Recent content by maudy

I really appreciate all the feedback on this matter. Although there are mixed feelings about the issue, the T & Cs, my ability(or lack of it) as a wannabe trader, etc, I started the thread for a valid reason and to see if some of you more experienced traders had an opinion on the matter - which...

I appreciate all of the constructive and, mainly, educational points that are made. However, my beef here with IG is: a) if the price quickly spiked up and down with no other price changes in between(I guess a version of 'gapping') then I would accept it as an unfortunate loss. e.g if it jumped...

For the record I am 37, married and with 2 kids. Trading for me is a part time way of trying to make more money, on top of my other work commitments. To say that placing 2 orders of 1% each of my starting capital(based on my stop losses in force) is a s##t or bust attitude is a bit unfair, but...

The bottom line is that I don't like losing, but accept it as part of trading, and life in general. However, I do have a problem with losing unfairly...

Hi guys, Thanks for all the replies to my post. Of course, there have been some excellent, practical responses. Of course, one or two abusive posters had to give their tuppence worth too...but as they say, in every bunch of roses you always find the odd prick! Of course, as a new enough...

Hi P Boyles, Unfortunately, the 2 options I mentioned are the only compromises that I have put to them! Of course, at this stage there is no compromise on their part and they want me to give them over €400 before closing my account!

Hi dc, Yes it is the DAX Daily market(sorry, forgot to mention that!). The stops and limits were set exactly like I said and I have evidence of these in my account history, which includes orders. They even confirmed that these stop orders were set up correctly, yet see it as MY problem because...

At around 1.45pm yesterday I went into my IG Index account to see if the orders I had placed at just after 9am had been executed. The details of these were: 1) Buy as the price comes up to 5624.3, with a win limit of 15 points and a stop loss of 10 points 2) As above but a win limit of 20 points...

Hi all, Thanks for all your valid feedback. Just to clarify a few things: a) I traded the DAX due to the 1 point spread on offer(other indices tested were either not profitable enough or had too big a spread eg Dow Jones 4 points per trade) b) If the opening hour price is say 6000, i would...

Hi ladies and gentleman from a new forum user looking for a little help. In the past I have traded recklessly, without a plan or proper strategy, and, inevitably, lost what I had put in. So I took a gap from executing trades, and after spending lots of time on backtesting and forward testing...

Hi all, I am new to backtesting and forward testing charting data and have found very good and consistent gains on a simple enough strategy when trading the Dax 30 indices(an intraday strategy which involves entering the market once a day on the hour when/if conditions suit). I use IG Index and...

Hi all, I am new to this site and this is my first post. It seems like a brilliant site for information and advice, etc but I am confused about something. All I want to know is where I can find historical charts so I can test some theories. Ideally I want to start by looking at indices(DAX...