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Sold FEVR at 1304, peraps too early

Ha, HL? Hardly Live as I call it.
No, no experience of them IG and ii where working OK first thing so it looks like a problem local to HL.
Have sold IGG this morming at 700, not much more than I paid but getting a handsome dividend as well.
Did a lot of dithering earlier when I should have sold a couple of shares.

Morning, Good to see OCDO up there where it belongs on the leaders board yesterday.
Decided this share trading malarky is all or nothing, you have to be very lucky to dip in and out two or three times a day and make a profit. This is my first dip in today, just hoping to improve my positions somewhat.
O: Liked your suggestions about hi tech companies, I will look more closely at them when I get time. Thanks.

We are in a cafe overlooking the sea, windy but sunny outside. I should have been trading today, I could have sold LLOY, saga, but and especially FEVR. Doh! Still, it is nice here.

Good morning.
Yes the weather looks not as bad as it has been lately but rain every day where we are going.
Still, it looks like the sun will come out somewhat on the market today unless or until there is some more bad news on the virus problem.
I guess you will be trying to get back into OCDO on the slightest shake or will you just watch from the sidelines for the time being? I am looking to buy back but I did only sell about half of my OCDO on friday, now, I wish I hadn't of course.

Good evening all, I have just watched a film called "Betting on Zero" (on Netflix) about a battle to prove whether Herbalife is a ponzi scheme. Interesting battle between shorts and longs as well as an important human interest story.

Trying to set some Limits for selling tomorrow and can't come up with suitable numbers. I guess I will have to wait until the open. I have to be out of the house by 8.30 am tomorrow so I will be a bit squeezed. Of course I can apply Rule 8 (and Rule 9 ) and do nothing. FTSE future currently +1.25%
I like the idea of a share club, sharing ideas and research on shares. I would have to give a serious wealth warning on my suggestions though, I tend to be a bit impulsive.

You're right, weekend research is better, the distance away from the "action" is calming.
I remember Dixon of IWG now, I think he started the company and has personally resisted a couple of takeover attempts. I will continue to monitor them, 350 is a good price but perhaps as you say, it is a little early to be putting a toe into the water.
I need my head examining but I was looking at Novacyt NVCT, perhaps I am trying to replace the excitement of NMC!
Ha, have a good weekend.

"A week is a long time in politics"...Harold Wilson.

Certainly agree with being out of stock over the weekend (2 days is a long time in trading), but not so sure about being out overnight. Yes, buying OCDO at £10 and selling at £10.60 yesterday would have been great. It just goes to show that the possible 6% gain is completely hidden by the headline rate of -1.5% change in the Thursday close to Friday close.

O: Yes a lot of pensions, and general investments, depend greatly on dividends. As we know several of the main big dividend payers have slashed there dividend in the last year or so. I must look up what the average dividend percentage is and how it has been changing.
The only stock I am familiar with from the four you mention is IWG. That has been very good to me. I probably came to it in part because it attracts no stamp duty. It always seemed to be on the verge of being taken over. I have been reading a bit about WeWork(?) which is a much bigger company but in the same general business. The financials seemed a bit iffy to me, somewhat overblown and greatly affected by investment from SoftBank, another company I can't get my head round.
I will look into the Naked Trader though, thanks.

O: Yes I wish I had had the courage to sell as you did. It's FOMO (fear of missing out) I suppose. Thing is I think the opposite is FOWO (fear of being wiped out). This week has definately been a mixed bag for me, I was very lucky with a couple of shares but unlucky with the rest compounded by a certain amount of panic when I traded, not up to my usual (mediocre) standard. My excuse was that I was out today and having to use my mobile phone, not ideal for me.

Nice to see the FTSE make a recovery.
Looking back at the OCDO chart (with Stochastic and W%R displayed) If I had had access to this "full" chart, I doubt I would have sold OCDO early at 1043. I think I would have held until at least 1050, if I had sold at all. Interestingly, the full chart for PLUS would have induced me to sell when I did, even though another approx 1% was available later.
With LLOY I really did mess it up, approx 2.5% gain in shares was on offer but I managed to only gain 0.9%. Luckily again, they managed a bit of a late rally so I have ended up in a reasonable position. i.e. long with shares costing below current price.
I don't deserve any sympathy for being caught with my trousers down with shares in NMC when they were suspended. I did make some profit last week and this before they were suspended.
Reminds me of the old maxim, "Beware, shares can go down as well as fall through the floor".
Hope some others out there had a resonable week.

Just sol OCDO at ,1043.

Yes, plus was up ,,11%. Thought something was up yesterday when they went ex Divi but didn't loose on the share price. Turned out to be a good trading statement of income expect to be above expectations for last quarter.

Surprising that in these uncertain times, supermarkets, natural resources, oils are all suffering. I guess investors are focussing on supply side problems with supermarkets. Although I notice MRW is now positive. CEY down 7% FRES down 10%. You did a very wise reversal there T.
Noticed you contributing to the EZJ board earlier.
It's funny how actually selling some shares for more than one paid seems to outweigh 15 other shares all down between 3 and 7%! It's the thought of actual filthy lucre I guess.
Think I may well try to step back a bit next week and try to enjoy my holiday. Trouble is, trading is habit forming.

Stopped dithering, did something, Bought back into LLOY, at least I now have more shares, but only about 0.9% more.

I tried doing nowt with LLOY and missed a lovely opportunity to but in the 48p range, I should have had a limit buy set, aaarhh.
Technical problems are actually forcing me to sell with limits even when I want to sell at "Quote", it gave me a good price on PLUS. I had such a limit set at 1039 to sell OCDO but I must have set it just past the peak because they didn't sell.

sold PLUS after all they were 11 up. Not sure whether to sell ocdo and macro like you T, I am dithering

It turns out I was right to sell LLOY yesterday, they are down 4%+ today.
But heck, I would have been right to sell everything yesterday.
Note to self: ask IG to put a "Liquidate" button on their trading platform.

wow, IAG EZJ and TUI all down 6%

V posted yesterday that a director Stuart Rose has sold 150000 shares in OCDO, ooh eer.
FTSE future seems to be saying it has no future....big drop expected today.

Yes you are right extended settlement is a risky business, make that VERY risky business.

Talking of risky business, I have been reading the NMC chat room. I still don't know anything except it might reopen sooner or later (even next year), the share price might collapse, the company go bankrupt or the price reopen above yesterday's close. So that's alright then. Ha.
I actually, foolishly, posted one message on the NMC board about a week or so ago. Someone had said that a company like NMC cannot go bust, or something like it. I posted "That's what they said about Carillion". Then they tore my throat out, or that's what it felt like at the time, so I didn't post a second time. That will teach me!

We are having a holiday next week (only to the coast for some sunbathing. LOL). The place has WiFi but not sure how much trading I'll be able to do. I would, of course, appreciate your continued counsel on buying and selling OCDO and MCRO if possible. Thanks.

V: I believe Diageo have an excellent dividend record too.
More MCRO? Well I would like some more too but I am out of funds in my trading accounts now, could buy on extended settlement but that scares me in the present climate.
Nice news from your Financial advisor, good day to get it too when all else seems so bad.
It's Murphy's law that as soon as you buy a share it goes down OR as soon as you sell it stages a magical recovery. AArrrhhh! I sold LLOY earlier, convinced they would go sub-50p, they did, trouble is they have come back up to above what I sold them for. That Murphy character has a lot to answer for.