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Hold of the Markets again !! -------GLA.

I haven't adhered more to the warnings in Step 8 myself over the years (lol) !! ----GL both .

matter but ----8. Master your trading psychology There is also a ‘secret’ eighth step to developing a spread betting strategy. I wasn’t going to include it in the list, because it’s something you will have to work on not once, but many times. Step 8 will be a constant battle but until you master it your spread-betting strategy will be worthless. I’m talking about trading psychology. Trading psychology is something that only you can work on. Believe me, it will affect you in ways you never thought possible. Have you ever found yourself sitting on a loss, hoping it will eventually get back to break even so you can exit the trade? Have you ever seen a position move into a profit and taken it, only to see you could have made an even bigger profit had you left it alone? Do you feel the constant need to be trading or to have a trade in place? Have you ever found yourself adding to a loss to try and make a profit more quickly, only to find the loss keeps growing? If you answer yes to any of these questions, you need to work on your trading psychology. Your emotions of fear and greed are playing a part in your trading and no doubt it’s costing you money ------------Not my words , but step 8 ,i suggest, comes into effect for every trading strategy , not just Spread Betting ?? ---- Be aware of "over-complicating " your strategies would be my best advice ---essentially it's just another means of Buying and Selling shares, indicies and commodities , hopefully , profitably ----GL.

Ever you are ---i see SSP group ( sspg ) floated at 210 p --- now trading at 225 p -----

Back in @ 880 p ,this level has been fairly significant just recently ,-----wish i had gone for a bigger posn . now , but looking good at the mo. -----steady uptrend developing ---would hope to see at least 940 p again on this move , hopefully more ---fingers crossed --- Dow looking bullish still . Thoughts go out to the families of the recent disaster ---- very sad .!! ----GL.

Nose out in the sun , so just taking a break ---see i haven't missed anything much here !!! ----regulars and newbies alike , abandoning the bb today ------ news is depressing on the tele , my heart goes out to the families of the malyasian air disaster --- things may get ramped up in the coming days ? --- doing pretty well on the Dow at the moment ( how you doing Optimus ? ) -----just listening to some russian at the UN trying to "wriggle out" of their involvement in Ukraine ?? ----GLA.

at the levels you posted , you are using the wall Street thursday daily spread -- better using the Wall Street DFB as your primary trade -- just an opinion ----GL. GS ----- Get yourself a trading account and join us in the "stressful " world of Spread Betting -?? ---

Got to 17146.5 , so a couple short of that 17150 --pulling back as i write --i want to stay with some "short " exposure cos at these dizzy heights a pull-back is inevitable soon and it may be a few hundred points or so ------Yes, the Daily spreads on Indicies and equities will close automatically each day ----use the DFB or quarterly 's to roll -over each day automatically ---- Index DFB's ( both FTSE and DOW etc . will have a dividend charge attached to them at 10 pm each night depending how many companies go ex-divi that particular night , so be aware of that ----and DFB's on anything also have a libor levi charged every night at approx. 3% ? ---The IG helpdesk will better explain that if you need it. ------------------As is usually the case the DOW rose to test the highs of yesterday and now has fallen to test the overnight futures GAP down to 17050 ---17100 is pychological so may well hold the drop for now ----GL , i'll let you get on with it --won't interefere any more ------

RSI on the daily 1 minute chart and you will see when to go long and short------GL.

late on ITV --sold @ 199 p --back in on any drop . Try putting a "sell " ORDER in on your dummy IG platform for WALL STREET DFB @ 17150 for £1.00 / point and see how you get on .? --- I was "short " from 17132 down to 17062 and then "long " from 17065 up to 17133 ----now "short " again from 17136 ----It should hit 17150 before profit taking sets in ( famous last words ) -----GL.

Down 45 --Dismal !!

my recent ITV purchase ( 12.5% ) , BARC ,BLNX - & VEC ----amazing and annoying how everything can go from blue to red overnight , just because the Ftse goes down 26 points ---GLA.

To take some profits today , did so on my AV. but not any others !! --- Dow in unchartered waters yet again , with Ftse not even at 6800 yet ? ---GS , ladbrokes surely needs a turn round now, i thought betting firms were supposed to have the percentages always in their favour ---an 18 month downtrend would suggest different ? above 140 p would be nice to see ----GLA.

Interesting , i'm sure ------but their is another law somewhere , i'm sure , that must dictate the finite production size of a transistor ?? ---GL.

see the buying volume today ---couln't hold 500 p , and i have to confess in taking some profit on the drop-back @ 498 p --- hoping for a rise and hold above 500 p tomorrow ---GLA.

It has been a disappointing performance , to be sure , and Brokers positive recomms . are non-existent at the moment , but it has a trading range between 190 p and 200 p , so with a close above that range today @ 202.6 p let's hope for a continuation !! ------GLA.

coming from the one that has just " sarcastically" posted about me coming back on this bb after a week or so ?? i'll make a deal with you , budd, --- get your own posts in order , contribute positively , when-ever you can , in sentences of more than three words and we can both post here without fear of annoying each other or anyone else for that matter --- agreed? --- have you not asked yourself why all your posts have systematically been removed from the board ?? as i have just posted , there are rules and regs ,--- which you are constantly breaching ---- it's not a case of "leaving you alone " --- i have only reported one of your "two word " posts , which means that either LSE have removed them or sombody else has been reporting you for the last 2 weeks or so ?? --- there' s a lesson to be learned and you don't seem to have learnt it yet ? -----but i wish you every good luck in anticipation --- can't be fairer than that now, can i ?? ----------

more interesting things to follow than you (lol) ----just some friendly advice tho' ----keep your posts to more than three words or you may find that you're the one that goes away again ( wink, wink, ) ----- LSE have rules , that you may wish to familiarise yourself with !! ---- GL .

Budd, ----- i've decided to come back aboard for a while ----so , you coming back as well ?? ---- GL.

That's better , buddy , more than two words ---your post may stay on this bb now (lol) -----let's wait and see ?