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Hi guys ive gone for the Hat trick on LGEN and got it........................ after selling last night at the high of the day. I wasn't sure how i would play it but i know that the Dow is racing away and it has a habit of pushing the ftse upwards particular at the bell.
Lgen had dropped 7 points so i decided to buy back in at the low of the day at 307 07 just below S1........... even with trading costs and purchase tax i still got a load of ( free) extra shares ..

I am not massively concerned if they drop a bit now as all the extra shares i got over the three trades with their divis should cover it..

Also British equities are on there way up and some pundits are pumping out "Fomo" group think to buy... so we will see...

In the P/F found i had got some divis from RDSB and BAE so took them out and booked a holiday in Portugal for February hopefully a nice bit of sunshine and relax .......... GL all

Hi Gs thanks for the fundamentals on those two shares. Yes Av probably is worth £6 and more .. l am not a current holder but i might take a deeper look at it now.

I am sure it use to be up at £6 when we all traded it in the old days. Ive looked at the long term techs, its still at a strong resistance point on the long term. its got some work to do but if the city get behind it and the funds with that divi it should start to go...

Gs Task lgen.......... yep if i can pull this trick of for a third time, it will be a Hat-Trick lol
................ Task, work job or going any where interesting?

Hi Task, thanks re comp ..... liked your jokes and particularly the second link. Its hilarious!! Had to have a cold shower after that but ce la vie.
Good on you for fight back .. I still churn, no what i mean is my stomach still churns when i see lots of money disappearing from my account lol ........ yes you are right its always down to money management, sticking to your plan and trading like a robot. If we could constantly do those three things we would be more successful . Mt4, yes antiquated but its still the world standard which makes it the go to platform. I love experimenting with all of the indicators across different instruments and time frames........... chk out this link https://www.best-metatrader-indicators.com/

Ps just before the sell bell sold all my LGEN again,. ( third time this month )It just on the pivot and had quite a weak push up today.. hopefully will drop down to 305 ish maybe before i buy back in.

Hi all............. Thanks GS ............... Nice to see me Top of the Tipster leader board again for the second year running ... Eat your heart out Woodford !!!

Task no i haven't stopped day trades F/X ect just had my son staying most of last week and to be honest i was happy to have a break .... yep that DJ also cost me a packet. I am wary of indices like the DJ and Dax they rock and roll like a bucking bronco ..

Well done task for trading your way back up and to contain the losses you had.. .

It looks like you have got your ftse dip you asked for

. Well we managed two whole days before the British negativity set in again and down the ftse and Gbp goes typical!!........... I had a micro short S/B on it this morning but soon got out with a small profit.( my heart is not in it )

I also picked up short on Easy Jet on my new demo account i am seeing how MT4 handles share trading , there appears to be a very small lag but on shares its not a big concern. I haven't tested F/X at volatile times yet but i will do.... Saw that link re Oz prime minister.... hopeless . got to wrap up pressys now....... Good luck all

Well done both of you GS and Hot .......... Its about time us cavers had a bit of luck with our P/F's. they have languished in the doldrums for far too long . ..................yep up, up and away we go ... GS excellent that double profit for you................. Hot enjoy your Av gains drink tonight .. Ill be joining you for an early doors and saying cheers Boris

HI Gs it looks like AV momentum pushed it straight up and it kept on going .. you and Hot must be well pleased.. I tried selling some of my P/F first thing but couldn't get prices, brokers going crazy. managed to sell a bunch of LGEN and made just under a £1k . Now bought them back which was hopefully at the low of the day and got my self a bunch of free shares with ( 6% divi ) this share has been very good to me and hopefully will continue.. GL all

Hi Gs looking at the exit pole its highly like the FTSE will get a decent boost tomorrow.

AV is at a strong technical resistance point, but if the conservatives have this big majority that the the exit pole suggests, AV
may well push through resistance and keep on going.............. Good luck with it GS

HI Gs thanks for comp heads up ........Something very strange happed to me today on the market.

I was in henderson high income trust on a spread bet and it went ex dividend today got £ 25 .The odd thing is the share went up and not down so I picked up another £ 30 odd on the uptick then sold immediately.... first time I've has a share go ex divi and go up!! ....

