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Hi Guys some nice trades by you all. Particularly liked your £1000 tickle on Wednesday Hot and as you say Christmas covered Also Toms £200 on EXPN, nice one Tom . GS have you got a fishing permit for Questers pond, keep it up? I’ve only traded Monday and Wednesday this week. On Monday I bought spot GBP/USD ( it was ready for a small long) also US diamond offshore drilling and at long last got out of Esure at a profit. Wednesday I figured most of the gains had been realised on Wall Street so shorted the NASDAQ until just before 6pm our time ( re QE news ) however Wall street dropped another few% on the news. Currently keeping an eye on gold if it drops below 1200 and breaks 1180 a shorting we will go. Happy days

Good day all, thought I was on the wrong board for a while. I really thought that I had landed on the Rentokil BB lol. However very informative and interesting posts. GS I haven’t heard the word weevil for many, many years my dad use to talk about them from his World War 2 days. When he was stationed in the desert in Egypt he told me that the biscuits came with ready baked weevils in them. As they were considered to be a decent source of protein they ate the biscuit with them in. Hot your tale of infested flour does have a positive side for me; any money you spend at Sainsbury’s may help to alleviate the despicable loss I am suffering in my Sainsbury shares. (It’s an ill wind and all that). Very pleased thou that calm has again descended to the Hottentots residence Armani, congratulations your knowledge of bug killing insecticides, has to be commended, the fact that you could write the label in your sleep gets you extra points!!! The markets, Hot your phrase of silliness strikes a chord and isn’t it just. Nothing is stable, Shares go up and down several times a day and indices turn at lightning speed and all for no reason. Glimmers of hope though, traditionally November and December are usually the two best months of the year for shares. And much of the FTSE is undervalued and dare I say it cheap even. The 7/8% fall over the last couple of months makes them so. RR and Shell are ones to watch when and if RR comes out of decline it could be a goer. For now though for me, it’s holding cash and day trading on margin. Good luck all

Thanks for that golden shares, much appreciated. I did read once that a famous Forex trader purely worked on tossing a coin and he had a 50% success rate ( which inst bad is it?) lol Its currently heading north for now any way

Morning Armani I see you are out of TW. No worries, could be good to monitor them as there is a good chance the housing sector shares will work their magic again( as they have every year) in the run up to April reporting dates. Gs the Fundamental expert what is you long term take on Esure? Hottentot Ftse more stable today with less opportunities, made a few points on Shell again this morning . I am currently mainly day trading on US shares staying away from indices for now. Good luck all

A nice couple of hours on Wall street with some decent small gains even made some money on Facebook. Picked up a £10 on a 2 minute short on ESURE last thing tonight its gone some way to balancing my long. Will it drop in the morning or will it go back up again?

Hi ever body, Armani firstly thanks for your comments re trading with surgical dental pain in airports. The pain and trauma is bad enough but trying to trade spreads on a mobile phone is a real skill as I cant access charts and the tickets jump all over the place! I also traded a bit in Slovakia and again without charts. Thank you for saying I have a good spirit, as my other half calls it an addiction lol Traders Hot and Tom Monday in between taking antibiotics and mega doses of Ibruphen I traded the Dax and the ftse reasonable successfully and by 10.30am I was done . Tuesday covering shorts like a madman but took some profit on a long on RDBS staying away from RR for now. Got caught out by opening up a hedge on FTSE but did a stupid thing.!! Note to self, must have a tattoo on my head that says when running a long and a short on the same instrument must remember to tick the force open box!!!!! ( anybody else fell into that trap in a moment of excitement?) ( panic is probably a better word) Tuesday afternoon 2.30 Wall Street comes on line, took profits out of 3 Wall Street shares, waited for the USA dinner time rally which is between 5 and 6 ish our time then ran longs and shorts on big corporation shares using stops and limits. These shares produce big enough Bollinger channels to trade both ways every half hour or hour or so. Also took a bite out of “Apple” on the up-trend Today not been on markets yet other stuff to sort out. GS, currently, I think funds are a good way to go. I am looking at threadneedle global equity income and Artimis Global income for my partners sipp. Personally I am not holding many shares at all, mainly cash, its all become a bit too volatile. Wait and see what November brings. Another trip to Slovakia in early December more pain but more gain . Then two glorious weeks in Gran Canaria in early January, bring it on guys.

Tom..... sex in airports..... makes the mind boggle. All. 2 hour flight. 4 hours on the motorway. Got home logged on, 30 mins left on Wall Street, took 25 points out of US Transocean. RR. Caution been downtrending for last 22 months. SSE caution .IC giving it a sell . Good luck all

Hi guys sat in bratislavia airport I traded shell for £15 profit not bad whilst waiting to get on a plane. Cstch you all later

Hi guys been trading US shares on 5 minute charts, mainly Excellon doing reasonably ok. Off to Bratislava tomorrow, up at 4 am. ( yikes) good luck all, see you upon my return Opti

Hi Armani thanks for the welcome back. I am away again on Tuesday. Your detailed observations re Russia and Germany are note worthy. Its time Armani for you to joint Hot, Tom,and myself on the spreads. its great for the weight as well. you are either burning calories off with adrenalin or you just dont eat as you dare not leave your chair LOL

