DaddyJohn
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looks like the market is dressed up as a butcher for halloween
i'm of for my nuts.
Too cryptic for me dick... Why are you looking for your nuts? don't you know where they are ?:cheesy:
DaddyJohn
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Bet still stands DC ... Bear my ar$e in woolworths window if we hit 5089
What will I do if we hit 4846???
Bet still stands DC ... Bear my ar$e in woolworths window if we hit 5089
What will I do if we hit 4846???
If you really are an exhibitionist how about some act in your local Tesco's vegetable section.
ordinaryguy76
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Right, I am ready to write a book on "How to miss big moves even if you know about them upfront". Surely it will reach top 10.
I guess family and job will allways get in the way. Should I get rid of both ? :innocent:
Initially, I will be looking to short from 5440 area, if it gets there.
I guess family and job will allways get in the way. Should I get rid of both ? :innocent:
Initially, I will be looking to short from 5440 area, if it gets there.
DJ did your mate get out in time?. They are reporting some clients money has gone missing.
DaddyJohn
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I don't know, I haven't seen him since.... He had £1.5m with them!!! He might be crying into his beer right now...
That's a lot of money to be waiting for.
My brokers all seem to take ages to pay out, sometimes 5 days. Seems a bit extreme when you can transfer instantly in private bank accounts.
Can pay for Chaps payment though when i need it fast. :cheesy:
GDP up next :-0
You should ask for brokerage accounts to kept in segregated funds. That "should" protect them. I hear Charles Schwab is looking at buying MF Globals Brokerage service. Interestingly Schwab own Options Express who own Open ECry who are who I trade with.
I am going to guess that the range is between 5416 and 5384 for the next hour, and then getting smaller until ISM Manuf number at 2pm.
I am going to guess that the range is between 5416 and 5384 for the next hour, and then getting smaller until ISM Manuf number at 2pm.
ordinaryguy76
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sold @5433, bought @5423, +10
my trades at spreadco are now referred - what a joke. Tiny account with a tiny profit.
Will be out of this provider soon.
my trades at spreadco are now referred - what a joke. Tiny account with a tiny profit.
Will be out of this provider soon.
I am intrigued by some of the methods presented in this thread for trading the FTSE Futures. I traded the UK100 daily with real money for about a year but decided it was too difficult to be consistent. So I took a different approach, which meant learning to program.
I developed a simple system, which I use in a demo account, but am very keen to get ‘real’ again.
The system buys when the price goes up , sells when it goes down and waits when it goes sideways . There are a number of parameters in the program which for example distinguish between sideways, up and down, but no complex mathematical indicators.
My guiding principle is ‘avoid complexity’, which includes candle analysis, chart patterns, Elliot Waves and Fibonacci – all of which I find fascinating and often apply extremely well to historic data.
Going live any time since March would have been good and last week’s results were also good. But what about December 2010 to January 2011? That makes me very cautious about going live now with December approaching.
Of course, the rules don’t change, the behaviour of the price changes. It still goes up, down and sideways as before, but in a different way, which is difficult to quantify. Human descriptions such as “choppy, volatile, trending” etc may be true, but my dumb program needs more precision. Any ideas?
Yes I can tweak the parameters to better fit the historic data, but who cares about the past? I know that losses are part of winning and there are no guarantees, but I’m being very cautious nevertheless.
I’ve attached some charts to show the success of the last few days and a really bad couple of days. Also today’s chart. Where will it go? How will the logic respond?
I developed a simple system, which I use in a demo account, but am very keen to get ‘real’ again.
The system buys when the price goes up , sells when it goes down and waits when it goes sideways . There are a number of parameters in the program which for example distinguish between sideways, up and down, but no complex mathematical indicators.
My guiding principle is ‘avoid complexity’, which includes candle analysis, chart patterns, Elliot Waves and Fibonacci – all of which I find fascinating and often apply extremely well to historic data.
Going live any time since March would have been good and last week’s results were also good. But what about December 2010 to January 2011? That makes me very cautious about going live now with December approaching.
Of course, the rules don’t change, the behaviour of the price changes. It still goes up, down and sideways as before, but in a different way, which is difficult to quantify. Human descriptions such as “choppy, volatile, trending” etc may be true, but my dumb program needs more precision. Any ideas?
Yes I can tweak the parameters to better fit the historic data, but who cares about the past? I know that losses are part of winning and there are no guarantees, but I’m being very cautious nevertheless.
I’ve attached some charts to show the success of the last few days and a really bad couple of days. Also today’s chart. Where will it go? How will the logic respond?
