Recent content by Stev86

I don't get what this continued thread is all about, all I'm seeing here is some guy who is posting screen shots and saying "this was my trade". Not really grasping the concept/purpose of this 188 page thread, is the guy actually explaining anything to anyone asking relevant questions? If I was...

Ahh ok that explains a lot, I knew about the time factor etc but I would think the broker would always show an updated break even point on your option? Yeh I will make sure to always limit order with options! Thanks that helped clear up the "earlier" break even point being at $143, will maybe...

Hi, Hopefully someone can help me understand this a bit better because I thought I had it down but then the outcome of my situation confused me lol. This was a test account so I could see how it works live. I bought a 1 Put option on BABA last week, strike price In The Money at $148.00 and...

Hi Folks, Quick question for anyone who has used/currently using IB as their platform. Great broker for me so far but one problem I have ran into is the Time & Sales tape, it's not exactly clear cut which makes it very difficult to read especially when trades are going through rapid. So buys...

Hi Folks, So I'm looking into trading small cap stocks, high momentum movers on the day from news combined with technical analysis. My main problem here is trying to figure out the best route to go down for trading US stocks, as most of you know the conversion rate can be a killer for us UK...

Hey Bud, I'm in Scotland. Do you use Lightspeed yourself? What's the link for it? Thanks,

Hi, Does anyone here know where/if it's possible for traders in the UK to get full level 2 access for all exchanges in the US? So far I'm not having much luck, brokers that I've came across only seem to have level 2 LSE and nothing else, useless for day trading the US market. I have managed to...

Hi Folks, Looking for some advice regarding level 2 access to stocks that I day trade. I use my spread bet account with IG to day trade US stocks, I'm looking to get access to level 2 data so I can see all the buy and sell orders coming through, and to see all buy/sell orders being placed at...

If you're coming across those kind of situations as much as you say then you can't be checking the fundamental status of the companies you're going into. If you expect to stick cash into stocks with no in depth analysis of what the company is/does and it's financial state then yes, you're...

Hi Folks, Hopefully someone can help as my knowledge of coding when it comes to the IG ProRealTime Screener is very limited at the moment. I'm looking to create 2 scans with the below stats but not sure on how to code it. Scan 1 Share price between $5 and $35 only Volume over 700k Return...

Ok cool sounds like a plan then, I will activate and check it out when home tonight. I will be covering the 4 trade minimum anyway so nothing to lose here I guess. How simple are we talking to set up the 3 EMA's? 10 Daily/20 and 50? Also is it difficult to set something up on top of that by...

Hi Cbrads, Thanks for the info, much appreciated! So you obviously use this tool yourself, if I'm looking to go down the route of customised EMA's to find trends even if just as simple as a 10 day/20day/50day EMA above price for stocks ranging from £3 to £40, would you say it's worth getting...

Hi Folks, I'm looking at going for a good scanner and I'm looking for some advice/insight into IG's ProRealTime scanner package. I've used Finviz to set up decent/quick scans of the S&P500 and an easy option is using the 20/50day MA's above price but I'm looking for more specific...

Anyone shorting this stock? Just curious as it's reaching a significant level and in the past this level has pushed price away to the bottom range. Regards, Steve

Hi Folks, Looking to get some insight from traders who trade the high yield blue chip stocks in the FTSE100 or in the DOW. Being a high yield blue chip stock they tend to move quite slowly (most of them I think?) and so they are considered by a lot of traders to be more safe and more...