Hello Hot and its good to be back albeit it for a short while. Your market analysts Is excellent and useful, well done for such good predications I couldn’t believe that the Dax dropped so low today. I took a few pounds out it and it kept on dropping right through all the support levels down below 8000 it should never have gone that low. Picked up a couple of decent longs on Wall street but it was dangerously volatile as always, I did best on the S&P Dogs. Check out Excellon, very much ready for a bounce but for my most profitable trade take a look at Diamond offshore drilling, goes up and down like a pair of you know what. Transocean is worth keeping an eye on when it moves it keeps going up Pro trader, not so sure about that only when I make money. My other half calls me a pro gambler! Had a dabble on Apple and Alibaba this evening with tight stops and limits both failed for me but on the whole a good day. Even Esure is going up. I will be interested to see how Wall Street closes tonight. Ill post up the Simon Thompson (IC) S&P ten dogs when I get a minute designed to make money for Christmas Stay short or Stay long or Stay out but whatever we do STAY ALERT

Hi all you guys, good to see all your posts over the last week. Thanks Golden shares, mainly recovered from first lot of dental work done on right hand side. Going back to Slovakia again next Wednesday for more treatment so will be away again for or 5 odd days. The surgery has the state of the art equipment and everybody is highly skilled, courteous and polite Then I need to go back twice more probably in January. (I like Slovakia, I felt comfortable and safe. I was astonished to see a large Tesco in Slovakia though) Currently as my mouth is now full of titanium, my head is worth more than my shares. I’ve virtually been stopped out of everything and the rest are all down? Hot picked up first long on FTSE this morning then shorted for a few hours, jumped across to short Wall Street for a while on one minute RSI and pushing on to seconds and tics, the adrenalin was too much for me so came out . Then transferred to US shares at opening bell I am currently running a P/F of S&P dog shares, have done really well, trading these high value shares at .24 a point. They have such obvious swings trading them on MACD, RSI and EMA and Bollinger signals. (providing the market does drop 200 points in a heartbeat) Sold all ten yesterday at a profit. I tried to short them on the way down to day but IG wouldn’t take my shorts. (They want it all their own way) After all that I ended up the day at a small loss mainly due to my FTSE shares being stopped out. Good luck all (we need it)

Thanks for good wishes guys. see you upon my return.

Hot, GS, Armani. Thanks Gs for that link a good read. I am hanging on to SBRY shares now. Hot, yes I did consider re entering RR but I noticed, the long term chart is showing a down trend, that mega drop scared me away so I didn’t re enter. (Amateur I know lol) I ran a small ftse short yesterday but soon jumped out and also bought long USD/ JPY and again was soon out . Spent the latter part of the day trading US shares working from charts had a decent long on ABBIEV Inc and currently running a short on Arch coal inc. Thanks for info re bonds and am considering. Armani B&M bargains are always busy . The discounters are currently very successful, how long will it last I wonder ( a good while yet I guess) GS thanks for updating us with your P/F always good to see what you are up too, good idea currently to let the fund managers do the worrying . Guys I can’t really concentrate on the markets as I am off to Slovakia tomorrow for stage one of my dental work and back on Sunday morning. Wish me luck and I will be back on the boards soon!!

Hi Gs thanks for your words. Ive had a break and ready to come back in now. Hot and Gs Last week I called Rolls Royce wrong and got stopped out thankfully it was on the first day as it just tumbled for two days running. I couldn't believe the rate it tanked I should have known better as it is actually trending down but have been successful in trading the ups and downs in the past . Also went short on a well known supermarket first thing on the first day of bad news, the share shot up and i got stopped out of that in the first 30 mins only for it to go tumbling down again. Plus I am holding a wedge of Sainsbury in an Isa at a big loss. Any way I have a rule if three stops in one day get set off, I pull way and take a break to come back with fresh eyes. It works for me otherwise my emotions would get the better of me and I would go chasing losses. Good luck all Hot I was looking at the bollywood bond I might dump Sainsbury for it i wonder if the yield is subject to tax or is it isable?

Hi guys some bad calls for me this week so have put my self in time out for a few days. I will take a short break and hope to come back with fresh eyes Good luck all

Slovakia retire .....Gosh what a question. Have no idea to be honest. I am going over twice before Christmas so will report back. One of its borders is aligned to Ukraine which doesn't currently bode to well. But Brstislavia is only 30 miles from Vienna which is a beautiful city So its also close to Austria The cheapest way to get to Vienna is flying into Bratislavia then a bus to Vienna. Slovaks educated and intelligent people with country having a sensible economy.

dental work, off to Slovakia at the end of month. Didn't know quester had put a sell signal on TCG glad i am out as well (for now a least)

Armani thanks. re esure the uptend should clear the shorts out and the up may continue. (I can't look at charts today as am shop managing again) TW continues to be just a trading share. Always Iintraday opertunites if you trade both ways. Ok for long term hold as well if you trade it a few times Not looked at AV for ages must do so. GS my new car fund cash is going on titanium implants lol what a world we live in. Hot Thornton going up Good luck all

Hi Hot I think you might have picked an upward trend for Thornton’s ( not many of them about mainly swings) Bollinger Channel opening up nicely, good fundamentals, its looking good I’m in . I have Esure on the spreads at 242, so a long way to go but given time it should climb back up there. ( i hope) Ps happy Great Britannia day