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Hmm thanks for clearing that up Hot......... for some odd reason i thought the margin affected the equivalent number of shares. ( something that someone at IG put into my head in the early days when the advisers phoned you up and bombarded you with information ( usually whilst walking through town with traffic noise in the back ground ) Yes Dax going ballistic . Nice rise on Sclp for you GS every thing going up even SHELL !!

Brents going up US light coming down a wierd one ...........

Thanks Hot, for good wishes , yes Img one off your favorites i recall...... £30 a point wont be 3000 shares will it as its a 20% margin is that equivalent of 1500 shares? ( To be honest Ive never been able to get my head around the equivalent quantity of shares with different margins. some 5% 10% 20% 25% even 40%. there must be a simple formula?? Will hold IMG for now and may double up if it hammers out at end of trade today. A short on pound / dollar would have been a good move today. too late now but will watch.. time for more ibuprofen for back

looks like a fail on IMG i am wondering if to bail or hold....... the inevitable question, what sayest thou?

hi Guys sold ITV this morning at 262.8 also sold booho at 28..18 decent rises on both. holding British land for now showy good profit bought in to IMG. RKH and NPT. RDSB still irritatingly not making headway (yet) SCLP good luck on that one GS............. gl all

Hot I am thinking close to your self with IMG a Doji candle appeared on the 8th April show a potential reversal ( indecision )( when seen in solid trends) Todays candle pretty much a hammer ( hammering out a bottom) Other techs showing possible reverse>>>> but ?? RKH yes everybody's good old long term unforgettable oily.... News is good...... Ichimoko Kinko cloud showing positive days ahead and above the cloud........ 26 day / 9 days on the mid price, all thing being equal up it should go up! Netplay NTP nice drop today on full year results but has value re Chanel 5 tie up till 2018 i think i will recover .£5 a point maybe Good luck all

IC TIP UPDATES: Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB) has agreed a £47bn takeover of natural gas major BG Group (BG.), in a cash and shares deal that equates to 1,350p per BG share. This is a premium of around 52 per cent to the latter’s weighted average share price. Shell expects the deal to accelerate its growth in global liquid natural gas and deep water exploration, as well as providing annual pre-tax synergies of $2.5bn (£1.7bn). It expects BG shareholders to benefit from its dividend, confirming it will match next year the $1.88 per ordinary share payout in 2015. While this deal immediately benefits BG’s shareholders rather than Shell’s, we maintain our buy rating for both companies.

Evening GS my S/p price was 2099.6 currently £69 loss....... Thats a heavty weighting of shares you have, must be close to £24k. I take my hat off to you, as you sold much of your P/F to obtain them and I do wish you speedy success............. current price 2025 you just need 65/70p rise to break even . that could happen tomorrow hopefully. Failing that a cracking yield of 6% must be about £1300 P/A on that quantity you could just sit on them. Lets see what tomorrow brings.

Hi hot yes also had BT. RR and BA all first time round.....your standard life short, you are well worth shot if it, I think it jumped up again today... I think JE is on the downtrend at long last but not looked at charts! ( am posting this from phone) been out food shopping now laying down resting sore back.!! Yes crude, indices and metals all a bit volatile. Square seems to be a good option. I might have had a small short on gold but couldn't stay and watch it. Ill have a good look around the charts tonight see if anything jumps out.. Yes esure did hold up.... nothing but surprises!!! RDBS still showing loss on my £1 a point was about £105 down at one stage. I am not sure if Gs has hit breakeven yet, probably not...... Its a wierd one though for the acquirer to drop so much, as a rule they go up.. Might be some uptrend value in it if oil trends up with it.

British Gas. Hot i wonder how many people still have their paper allocation from the tell them Sid sell off campaign form 1986. I I remember getting as many minimum allocations as i could and queuing out side Barcalys bank to get the prospectus. I bought them through a broker and sold them before i had to pay for them 1986 i think. ( pre internet days) Even my mum had some, there must be some still about!

