Recent content by monkey180

Hi, Regarding gap risk with trading equities using leverage. What is the best way to avoid such a risk on a leverage position? I am on an IG demo, but realising the potential risk of going live with real money trading on margin. I trade off the 1h, and often have overnight positions until...

Hi, I was wondering is there a way in Forex to see where limit orders are? A bit like looking at open interest in a stock's option chain. Oanda offer this for seeing their own order book: https://www.oanda.com/forex-trading/analysis/forex-order-book Or is the COT report, the only way to...

Hi all, I would like to get into trading wedge down breakouts, at the moment I trade channel break out retests. However, if I find a very clean a good setup for a wedge down break out, not trading the retest, I am getting frustrated of getting stopped out only to find that the stock goes in...

Thanks for the reply's guys! The stop loss will be about a quarter of the range. Imagine a perfect neat horizontal range break out, it would be one quarter the distance from the top of the breakout to the point of retest. Then aim for a 4/1 risk reward at the retest goes back to the top of...

Also generally its when the markets sells off hard, the support will not work. Maybe best way is to short the sector ETF..?

Or how about scaling into the trade as it moves against me? So risk 0.5% of the account, then if the trade moves down, increase to 1% risk, moves again then risk 1.5% of the account... to a max of 2% risk.

Hi, I have been trading on paper and got consistent, swing trade equities, I basically flick the charts looking for very clean break out retests. However I am sick of calling the correct direction only to stopped out, before the trade works. So trying to come up with idea's.... Could buy a...

Hi, How do people hedge in swing trading here? Say you follow a break out strategy. Would the best way be to have a 50 / 50 long short setups. hedge using the ETF's, write verticals on ETF's for income, simply short the ETF, What are your thoughts?

Hi, I like to trade breakouts, so many "options" Long Call Long Debit Call Ration Call Back Spread Selling Puts.... What is the best for trading breakouts?

Hi, I have thought of a hedging method, as we know markets crash down not up. At the moment for example could sell a call vertical say 2300 / 2330 and get a credit. Then find a long setup, purchase an option same price as credit. Get one ATM, so when it moves up you get intrinsic value...

Hi, I have found plenty of companies that will fund day traders. Are there any companies that will fund swing traders, looking to hold up to a month. Thanks

Hi, Trying to construct a strategy to trade sell off / corrections in the SPX / SPY. Say SP is at 2000, after a 100 point sell off from 2100. And you go long You could purchase a Call Option for say 50 delta 0.50 SP moves down to 1990, option then worth $45. Sell the option back, and take...

Hi, I have noticed there is a difference between the SP Cash Index and the Futures Contracts. And the closer the expiry date then the more narrow the gap gets. e.g Lets say cash SP 500 is 2000, and 90 - 120 day next future contract is 1970. If I was short the futures contract at 1970, and...

Hi Folks, Itrade channel breakout retests. I like to see crystal clear line of multiple tested resistance, a good break out and then the retest if it comes back. I just have a question about hedging, a good trade can hold if the market drifts lower, but unlike the sharp drops of late, even...

Hi, sure thanks not in London, but if down there thanks for the offer, yes I think it is not good bouncing ideas around in your own head, especially when speculating, good to have another to bounce ideas off. I was wondering, if sold a vertical put on the SP 500, that reduces the margin needed...