, a fair point.
Sounds like you're on top of it regards monitoring/managing the trades you do, something I need to concentrate more on ;-)
Will do some research Monday on CMC, thanks for the info.
Regards
ALI
It was during trading hours (around 2.00pm on a UK FTSE 250 stock) so it did throw me a bit!
I've heard a mixture of views on CMC but I guess I should follow my own advice and investigate for myself as the what you say does make it sound quite appealing.
Regards
ALI
As always, you need to do some research and work out what suits your trading style. I recently opened an SB a/c with IG Index and do use them but on on my my Dec Longs I noticed the spread had changed considerable (from 4 points to 8!) a short while after I'd placed it.
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