Recent content by stevewhitworth

That $49 loss is pretty huge in comparison to the profits you've been making (albeit consistently). A little worrying to lose 10% of your account on one trade.

Congrats, looks like it is going really well so far. Keep it going!

Looks interesting - good luck!

Results so far are attached in Excel file, couldn't find the best way to format for just posting. Stephen

Hello all, Have recently just opened my first live account after 3 months paper trading. Have already been trading for 5 days, but felt like this was a wise idea, and a good place to get critique's on my trading style. I trade CFD's on commodities, mainly Gold, Crude, and Brent. Am not going...

I just set my stops at 1% of my available capital, but go up to 2% if it's a little more volatile. Like I said, I trade small amounts, gaining many £5-£10 wins, rather than taking a bigger position and getting blown out due to my leverage. I'd much rather keep a tight lid on losses at the moment.

Apologies, I didn't see that - thanks! Masquerade: Yup, in fairness I am highly leveraged. I guess I am in a bad habit due to the limited size of my account, I just carried on what worked for me. However, I am far from risky with my trading, only allow 1% losses, and execute many smaller...

Hello guys, Newbie here, by the name of Stephen. Been paper trading CFD’s on commodities for a couple of months which went really well and finally made the move to live trading last week. Have seen a 34% increase on my initial investment of £500, which I'm happy with but seems unrealistic in...