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For those who follow the blog, you've noticed that the past few weeks I've not put on too many S&P trades. The reason being is that it is too easy to lose on the S&P (well, that's what I find but that could be because I'm not too hot a trader)... anyway, I have been watching every day as usual but just been really careful and I am trying to only enter if I see an entry based on price action.
In the past, I have been putting on trades when I am anticipating a move as the stochastics
June 9, 2008
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I went long at the break of the previous high in the S&P at around 1378... I actually got in at 1379.48 due to the spreadbetting spreads which you pay rather than their commission charges... they move their spreads about meaning that you can lose half a point (in S&P terms) per transaction... and upto a while point when doing a round trip.
Anyway, the market went up and I got out at 1381.53 (I actually closed when the chart reached 1382 which was my target exit) for the equivalent of
May 27, 2008
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Hello all, sorry there has been no update for a while. I am trying to get myself set up again with a trading account with Interactive Brokers and to also find a suitable charting platform. The trading academy have closed my account and I had got used to their charts. I want to recreate the same look and feel with another platform so am searching for something. Something which I have used is the Sierra Charts platform.
I do have charts on my spreadbetting platform, however, they are rather clu
May 9, 2008
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