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- Reckon we should ask the EU for an extension, mesen.

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You do us both a disservice, Roulette. Regardless of the underlying message, ask yourself if you think I’d made the effort for everyone here?

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Don’t hold your breath.

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Noun:
1. A platitudinous Tory construct, contrived to placate disaffected and restless natives weary of years austerity.
2. A device or scheme intended to placate and subdue in order to acquire votes.

Adjective:
3. Something consistently invoked, yet repeatedly overlooked.
4. A pipe dream
5. Nonsense.

Fooling the gullible or trusting since 2014.

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Hear, hear Max. And I’m so glad you can say it without the message being lost among victim like accusations of pomposity.

More power to your elbow, sir!

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Many thanks, barna. Odd that the ‘Market Report’ shouldn’t appear when searching Sirius on The Times site? Appreciate you steering me in the right direction though.

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Hi, barna. I take The Times, yet, I cannot find this somewhat depressing article online. Where can I find it, please?

Many thanks,

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Good morning, Taufor. I wish I had been available earlier to respond, because you make a good point. The natural conclusion in your illustration is as you say, however, we both know that that wouldn’t necessarily make it accurate. Without any official flag or identifier as stop-loss, such an order could just as possibly be part of an algorithm, layering or spoofing attempt — one that could very quickly be removed from the book should any movement threaten it being actioned. And who’d realistically want to drive the market down to such an order only to find it unable to be obtained? After all, that aggressive selling down to get to such a price could then prove very costly to unwind.

Smoke and mirrors everywhere. Especially when the uninitiated and inexperienced provide such low hanging fruit!

Regards,

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“Also remember that the shorts know where the stop losses are placed“
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Sorry, Chilting - this is NOT accurate. An understanding of the types of market orders - and how they actioned should be a prerequisite for all market participants. If you’re placing any order, surely it helps to know how it actually works?

Stop-loss orders are NEVER VISIBLE AS STOPS. Should you CHOOSE (as my broker allows) to make your order publicly visible, then yes, it can appear on the order book. However, and this is a key point - IT WILL ONLY APPEAR ON THE BOOK AS ANY OTHER ORDER. There won’t be anything identifying it as a stop-loss.

Secondly, the use of a trailing stop will never become publicly visible. This is because the order is lodged with your broker who will only put it on the book once your conditions of been met. It just wouldn’t be feasible for them to keep entering, amending or deleting your order with the gyrations of the market.

As ever, a lot of rumour and hearsay is being presented as fact when, very often, it is misunderstood or misplaced.

Regards,

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Why on earth would you want to put a stop-loss on any stock that has a Beta of 1.76? To put that into context, @1.76 Sirius is subject to volatility swings 76% greater than the market itself.

Stop-losses have a useful - and sometimes skin saving - role to play in financial markets. It is the misuse of them by those unaware or unappreciative of when they should be used wisely that earns them a bad name.

Cheers,

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Well... as a Sirius shareholder of 10 years standing, you can rest assured that’s one petition I won’t be signing.

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“Someone just bought 3.2m shares. They must know something?”
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Which platform to go to?

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Morning, LoM. Is your parrot definitely dead, and are you certain your parrot isn’t actually a Norwegian Blue?

Because if it is, you might not know that it may only be resting. Or pining for the fjords...

Cheers,

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Hi, Chriskies. Chloride is a chlorine ion and can be separated from a feedstock with the use of heat (energy intensive) and sulphuric acid. A method known as the ‘Mannheim process’ is the usual way and is generally how SOP (rare in nature) is produced.

As far as we are concerned the process uses significant amounts of energy (thus is expensive), creates pollution and isn’t covered by the conditions of our planning application. So whilst ultimately possible, isn’t viable as far as we are concerned.

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I beg your pardon?

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How peculiar. LSE seems to hold that tonight’s is your first post?

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Yep. Hoping we’ve put in a floor!

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woolverstone, of course I understand the waiting can be discomfiting, however, - to my mind anyway - I think some shareholders are mistakenly ascribing the circumstances facing some of the companies who achieved successful offerings as comparable to our own. Unfortunately it is not as simple as that. I have been critical of Fraser in the past —primarily because I didn’t think he’d lived up to his billing, however, in circumstances such as we currently find ourselves, some things need to be borne in mind. Firstly, Sirius are not generating any revenues, and even ‘junk bond’ investors want to know how they will be paid. Secondly, in contrast to the likes of IOG - who announced a successful offering this morning (and at an enviable coupon to boot) for their North Sea gas, Sirius are looking for finance for a product that is pretty much unknown commercially -even though its characteristics and qualities are scientifically proven. As such, there are myriad other conce4ns or conditions potential buyers will look to apply before they commit.

Yes, we may all appreciate everything poly has to offer, but, let me ask you this; if you were investing in a business, particularly for which the market is yet unproven, would you be looking to secure and any guarantees or, failing that, expect the risk you are taking to be accounted for? I certainly would.

Sirius has massive potential. If you held the keys to unlocking it, I bet you’d be driving a hard bargain too.

R3gards,

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Ooh... Scotty, your timing really is impeccable. Cue the charges of ‘Tag Teaming’.

Even though you’re not my type. Lol.

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“Time will tell”
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Hard to argue with the rest of it, but, aren’t all these things sorta predetermined, or preordained or summin’? After all, "The dice are thrown in the lap, and every decision is from the Lord". Apparently.

Failing that, at least you could pray.

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Spot on, Cherokee. That’s a cogent example: large buy clears the ask at several price points and, as the unaware climb aboard, the sell (iceberg) order provides all the immediate liquidity smaller buyers need.

Uninteresting for some perhaps, however, there’s much to be made aware of here:

http://www.fca.org.uk/markets/mifid-ii

And even greater detail on the European Commission website here:

http://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/banking-and-finance/financial-markets/securities-markets/investment-services-and-regulated-markets-markets-financial-instruments-directive-mifid_en

Regards,

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