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OK got ya. Like a reverse stock split!

daft question perhaps, but why does this trade @$20 in the US but £2.50 here when exchange rate is $1.30:£1??

All those who waited for 180 got the green eyed monster now! LOL

interesting rally this afternoon with OP only $43. IIs starting to pile in here i believe!

last couple days to get in sub 250 i suspect!

Ceders the IIs will realise they can't not be in this share as it is the best dividend yield on the FTSE. The ones who choose to stay away for ethical reasons are quite simply going to miss out!

SF, it actually hit 370+ on June 8th which i remember well as was trading this share then. Buying @£3 & selling for 10% gain. did that cycle a few times & made some nice cash there. I have got a good load now @200 & i was amazed i got the chance to buy more last tuesday morning @230 after the pfizer vaccine. i expect this to rise relentlessly now as no negatives out there. Talk of returning to 220 level is just wishful thinking!

absolutely no chance this will go back to 220. 250 is still a silly level (20 year + low) this may retrace by a few pence, but the trend is well & truly bullish now with 2 vaccines on the table. Don't forget the oil price is certain to boom now as it's all traded on futures market so the positives will be filtering there too & futures orders will going up & up. If investors want in on this IMO they need to get in now or miss the boat!

CARD has trading update on Friday. I think it could dip after that. Keeping an eye on it. volatile little one that! yep i missed out Ibstock other week. Same gig really. Spoilt for choice with bargains! what i like about BP is it really doesn't worry me from a risk perspective!

i saw you commented on CARD as well. i had a big buy order on that for the whole week before vaccine announcement @ 29p. It went to 30.10 but never quite triggered my buy. you feel cursed sometimes LOL

yep, i had 000s in NEX @ average of 140 & bailed out into here too. i put a few bob into Greencore @88p which softened the NEX blow though. Best not lose sleep over it. Personally i feel BP will give just as good a return as NEX over time and i think that might retrace next week anyway. Rise was too quick!

sods law steve, i sold a huge amount of National Express week before lockdown happened. then vaccine announced. I missed out on huge profit gain there. Can't lose sleep over this stuff. Overall i done well in last few months so can't complain really!

Persimmon is a good stock, i nearly bought it @ £22, ne'er mind! I see the BP share in fairly simple terms. Assuming this vaccine is all good & we're out of the woods in a few months this share should be 400 at least. As i see it, lots of travel/transport stocks rose 30/40% early last week. BP rose @20%. All those other stocks have one thing in common. They need oil & lots of it! I do feel this SP is due a correction & we will see it next week. I may be wrong but i don't care as i'm not selling anyway, just nice to see it on the right track

Steve, yes, so that is my point. As you're looking for a long term hold for dividends rather than day trading & that type of thing, surely it's better to just get in at a good price, 230/240, does it really matter?( they're prices from a bygone era) rather than wait & see if it goes into 220s. Personally i'm now in here with quite a good tranche at 200 & a top up on Tuesday @230. I intend to sit on my hands with these ones now as a no brainer long term for me. I got a few bob in a few other more speculative stocks but i consider this one a solid income with a long term capital growth almost certain!

Steve, at these prices, the question is whether you believe the SP will rise significantly in the future. As you are on here i assume you do as you're not deramping it at all. The question therefore relating to buy in price shouldn't be hugely relevant. Most investors on here who have even the most pessimistic outlook here believe this share will surpass 300 within a few weeks/months. The more optimistic believe it could be 400+ within a few months. So the question for you is in order to get a buy in price of say 5p less are you prepared to wait & then miss out on an unstoppable rally upwards? Only you can answer that but regardless whatever price you pay you will get the 16p per annum yield. If you believe the shares may return to 200 then of course you should wait before buying. IMO, belief in the share that you're buying is all important, regardless what anyone says on any bb as you can feel confident that you have made a sound decision based on your own sentiments. GL

especially on this stock. 15% rise, nothing really, only 6 weeks ago prices. More vaccine news would put this back where it should be!

It dipped 2% here, 3% US. The Dow follows the FTSE not vice versa. Could go up or down tomorrow of course, but this is today's news. Tomorrow is another day!

This share hasn't really moved at all yet. 28th September it was trading above this level. This will boom soon!

well, i think announcing the vaccine straight after US election was always a bit fishy but i think this was known about for weeks . All a bit of a conspiracy theory stuff but seems a bit too coincidental to me! markets would go crazy if vaccine is poopooed!

Tacet i read this earlier today. I think markets would have dipped today if there was anything big in it. Sounds just like someone taking a profit. I think if that vaccine stuff proves to be a non starter all hell will break loose!