Recent content by TheReverend

I can't see a problem with connecting from overseas. If you do have an issue, then try the following: 1. Use a UK proxy 2. Use anonymizer to filter your IP address 3. Install 'log me in' or 'vnc' onto your PC in the UK before leaving, and log into the PC from abroad to trade There are always...

Hi all, I've only been trading the UK sectors for a few weeks, and I've noticed that the sector movement doesn't reflect the individual movement of shares within the sector. Is this the market makers working their 'magic' again, or are individual share movements not the main indicator within a...

Thanks 0007, I was concerned Robert Peston was just another manifestation of my middle age crisis, as I tend to moan about virtually everything and everybody nowadays, and yet am strangely drawn to the Porsche 911? Agreed, he is servicing a need and is probably tired, but he does build up his...

or is Robert Peston getting really annoying with his hyped-up, highly opinionated spoutings? Just because he 'broke' the Northern Rock troubles last year (yawn), he seems to have been on a BBC sponsored self appraising journey to the front page of the BBC news website, complete with his own...

Wow Lee, thanks for the insight, I don't know how you guys can trade like that day in, day out!! I've given it a try on a few occasions, mostly on the DOW of an evening with a glass of wine (I know, 3 mistakes already). I tried it on my day off a few weeks ago, and by some fluke managed to short...

Does anyone out there know how to cure it? Am I doing anything wrong? I have backfilled the last few days, but still no US stock updates for the 10th. Does anyone know if the backfilling is important for an end of day trader?

This problem seems have returned this weekend. I've updated and backfilled about 5 times over this weekend, but Friday's US data is still not available!!!

I have similar problems with orders being filled at reduculous levels. I can't trrade during market hours, so all of my positions are placed at night, ready to open the following morning. On Friday for example, one of my sector shorts was opened after about 20 minutes of market opening and in...

Hi Chilltrader, it is my understanding that the price it opens at should stick. Trouble is, there are so many disclaimers in the T's & C's for the account that it's difficult to tell. I have similar problems with trades opening 400+ points outside of where I wanted them to.

Hi all, Does anyone know of a spread betting platform which offers the ability to open and close bets 'out of hours'? Thanks TheRev.

Hi Gents, This looks like a nice sensible place to be! It's taken me about 18 months to find a proper forum to discuss the real issues of the day. I've not been trading too long; I started with a Natwest stockbroker account about 2 years ago, whereby I could just buy shares on T20's etc...I...

Hi Gents, This is my first post. I've not been on the 'introduce yourself' forum yet, but I saw your thread regarding IGI. I found that the most reliable way to access it was to download the Firefox browser, which I now use exclusively for accessing my IGI account. Good Luck, TheRev.