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Has a Nasty Sting 4/10 I started using CS for a year for their reasonable tight spreads and low margins. I have no problem using their charts. Their customer service(telephone service) could be a bit more accomondating and a little less abrupt always get the impression that they are in a rush...

Orchard - be careful if you are using ShareScopes P&F indicator, I have spoken to them in the past, I understand that they only use the open & close price of the day and this results in an inaccurate P&F indicator :( I use Pfscan as Helen does...believe me its good and serves my purpose ;)...

Yes - I'll second that Bally, not only do I agree with you but the fact of the matter is that once these skills are acquired there is absoutely no restrictions to trade from any part of the country or the world as a whole... with Internet access that is. Many successful traders are on a...

Sushhhhhh!... :) Silence is golden (its my best way to trade)

Orchard - Yes I agree with you that a lot of content pasted on these boards is abbreaviated by the regulars and this makes it very difficult for many new comers and new traders to this site, abbreaviations which can not be easily understood can be very frustrating to figure out unless of course...

Phew! Farzin... (talking about deep pockets!) its mind boggling…£10000, £30000 Margin for an independent trader I’d say you must know what you are doing and not only have deep pockets but ‘bottomless ones’ too (good luck to you mate if you can get away with it). ;) All this takes the wind out...

JT...You Can Not be Serious ma man! is that why you think SB's are for mugs?...but you dont seem to take into account that SB's is the starting point for many a trader cause one can bet small and learn and may be even make a consistent profit. Then again JT, I've got to give it to you mate...it...

Hi all Right ! lets all be honest with ourselves and lets hear from those traders that had really bodged it sometime and had to answer to a ‘Margin Call’. It would be interesting to hear how and where you were contacted to pay up, how did you react and what were your feelings at the time? what...

Paul, Helen & Scrappy - many thanks for your feedback, yes it is a known fact that trading is 20%TA & 80%psychological and my trading I'd say is the opposite, I've done far too much in TA and very little on psychology & was not too sure if this book might be a good start...Helen, it'll also be...

I am thinking of purchasing the following book "The Disciplined Trader" by Mark Douglas... if any of you have read it, how would you rate it? please let me have your views. ;) many thanks ST

Dsmodi - are you going anywhere near "Goa" you must visit it, Sun, Sea, Sand, Coconut palms, miles and miles of golden sandy beaches and wonderful people...How do I know this?... my roots originate in Goa! Have a nice time in India ST

Helen - It'll be interesting to see how you get on with your swing trading strategy (keep us posted) and thanks for expanding on your present trading method and many thanks to all and everyone that contributed to this thread and to all those that contribute to this site as a whole...its all your...

____________________________________________________ "I have seen numerous occaisions where people have exited a trade when , even with the simplest of TA expertise, there is clearly more to go. It isn't always clear just "how much more", but unquestionably, there is more. "...

Helen You say that you like P&F and use it to trade FTSE Stocks (do you swing trade?) any chance you could expand on the strategy you apply and what might be your average return. many thanks ST

I depend on Candles, Stochastics, RSI and CCI for accurate (or near accurate) entry/exits. However if this follows with a favourable indication on P&F then this gives me more confidence to hang on to the trade for longer. I nearly always use candles to place my stop loss. Then again having said...