Recent content by thedood

I've not looked at my account for a month. I'm gonna start playing my virtual account soon to get my strategy underway and rebuild my confidence. I've decided to learn as much as I can about forex and then trade only that... what have you decided to trade?

Thanks mate, that exactly what I needed to hear :thumbsup:

cheers, unfortunately tradindex only allow stoplosses to be placed 30 points from the current price. If I trade oil or gold do you know where the best information can be sourced...I currently look at bloomberg and yahoo finance but often gold is barely mentioned..

its been so volatile I've allowed bad losses to run - almost paralyzed a my peril. Risking a way higher % than I'd like.

Most of my win's with the play money were on the FTSE100 or the DAX. I've had no luck on indices with my real money account so I've been looking at oil and gold. I'm trading on tradindex...and only realising now that their spreads ain't so tight.

Hey everyone, So after reading a couple of books on SB and spending some time trading 'play money' I took the leap into my own investors account. I was averaging £100 a day with the play money so I walked into it all confident and found out the hard way that when real money is involved nerves...