F**k, f**k, s**t, s**t4 Nov 2020 17:02
No advice or price predictions here, only the panic of someone who's trying.
Got paid at the end of last month and have been watching the price hovering in low 40s, so I thought I would top up today.
The price was rising so I thought I would buy 589,223 to give me a nice round number on my holding.
I couldn't get a quote, so I thought let me see what price I would get quoted for a sell.
I saw the post lower down that anything over 500K was not possible, so I waited for a while.
When I pressed the get price button I received a quote of 0.41.
Get-in I thought and pressed execute and saw the order was completed.
I went back to check my account and "F**k, f**k, s**t, s**t"; I didn't change the SELL to BUY when I pressed for requote.
I spent the next 30 mins trying to rectify my mistake.
Ended up where I wanted to be, i.e. buying 1,178,446 (678,446+500,000) @ 0.432 average.
This is my SELL trade showing as a BUY ...
Nov 4 2020, 15:08 0.41 589,223 0.40 0.41 Buy £2,415.8143
I cannot see the BUY back, I think the mistake cost me approx. £200.
Moral of the story, check the screen before pressing EXECUTE (and don't believe the BUY/SELL indicators on trades)
GLA