Can you be long and short at same time?

[Hakuna Matata]

oh yeah?

 

[cablemonster]

I killed the thread. I stopped it.

Well thank goodness you did as I was about to put my bits in a mangle with frustration.

 

[Hakuna Matata]

Well thank goodness you did as I was about to put my bits in a mangle with frustration.

the long bits or the short bits?

 

[robster970]

the long bits or the short bits?

Can you get mangles that small?

 

[Hakuna Matata]

Can you get mangles that small?

When I have a long and a short position on simultaneously, instead of being flat, I call it being "Short + Long", or "Shlong". Then, when I cover the short position, I get Long my Shlong.

Works a treat.

.

 

[robster970]

teh winner!

 

[cablemonster]

Can you get mangles that small?

No silly I am talking about mrs mangle from teh popular soap neighbours.

 

[Hakuna Matata]

No silly I am talking about mrs mangle from teh popular soap neighbours.

I had a thing for Helen.

 

[robster970]

I had a thing for Helen.

Helen Daniels..........

 

[cablemonster]

In all honesty I had a thing for the Alessi sisters.

 

[Hakuna Matata]

Some people - apparently - complained about my brusk (is that even a word) attitude and abrupt treatment of people who I think are, basically, idiots.

i would emplore them to stop bein' moaners.

That's moaner, not...

Mona - YouTube

 

[Hakuna Matata]

In all honesty I had a thing for the Alessi sisters.

gimme 10 mins I will come back with definitive list

 

[Hakuna Matata]

in another thread

 

[cablemonster]

To be fair though Libby did have a good set of top bo77ox.

 

[tar]

Thread is TLDR.

Can anybody do a short recap of what has happened so far and who has got banned in the process?

The discussion stopped on the idea that you may be "long and short" if you are trading very different time frames simultaneously ( like position trading and scalping ) , and costs here wont be doubled in that case .

 

[Vasco da Banana]

The discussion stopped on the idea that you may be "long and short" if you are trading very different time frames simultaneously ( like position trading and scalping ) .

50 pages for that?!

 

[brewski1984]

The discussion stopped on the idea that you may be "long and short" if you are trading very different time frames simultaneously ( like position trading and scalping ) , and costs here wont be doubled in that case .

But you wouldn't be trading the same size on a position trade as you would a scalping trade?

 

[tar]

But you wouldn't be trading the same size on a position trade as you would a scalping trade?

Most likely not , but not necessarily it could be the same size ...

 

[barjon]

Thread is TLDR.

...........Can anybody do a short recap of what has happened so far..........?

For my part in it all I'd sum it up as saying it could be used as a means of closing out a profitable trade at extra cost - which everyone (including me) thinks is a dumb idea.

Or going flat on a profitable trade leaving you with the prospect of going for a bit more in circumstances where you might not have the confidence to take a brand new trade of that type. The vast body of opinion is that this is an equally dumb idea.

 

[Hakuna Matata]

Does anybody still think that going long and short the same instrument in the same account has any merits?

Anyone?