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Bitterly cold start to the week !!!--- time to dig out the long-johns and ear muffs , i think (lol) ------ Aviva obliging nicely, i see, with that further pull-back for me !!!--- GS :--- Standard Life ( SL) was one i had trouble with a while ago when i shorted it --- got the better of it eventually tho' --- you may be right to leave it alone for now , until that 425/427p good/strong res. level has been overcome . Any drop to near that 380p ish level might be a good value entry tho' --------- Optimus :--- well done on your trades ---i see your post over on the SB board .I'm staying away from there for a bit longer now again !!!---- I've topped up with a few more ETO ---current drop looks well overdone IMVHO !!!--- Indicies still in a bit of a consolidation phase atm ----- i don't like IG's Chris Beauchamp's posts as much as Joshua Mahony's !!!--- just personal preference tho' . CityIndex / Finspreads platform went down again for about an hour again this morning ???? GLA ----

JDF : --- Afternoon , off shopping again soon so just a quick opinion on Aviva ------ Purely from a Technical view i see a little more pull-back to hopefully hold above that important £5.00 level !!--- It's slightly over stretched on the top Bollinger but not as yet Rsi overbought !!-- It has closed right on the August supp. now res. level around 511p (but slightly above the march/april downtrending channel ) and smack dab on the 200ma !!-- Brokers are all very confident of a lot higher to come atm. ---- So, likely to see a bit more of a pull-back before continuing on to Res. at 535/537p ----- GLA ------ off out now ----

GS :---- another big jump in Aviva sp , i see !!!---- GL---- bitterly cold here today !!!---

Have an excellent piece on Ophir Energy this week !!-- Has dropped a bit since they published ---was 95p then , so today's sp may offer a good entry level !!! -- A lot depends on Fortuna in the coming months but a re-rating looks very likely they point out ----- GLA ----

More sheep than cattle ( but let's not go there --lol) ----- I thought you weren't too happy with Hastings ?? ---- GL -----

Optimus :--- Yes, that sounds like quite a few posns. running !!----- the required margins are getting ever more larger it seems !!--- I really don't like swing trades and never seem able to leave the posns run on long enough to call them Swings at all ----- Today , for example, the Dow was never going to breach & hold above 17800 the first time of asking ( not 18000 as i posted earlier ) --- so that's where i really had to close the trade out , especially reflecting on what Joshua Mahony posted this morning .---- Similarly , his Dax analysis was spot on as well -----Indicies are holding to his posted levels pretty well atm, i see , so it's another early start to catch what he has to say in the morning ----- I live in England but very close to the Welsh border ----- Telford is about an hour away for me also . It would be my nearest Big shopping centre , as it's bigger than Shrewsbury or Newtown ---- Lovely pub with a good cheap carvery close to the centre !!--- Telford main Centre has every type and brand and name of shop you could ever think of !!!!---- GLA -------

Bit of profit taking on Carclo , i see today ----- but nice to see it back up to 150p resistance , even if it couldn't punch thru' and hold !!!---- Just back from a hectic days Xmas shopping !!---- Peter Andre also in Telford ---come to switch the Xmas lights on , i believe !!---- ( or was it to see me ?? (lol) ---- Off out again now ------ GLA -----

Agreed ---- good to see it above a fiver again at long last !!-- GL ----

Definitely a bit quite on this board atm !!!! --- GLA ----

Dax just hit my stop loss ( 11120) ---252ma on i minute ----- but more than happy with the return at that !!--- Orders in for breach off todays highs on Dax & Dow -- Really, really must go now ---wife screaming at me from the car (lol) ----- GLA ------

Ok --- made reference to your post on AV. --- £9.00 . That's a long way off tho' atm !!!-- Must go now --- GL----

GS ----- not understanding ( 900 up ) ??? excuse my ignorance !!!! ---- but needs to hold that £5-00 level now . Optimus : ---- had been treating my Dax & Dow longs as " Swing Trades " and letting them run as they are both doing me extremely proud !!!----- But just couldn't resist closing the Dow out at 18000 ---- leaving the Dax ( probably shouldn't as a consolidation pull-back is likely but my stop loss level will still give a handsome return ) --- Out again now -----starting the Xmas shopping today in Telford ( well that's the plan anyways ) (lol) ----- GLA -----

Had just opened a Dax & Dow long when the power went off !!! --- Kept up with everything by mobile / phone but rather have monitors and routers up and running !!!--- Both posns doing well atm. !!-- GL ----- off out now ( stops in ) ----

Come back on again !!!---getting extremely fed up with this now !!!! ---- GLA ----

Seems like a reasonably good set of " figures" and Questor on board has done the trick atm ----- GL ----

Morning All ----- Out from the Bunker to survey the damage (lol) ----- Only had to use the gas camping equipment once to make a brew ( late on) as power went off again for about an hour !!---- scary stuff , and that was only 70mph winds , ---hate to be abroad in an actual hurricane !!!!!---- GS :-- i'm still in Carclo , so any tips would be gratefully accepted ( even from Questor ) to get it back to its recent highs !!! ---- I remember Bez on Big Brother ----- a complete N.u.t.t.e.r !!!---- GLA ----- time for a brew before Ftse opens ---.looks to be a bit of a consolidation day on the cards ?? ----

Just had our first power outage of the night ------- got all the wife's flower pots and hanging baskets in the garage - Good lady frantically getting some food microwaved in case power goes off again --- Topped my " genny " up with petrol and dug out the gas camping equipment ------ Car in garage as well tonight ----roof slates may be flying about later on !!!!!-- Dib,Dib, Dob,Dob ------ no i was never a boyscout , just like saying that (lol) ----- GLA ----- hunkered down now for the night (lol) ----

Sorry to hear that ---- Finspreads platform went completely down just before Wall Street opened , so that was a bit of a worrying hour or so !!!!-- But they have honoured all the positions that i was going to close out but couldn't ---- can't say fairer than that !!-- Check out IG Index's Dow,Dax, & Ftse100 analysis every morning by Joshua Mahony ----- he's very good !!!!--- Just click on INDICES on their home page and look on the right hand side !!---- It's getting rather wet and very very windy here atm. -------- old fellow ( 90+) across the road got blown over and we had to call the Paramedics ---he's ok tho' ---- Our cat's had a small stroke --which has upset the wife today ----- JDF's BEZ still rising ----386 odd now ------ might be time for a small short there to drop it a bit so that i can get in long at a good price (lol) ------ just joking JDF !!!!---honest ----- GL -----

Would have expected a bit more of a rise here today ---early days tho' . GLA ----

Some very good Broker /Analyst noises today as well ----