Recent content by mccw74

I don't smoke. I would have thought with over 20,000 traders on this board someone (besides twalker & rosso red) would have something more sensible to suggest than fags. I was looking for anyone who's had experience with hedge funds, venture capital and the like. An IFA would only be...

I had contemplated property abroad especially with the strong pound but most "experts" would agree that the housing bubble around the world will end soon. http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=1794873 There must be thousands of individuals who have made a tidy sum from the property...

Hobby trader only but would definitely not trade with such a large amount.

I have sold me house in London to cash in my chips while the going is still relatively good. I have a lump sum after tax of about £100,000 to invest. What shall do I with it? Bonds, Hedge funds? Specialist investment managers? Sensible answers only please.

Any recommendations for any scrolling financial news tickers that you can download free from the web?

I was reading that you need to be careful about buying overpriced options hence the need to price them up. Is that a too simplistic approach? i.e buy them when they're cheap and sell them when they're high. Obviously in combination with market timing.

Thanks Robert. Here is the online currency options calculator that I am using. http://www2.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/exchoptvb.htm What value do use to plug into the volatility box? There are other online calculators that allow you to work out the implied volatility of an option by...

To anyone who trades currency options, I have been trading FX with IG Index for the last year and I note that they have introduced currency options so I thought I have a look at them with the view of hedging my spot positions. However, when pricing up the options with the black scholes model...