Recent content by Marc100

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How does it enable you to increase your gearing? For some reason this is going over my head.

Hi Sam, Metastock has a built in options package called Optionscope which will draw pay-off diagrams, calculate greeks etc. Pretty basic. The Peter Hoadley software Roger mentions is far superior and free so I would go down that route. Top end would be OptionVue software but with a top end...

I place all my trades via the level 2 screen. Although I'm no expert, when I combine TA with level 2 I seem to pick more favourable entries. I rarely day trade so level 2 is just another tool in my arsenal. Good luck.

IGMarkets offer CFD level 2. £10000 initial account balance, although once opened you can go lower than this. Margin requirements range from 10%-25%.

Dow Trader Out of interest. Who ran the Advanced Option Strategies course and where was it? Any links to the above? Rgds.

Thank you for your responses. Skimbleshanks Looking at the IB site it states 50% margin available so I think I will go down this route. Thanks. CityTrader When I mentioned finance I was refering to the interest charged on the amount borrowed when using margin, as in that offered by IB...

Hi, What would be the best broker to use for swing & position trading? Following are a couple of points to consider: 1) Must provide margin at reasonable financing rates. 2) Cover the main exchanges. 3) Cover all companies in a exchange. (This rules out CFD providers as they only allow you...

JonnyT "Last month I had 17 consequtive losers in a row." Bugger you beat me! Last month I had 9 losses in a row and naturally thought this was something of a record. I suppose I will have to try harder:) Marcus.

You can get all kinds of backdated data from the LSE, although some of it will cost: http://www.londonstockexchange.com/products/default.asp I have used their Tickdata service successfully in the past. Hope this helps.

Lazybones & Uni Thank you for taking the time to alert us to these Pristine guys. We have our own charlatans this side of the pond, mentioned regularly on this site, so I would have thought people would have been more appreciative of your warnings. I don't doubt for one second that these...

"Trading in the Zone" by Douglas is a great read. Contrary to what others have said I found all of it especially the last sections very clear. If you compare it to his first book, 'The Disciplined Trader', which I found slightly abstract, this one has been very clearly thought out. To me the...

Overall, I love the phone! I have done several trades without any problems. Speed is much the same as IG's basic interface. The only slight drawback I feel is the battery power. If you use it's internet or other multimedia facililties the battery burns quite quickly, 1.5 days in my case. Not a...

Hi... Does anybody know where I can view complete trade data for a particular day in the past? I am specifically interested in the lowest bid prices for this day. The company I am interested in is Regal Petroleum (RPT). The day: 14-01-04. Rgds.

Anyone Why exactly was the thread pulled? I've only just returned so I'm a bit perplexed as to the reason. Marcus.