Recent content by masmit

Yes, finally we've got a decent range of entry orders available. Am I right in thinking that Finspreads are still offering the smallest position sizes of the SB companies? If so, for the small system trader like myself, this is very good news. Cheers, Mark

There's this option, too, if you have a quite a bit to put by: http://www.contrarianthinker.com/two_services_for_the_serious_phy.htm Also, I wonder about eGold for those of us with not so much to put away: https://www.e-gold.com/ Cheers, Mark

Ah, I see. Mind you, this must also be the case where stops and limits on existing positions are concerned, but perhaps they don't want the arguments about missed opportunities... Thanks, Mark

Out of interest, why does it cause arguments? Surely, if I place a stop or limit order to buy or sell at a certain price, the market either reaches my price or it doesn't, regardless of when I placed the order. Obviously, gaps can affect me either way, and slippage too, but then they will affect...

I second this question. For those of us who are using EOD systems, the facility to place orders after (or before) market hours would be vey useful. Mark

Isn't this what D4F call a 'contingent' order in their platform? Cheers, Mark

Well, it's hedging because they have two positions. In the example, they are on the other side of your long trade, ie. short, but they hedge it by being long at the NYMEX... Cheers, Mark

Well, at the risk of revealing my own ignorance, I think it goes like this: You want to go long August CL, you call the SB and place a market order. They then actually go long an appropriate number of contracts of August CL at the NYMEX. When you close your position they do too. If you won...

Out of interest, why do you think this? It seems to me that if you are successful, the tax implications are especially important, no? I mean, if you made £100,000 spreadbetting, you'd keep the lot, but most other ways, you'd have to give £40,000 to the tax man. Surely this would more than wipe...