Recent content by smallpotatos

the blades checked out three March 05 prices between IG and Capital Spreads Barclays IG 546.5 - 551.9 or 5.4 wide Capital Spreads 543.9 -548.0 or 4.1 wide BP IG 543.4 - 548.7 or 5.3 wide Capital Spreads 539.9 -...

the classic strategy that makes money 4 times out of 5 and then loses 8 times the amount in one go. Blairlogie only mentions the volatility risk. The major risk is that you are sitting on a position for a six weeks 'hoping' that nothing happens you actually have to watch this position every...

bit surprised you deal with cantors their prices are the widest in the SB market , their trading platform goes down more frequently that any of the others and they have fewer products online than the other SB companies. I commented many months ago on the review section basically saying the...

I must say everyone is very bitter here..... I spread bet, make (reasonable) money ,in FX, and never have any of the problems that seem to effect you guys. mind you i dont make 100k unfortunately ..

Mind you Cantors prices are the widest (the worst ?) in the industry !! barring occasional 'special offers' . So whether they hedge or not is pretty academic. I am a bit confused about this hedging bit.... if you put a tenner on the 3.30 at kempston down at the 'bookies' it would hardly...

sak07 did you trade the daily ftse future with Trad Index ... the difference at the moment is about minus 10 on the cash against the futures so the closing level has the look of a daily future.

frog I actually visited one of the SB companies a while ago it is amazing how little info they have. Each trader runs 100's of markets and has no real chart / technicals on any of them. All they seemed to be worried about was the overall market position. The salesguy who showed us round said...

calvin I trade from the point of view that I never try to call the market. Its a mugs game and only leaves you nursing bigger and bigger losses as you say "surely it cant go any further" . Cut the positions and start again, and never go back and think 'if only' . Take your positions for a...

I also remember the mother of all shorts. Tom can be quite good when you go with him but you have to keep strict stops for those times when he really gets it wrong.

as has been mentioned here before a new SB is opening on www.capitalspreads.com they appear to have quite tight prices and from comments already made here are making a good impression on people who have contacted them. But they are not live yet so the proof of the pudding will be when...... etc...

no sharespreads are in dublin ireland so have no FSA approval www.capitalspreads.com is the url and is working fine here. I have been trading on their simulator site and it really is very good ... i have asked if the main live site will work on the same basis and was told yes (within reason) ...

Asked about after hours markets... and was informed that at the moment they will be quoting them via the phone when they go live... but that they hope to have them online very soon. Got the impression that they are a bit weary of 'arbers' in afterhours markets !!

They are apparently in final testing so should be open for business soon. Well thats what they said !!

or you could try capital spreads . Their stop system attatches the stop to a position so when the position is closed the stop is as well. Also if you use the 'limit' (take profit) order , rather than the 'new' order, this is also removed when the position is closed, as again it is attatched to...

Yes automatic stop loss a bit off putting ... but you can move the stop to whereever you like (as long as you have the margin on the account) so I suppose that they would claim they are protecting you from unforseen moves. Mind you they are also protecting themselves from having to call...