Anyone scalping the FTSE Futures??

[SuddenDeath]

GBPUSD weakening and indices fall also

 

[barjon]

paired it now @12831

oh, cobblers ftse weakness since the above has wiped out the long profit again. Will hold for a bit though.

 

[SuddenDeath]

oh, cobblers ftse weakness since the above has wiped out the long profit again. Will hold for a bit though.

Barjon have you tried hedging ftse with gbpusd?

 

[DaddyJohn]

GBPUSD weakening and indices fall also

£ putting in a strong bottom on the 10 min chart after key retracement on the 60 min

but there was strong volume selling earlier

 

[DaddyJohn]

nedd to break 1360 on ES .. or Martins 1336 beckons

 

[SuddenDeath]

GBPUSD hits highs of day after something happening at 12am rate decision

 

[DaddyJohn]

what happened??? rocket fuel boost !!!!!!!

 

[SuddenDeath]

GBPUSD takes FTSE higher

 

[SuddenDeath]

it would be interesting to see ftse100 stocks sorted by degree of defensiveness

 

[DaddyJohn]

it would be interesting to see ftse100 stocks sorted by degree of defensiveness

I have a view (not shared by many) that stocks are the next sovereign bonds... i.e safe dividends, strong balance sheets... just what you always wanted to get from sovereings but now the game is up...

Global companies are the new nation states..

 

[SuddenDeath]

I have a view (not shared by many) that stocks are the next sovereign bonds... i.e safe dividends, strong balance sheets... just what you always wanted to get from sovereings but now the game is up...

Global companies are the new nation states..

corporate world control

a while ago mcdonalds borrowed money cheaper than the US government,

 

[DaddyJohn]

corporate world control

a while ago mcdonalds borrowed money cheaper than the US government,

IBM managed to take a 50 yr loan last year at 1% !!!!!!!!!!

 

[DaddyJohn]

it would be interesting to see ftse100 stocks sorted by degree of defensiveness

a friend of mine runs a hedge fund.. I will ask him for his analysis of this if you really interested

 

[SuddenDeath]

a friend of mine runs a hedge fund.. I will ask him for his analysis of this if you really interested

thanks alot DaddyJohn

 

[SuddenDeath]

I suppose it would resemble a list of ftse100 stocks sorted by beta rating

 

[Dick Lexic]

IBM managed to take a 50 yr loan last year at 1% !!!!!!!!!!

yeah and now they 're claiming ppi

 

[MartinC-J]

Hey Martin, did you see that DC joined us a few days ago, with another prophecy??

it could be his on the money this time .. though a couple of days out... which aint bad.. but lets see....

John

It's good to see DC back again. His visits are too short and infrequent. It's nice to see his comments, but he always leaves us wanting more.

I didn't see his price prediction. I am sure it's a bold call.

How you enjoying the DAX? Much different than the FTSE?

 

[DaddyJohn]

John

It's good to see DC back again. His visits are too short and infrequent. It's nice to see his comments, but he always leaves us wanting more.

I didn't see his price prediction. I am sure it's a bold call.

How you enjoying the DAX? Much different than the FTSE?

yes, it would be good to hear from him more often..

I am loving the DAX... suits my trading style better.

 

[barjon]

oh, cobblers ftse weakness since the above has wiped out the long profit again. Will hold for a bit though.

still underwater but in the shallows now

 

[MartinC-J]

It's a close decision tbh.
With spreads at only 1 and the tax implications, it's much of a muchness going SB or DMA on the FTSE. It's simply just the 6pt overnight spread that I feel is a bit ridiculous.
Any ideas what the overnight DMA spread averages out to on the LIFFE?

Overnight on LIFFE the order book gets very thin so you could get stopped out just because of lack of orders. But as long as your stops are wide, there should be no problem overnight.

As I type, looks like we have a disconnect between the fTSE and the ES. The FTSE is pushing up while the ES goes sideways.