FTSE 100 intraday trading - JUNE 2003

will you tell the sb's or shall I ?
cac is still positive
but ftse cash is way off the quotes.


edit
starting to come in line now
 
I'm short 4119 at the mo...
seems like someones put an elastic band there at the minute...
I'd say to get beyond 4140 the dow is gonna have to tame 9000..
or some sterling perfomances from financials and pharmas..
BUT I can't remember such strong sentiment since the late 90's so anything is poss...
 
I'd put my savings in a tracker fund and forget about trading but I'm afraid of the terrorist threat. Even with ETFs and trailing stops, anything nuclear or biological is going to erase any gains.
 
Johnny40

Finspreads do the same thing with their stops and limit orders.

They tend to close you out well before the stops you have placed.

I have lost a few hundred pounds because of this- so I won't be doing that again in a hurry!!
 
Bradley cycles
does it make your mouth water or what?
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for anybody reading this who is new to the game

that was a classic weak bull shake out

can often happen in the lead up to the dow opening
prior to a rapid rise.

think of it as the market makers trying to get you to
believe they know something you dont.
 
Hi Bonsai

Just for your info CMC/D4F charts do have a trendline facility but unlike the other indicators you can select it by clicking your cursor over the relevant part of the chart and a blue line will appear creating a trendline or support resistence lines.

I have used D4F charts to good effect but have had the best results for daytrading when concentrating on there own prices, however there charts lack CCI and when selecting a lower indicator to much of the upper chart is lost (although I am using a 15" monitor) so a larger monitor may well improve this problem. I like to use CCI which is not provided by D4F the next best alternative is RSI however I find this tool on D4F is not as good as other charting packages. I do not know if this is down to the fact that with D4F charts you are charting either the bid or the ask price rather than a combination of the two. I have found it better to rely on the upper chart with Bands and SMA's. However I now rely completely on Sierra charts and look upon D4F charts as possible back up should Sierra fail up to now they have yet to do so over a 4 mth period.

Kevin

What I have discovered recently by introducing FTSE Index Futures to my trading is that sometimes I am in front of the D4F price charge due to working off the Futures chart.
 
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This is always worth a look.
...................S&P Futures
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Bonsai - 1stly apologies if you've answered this b4 on a thread somewhere; which SB do you use?

Cheers
ChowClown
 
I have now inserted a chart of S&P500 futures on Page1.

You may find it of some help in the mornings
before the U.S markets open.
 
Bonsai

Looks very much like yesterdays start? If it goes -20, time for an up bet?
 
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