Archive for January, 2008
I'm still on the simulator, I had emailed my trading mentor earlier to ask if I should go back to the live account since I had a good week last week. He told me to give it a few more days and see how I get on. I am glad that he did as I traded and traded and ended up with a substantial loss. It would have battered my self esteem if I had lost on the live account.
Still, I rather lose fake money than real money but it's still not a good show.
I guess, I'm still annoyed about the morning FTS
January 28, 2008
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I put on a FTSE short this morning on my spreadbetting platform at 5780 with a stop at 5820.. it started off a bit dodgy and then hit my stop by 0.5 points before falling (5820.5)!!! Arrrgh! This is really annoying and I ended up nursing a 40 point loss.
The price is currently 5745 which would have been a nice profit at this stage!!
I should have put the stop a bit higher, I was thinking of it as it had previously bounced at this level. With spreadbetting companies, they move their spreads
January 28, 2008
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Yesterday I ended up with a small loss.. I was a bit worried, it could mean that my winning streak on the simulator was at an end... however, there were other problems today... the trading platform just wasn't interested in letting me in.
I ended up putting on some trades on my spreadbetting account to good effect and essentially making some real cash! Hoorah!
I shorted twice as per enclosed chart. The first short was a move just below 134000... I took it to 133625 for 14 or so prices equ
January 25, 2008
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