Recent content by Lord Lucan

I use it and so do some of my friends. It's good. It's quite new though so there's not much going on in the public chatrooms etc yet.

The problem with using volume to measure your "top 5" trading houses is that volumes are highly dependant on the markets traded and the approach taken. A company that makes all it's traders trade STIR spreads will do a lot more volume than one that lets it traders do outrights on the dax but it...

What's so bad about keeping people on a sim until they're ready for the live market? Seems a bit silly to give people real money to bin in the live market when they've not yet shown they can make consistent money on a sim.

Oh, ok. That's the end of that idea then. Thanks.

Why are there so many people on here so desperate to discredit Tom and make him look a twat? He's put a lot of time and effort in here doing nothing but helping others to learn and develop. A site like this needs more Tom's and less idiots trying to bring good people down. Has he blown his...

Does anyone know anyway of trading it? I can't find a future or even a spreadbet firm offering it.

Hi Tom, Hope you're good and the markets are treating you well. As one of those you know who scalps for a living I'm going to pull you up on a few of these points as they seem slightly scewed by your love of the longer time frame.

Down, down, down, down, down, down......

I have been at Futex for a couple of years. If you want to make a career of trading you need the best set up and support and you will get this from Futex. There are no golden tickets or holy grails in trading but the training at Futex is as good as you will find. Your trading success is down to...

How does the execution speed compare to London for the European exchanges? And how are people generally getting on trading the Asian markets? Many people making much money?

Your not supposed to drink it!

Lazy, Dean. Lazy.

Ifuwish2, don't listen to that miserable trader_dante. Not everyone is as selfish as him. I will gladly help you out and as it happens I have a very hot strategy right now. You will basically be shorting stock index futures and adding to the position if it goes against you so improveing your...

Why not for a long time? Just make sure you manage your risk properly and adapt to the changing market conditions

If he did so well legitamately and after round trip costs then very well done to him. Personally, if I wanted to win this competition I would look first at inneficiencies like time lags in the platform especially with the wild moves at the time. As it was I was too busy making real money and...