I have traded Brent in the passed but not trading much except shares at the moment. too much going on. If i am not watching indices etc all the time i lose track. Any way Crude took a bigger drop today due to stock of barrels see below. Off for a pint to help bad back! FTSE 100 closed down 24.36 points, or 0.35%, to 6937.41, having earlier peeked above 7000. FTSE 250 rose 39.99, or 0.23%, to 17,561.5. At 4.45pm, WTI crude fell 4.06% to $51.79/bbl. Brent lost 3.33% to $57.13/bbl. Oil dived after US Energy Information Administration said US crude stocks rose 10.9m barrels in the week to April 3 to a record 482.39m barrel

Brent Crude down 207 points on the day also light crude US light crude down 237 points on the day. Oil is up and down like a yo yo. It all goes toward dragging the ftse down. Just hanging on time for now

Hi GS Brent Crude is dropping today and taking its toll on Shell price. It could be a while before we see a profit on Shell. hang on in there for now. gl

Hi Gs a good link . i didnt see that coming, sadly i am not holding BG any where sold them last month. I also saw that Shell throw a lifeline to Petro matad yesterday and it jumped 65% Ive took a £1 a point on Shell b and hope for the best. bo hoo making tracks. ITV has taken a tumble today it could be there latest potential USA Wienstien acquisition news http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/07/business/weinstein- Nice trading Hot and good garden management good luck all

Yes saw that re Blair, probably make it worse as Blair was always considered as a conservative in disguise..... Brilliant interview with Neil Woodford on a BBC news 24" hard talk"last night, anybody see it? Made a few pound on sbry this morning... Hot .... wife and mower flying grass... a giid mental image lol .. gl all

Managed to get out in sunshine and feeling a bit better. Re a slowing down definitely re uncertainty of election. Then ppossible EU referendum etc.... Europe... Greece.. Portugal. ect all negativity and again uncertainy driven. Longterm 5 yrs plus, positive and return to growth eventually Virtu I see are trying to list again on the nasdax. Bad news for all if us. A flash stock trading company using rapid super computer trading making millions of trades a day. Flash trading has caused the Dow to lose 700 points in minutes. Should not be allowed in.my view, life is hard enough for us private investors. . Gl all

Hot you're all gloom and doom on Easter Sunday lol. I wish i was out in the sunshine, knackered back cant hardly do any thing except suck on more pain killers ! GS, of course it could be the other way round if a crash doesn't come ( and there is no current evidence for one) Hot could lose 40% and you will continue to gain

didnt know that about esure and compare sites and hadn't thought of that Gs, well done! Ps is it you you is in ITV? looks like a good long-term buy..... nice relative constant uptrend, large prospective yield, shares cheaply rated....... current MACD in negative but RSI at 53 it could pop up on Tuesday. but long term its a goer in my view!

usefull link time two............. Investor chronicle echoing same. election uncertainty could cause 15% drop in equities during next 6 weeks.......... could be a good time to stay calm, not panic but to buy, watch for bargains if have any spare cash........ prob pick up again after election........ my bets on falling energy companies and banks i am guessing they will both come in for a kicking from the politicians pre election Gl all

sorry didn't post yesterday was decorating and today ive been working. Hot Barc sell at 255 was my thoughts could go to 260 before reversing . cant get into IG chats so will lok later FGP yes cold be its time for a pop up its approx 29% down in a year . Gs weren't you in as few years back and wasn't there some fuss with Richard Branson etc etc Thursday took out a SEPT s/p on JLG John Laing Group its only been going a month ( so very overbought) but looking like a good uptrend is setting in. Plus they have more work than you could shake two sticks at!! just a £1 a point its worth a go We missed the move on dairy crest on Thursday iv been watching it for ages!!! Gs nice thought on the woodford fund to buy and draw at the same time ( you should be a pensions advisor) also GS good luck on TCG they seem to go up and down a lot Happpy Easter all.... Currently dossed up on ibuprofen with bad locked - up back, so no chance of doing your decorating hot .. heh ho good luck all