Recent content by spakus

Thanks for the very worthy advice new_trader. I do my own research and I'm reading a lot at the moment. but i also consider information from the experiences of other traders an essential part of my research as well. I'm determined to all it takes to be profitable as a trader and this is why I...

Thanks Shanghai. Could someone please advise on the best broker to use for spreadbetting?

Hi Caudurow, no i'm not spread betting yet. I use barclays stockbrokers and using their trailing stop orders to protect my loss, i try to pick FTSE 100 stocks like to rise and try to hang on for a 4-5% rise. my typical order size is £3-4k (a rubbish strategy if i must say so myself)

Thanks. I'll look for one and have a go

This might sound silly but, how do i paper trade?

Hi. I'm based in Dundee and started trading about a month ago. I've made a net loss of about £2000 in this period and am about to throw in the towel. I make my trades mainly on price action and information from the news media. I don't know how to use the charts and don't know where to start...

Hi I've just started trading less than a month ago and I find it very exciting even though I've made a net loss of about £1000 so far. I trade FTSE100 stocks and endeavour to close all positions before the end of the day. I've been trading strictly on price and volume movements using level 2...