Everybody been to vote .....here we go

Hello Task re losses well within my 2%
maximum just went a bit to fast for comfort.

It's not been all bad this week so shouldn't grumble .

What a good idea running a hedge on the DJ that DJ is in world of its own an amazing bull run today........ so glad I got out when I did...

Have my son visiting next week so won't be on the board and unlikely to be trading ...will be checking in the evenings . Keep the home fires burning Task and good luck all

Hello Task don't worry about influencing and ditto from myself.... I think we have very different trading styles.....I now look at longer time frames and you go more for shorter intraday so it's probably best we don't take too much notice of each other......

Hello Task ditto re website crashing ...caved in on DJ short last night in sadly a big loss .....
My own fault should have closed earlier but held on .... you know that feeling Task .......No trading today other stuff going on ....Gl Task

Whats DB task ?

Thanks Task its at least just ranging which i can cope with... All my analysis says its a short but DJ yer who knows !! .
I have a frightening large stop on it and i want to go out t but now feel a bit stuck .

Trading view......... good to look at now and again for all their Techs Analysis when you type in a f/X pair i lke the way they
have that big circle metre and list every thing they can think off. to show strong sell or buy etc

oh yes i see it but looks like the bulls didnt take any notice of it grr

Thanks Task ... yep iv got my eye on it.. I thought the Trump impeachment news would have driven it down but no.

Pivot support one or at least half way I hope

I was looking at 27456 area what do you think

Hi Task i am short on DJ got in about 15 .13 Hrs but not in profit. I see it still as a short but its not playing ball, where do you see it going ?

HI Task it looks like you have been busy and congrats on making some money in this weird week its been..

Brokers Oanda has been ok but iv never scalped on it or tried to close during volatile times so cant really comment on execution speeds . The spreads aren't brilliant but fine for long term trades. It seem reliable enough and the demos are for life, their standard platforms uses trading view charts...

Ive only used their MT4 but i guess i need to test it a bit more during volatile times, plus as its all in US dollars that confuses me a bit with all the unit sizes, mini, micros lots etc, ( Doh old age creeping on)

Markets.com ( markets x) very safe as it belongs to every financial organisation going that important to me if i am putting my money there..

Had a quick scan, ditto their normal platform uses trading view charts with tools.

Ive downloaded the MT4 and the spreads are fine i haven't really had time to test it yet...... but !!!!!!! to my astonishment the number of instruments on MT4 is astonishing.
To my joy they have dozens and dozens of shares you can trade on MT4 ... lots of US shares but also a good selection of UK shares............ Imaging putting a bunch of indicators on shares on a MT4 platform ... I am going to have some fun doing that and Lloyds is going to be my first experiment ill get back to you ....

Trading the GU over night is very brave of you Task trading the GU at all is very brave as it often just ranges.
However its exceptional bullish right now so i wouldn't short it .

I put a short on N cad last night and closed it out in a loss and only to see if i had left it alone it would have been well and truly in profit... Ps my overnight- ers are supposed to for 24 hrs until the following evening, that is why i run two separate trades i try to close one in profit then leave the other to run, I am trying to catch a long term trend.

Reminiscing............. Hi Hot, good to see you back on the board and talking about trading. I recall you taught me a great deal in those early days.

I didn't have a clue about spread betting and was losing money hand over fist trading binarys and any thing and everything that was flashing away on my screen .

Task........ Hot and myself use to trade the one min chart at the London break out on the ftse and Dax and any thing . I even traded the tick chart once ( stupid me) any way we use to be going at it all day long and wouldn't ever give up until we were at least back at break even. Hot would carry on all night sometimes trading the Dax. This of course was interspersed by Hot delivering various ( how can i put it ) lessons to other traders about shorting shares , most of these lessons didn't go down to well lol particularly over on the AV board hey GS . So... Hot i am not having that you are a reformed trader get you arse back over here and start shorting again.. Opti

Hi guys GS Hot Task .... not loked at charts just been swimming having a cuppa in cafe... .will respond later .Gl all