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    How much capital?

    Hi Thanks for replying. First off. I've traded part time and made it a (limited) success. But I think you have to give it full focus if you are going to make a success of anything. That applies to any profession. And sometimes you just have to take a risk. Thats the whole point of living. I...
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    Money Management

    I have £40K of my own capital (in addition to a 'pension' portfolio of £100K which I will not trade with). I intend to use £20K of the £40K for trading and keep £20K in reserve. This gives me £200K on margin. I plan to place trades of 5,10,15,20K depending on the risk of the share. I plan to...
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    How much capital?

    Hi, I have been trading while holding down a job for a few months. Before that I was investing/trading and have built up a portfolio of £100K of shares. Thats my investment portfolio. I doi not want to trade with that. I am now ready to give up the job and trade full time. I dont know whether...
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    Advice Please!

    I work for an investment bank. I'm not a trader but work in IT (supporting traders now and then but mostly other bank staff). I'd like to trade while still holding a full time job. The snag is, I cant officially trade while I work. The compliance department have made that crystal clear. So...
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    How long to hold when a trade goes wrong?

    Thanks for the replies and advice so far re; doing this full or part time. Its excellent advice and I shall be taking it on board. I have one question regarding trades. Since its another topic, I thought it best to start a new thread. The question is how long do you guys hold on for if you get...
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    Trade full time or part time? Advice please?

    Thanks Thanks to everyone who has replied. The idea of part time trading does sound good to me now that you guys recommend it. I have traded UK equities for 6 years very sucessfully (I mean real equities not CFDs etc.). by buying and holding them for the long term. I wanted to continue to...
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    Trade full time or part time? Advice please?

    This isn't a careers advice board I know but I did read someone else ask for some careers advice and the responses were good so I thought I'd ask for this boards sage counsel too. The choices are to either work full time and trade part time or just trade full time. Option 1) I used to work in...
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