Recent content by poker_trader

mind explaining and teaching me a thing or two please?

Problem with buying real physical Metals is liquidity I guess. I am looking to hold about a low 6 figures of metals. What do you think is the best way to capitalise on the dollar decline? gold or silver or palladium or platinum etc.., and reasons why?

no I am just speculating that $ will decline in value in the next 24 months.

Cheers. how exactly should I do that though? i.e which trading platform

Hi everyone, I am a newbie, and not too sure what financial instrument I should use if I want to short USD over about 2 years period. appeciate any help please. Is buying gold (lyxor bullions or ETFS Gold backed by physical gold) a good way too? Cheers :)

Thank you very much Axis of Evil. I know what you mean, and I really like your analogy of switching from Poker to BlackJack. I should (and I am btw) stick to something I really am good at, until it's not so profitable anymore, then I will learn to SpreadTrade properly... About the 5.5k, I...

thanks everyone for the replies, I am going to use Voltrex then. @grantx: lol that would be best, but then I don't want my relative to pay a fortune for the bank charge

I haven't done it before. I am looking to transfer overseas to a relative and am wondering what firm I should use for the money transfer. Some googleing brought my attention to AFEX - AFEX UK: Foreign Currency Broker | Currency Solutions | Large Currency Payments Foreign Currency Exchange -...

Thank you so much Steve for all that helpful advice. I have 2 questions. 1. I am quite busy at the moment and don't really have time to bring this to court. Do you think my chance of winning this legal battle is still the same if I do it in let's say 6 months? 2.Should I really get a laywer...

1. you confuse UK Real Estate Sector index with Halifax House Price Index. have a look, then decide for yourself. 2.common sense tell you that's it's spread trading we are talking about... 3.I think Dixons might honor the deal and turn it into good publicity for them?

thank you. I will contact the FSA and will keep you guys posted.

I emailed them to complain and this is the reply I get back from them. To Steve: i thought so too, it was their fault. I don't know whether this minute details gonna change anything, but basically at first I tried to bet £100 a point, and computer gave the message 'contacting dealing desk....'...

I am new to spread betting. My money comes from winnings in poker in the last 3 years. just out of curiosity, anyone else on this site play poker too? I play poker online professionally at 25/50$ blinds level. Thanks for the responses from everyone.

Hi Visaria, I want to have a long spreadbet position in sugar and other soft commodities too, but I don't know how to do that. at the moment, I have some money in a brokerage on ETFS Sugar, and spread bet some on CMC Markets, but i can't seem to find a firm that offer a cost-effective way of...

I'd like to invest in commodities with a long term view, i.e. buy and hold for at least a few years. Could someone please tell me where I can do that with minimal cost? I have had accounts and one month of trading experience with igindex,city index and cmcmarkets. Cmcmarkets claim they don't...